How to sign the VDDK redistribution aggrement?
Hi, The company I work for wanted the redistribute VDDK along with the software and want to sign the VDDK redistribution aggrement. The company is a TAP partner elite level and have contacted TAP...
View ArticleVMDK Child disk creation help
Hi, While creating a child disk is this sequence possible 1. Create a disk using VixDiskLib_Create(with parentpath specified in the appglobals) instead of VixDiskLib_CreateChild.2. Use...
View ArticleUnable to GetVolumeMountPoints - Error code 22.
One of my customers occasionally gets the following VDDK error when mounting a volume and getting volume info after successfully opening all disks and getting the disk set handle: 12/14/2011 20:26:41...
View ArticleMaximum number of changeId for CBT
Hello, I wrote a program that by using CBT will give me the amount of changes on a particular VM. My concern is that if this program will introduce problems to any backup solution that uses CBT to...
View ArticleVddk 5 ESX 5
Is it correct that you cant connect with vddk5 to esx5?Looks like you can connect vddk5 to esx4 and vddk1.2.1 to esx5? I do not get any relevant error up in any logfile either? The vddk 5 documentation...
View ArticleVixDiskLib_Clone() Error
Hi, I am working in a project using VDDK API. I have been able to Connect, Open, Read and Write to VM virtual disks using VixDiskLib. But I have a problem using VixDiskLib_Clone() function to copy a...
View ArticleVDDK 1.2.1, ESX 5 - hotadd not supported?
Hi! I get the following error: using transport hotadd failed : Failed to hot-add SCSI targets: This operation is not supported VMware ESXi 5.0.0 build-474610 Any ideas? Why is that special, why is it...
View ArticleHow to create dynamic vmdk file?
Hi, I want to create dynamic VMDK file.I am using VixDiskLib_Create() API of VDDK file.But i didn't found any option for dynamic disk.How to create?please help me
View ArticleESX disk creation with VixDiskLib_Create()
Hello everybody. I have little question: How should I use this function to create virtual disk on ESX server?What machine I have to specify in connection parameters? What exactly path to the disk have...
View ArticleExtremely slow write times with vmware-mount and NTFS
Hello all, I have a weird problem that I can't seem to solve. I am using vmware-mount on 64-bit Ubuntu 11.10 to mount remote disks that are on an ESXi 4.1 hypervisor. I mount the disk as a flat...
View Articlecan convert a vmdk to be stored on ESXi
How do I use vmware-vdiskmanager.exe to convert an existing vmdk on a Windows host to a vmdk stored on ESXi ? When ever I try it looks like it is starting but then I get error 0x4650 - and cant connect...
View ArticleUnable to use VDDK 5.0 API and VIX 1.11 API in the same application
I am working on an application that requires the use of both the VDDK *and* VIX APIs in the same Linux 64-bit client application. It appears that each distribution comes with its own (somewhat...
View Articlescan physical drives
I would like to create an application to do read physical drives, LUNs to be exact. using block size reads. what are my options to develop such an application ? I saw VDDK offers only VM disks reads....
View Articlenon-blocksized read() returns EINVAL on snapshot when VM is running
Hi, Not sure if this is the right forum, but i hope it is. I am writing an application that is designed to run on a ESXi5 server. It makes a snapshot of a VM and then opens the base -flat.vmdk file for...
View ArticleProblem building sample code
Hi!I did install the vddk component in my ubuntu64. I did try the compile.I did obtain a lot errors like "vixDiskLibSampl.cpp:(.text+0x358): undefined reference to `VixDiskLib_InitEx'"and similar.The...
View Articlehotadd from an Ubuntu VM?
Hi - I've been trying to get VDDK hotadd working from an Ubuntu machine (currently trying from 10.10, but so far, no luck on any Ubuntu-based machine). Using the same code and environment, hotadd works...
View ArticleMount vmdk as a folder on Windows
Hello! I use vddk v5.0 for mounting the partitions from vmdk as drives on Windows (using DefineDosDevice function). And I have the question - is there any way to mount vmdk partitions as a folder? Like...
View Articlevmware-mount: The virtual machine cannot be found
Hello,I have a vmware datacenter and i have try to mount a disk from a source linux machine (vpnssllog) to another linux machine (webapplnx) the OS version on this machines are the same. i create a...
View ArticleArcserve R16SP1 exclude vmdk and inventory power off vm
Hello, I have the misfortune of having to configure arcserve R16 SP1 virtual machine for backup. I have two questions about the product: - Is there a way around the problem of the machines off, because...
View Articlevmdk mount error within Win7 x64 (running on ESXi)
Hello, I have a Windows 7 x64 which is running on a VMware ESXi 5. I tried to run virtual machine within this windows with a VMware Player. This is working. My problem is when I try to mount the...
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