Is there any fees to pay to use the VDDK in commercial software ?
Hi, While searching for more information I found the Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) Program page on VMWARE website. This is unclear to me. Please explain whether there is any compulsory fees to...
View ArticleVMDK internal format
Does anyone know if it is possible to read the internal format of a VMDK? For thin provisioned VMDks I would like to do O/S disk free space reclamation by mapping the O/S free space clusters and the...
View ArticleAm I allowed to distribute my Program including libraries from the VDDK &...
Hi ! I'm absolutely confused about the license of the libraries in the VDDK as well as the vSphere Web Client SDK. I'm writing a program which uses c# .net code from the vSphere Web Client SDK and also...
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 ArticleDoes VDDK 5.5.1 supports backup and restore of VMs resides on vSanDatastore?
Hi Team,Does VDDK 5.5.1 supports backup and restore of VMs resides on vSanDatastore?Thanks,Akash
View ArticleNew VMDK file format specification
Hello, Is the new 62 TB VMDK format spec available for download somewhere ? Thanks
View ArticleHotAdd transport mode is failing
Backup server is a VM, SCSI disks, VM datastore is accessible from the backup appliance(VM), using vCenter logon credentials. VMware log:========== 2014-08-01T14:58:35.133-04:00 Checking transport mode...
View Articlevmware-mount.exe is not working in Windows 7 64bit
Hi, I am trying to mount an vmdk files under Windows 7 64bit. I am following a blog http://4sysops.com/archives/free-vmware-diskmount-gui-mount-vmdk-files/ I downloaded and installed the virtual disk...
View ArticleProblems with Installing and downloading the vddk
Can anyone help me. I need to install the virtual disk development kit on my computer. A forum on the internet suggest that I download the windows .exe file however when I go to the downloads page...
View ArticleVirtual disk Read fails with [NFC ERROR] NfcFssrvrProcessErrorMsg: received...
Hi all, I'm trying to Read my virtual machine disk using virtual disk development library . The Read is getting failed often for some machines with the following error "[NFC ERROR]...
View ArticleHow to get the mapping from VMDK file to the physical disk
Hi, I'm new in this area. Maybe someone already posted the similar question. We want to get a mapping between the VMDK files and the physical disk. I can open the vmx file and get the content. But...
View ArticleVmware converter for Linux Incrementals
Guys,I have been trying to do some experiments with converting my physical lab to run in a VSphere Server. I am using Vmware Converter for doing a full backup and a sync and final sync operation of my...
View ArticleUnable to build sample project
I downloaded VDDK -( VMware-vix-disklib-5.5.2-1890828.x86_64) Before trying to open project I changed the PATH env variable to show the /lib folder. After that I opened to open sample program for...
View ArticleDoes VixDiskLib_GetInfo() require admin rights on server?
Does VixDiskLib_GetInfo() require admin rights on server? I'm trying to collect info about my machine using VixDiskLib and I'm getting this errors: VixDiskLib: Invalid configuration file parameter....
View Articleis it possible to check if the parent disk is locked before consolidation ?
I don't master the VDDK but I have a general knowledge from the experience I got from a Third Party VM backup/replication software. STEP1 :Snapshot created - all writes goes to delta STEP2:Copy base...
View ArticleVMware dont works
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View ArticleHow to use Clone (VixDiskLib_Clone) with SAN?
We are trying to use the VDDK API with the SAN protocol (iSCSI). We set up an iSCSI target on an Ubuntu box, and performed read operations on a disks which is stored on a datastore backed by this...
View ArticleVixDiskLib_InitEx hangs
When I set libdir to a valid path where it can find the plugin, it will hang and never return. If I point it to an invalid path it works fine, but does not support SAN at that point. I am currently...
View ArticleCleanup function did not remove the HotAdd disks also in VDDK 5.5.3
Hi All, I'm doing Hot-add opens with VDDK 5.5.0.,The Hot-add and Hot-remove is working fine in normal scenarios., But while my process gets killed while a disk is Hot-added.,Then if i call the...
View Articlehow to read on windows7 pc 5 disk VMware ESXi4 in raid
Hi, I have broken my SAN system that contains 5 disk raid type that i doesn't know. The machine have ESXi4 , i took my disk from the rack and connected them with SATA on my pcs running Windows 7.But i...
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