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Reading a vmdk/disk in Independent Persistant Mode through VDDK

Hi,

 

Is it possible to read a vmdk file/disk which is an Independent Persistent Disk through VixDiskLib_Read ?

What I could find online in other discussions, is that it is only possible when its not Independent  and is backed by a snapshot (without which you end up a "failed to lock the file" error).

But what I need is access to the disk which is not backed up by a snapshot and get persistent data which can be read without updating the snapshot with latest changed blocks.

Something similar to a read system call. I understand there are challenges around reservations similar to a SCSI disk.

What needs to be done in VDDK programming to achieve the same.

 

Regards
Santosh

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