VDDK 5.1.1 segfaults
Hi, I've been working on a project where the VM's from vCenter are being backed up through VDDK-VADP and it works sufficiently.However, we use the old VDDK on old CentOS 5 and I tried to renew all of...
View ArticleCan't able to open the drive after mounting VMDK file of 2012 guest os using...
Hi I am trying to mount the vmdk file of 2012 guest OS using VDDK(5.0,5.1,5.1.1) vmware-mount.exe. It has mounted the disk but while i'm trying to open the drive in command prompt it will return the...
View ArticleVddk wrapper in C# gives VIX_E_INVALID_ARG ie.,"One of the parameters was...
Hi, I am using Vddk API to mount and manage vmdk files in C#. I am using a wrapper class from " http://communities.vmware.com/thread/193704?start=0&tstart=0 " to convert C# calls to C++ . When I...
View ArticleUnable to accessing VMDK files of Windows 2012 Guest os with VixMntApi. (VMDK...
Hi, I have mounted the the VMDK file with the following API and got a handle to it. I have opened the disk using VixDiskLib_Open( vixDiskLibCon, fileName,...
View ArticleVMware Virtual Disk Manager - Received signal 11
Getting error message "Received signal 11" when trying to download VMDK using VMware Virtual Disk Manager (VDDK 5.1.1-1042608). Tried with multiple versions of ESXi (4.1.0-260247, 5.1.0-1065491,...
View ArticleVMware Virtual Disk Manager - [NFC ERROR] NfcNetTcpRead: bRead: -1
Getting NFC error when trying to download VMDK using VMware Virtual Disk Manager. VDDK version: 5.1.0-774844 Error detail: Creating disk 'C:\BACKUP\VM01_2.vmdk'SSL_VerifyCbHelper: Certificate...
View ArticleRequires clarification on accessing snapshot files
I have Linux 64 bit VM. I have enable CTK and then taken a snashots.I have taken about 5 snapshots before that and deleted all. Now by calling QueryDiskChangedArea("*") got a vector of offset to write...
View ArticleVirtual Disk Development Kit: config.ini & settings.ini
I am getting the following errors in vdiskmanager.log: sg_Reset:[msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit\config.ini": The system...
View ArticleQueryChangedDiskAreas crashes for one VM
Hi ! I'm using c++/clr so I can do the Soap communication like done in the c# examples of the sdk and also can use the functions from the VDDK. I initialize the vixdisklib with Version number 5.0. I...
View ArticleVixDiskLib_PrepareForAccess always returns 1 or 20
Hi ! I noticed that for me VixDiskLib_PrepareForAccess always Returns 1 (FAIL) when called on vcenter and 20 (VIX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED_ON_REMOTE_OBJECT) when called on esxi directly.It this correct? I'm not...
View ArticleWhere to put VixDiskLib_Cleanup ?
Hi ! The docu says, I should always call VixDiskLib_Cleanup to cleanup some state in some case. I'm wondering where to put it exactly. I checked the vixDiskLibSample - it doesn't call it at all. Right...
View ArticleThe VMDK chain gets broken after using VixDiskLib_CheckRepair() for a...
Hi, I'm opening a VMDK file in R/W mode and processing it.In mid of this the application gets crashed before closing the VMDK file. If the application crashes before closing the VMDK file.,We will...
View ArticleHow to break locks ?
I've reproduced a problem I'm having with my code using the standard vix-disklib-sample, on some VM's I can't read their disk when they are powered on. This sounds like other's issues, but I'm not...
View ArticleChanges not being saved from vmware-mount command
Hello, I am having trouble saving changes on a local VMDK file after I update some files. The VMDK mounts fine but after unmounting it the changes are not saved. I am using the vmware-mount command...
View Articlewhat TAP program level is needed to redistribute the VDDK?
The text on the front page of this forum states If you are a VMware TAP alliance partner at select level or higher, you can request a license to redistribute the VDDK and bundle it with your...
View ArticleVixDiskLib_Open fails in windows 32bit architecture
Hi, In windows 32 bit architecture my application is crashing while calling VixDiskLib_Open. The code is working properly in windows 64bit architecture. I have tried in two methods which are given...
View ArticleA VixDiskLib_Read() failure causes "consolidation needed" on the VM
Hi, After playing VDDK for a while, I found a strange behavior. Once a VixDiskLib_Read() is failed to read a snapshot of a disk in ESX/ESXi, due to VIX_E_HOST_NETWORK_CONN_REFUSED. Later on, after I...
View ArticleDocumentation for VixDiskLibSessionIdCreds
Are there any examples that use VixDiskLibSessionIdCreds based authentication ? What is the key field supposed to represent ? It seems weird that given the great documentation for the vSphere APIs...
View ArticleVixDiskLib_Combine & VixDiskLib_Reparent Missing Api's
Hi, I have downloaded the latest VDDK 5.1 and went through the docs where the docs has help for VixDiskLib_Combine and VixDiskLib_Reparent. But the include file vixDiskLib.h does not have any...
View ArticleHow to do a random linkage of child VMDK
Hi, Here is my requirement, Say i have chain of vmdk like follows, parent.vmdkchild-1.vmdkchild-2.vmdkchild-3.vmdk So now if i wanted to make a new linkage as child-1a.vmdk. So the chain should look...
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