Mounting a vmdk located on a network storage (NTFS) to multiple physical...
Hello, i wanna know if there is a way to mount a single vmdk file containing some files as a storage unit on multiple windows hosts (physical computers). The vmdk file will be located on a network...
View ArticleVddk API to mount the CBT backed data ?
Hello experts, Do we have any vddk mount api which takes up the - file containing the changed blocks- ctk file(along with disk descriptor file) and mounts on the windows partition ? - Bala
View Articlecan the lock files path be changed or configured ?
I am using the api "VixMntapi_MountVolume" to mount the vmdk file to a windows machine . During the process of mounting it creates temporary lock files which are created in the place where the vmdk...
View ArticleProblems with mounting several volumes as administrator Win7
Hello, I am writing an app which mounts all virtual disks volumes and unmounts them after closing. I have a following problem - when I run my appliction as current user it works perfectly, but when I...
View Articlesubsequent calls of GetVolumeInfo fails
Hello, I have following problem, when I mount image with several volumes, and then unmount it, and afterwards try to mount it again I get access violation error on GetVolumeInfo. Could some please help...
View ArticleRunning vixDiskLib.dll in winPE
Hello, I'm trying to package the VDDK into a .exe, that will basically mount a snapshot volumes. I need to run it in WinPE. Is this something that anybody has tried, and if so, what version of WinPE...
View ArticleVixDiskLib_Open failed with VIX_E_FILE_ALREADY_LOCKED after unexpected...
I have following scenario: 1. Open virtual disk on remote ESXi using VixDiskLib_Open function2. Srarting write to it using VixDiskLib_Write function3. Then network connection unexpectedly is down for a...
View ArticleVDDK5.5 libcrypto.so.0.9.8 SIGSEGVed in VixDiskLib_PrepareForAccess() with...
Hi, I am extending a working VDDK C++ application (similar to the VDDK sample program) with SWIG using Python. I.e., the C++ code and a SWIG .i file were compiled and linked as a .so lib and a Python...
View ArticleVMware Virtual Disk Manager stopped working
Hi, I'm using Thinware vBackup to backup an ESX5 server and vmwware-vdiskmanager.exe crashes when a backup is started.Messages are in spanish but they can be figured out easily (if not just tell me):...
View Articlevdiskmanager illegal operation
We are trying to convert VMs to ESX using: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -r physical.vmdk -t 6 -h esxi.sanbarrow.local -u root -f passwordfile"[datastore1000]/import/target.vmdk" But it return "-h illegal...
View ArticleIs 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 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 ArticleNew VMDK file format specification
Hello, Is the new 62 TB VMDK format spec available for download somewhere ? Thanks
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 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 ArticleVMware dont works
Bonjour, j'ai lancer mon windows 7 sous VMware puis j'ai éteins mon ordinateur subitement de puis VMware ne veux plus se lancer et j'ai ce message http://cjoint.com/?DKovhs4QnEOcomment faire Merci
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 repair corrupt vmware disk with linux partition on it?
Okay I have a damaged windows disk running vmplayer and linux ubuntu12 on the VM, and amazingly my backup portable hardrive also has corruption so the only thing I can do is try repair. I have looked...
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