mount a read-only vmdk
Hi! How can I (read-only) mount a read-only vmdk with vmware-mount? More details:I have a read-only nfs-export, where 40 GB .vmdks are inside. When I try to mount them with vmware-mount from the vddk,...
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I was going crazy over a crash issue with a module which uses VixDiskLib. The module is a DLL and multiple threads creates an instance of the DLL which does, Init, Connect, Open, Read, write, Close,...
View ArticleSAN transport mode issue
When I am trying to use SAN transport mode during restore I get following error.SAN mode works first time correctly but when I am trying 2nd time I always get following error in vixdisklib.logs.I am...
View ArticlevixDiskLibSample failed when running in a VM
Hi All, I'm recently playing the sample code shipped with vixDiskLib 5.1. I made small changes (i.e. switch the srcConnection with dstConnection, and swith the srcPath with diskPath) in doClone()...
View ArticleVDDK and Unicode support
Hi, I saw the documentation which says VDDK supports Unicode characters. The documentation says that I have use iconv library calls to handle random unicode pathnames. When I checked the Iconv examples...
View Articlevmount VDDK 5.0 failed to load libeay32.dll
Hello I got VMware-vix-disklib-5.0.0-427917.i386.exeafter installation I did overwrite files with contents of vddk64.zipI also did edit the Path system environment variablemaybe I forgot to to...
View Articlevixdisklib_open vmdk path eschape chars
I have problem opening a disk when vmdk path contain a ñ or invalid char. I am using a .net wrapper to invoke vddk and i have tried to escape chars from .net but I cant find the solution. Any help on...
View ArticleCBT for eager zero disks
Hey guys i just want to ask maybe a stupid question. is there a prospect that i can in the future only backup the used blocks of a eager zeroed disc in a full backup? (Today i have to backup hole disc...
View Articlevmware vdiskmanager User not authorized for host agent contact.
Hi guys,I've been trying for a couple o' days now to export a vmdk from ESXi to my local machine using vmware vdiskmanager and the command as follows: vmware-vdiskmanager -S -h 192.168.1.9 -u myuser -f...
View ArticleIssue with advanced transport methods. VixDiskLib_Open alway open with "nbd"
Hi All ,I am writing application to access the disk by using the advanced transport methods for Linux 64 bit. I have downloaded and instaleed VDDK 5.1.1 for Linux 64 bit. When i access the disk by SAN...
View ArticleVDDK 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...
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