file list from a partial VMDK file
Hi, I am working with 2 sites. On site #1 I am using VMware Player (Windows Virtual Machines). I want people on site #2 to be able to see the progress of the work – to see the file list of the virtual...
View Articlemount gui for windows 7 64 bit?
is there a gui to mount disks under windows 7 64 bit? I've installed the ddk and I can mount, but I can't get vmount to work. thanks.
View ArticleVixDiskLib in kernel
Does anyone know if it is safe to use the the vddk libs in the kernel? If not off the shelf has anyone had any luck modifying the OS project to make it kernel safe? Thanks,Rob
View ArticleHow to convert .vmc file into .vmx file programatically?
Hi, I am trying to convert .VMC(Virtual PC format) file into .VMX file programatically in c++ . are there any direct API's to convert this ?if not then what i need to do for this? Nandkumar T.
View ArticleVixDiskLib_Write is very slow compare to VixDiskLib_Read
Hi All, I want to read and restore remote disk from a ESXi server.The read speed is OK. it is about 1MB/s,But the restore speed is always 64KB/s.I have tried using large buffer size(1MB) and small...
View ArticleHot Add using VDDK on Ubuntu when copying vmdk disks
We get this message not allowing hot add transport when using Linux vddk 2011-10-19T16:06:32.045-04:00 [7F1BC2F46720 error 'Default'] Cannot use advanced transport modes for...
View ArticleThe change don't take effect after remount
Modify the vmdk's contend seems not saved1>mount the vmdk and modify ittar myos.ovavmware-mount -o rw /tmp/osroot.vmdk /mnttouch /mnt/bin/aavmware-mount -X 2>re-mount it, but seems the aa isn't...
View ArticleHow to access vmdk flat file
Execute the command vmware-mount -f aaa.vmdk /mnt/aaa After that, how could i access the /mnt/aaa/flat? Thanks
View ArticleMounting a volumes of a GPT disk on Windows
Hi, I'm trying to mount volumes of a GPT disk using the Windows implementation of the VDDK. In these environments, mounting works perfectly: - natively within a windows vm: it "sees" all the GPT...
View ArticleFailed to get allocated bitmap
Hi, After taking snapshot of a VM, attempt to get the change blocks with last-change-ID = "*" failed with "Unknown Error". The datastore is VMFS and the VMDKs are regular ones (i.e. not rdm). Can't...
View ArticleVixDiskLib_Combine Missing
I downloaded the latest version of the VDDK SDK for Windows (file is VMware-vix-disklib-5.0.0-427917.i386.exe) and looking in visDiskLib.h there is not function declaration for VixDiskLib_Combine. Did...
View ArticleUsing VDDK .NET wrapper on Windows 64-bit system
Hi,I'm so confused with this problem for a long time. The program goes well on 32-bit system, such as: Windows server 2003, Windows server 2008, Windows XP and Windows 7. Now I'd like to run the...
View ArticleVddk 5 ESX 5
Is it correct that you cant connect with vddk5 to esx5?Looks like you can connect vddk5 to esx4 and vddk1.2.1 to esx5? I do not get any relevant error up in any logfile either? The vddk 5 documentation...
View ArticleHow to check the current NFC connections for a host?
If my understanding is correct: Vix connections consume NFC connections on a host. My Question:Is there a way to get a list of a hosts open NFC connections? Or perhaps just the number of open nfc...
View ArticleHow to sign the VDDK redistribution aggrement?
Hi, The company I work for wanted the redistribute VDDK along with the software and want to sign the VDDK redistribution aggrement. The company is a TAP partner elite level and have contacted TAP...
View ArticleVMDK Child disk creation help
Hi, While creating a child disk is this sequence possible 1. Create a disk using VixDiskLib_Create(with parentpath specified in the appglobals) instead of VixDiskLib_CreateChild.2. Use...
View ArticleUnable to GetVolumeMountPoints - Error code 22.
One of my customers occasionally gets the following VDDK error when mounting a volume and getting volume info after successfully opening all disks and getting the disk set handle: 12/14/2011 20:26:41...
View ArticleVDDK 1.2.1, ESX 5 - hotadd not supported?
Hi! I get the following error: using transport hotadd failed : Failed to hot-add SCSI targets: This operation is not supported VMware ESXi 5.0.0 build-474610 Any ideas? Why is that special, why is it...
View ArticleESX disk creation with VixDiskLib_Create()
Hello everybody. I have little question: How should I use this function to create virtual disk on ESX server?What machine I have to specify in connection parameters? What exactly path to the disk have...
View ArticleExtremely slow write times with vmware-mount and NTFS
Hello all, I have a weird problem that I can't seem to solve. I am using vmware-mount on 64-bit Ubuntu 11.10 to mount remote disks that are on an ESXi 4.1 hypervisor. I mount the disk as a flat...
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