VDDK 6.5 cannot work with older ESXi (problems with 4.1, 5.0)
Hi, my software had implementation for VDDK 6.0.2 and all worked fine. I now test the following versions of ESXi: 4.1 - 5.0 - 5.5(U2) - 6.0 - 6.5I upgraded VDDK to 6.5.0 and 4.1 and 5.0 stopped...
View ArticleMaking multiple VixDiskLib_Open calls for writing to vmdk file
I am trying to write to restore a vmdk file using vddk library. When I open more than one disk handle for write I get following error.Reading from disk from multiple threads is working fine though. I...
View ArticleVDDK open disk failed when using nbdssl
I am testing the vddk library. The version is 6.5. When I run the sample program to connect to an esxi server 6.5 to get disk info using the following command: ./vix-disklib-sample -info -host...
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NFS showing read only on ESXi 5.0
Hi All, I tried, reinstalling ESXi and after sometime, it has again same read only issue. Tried unmounting and mounting from ESXi but failed. Refer the below error screenshot and help me.
View ArticleHow to use VDDK to read delta.vmdk
I need to read vmware snapshot file (delta.vmdk). which interface do I use? VixDiskLib_Read seems to read all data of the disk, but I need to read valid data。
View ArticleVixDiskLib_Attach Error
I use VixDiskLib_Attach to attach a snapshot to a base vmdk. Then it told error ： Disk "/root/abc.vmdk" is open using transport mode "file".FILE: FileIO_Lock on '/root/abc.vmdk' failed: Lock timed...
View ArticleLooking for help on a SIGABRT/Panic in VDDK 5.5
This was right in the middle of copy/clone of a disk, then the thread just panic'd. PID 24457 was itself, which is why the PID's match. This is the second time I've seen this particular panic on...
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Does VDDK 6.5.2 EP1 [7387093] support vsphere 6.7?
Hello. We have vsphere 6.7 RC in the lab. Tried the basic operations using latest VDDK 6.5.2 EP1 (build 7387093). All gone smoothly I know that vmware ties to maintain the policy (N+1). That means the...
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Using VDDK 6.5 to read local sesparse disks?
Hi. I would like to read blocks from a virtual disk via local .vmdk files (i.e., I can't attach this virtual disk to a VM or access it over the network). I know how to use VDDK to do this when the...
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VDDK 6.7 self-signed SSL certificate issue
Hi all, it seems that VDDK 6.7.0 cannot cope with vCenter Server / VCSA with self-signed SSL certificates. It does connect to the host, but any attempt to open a virtual disk using NBDSSL transport...
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Access datastore file (download/upload)
I'm doing a nodejs app and i have some basic questions: - Is there a SOAP or similar http stream/socket way to upload/download .vmdk files without using c++ SDDK lib? I know how to create a connection...
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VDDK 6.7 EP1 - Crash on VixDiskLib_Close
I ran into this issue randomly until I discovered the following use case in which it occurs every time.Setup:1. Have one VM, called VM1, that has 2 SCSI disks: 10+ GB for the guest OS and 1 GB for...
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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...
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How to turn a VM into a boot Disk
I am using vSphere Client at my Job. We are looking to take the vm that we have created and convert it into a boot Disks(s). How is this done?
View ArticleVDDK mount / write access
Hello, I'm trying to build an windos application to mount vmdk-files by using your VDDK 6.7 like your "vmware-mount"-tool. Basically I'm using your "vixDiskLibSample"-code. Read access to NTFS-Volumes...
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EMULATOR FROM 1995 RUNS TOO FAST TO MANAGE
Dear VMWare Engineers,Please help with a special issue. I must run an emulator for a VME system. The emulation is much to fast to be of any use. I need to slow the system down to the year 1999 (or...
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Mount vstor2-mntapi20-shared volume to Windows folder
Hello, using some examples provided by vmware, i'm able to mount a remote vmdk disk to Windows Drive Letter but i can't find a way to mount it to a Windows folder.. Tried with:- SetVolumeMountPoint...
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VDDK 6.7.1 : Received unexpected message: NFC_SESSION_COMPLETE from server....
I am using cgo wrappers in golang to make calls to vddk. The disk open call seems to be occasionally failing with the error :Received unexpected message: NFC_SESSION_COMPLETE from server. Expected...
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The vix-disklib-sample command of VDDK 6.7.1 does not work on remote host
"Error: [vixDiskLibSample.cpp: 1576] 3 One of the parameters was invalid" error occurred while executing the following command. root@localhost.localdomain:~# ls -l...
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,...
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