Virtual Disk API Programming Guide - Documentation - VMware

Virtual Disk Programming Guide
redo logs and snapshots 12, 20, 22, 32, 52
restore process, overview of 61
restoring a virtual machine to previous state 62
restrictions on vixMntapi library 93
role and privileges in vCenter Server 22
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sample program walk-through 45
SAN and the Virtual Disk API 13, 27
SCSI controller and Hot Add 85
session object for server communication 58
snapshot
backing up a virtual disk 69
creating 69
deleting 69
restoring virtual disk 73
temporary 60
snapshot management 53
snapshots and redo logs 12, 20, 22, 32, 52
sparse VMDK 19, 20, 32, 34, 44, 47, 48, 50, 97
split VMDK 19, 20, 50, 97
SPLIT_FLAT 19, 20
SPLIT_SPARSE 19, 20
SSL certificate 25
STREAM_OPTIMIZED 19
supported platforms for development 15
supported VMware products 15
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technical support resources 10
thumbprint, SSL 25
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UEFI (unified extensible firmware interface) 54
Unicode UTF-8 support 21
unique ID and moRef 59
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vCloud and vCloud Director 12
verify SSL certificate 25
VHD from Microsoft 22
Vim find_entity_views in Perl toolkit 55
Vim get_inventory_path in Perl toolkit 55
virtual disk manager (vmware-vdiskmanager) 12
VirtualMachineConfigInfo 39
VirtualMachineConfigSpec 73
Visual Studio 15
VixDiscoveryProc 55
VIXDISKLIB_ADAPTER_IDE 23, 50
VIXDISKLIB_ADAPTER_SCSI_BUSLOGIC 23, 50
VIXDISKLIB_ADAPTER_SCSI_LSILOGIC 23
VixDiskLib_Attach 28, 33, 47, 53
VixDiskLib_Clone 28, 32, 41, 48, 51
VixDiskLib_Close 28, 30, 46
VixDiskLib_Combine 34
VixDiskLib_Connect 28, 29, 41, 46, 48, 52
VixDiskLib_Create 28, 30, 41, 47, 50, 51, 53
VixDiskLib_CreateChild 28, 32, 33, 47
VIXDISKLIB_CRED_UID 52
VixDiskLib_Defragment 28, 34, 41
VixDiskLib_Disconnect 28, 35
VIXDISKLIB_DISK_SPLIT_SPARSE 50
VixDiskLib_EndAccess 28
VixDiskLib_Exit 28, 35
VixDiskLib_FreeErrorText 28, 31
VixDiskLib_FreeInfo 28, 31, 46
VixDiskLib_GetErrorText 28, 31
VixDiskLib_GetInfo 28, 30, 46, 49, 50
VixDiskLib_GetMetadataKeys 28, 31, 47
VixDiskLib_Grow 28, 34, 41
VixDiskLib_Init 28, 29, 35, 46, 52, 55
VixDiskLib_Open 28, 30, 46
VixDiskLib_Read 28, 30, 48, 49, 50, 51
VixDiskLib_ReadMetadata 28, 31, 47
VixDiskLib_Rename 28, 34, 52
VixDiskLib_Reparent 35
VIXDISKLIB_SECTOR_SIZE 30, 49, 51
VixDiskLib_Shrink 28, 34
VixDiskLib_SpaceNeededForClone 28, 31
VixDiskLib_Unlink 28, 34, 42, 52
VixDiskLib_Write 28, 30, 34, 47, 51
VixDiskLib_WriteMetadata 28, 31, 47
VixHost_Connect 55
VixHost_FindItems 55
VM configuration information 39
VMDK (virtual machine disk) file 11, 12, 19, 21, 22,
31, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 56
VMFS_FLAT 19, 20, 51
VMFS_THIN 19, 20
VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB) 11
VMware vCenter and ESX/ESXi 22
VMX specification (vmxSpec) 29
Volume Snapshot Service (VSS) 84
vSphere APIs for Data Protection (VADP) 57
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walk-through of sample program 45
Windows 2008 application consistent quiescing 85
Windows installation 16
Windows On Windows 64 12