Virtual Disk API Programming Guide - Documentation - VMware

Virtual Disk Programming Guide
RDM Disks and Virtual BIOS 53
Restoring RDM Disks 53
Restoring the Virtual BIOS or UEFI 54
Interfacing With VMware vSphere 54
The VIX API 54
Virus Scan all Hosted Disk 54
The vSphere Web Services API 55
Virus Scan All Managed Disk 55
Read and Write VMDK with vSphere WS API 56
7 Designing vSphere Backup Solutions 57
Design and Implementation Overview 57
The Backup Process 57
Communicating With the Server 58
Information Containers as Managed Objects 58
More About Managed Objects 58
Managed Object References 59
Unique ID for a Different vCenter 59
Gathering Status and Configuration Information 59
PropertyCollector Data 59
Useful Property Information 60
Doing a Backup Operation 60
Prerequisites 60
Create a Temporary Snapshot on the Target Virtual Machine 60
Changed Block Tracking 61
Extract Backup Data from the Target Virtual Machine 61
Delete the Temporary Snapshot 61
The Restore Process 61
Doing a Restore Operation 62
Prerequisites 62
Restoring an Existing Virtual Machine to a Previous State 62
Creating a New Virtual Machine 62
Accessing Files on Virtual Disks 63
Summary 63
Low Level Backup Procedures 64
Communicating with the Server 64
The PropertyCollector 64
PropertyCollector Arguments 64
Getting the Data from the PropertyCollector 67
Identifying Virtual Disks for Backup and Restore 68
Creating a Snapshot 68
Backing Up a Virtual Disk 69
Deleting a Snapshot 69
Changed Block Tracking on Virtual Disks 70
Enabling Changed Block Tracking 70
Gathering Changed Block Information 71
Troubleshooting 72
Limitations on Changed Block Tracking 72
Checking for Namespace 73
Low Level Restore Procedures 73
Restoring a Virtual Machine and Disk 73
Creating a Virtual Machine 73
Using the VirtualMachineConfigInfo 79
Editing or Deleting a Device 80
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