Virtual Disk API Programming Guide - Documentation - VMware

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As of the VDDK 1.1 release, you can use the disk mount API (vixMntapi) for local and remote mounting of
virtual disks. The vmware-mount command does this too. VixMntapi involves a separate library for loading.
“The VixMntapi Library” on page 87
“Programming with VixMntapi” on page 92
“Sample VixMntapi Code” on page 93
“Restrictions on Virtual Disk Mount” on page 93
CAUTION The vixMntapi library for Windows supports advanced transport for SAN and HotAdd, but for
Linux the vixMntapi library supports only local and LAN transport (file, nbd, nbdssl).
The VixMntapi Library
The VixMntapi library supports guest operating systems on multiple platforms. On POSIX systems it requires
FUSE mount, available on recent Linux systems, and freely available on the SourceForge Web site.
Definitions are contained in the following header file, installed in the same directory as vixDiskLib.h:
#include "vixMntapi.h"
Types and Structures
This section summarizes the important types and structures.
Operating System Information
The VixOsInfo structure encapsulates the following information:
Family of the guest operating system, VixOsFamily, one of the following:
Windows (NT‐based)
Linux
Netware
Solaris
FreeBSD
OS/2
Mac OS X (Darwin)
Major version and minor version of the operating system
Whether it is 64‐bit or 32‐bit
Vendor and edition of the operating system
Location where the operating system is installed
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