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B Errors Codes and Open Source B This appendix contains the following sections: “Finding Error Code Documentation” on page 95 “Troubleshooting Dynamic Libraries” on page 95 “Open Source Components” on page 96 Finding Error Code Documentation For a list of Virtual Disk API error codes, see the online reference guide Introduction to the VixDiskLib API: Windows – C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit\doc\intro.html Linux – /usr/share/doc/vmware-vix-disklib/intro.html In a Web browser, click the Error Codes link in the upper left frame, and click any link in the lower left frame. The right‐hand frame displays an alphabetized list of error codes, with explanations. Association With VIX API Errors The Virtual Disk API shares many errors with the VIX API, which explains the VIX prefix. The error codes for the VIX API are likely to be the same, or almost the same as, a comparable release of the VDDK. For information about the VIX API, including its online reference guide to functions and error codes, see the developer support section of the VMware Web site: https://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vix‐api/index.html Interpreting Errors Codes A VIX error is a 64‐bit value. A value of VIX_OK indicates success, but otherwise (if there is an error), several bit regions in the 64‐bit value might be set. The least significant 16 bits are set to the error code described for VIX errors. More significant bit fields might be set to other values. As for the VIX API, use the macro VIX_ERROR_CODE(err) to mask off bit fields not used by the VDDK. Troubleshooting Dynamic Libraries On Windows, the SSL library is placed in the same directory as other vixDiskLib dynamically loaded libraries. On Linux, functions that load the libraries libssl.so.0.9.8 and libcrypto.so.0.9.8 do the following: 1 Attempt to load them from the environment’s LD_LIBRARY_PATH location. 2 Next, attempt to load them from the directory where libvixDiskLib.so is located. 3 Next, attempt to load them from the directory where the executable is located. 4 Failing that, exit with an error. VMware, Inc. 95
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Contents About This Book 9 1 Introd
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Algorithm for vSphere Backup 39 Bes
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Restoring Virtual Disk Data 80 Raw
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