Open a Local or Remote Disk

After the library connects to a workstation or server,

VixDiskLib_Open()

opens a virtual disk. With SAN or HotAdd transport, opening a remote disk for writing requires a pre-existing snapshot.

vixError =
VixDiskLib_Open(appGlobals.connection, appGlobals.diskPath, appGlobals.openFlags, &srcHandle);

The following flags modify the open instruction:

VIXDISKLIB_FLAG_OPEN_UNBUFFERED

– Disable host disk caching.

VIXDISKLIB_FLAG_OPEN_SINGLE_LINK

– Open the current link, not the entire chain (hosted disk only).

VIXDISKLIB_FLAG_OPEN_READ_ONLY

– Open the virtual disk read-only.

As of vSphere 6.5, the following additional flags are available:

VIXDISKLIB_FLAG_OPEN_COMPRESSION_ZLIB

– Open for NBDSSL transport,

zlib

compression.

VIXDISKLIB_FLAG_OPEN_COMPRESSION_FASTLZ

– Open for NBDSSL transport,

fastlz

compression.

VIXDISKLIB_FLAG_OPEN_COMPRESSION_SKIPZ

– Open for NBDSSL transport,

skipz

compression.

VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 6.7