Introduction to the
Virtual Disk APILast Updated December 16, 2024
The virtual disk development kit (VDDK) is
an SDK to help developers create applications that access storage on virtual
machines. The VDDK package is based on the virtual disk API, introduced in this
chapter.
The VMware Storage APIs – Data Protection (VADP)
use the virtual disk API and a subset of vSphere APIs to take snapshots of
virtual machines running on ESXi, enabling full or incremental backup and
restore. VADP replaces VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB).