Read and Write VMDK
Using vSphere APILast Updated December 16, 2024
The VMware vSphere Web Services API (version
2 and later) offers some methods to manage VMDK files. The
VirtualDiskManager
managed object
defines more than a dozen methods similar to those in the Virtual Disk API
documented here.
For more information, navigate to the latest
VMware vSphere documentation center on the Web, search for
VirtualDiskManager
, and follow
the specific link. At top of page you can click Local Methods to see a list of
all methods defined by the
VirtualDiskManager
managed
object.
VirtualDiskManager
methods are
not heavily used, and were not updated to support object oriented file systems such vSAN
and vVols, nor storage profile based management (SPBM).