Capabilities of Library Calls

Capabilities of Library Calls

This section describes limitations, if any.

Support for Managed Disk

Some operations are not supported:

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For VixDiskLib_Connect() to open a managed disk connection, you must provide valid vSphere access credentials. On ESXi hosts, VixDiskLib_Open() cannot open a single link in a disk chain.

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For VixDiskLib_Create() to create a managed disk on an ESXi host, first create a hosted type disk, then use VixDiskLib_Clone() to convert the hosted virtual disk to managed virtual disk.

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VixDiskLib_Defragment() can defragment hosted disks only.

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VixDiskLib_Grow() can grow hosted disks only.

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VixDiskLib_Unlink() can delete hosted disks only.

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Until ESXi 5.1, the HotAdd transport was available only with vSphere Enterprise Edition and higher.

Support for Hosted Disk

Most everything (except advanced transport) is supported, except:

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The VixDiskLib_ConnectEx() extended connect function.

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SAN and HotAdd advanced transports.

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VixDiskLib_PrepareForAccess() and VixDiskLib_EndAccess() to delay Storage VMotion.

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