VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK)

Overview

The Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) is a collection of C libraries, code samples, utilities, and documentation to help you create or access VMware virtual disk storage. The kit includes:

  • The Virtual Disk and Disk Mount libraries, sets of C function calls to manipulate virtual disk files. C++ code samples that you can build with either Visual Studio or the GNU C compiler
  • Documentation about the VDDK libraries and the command-line utilities
  • The Disk Mount utility to access files and file systems in offline virtual disks on Windows or Linux guest virtual machines
  • The Virtual Disk Manager utility to manipulate offline virtual disk on Windows or Linux (clone, create, relocate, rename, grow, shrink, or defragment)



Downloads

By downloading, installing or using the software you agree to be bound by the terms of Broadcom's Software Development Kit License Agreement unless there is a different license provided in or specifically referenced by dowloaded file or package. If you disagree with any terms of the agreement then do not use the software.

Name Version Size MD5
Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.0.0 18.14 MB f3270f2cce42a9de5581ab6e814e5fd5
Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.0.0 21.70 MB 196e78f1b2b469840dccc0e4f0b51e43
Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.5.0 17.44 MB 4a31ee45343200e36a60c3abaf38a5a0
Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.5.0 19.06 MB a41e5a5f15693f7ab1cfd707baf3e952
Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.5.0 b 18.02 MB e090b1f464230ca9905250018997d5a6
Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.5.0 b 18.99 MB 2289d263ce54beefa2ab13616c33795d
Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.5.0 U1 19.01 MB f0c6b9114ea3e2beac18e799e498b663
Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.5.0 U1 18.44 MB 5920a78047a3ec1ac14ff27d0f592c51
Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.5.2 19.02 MB f635792d403711dd4f5e58c519aae27a
Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.5.2 18.44 MB 8f5bc1a55020a85dff19bfafbc72a974
Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.5.2 EP1 19.19 MB 4692ec9763c8d60fe262086cbc296f4b
Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.5.2 EP1 18.43 MB 380c061048c09a31a7908a143fbdc889
Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.5.3 18.46 MB 325b64c96b6204a9be40f8e13947e58a
Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.5.3 19.21 MB 6d11964c72e8d82ccf4f46714c3ef0e1

Documentation and Reference

Name Size
Development Guide
VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit Programming Guide
Open Source Software Related
Open Source Disclosure Package VMware Disk Development Kit 6.5 U1 170.77 MB
Open Source Disclosure Package for VMware Disk Development Kit 6.5.3 119.32 MB
Open Source Disclosure Package for VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit 6.5 124.64 MB
Open Source License VMware Disk Development Kit 6.5 U1 270.78 KB
Open Source License for VMware Disk Development Kit 6.5.2 270.78 KB
Open Source License for VMware Disk Development Kit 6.5.2 EP1 227.39 KB
Open Source License for VMware Disk Development Kit 6.5.3 227.38 KB
Open Source Licenses for VMware vSphere Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 6.5 261.07 KB
Open source license VMware Disk Development Kit 6.0 U2 193.55 KB
Open source license VMware Disk Development Kit 6.0 U2 49.01 KB
Open source software accompanying VMware Disk Development Kit 6.0 U2 98.89 MB
Release Notes
VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit 6.5 Release Notes
VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit 6.5.0.b Release Notes
VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit 6.5.1 Release Notes
VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit 6.5.2 EP1 Release Notes
VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit 6.5.2 Release Notes
VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit 6.5.3 Release Notes
VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit 6.5.4 Release Notes

Additional Resources