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2 Replies Last post: Nov 18, 2009 7:11 AM by red0mark  

VixDiskLib_Open on RDM (Raw Device Mapping) always returns VIX_E_FILE_ALREADY_LOCKED posted: Oct 26, 2009 8:09 AM

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red0mark
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Jan 22, 2009
All,

Does VDDK 1.1 support RDM(s)? We have a Window XP vm guest with a RDM but the call to VixDiskLib_Open always returns VIX_E_FILE_ALREADY_LOCKED. We are opening the disk in VIXDISKLIB_FLAG_OPEN_READ_ONLY mode.

Thanks,
-Ron

Re: VixDiskLib_Open on RDM (Raw Device Mapping) always returns VIX_E_FILE_ALREADY_LOCKED

1. Nov 5, 2009 1:54 AM in response to: red0mark
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Lakshmi Gayat…
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Oct 6, 2008

If your VM is powered On, you will get this error.

I have powered off my VM and I was able to open a RDM which is in virtual compatible mode.

Re: VixDiskLib_Open on RDM (Raw Device Mapping) always returns VIX_E_FILE_ALREADY_LOCKED

2. Nov 18, 2009 7:12 AM in response to: Lakshmi Gayat…
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red0mark
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Will this be fixed in an up coming VDDK release? We don't want to power off all our vm's just to take snapshots and backup the files.

Thanks,
-Ron

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