Virtual Disk Development Kit is a program package for Windows that contains C libraries, code samples, utilities and documentation to help you create and access VMware virtual disk storage. It also comes equipped with sets of C function calls, C++ examples that you may build with either Visual Studio or the GNU C compiler. In addition, you have the ability to view detailed information about the available functions.

General notes

The virtual disk API is a set of function calls to manipulate virtual disk files in VMDK format. Using this interface, you can write programs to manage the aforementioned items directly from the developed applications. These library functions are able to work with a wide range of products, including hosted and virtual disks residing on file system volumes of an ESXi host managed by vCenter Server.

Main capabilities

You have the ability to make apps manage the virtual disk on any operating system that runs on a supported VMware platform product. It is possible to repackage VDDK binaries into your project after signing a redistribution agreement. Thus, you can develop your software that works effectively across multiple virtual disks from a central location.

Features

free to download and use;
compatible with modern Windows versions;
allows you to integrate virtual disk functionality into apps;
you can view detailed information about components;
it is possible to manipulate files in VMDK format.