How to Use the VM Guest API

The VM Guest API defines functions and data types that you use to extract virtual machine data. This section covers the following topics:

VM Guest API Runtime Components
VM Guest API Data Types
VM Guest Library Functions
VM Guest API Error Codes

VM Guest API Runtime Components
VM Guest API Data Types
VM Guest Library Functions
The vSphere Guest SDK contains the header file vmGuestLib.h. This file declares the functions and data types that you use to call the VM Guest API. The following sections describe the VM Guest API functions:
VM Guest API Error Codes
Each vSphere Guest API function returns an error code. If successful, the returned error code is VMGUESTLIB_ERROR_SUCCESS. If the function is unable to complete its task, the error code provides information for diagnosing the problem.

Parent topic: The VM Guest Library