GUID Partition Table (GPT) support on UEFI and BIOS systems when using VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit’s (VDDK) VixMntapi
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Article ID: 342094
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Products
VMware vSphere ESXi
Issue/Introduction
This article provides information regarding the GUID Partition Table (GPT) support on UEFI and BIOS systems when using VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit’s (VDDK) VixMntapi.
Note: The support of GPT enables file-level restore on Windows Server 2012. For more information, see the VDDK 5.5.1 Release Notes.
Environment
VMware Virtual Disk Development 1.2 Virtual Disk Development Kit 5.5
Resolution
VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 5.5.1, specifically VixMntapi, supports GUID Partition Tables (GPT) on both BIOS and Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) systems.