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Unable to load VDDK and VIX libraries in a single process (2016054)
Symptoms
When attempting to load VMware VIX API 1.11 and Virtual Disk Development Kit (VDDK) 5.0 libraries in a single process, the application may crash.
Cause
Both VIX API 1.11 and VDDK 5.0 libraries have a dependency on libgvmomi library. When the init methods in both the libraries are invoked in a single process, gvmomi asserts when the application tries to initialize it twice.
Resolution
There are no plans to provide a fix in future releases.
To work around this issue, you must use two different processes to load VIX API 1.11 and VDDK 5.0 libraries and then communicate between the processes via inter-process communication.
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