This driver enables read-only access to files and folders on partitions formatted in the Virtual Machine File System (VMFS) by VMware. VMFS is a clustered file system that is used by the VMware ESX hosts to store virtual machines and virtual disk files. The VMFS driver is developed and maintained by fluid Operations and is included in upcoming releases of the eCloudManager product, where it is used to allow enhanced features like offloaded backups of virtual machines hosted on VMware ESX hosts. The VMFS driver comes with a command line interface (CLI) to mount and analyze VMFS volumes. The VMFS driver was tested on Linux and Windows based hosts, but should work on any platform that supports Java.

The source code is placed under the GNU Public License (GPL). None of it is shareware. You don't have to pay anyone to use it but you should be sure to read the copyright section of the FAQ for more information on how the GNU General Public License may affect your use of these tools. In particular, if you intend to use the code in a proprietary (non-GPL'd) application, you will need a proprietary-use license for the VMFS library. This is available for purchase; please contact us for more information.

License Collector is an ANT task that generates a html file in which all integrated 3rd party libraries are listed with their license specification and acknowledgements. The only thing the developer needs to think of is creating an information sheet when integrating/committing libraries. Then this small tool will render a nice Third Party License Term List, and your legal counsel will be happy.