Connecting USB removable devices
As for VmWare Workstation 7, it is possible to connect or disconnect an USB device from the Workstation menu : It is possible then to see the USB device from the Host platform when disconnected using...
View ArticleVIX Error 3009 when powering off VMware Player 3.0
Hi! I'm testing VIX API 1.8 with VMware Player 3.0. But sometimes when calling VixVM_PowerOff() I get the error code 3009 - VIX_E_POWEROP_SCRIPTS_NOT_AVAILABLE, with the message "Cannot execute...
View Article/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl --default --compile any hidden options?
Hi,I dug up a very old post to silent install the vmware-tools on linux. There are a bunch of posts on how to silent install them in windows, but I need linux.So I found this someone...
View Articlevix-perl issues?
I reinstalled server, so that I could have vix 1.0 since 1.1 has issues. I installed vix-perl correctly, but when trying to run sample code, use VMWare::Vix::Simple;use VMware::Vix::API::Constants;...
View ArticleVixVM_RunProgramInGuest vix library in python
DearsI am new to VIX API, i wrote a new program as follow import vixhost = vix.VixHost()vm = host.open_vm("/home/Somebody/VM/Windows.vmx")vm.login(username="User",...
View ArticleAssign IP to windows vm
Hi, Can someone guide me on how we can assign ip to a Windows VM dynimically i.e., assigning IP later point of time after initial customization using API or any other alternate method? Thanks
View ArticleManage VMWARE by python
Good morning to everybody,I'm working to write a script python to manage a virtual machine, I choose, for example, VMware. To realize this script I need vmware's API and a library, called libvirt....
View Articlevix 1.7 installer crashes
I am trying to resolve this issue and it has me baffled. The installer gets to the EULA, I hit enter to begin installing and it just dies. No error message, no indication it did anything, just exits....
View ArticleProgrammatically Connecting/Disconnecting Removable Devices using VIX API?
Is it somehow possible to connect/disconnect removable devices using the VIX API? Or is there another mechanism how I might archieve that using my own tool/script? Thanks
View ArticleVIX_SERVICEPROVIDER_VMWARE_WORKSTATION error
Hi, I'm trying to run a script in a 64-bit Windows 7 VM usingthe vmrun command line tool (1.6.0.2073) and the following options: vmrun -T ws -gu user -gp passwordrunProgramInHost "C:\vms\W7.vmx"...
View ArticleDoes vmrun in 1.7 support reverting to snapshots on ESX?
This was a dealbreaker for me in 1.62, and it's still not working for me in 1.7... am I doing something wrong? Here's what I'm doing: 1. C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VIX>vmrun -T esx -h...
View ArticleVIX 1.7 vixwrapper-config
Per the 1.7 config file it looks like the contents of VIServer-2.0.0 are obsolete. VIServer-2.0.0\32bit\vix.dll is version 1.6.0.1921 (2.0.0 build-116503), which looks like it has not been updated...
View ArticlePlease help me... I need to obtain CPU and memory usage throw VIX api?
Any Idea... its urgent... Please could you help me? Regards.
View Articlethere is a way to obtain, CPU and Memory usage from the virtual Machine
there is a way to obtain, CPU and Memory usage from the virtual Machine usink Vix Api. Regards. I'm using C# wrapper.
View ArticleRunProgramInGuest program unvisible on windows 2008 r2 64bit os
I meet a proble when using RunProgramInGuest, the program is unvisible on win2008 r2 64 bit os. The Esx server version is 3.5i, the VIX is 1.6.2. Below is the sample code, Set job =...
View Articletransfer data files between virtual clients
Dear All, My apology if this is not the right VMware forum but here is my question: Is it possible to use VIX API (or any other VMware technology API) to transfer mass of data files between one...
View ArticleVixHost_Connect fail with NULL username and password
I'm working on VMware Server 2.0. In Vix API document, it says that if you want to connect to localost with current login, then you can use NULL for hostname, username and password. I just want so....
View ArticleVM or physical machine, how do i make out remotely using psexec and perl
Is there a way to make out a difference between a Physical machine and a VM remotely from perl.here goes my requirement using psexec and perl i want to know whether a remote machine is a VM(mounted...
View ArticleSegmentation Fault (core dumped) on VixHost_Connect
Hi Guys, I'm got a ubuntu machine running VMWare Server 1.0.3 build 44356 and first off I'll admit I'm a bit new to this. This line was working on a previous version of VIX (I'm currently running 1.1)...
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