vifs --get internal error
Hi, I'm getting an internal error 500 from # vifs --server srv2 --username root --password *** -g "[SATA-RAID5] ISO/CentOS-6.2-x86_64-minimal.iso" ./xGET...
View ArticleProblem about using JNI to call Vix API?
Hi All, I used JNI to call Vix API base on Fedora 7 OS. Bug I have a problem when running the program. Here is the exception message:"Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError:...
View ArticleHost Permission Problem - VMWare Server 2.0 - vix 1.5
I just upgraded my server to version 2.0 and my vix client to version 1.5. My vb.net code that was previously connecting properly now gets permission problems. "Insufficient permissions in host...
View ArticleVMWareTasks: A VIX API C# Library (let's reinvent less wheels)
I posted a CodeProject Article this morning with a VMWareTasks C# library on top of the VIX API. It exposes a better programming model for the 99% of those synchronous VMWare scenarios where you don't...
View ArticleUSB connect/disconnect
Hello! I'm not sure if this belongs in the VIX section of the forums. If it doesn't please show me where in the forums to post instead. What I want to do is simple: I want to be able to connect a USB...
View ArticleI am facing a problem in using VIX api clone function with c#
Hello , I am facing a problem in using VIX api clone function with c# following is the sample code and the exception i am facing o can ssome help me by telling me whatz wrong with the code -...
View ArticleThrowing vmodl.fault.RequestCanceled without actually having cancelled a request
I'm running VMware Server 2.0.0, Build 122956, and Vix 1.6.2, Build 127388, on an Ubuntu 8.04.03-LTS system. The setup works reasonably well most of the time - I've been able to do VM management via...
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VIX_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 ArticleIssue with vmrun runProgramInGuest running 2008 Powershell commands
I am trying to run an install script in powershell on a 2008 server using vmrun from a linux server. I have had a few problems doing this and am wondering if there is a way to make it work.. The...
View ArticleGuest operations are not allowed for the anonymous user on this virtual machine
Hi, After a lot of trying i've finally managed to connect to a VM in the VMware Server 2.0.2 However i get the error "Guest operations are not allowed for the anonymous user on this virtual machine"...
View Articlehow can i clone a vmware machine on ESXi?
Hi i have ESXi server. I am using VSphere Client to connect to VCenter Server. I can see the clone option is available in VCenter Server. I am using VIX API to crate snapshot, copy data into guest, run...
View Articlehow to unlock vmdk files?
Hi, Im using vix api to create a snapshot of guest os. After creating snapshot i try to download the snapshot files to remote machine without power off the guest os . But the problem is...
View ArticleConnect/Disconnect USB
Is there an API to connect/disconnect a USB device to/from the guest/host? I don't see any function definitions for such a use case in the APIs.... but this is "mission critical", so I thought I'd...
View ArticleVMX file path format and read permission for the file
The problem we currently have is connecting to VMs using the VIX API. The API has a method VMOpen : ($err, $vmHandle) = VMOpen($hostHandle,$vmxFilePathName); This function opens a virtual machine on...
View ArticleVix Api without install, .NET
Hi!I want to deploy my application providing/using Vix Api without installing Vix API on the target host:- windows .NET app- vixcom.dll is included in Visual Studio project Does any of you have...
View Articlehow to retrieve path of vmdk files associated to a given VM (name)
How to retrieve list of all the vmdk files and there paths from datastore using any APIs? I know it can be done via VI API which uses web services. But is there any other way?I could not find a way to...
View ArticleListProcessesInGuest doesn't display command line in 64bit VM
Hello all, I don't know if there's a reason or it's a bug, but If I run > vmrun -T ws -gu guestUser -gp guestPassword listProcessesInGuest VM.vmx32bit VM will display the command line and 64bit...
View Articlevix-perl installation problem
Hi,I'm trying to install vix-perl module on a Windows server with cygwin as build environment.I have unzipped the vix-perl tar in a directory and succesfully executed the 'perl Makefile.PL'...
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VSphere 5.5 with Vix 1.12 - Cancelled Operation
We are performing a number of guest operations through Vix (1.12), mainly to execute script files over virtual machines (Windows 2008 R2) hosted on VCenter 5.5 (Esxi hosts 5.5). Some of the blocking...
View ArticleVMWare API: Create a Web for see my VMMachines status,info...
Hi all, I'm new in the VMWARE API World. I wish to create a web that let users check their VMMachine Info, status and also Reboot,Start or Shutdown. I've been looking for some info but I'm becoming...
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