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Intermittent crashes the Vix API
We had been experiencing intermittent crashes the Vix API. We recently switched to launching vmrun.exe in a subprocess instead so the Vix API crashes would not kill our application. We have found...
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Manage 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 Articlecopy file from vco to guest failure?
Hi I am running VCO 5.1 appliance in a vsphere 5.1 environment. I am attempting to write a file to a guest machine. I have tried using both Local Administrator and Domain Administrator credentials but...
View ArticleTrying to use VIX coupled with BlackBerry 10 simulator
I've got the basics down, I am using .NET managed wrappers around VIX to boot my BlackBerry 10 emulator. However, there's no 'Guest Tools', so I'm very limited in what I can do. Basically, I need to...
View ArticleWhere and what is the folder d:\build\ob\bora-xxxxx\
Dear Colleagues, This may be a stupid question but I am unable to find a clear and straight answer anywhere. Can someone tell me where I can find this following folder "d:\build\ob\bora-xxxxx\" What is...
View ArticleHow to get VM path to .vmx file when you have the VM name?
Hi All,I'm using the latest release of VIX API to power on VMs on an ESX server. I'm working with C# in Visual Studio 2012 and currently, I power on the VM using the following code:...
View ArticleWhat is common/ most popular and up to date VIX API for Ruby
I have test framework written in Ruby. To automate some of the tests i would like to use Ruby library for VIX. What would be the best choice of Ruby VIX API to use? This is ongoing development, so it...
View ArticleProgramming VIX in Python
Hello: I need to program some funtions with VIX API but I need do it in python. For this purpose I need to import dll, etc to python... and call vix functions from a python script... someone can helps...
View ArticleReading Environment variables problem
Hi, I am using ReadVariable with the option VIX_GUEST_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE and I am getting blank values. I am logged in as the Administrator. Note, the two environment variables I can retrieve...
View Articlepython vix
heloes, nice that vix api is too powerfull now, it doesn't take much time for me, to migrate from vmware server 2.0 to esxi. maybe somebody knows are there plans to create an official python version...
View Articleconnect to ESX VM from VBScript ( VIX or VmCOM) - Urgent :(
I have a ESX 3.5 Server running few VMs I have a urgent request to write vbscripts to do switch on a machine "VM-x" remotely, copy a batch file from my local windows XP host to this VM-X and then...
View ArticleMy program crashes in VIX with: Access violation reading location
Hi, My C# program that uses the VIX API keeps crashing. I'm trying to use VIX 1.2.6 to connect to ESXi 3.5.0.The crash usually seems to happen after I kick off a job and while I'm waiting for it to...
View Articlevmrun with ESX - Unable to connect to host. Error: The specified version was...
I'm just getting into VMWare and ESX and trying to use vmrun on a windows 2008 box to list vms on an ESX4 server. So far working with the VMs in vCenter and vSphere has been great, but vmrum is...
View ArticleMinimum requirements for Running VIX Scripts (in VMWare Workstation 7.0)
Hi Everyone , I am new to VMware VIX API (in VMware Workstation7.0) . I want to Run the perl scripts that are developed using VIX . What are the minimum requisites that i should have to successfully...
View ArticleVIX_E_HOST_USER_PERMISSIONS and VIX_E_VM_NOT_RUNNING errors on VixVM_PowerOn...
I'm doing stress testing of automation of spin-up and tear-down of many virtual machines on an ESX4u1 system using the vix libraries. I've noticed the following behaviors that I was hoping someone at...
View Articlehelp with RunScriptInGuest()
Hi,I'm trying to implement the function RunScriptInGuest in c#.Here is the code: public void RunScriptInGuest(string interpreter, string scriptText, int options){ VMWareJobCallback callback = new...
View ArticleProblem with Vix API library?
Hi,I have started a C++ programusing Vix Api. I compiled that code on Windows With Wrapper Library VixAllProducts.lib. Im using Visual Studio2003 for this. When i compilethe code its giving lot of link...
View ArticleCopyFileFromHostToGuest - INTERNAL ERROR: A file was not found
Hey, I am trying to Copy files into a VMWare image hosted in ESX using VIX (C# Wrapper around the COM API), but I can't quite get it right. Conceptual Something like: IVMWareVirtualHost host = new...
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 ArticleConfiguring Output from vmrun runProgramInGuest
Hello, I am using vmrun to run an MSDOS batch file inside a Windows vm as follows: vmrun -T vc -h https://<vcenterservername>:443/sdk -u username -p password -gu Administrator -gp...
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