installing VIX API for use with VBScript
I probably did something wrong or forgot to do something, but I can't figure out what it is. I installed the VIX API and tried to run the sample powerON.vbs, but I get the following error: object...
View ArticleVIX - Perl on Windows
Hey, does anyone ever successfully installed VIX - Perl on Windows? Im using Active State Perl on Windows Server 2003 RC2, but always having Problems with building VIX - Modules. Does anyone...
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 Articlestop soft doesn't close Ubuntu guest down gracefully
Hi. I'm running Workstation v6.5.1 on a 32-bit Windows XP host. The following script to close down all running guests works, except for one problem: for /f "usebackq skip=1" %%i in (`"c:\Program...
View ArticlecopyFileFromGuestToHost got Error: Unknown Error
Hi, I issued the following command to copy a file from vm to host: vmrun.exe" -T esx -h https://host/sdk -u user -p password -gu guser -gp gpassword copyFileFromGuestToHost "\[storage1\]...
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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 ArticleWhere to download VIX API 1.8?
Hi all, Some days ago Vmware has announced VIX API 1.8. I have installed Vmware Player 3.0. Inside this installation I could not find the VIX 1.8 which can be used to control VMware Player 3.0. Any...
View ArticleVmrun.exe and UNC Paths
Greetings, Are UNC paths to .vmx fully supported by vmrun (version 1.8.1)? vmrun list will returns 0 running vms if they were loaded and launched using the UNC path to the vmx config file. Thank...
View ArticleRevertToSnapshot() fail with VIX_E_FAIL on Windows 7
I have a program written in C# that automates a process that involves a few RevertToSnapshot() calls. I have run this program against Workstation 6.5.0 and 6.5.3 on Vista and XP Hosts with XP SP2 and...
View ArticleWin7 64Bit VMrun problem
Hi I have installed the last Vix API on a Win7 64Bit machine and when i try to connect to ESX or Workstation i got following error : Unable to connect to host.Error: The specified version was not...
View ArticleVIX for MAC VMware fusion
Hi, I am unable to get VIX library for MAC VMware fusion. Can anyone guide me to get VIX libraries to run vmrun utility? Regards,akash
View ArticleUnable to connect to ESXi 4.0.0 using vmrun
Hello dear experts, I have a Linux machine where VIX API 1.10.1 is installed. I'm trying to list the available VMs of an ESXi 4.0.0 machine, using the command below: vmrun -T esx -h...
View ArticleVIX API using VBScript and snapshot properties
Is it possible to get a snapshot name using VBScript? I have been able to get a snapshot object using GetRootSnapShot or GetChild but I am trying to the name name of the snapshot. Thanks,
View ArticleVIX API license VMware-vix-1.11.0-471780
I found that I can't use VixCOM without license. What kind of minimal required package should I buy for using the library with my ESX server? (5.X or 4.X)
View ArticleMemory leak when using the wrapper library?
When compiling the following code against the windows wrapper library, I seem to have an memory leak. After ~1500 reverts is has consumed about 170 MB of RAM. It starts as about ~7MB. After ~50 the...
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'...
View Articlevix API C# not able read the CPU utilization and memory usage
iam automating the report of the VI server utlilization. Need help to get the CPU ustilization of the server, IP host of the server list and memeory usage of the VI server. I gone through all the...
View ArticlePowerON VM from remote via PSEXEC and API doesn't work
Frame:VMware Workstation 10.0VS-Studio 2012.NET 4.0Windows 7 64bitVestris.VMwareLib.Dll [version 1.7] <-- wrapper for VIX APIInstalled...
View Articleshared folders
I have this same message posted earlier, but no one took a look to even view it, so I was wondering if the title was to vague...so here is what I posted earleir. Hi, I am mapping a shared/enabled...
View ArticleRunning vmrun on Linux/Windows with ESX
I know VIX 1.6.2 was just released which now supports ESX 3.5u2+ (I believe). I know there are some blogs floating out there about how to use "vmrun.exe" on Windows to manage your Virtual Machines on...
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