Bug: power-state of a suspended VM is reported as powered-off in VMware Server 2
Hi! One of the users of my C# wrapper library for VixCOM (http://www.codeplex.com/VixCOMWrapper) noticed a problem in the current implementation: when querying the power-state of a VM using the...
View Articlevmrun: revertToSnapshot gives "A file by that name does not exist" error
Hello. I'm having a problem with vmrun.exe (so I guess I'm not 100% convinced if it's the correct thread), as in the post title. I've used version 6.5.1 of vmrun.exe, and today I've installed v1.7 of...
View ArticleThere was an error in communication
ESX version: 3.5 U4VIX version: latest Command run:C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware VIX>vmrun -T esx -h https://172.17.235.10/sdk -u serveruser -p serverpass -gu administrator -gp guestpass...
View ArticleProblem linking against latest version of VixAllProducts.lib
I've researched various posts but none of the suggested workarounds seem to work. I am using VS 2010, linking against this library works fine in 1.10.3.Does anyone have any pointers? By the way, I get...
View ArticleExtention of VMDK file size failed
i would i like to extend the size of vmdk file. as it is very much useful in my project Below is the code which i am using for extenstion of vmdk file code 1: package...
View ArticleHow to ignore quotes in vmrun commands
Hi, I am trying to execute a vmrun command like below which is working fine. vmrun -T esx -h https://test.eng.vmware.com/sdk -u root -p password -gu root -gp password runProgramInGuest "[datastore]...
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 ArticleCannot execute VIX API command on a Powered On Virtual Machine - vCenter
I cannot execute any VIX API vmrun command once the Virtual Machine is powered on. The setup is a vCenter server with a number of esx hosts. I can list all virtual machines, and power the machines...
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 ArticleWhere's VIX_SERVICEPROVIDER_VMWARE_PLAYER in 1.10.2?
Greetings, I do not see VixCOM.Constants.VIX_SERVICEPROVIDER_VMWARE_PLAYER in my Interop.VixCOM.dll built from the 1.10.2.15207 build of VixCOM.dll. The VIX API reference for 1.10 indicates that it...
View ArticleVIX PERL issues ( C RUNTIME library )
I havent been able to use the Simple perl API . I am having the linking issues with runtime libraries . ************SAMPLE code from the SPI programmer guide*******use VMWare::Vix::Simple;use...
View Articleperl vix api looping
I set up a loop to continuously take a snaphot, run a program in guest, copy a file and then revert to snapshot and repeat the process by running the program in guest (with new arguments). however, my...
View ArticleProblem connecting to host with Python and VixCOM
Hello, I'm trying to connect to the localhost using Python and VixCOM.The server is VMWare Server 2.0.0 and VIX API 1.6 running on WinXP But I always get the error 18002...
View ArticleVMDK mount automation using vixDiskMountServer
It is possible to mount a VMDK disk by right-clicking on it with VMware Workstation 6.5. It uses vixDiskMountServer.exe. Unfortunately, there is no documentation on how to do it automatically. My...
View Articlevmrun in ESX server console
Is there an equivalent tool to "vmrun" that will let you make VIX API calls from the ESX console? thanks, -h
View ArticleCoffee Talk Webinar: VIX API Managing and Automating your Guest Wed June 30th...
Thanks for Joining this mornings Coffee Talk - PDF and MP3 Link Link to MP3 -> http://blogs.vmware.com/files/vix-api.mp3 Title: VIX APIs - Managing and Automating Guest OSWe will show examples of...
View ArticleUnable to open VM image
I'm running VMWare ESX server 4.0, and want to automate testing on several major Windows OS' using VIX 1.10. Started off by downloading VIX 1.10, and putting the VI-Server-2.0.0 dlls into my classpath....
View ArticleVIX Illegal instruction (core dumped) on Ubuntu using sample code
Hi, I'm trying to learn VIX but can't even get beyond the first connect call.I get a Illegal instruction (core dumped) in SSL_InitEx () Anyone any ideas? Thanks, Jan // c-program #include...
View ArticleHow to check for directory existence with vmrun?
Hello, I'm porting an existing VIX interface to use vmrun and I cannot find the way to use the DirectoryExistsInGuest with vmrun. Could be that VMware developers forgot it? Is there a workaround?...
View ArticleRun Program in Guest as an Administrator
I'm attempting to automate some machine set-up tasks using the VIX API with VMware Workstation v9 using VBS. I have hit a blocker when attempting to use the "RunProgramInGuest" option on Windows 8, the...
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