Programmatically 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 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 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 ArticleException:System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80010105)
Hi , guys.I'm a newbie about VM. I work with Vestris.VMWareLib1.4 in VS.Net2008. I want to make a windows form app to control VMWare Workstation7.0 and VMWare Server2.0. The workstation has...
View ArticleVixCOM.Constants
The VIX API reference does not include th file VixCOM.Constants, which is referenced in several places. I need a list of ALL constants, used in API. Is there some definitive list, and if so could...
View ArticleWhat is libgvmomi.so?
What is What is libgvmomi.so? Does it belong to glib? I was wondering what license it goes with in the VIX API open source license file. thanks! holly
View Article"Unable to connect to host. Error: The specified version was not found "
file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/ba/My%20Documents/Soulseek%20Chat%20Logs/Private/eureka.txt here is my situtation: workstation 7.0 installed------> vmrun runs pretty well...
View ArticleIntermittant exception when requiring interactive login
Hello, I'm having an intermittant issue with our VM's using our VIX wrapper's LogInGuest and the VIX_LOGIN_IN_GUEST_REQUIRE_INTERACTIVE_ENVIRONMENT flag. I am using remote desktop to log into our...
View ArticlePANIC in Vix_FindItems callback causing unexpected termination
I'm trying to use the VIX API to get a list of all the VMs registered to a host. The simplest way to do this seemed to be to use Vix_FindItems, and pass it a callback that would build a string of all...
View ArticleUnable to compile VIX Programs
Hi, I installed vix api 1.8 in my machine and wrote some sample programs in C. Im using Visual Studio 2005 Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 "Version 8.0.50727.762 (SP.050727-7600) Microsoft .NET...
View ArticleUnable to connect to vsphere ESXi using VIX
Dear experts, Please help me in getting started with VIX!! I'm trying to start a VM hosted in a vSphere ESXi (4.0.0, 208167) using the "vmrun" utility which I got by installing the VIX API 1.8.1 on...
View ArticleUnable to log into VM using encrypted password
I’m trying to log into the VM using an encrypted password.The password value is saved in and ini file, but the log in section is failingto de-encrypt the password. I’m trying to use Unicode to perform...
View ArticleFinding guest info from within a guest
I'm trying to work out how I can find out information about a VM (name, resource pool, data store, network connections etc.) from within a (Linux) guest. Within the guest I can find the NIC MAC...
View ArticleUnable to connect to host. Error: The specified version was not found
vmrun -T esx -h https://192.168.1.123/sdk -u root -p mypassword list Unable to connect to host.Error: The specified version was not found Any ideas why this is not working? It's being executed on a...
View ArticleExecuting "vmrun runScriptInGuest" on FreeBSD 8.2 guest
Hello, I would like to use VIX API to run some custom scripts on FreeBSD system. For that purpose I installed VMware Player 4.0 on my Windows 7 x32 host system, and then installed FreeBSD 8.2 guest...
View ArticleVIX API Locale for non-Unicode programs Error
Hi All, I use the VIX API 1.11 on the Windows OS and I have a problem with locale for non-Unicode programs.When I try to call the VixHost_Connect() function to connect to VmWare Workstation Hypervisor,...
View Articlecan I use VIX API Check Current User Logon Guest OS (VMs)
Hi, Averyone I must script for check current user logon guest os (VMs) with display list VMs and name user logon How can I check that, So Whom have script for list state & current user logon Thanks.
View ArticleVIX API License
Hello, Is it permited to use VIX api in a comercial application and redistribute the runntime DLLs. Is any kind of license required? The end user agreement is not very clear on this. Thanks
View ArticleCan we use VIX to add/remove disks from a VM?
Hi All, I'm having a problem, I have a ESX server which as several VMs: A,B,C,D,E etc.On A, I want to add/remove disks to B,C,D,E with VIX APIs (or vmrun commands).Is this possible? Or I have to give...
View ArticleHow to get performance data of average CPU, MEM and NET.
Hi all, I am trying to get the details of performance data CPU, MEM and NET, my code output is as below Thu Jul 18 15:00:00 IST 2013 cpu.usage.average :: 3080Thu Jul 18 15:05:00 IST 2013...
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