PyVix or PyVMware
Hi: I´m trying to use pyvmware or pyvix for program in python VIX API. I´m not be able to do this.... I need help with that please!!!!!! Thanks
View ArticleRunning command prompt commands on Windows Guest OS using VIX API
Hi all, I need to run some command prompt(cmd.exe) commands on a Windows Guest OS using VIX API. I can use "VixVM_RunProgramInGuest" function to run that cmd.exe application but for that i need to...
View ArticleFuture Plans to support Process-Level Information from VM OS via VIX?
Forgive me if this question is naive or misguided -- I'm operating on very little information... While at VMworld last week, a VMware employee and I were chatting about VIX and he indicated that in a...
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 ArticleVerify that a VIX host is connected?
I want to connect to a VIX host with VixHost_Connect() and then share the handle with various threads. If the connection drops I want to reconnect and acquire a new handle to share out. How can I...
View ArticleVixVM_RunProgramInGuest doesn't start right after the vmware is powered up
I have a vix program with common tasks including start the vmware, wait for vmware tool, then run a program in guest. The problem that I encounter is that my program in guest never get started right...
View ArticleFail to open VM
Hi, I am very new to VIX and I was trying some of the sample on my machine.However, I am always seeing the hostHandle return as 0 after the VixHost_connect/VixJob_Wait call . As the result, the next...
View Articlevix rise vmware core dump in win7 64 bit
when use win7 64bit with vix 1.11.0-471780 this core dump, pls help me find out the problemthe vm mirror image is create at win7 32bit and anything is well! Nov 29 19:55:55.414: vmx| Log for VMware...
View ArticleGetting "VMware Tools are not running in the guest" from VIX, but tools are...
I'm having an issue with a Perl VIX script that I am writing. I am connecting to a VM, I wait for the VMWare tools using VMWaitForToolsInGuest, and then I execute a VBScript. After about 15 minutes, I...
View Articlevmrun.exe readvariable returns null
i have installed vmware VIX on windows 7 64bit and want to connect and read some virtual machine variables such as net.adapters, but it returns null.my command is :vmrun.exe -h myhost.com -U myusername...
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 ArticleEmergent : about Guest vmware tools , unattended
When I copied one Guest os which had contained vmware tools to another dir, when I start the copied one there's no vmware tools. why?If I install the vmware tools again using VixVM_InstallTools()...
View ArticleIs there any way to check if VMware tools is installed in a powered off VM?
I would like to know whether or not a VM has VMware tools installed without having to power on the VM. Any help is very much appreciated.
View ArticleVix api problems
Hi,I am using the latest release of the vix api and I am not getting anywhere from C or from perl. I tried this on both 32 and 64 bit linux hosts and it seems like Vix_JobWait hangs forever. The...
View ArticleVixCom/VIX VMWare Server Exceptions: GetErrorText and Connect
This post has a few questions. What is error code 6 when trying to connect?[/b] I get this error returned in everything C, C#, VB, VBScript/WSH, PerlWhy am I having these exceptions in VixCom...
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 (VixHost_Connect)
Hi all I'v installed workstation 6 on my PC, with Vista OSI compiled the sample code file "PowerOn.c" from the VMWare automization SDK. when running the function VixHost_Connect(VIX_API_VERSION,...
View ArticleDefining startup rules for VMs in VI Client
Hi, is it possible to define a policy or rule that will not allow powering on a virtual machine "A" in the VI Client, if virtual machine "B" is already running? For example in such a way that the rule...
View Articletool working against WS 6, but not server 1.0.1
Regarding the text posted below, and posted at the top of this Virtual Machine Automation APIs (VIX API) community, does this mean literally that 1 (or is it '1'?) should be used instead of...
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