VIX 1.11 - ESxi 5.0 - License Issue with Power On operation.
Hi, I'm getting License issue error when I try to Power on a VM machine on my ESXi 5.0 when using VIX 1.11 and Vixcom. Other operation are operating without any issues.I have Ent Plus License. Any...
View Articlevmrun insufficient permissions
hello everyonewhen i try to start a vm using the following commandvmrun -t esx -h https://myserver.com/sdk -u domain\user -p ******* start "[datastore1-mydata] vmname/vmname.vmx"i get an error message...
View Articlehow to resolve error running cscript //nologo powerOn.wsf from VIX Samples...
I get the this error when running the sample vbscript provided in Vix Microsoft VBScript runtime error: ActiveX component can't create object: 'VixCOM.VixLib' This is on VMServer 1.04 C:\Program...
View ArticleVIX Perl routines sometimes never return
I have a script managing the state of several VMs on the local host running VMware Server 1.0x. I'm trying to use Perl VIX to do some of the automation and notice that sometimes I've seen certain...
View ArticleVIX_COM connect to remote host
I'm trying to connect to VMWare machine running on the remote host (Host: Windows XP SP2 with VMWare Server v1.04) Getting VBScript error "Type Mismatch" on line higlighted below. As you can...
View ArticleWaitWithoutResults doesn't end when waiting for tools in guest
I'm using VixCOM with vmware server 1.0.3 to run automated testing. We have a setup that we have multiple tests running, but two tests would wait for a single vm. So the first test grabs the vm and...
View ArticleGet Screen Capture
I've got a test script that reverts to a snapshot, installs some software and then performs a set of tests. Sometimes the tests uncover an error. I would like to grab a screen shot of the VM desktop...
View ArticleLogInGuest fails with an error message "The command is not recognized by the...
Hello, Using VIP API v1.1.4 against Server v1.02 and getting an error on LogInGuest with the error message specified in the subject. When I execute the same script while machine is already powered on...
View Article"VMware Tools is not installed" message, but I cannot install them
I just bought VMware Fusion and Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2. I installed VMware fusion, and created a new virtual machine called "Windows XP Home Edition." When I tried to easy install I...
View ArticleCheck and Set vm network device status
Hi there, There are often times that when a vm is started in workstation, for some reason the network is not connected even it is set to Connect at power on in Virtual Machine Settings. Is there an...
View ArticleIO Redirection
I am mainly using the Vix API through vmrun scripting interface. Is there a way to redirect guest std(in|out|err) from/to the host OS? I would like to capture the output of the programs I run in...
View ArticleVMware ACE Power-on script
I am not sure this is the right forum for my question, but I hope that somebody can help. I am attempting to implement a power-on script in ACE, but up to now I was unable to get a script work... I...
View ArticleReading configuration File using VIX API
Hi. Is there are any API's available to read the configuration file (.vmx) ? Thanks, -AsHwIN
View ArticleViX to Server connection problems. - "The system returned an errror..."
Hi I've got VMware Server 2.0.0 (b116503) and I'm trying to talk to it through VIX COM 1.6.1.4558 with .NET interop to C#. The server is running on Windows XP Pro and so is the remote machine I'm...
View ArticleConnect/Disconnect cdrom ?
Hi, does anybody know a way how to connect/disconnect a CDROM when the VM is running ?Maybe there is some variable to set using VixVM_ReadVariable and VIX_VM_CONFIG_RUNTIME_ONLY ? Thanks in advance....
View ArticleWhich SDK for VMware Workstation 5.5.5?
Looks like that is too old for VIX. Not clear to me from the VMware web page. Do I have to go to a special location to get an older SDK for the old version of WS? Can APIs be called from within a guest...
View ArticleVMware Server
I installed the VMware Server 2, i got a VMware Server Hompage. When i click the link it tries to bring up a https and http page, but ask's me a username and password which i have never set during the...
View ArticleESX and VIX
I'm using the Vix perl API from VMware-vix-1.1.5-109488.i386.tar.gz. and when running findhosttest.pl I get the following: Failed to get property type for 3010 on handle 0. Connect failed, 1000 The...
View ArticleLoginInGuest() issue with VIX_LOGIN_IN_GUEST_REQUIRE_INTERACTIVE_ENVIRONMENT...
Hi, I'm having problem with the LoginInGuest() function when using the VIX_LOGIN_IN_GUEST_REQUIRE_INTERACTIVE_ENVIRONMENT option. Here's the code written in C#: jobHandle =...
View ArticleVmrun runProgramInGuest Issue with Parameters
I am using vmrun 6.5.2 to run a testing tool in the guest. It takes 3 parameters in this case. A path to a project suite to open (1), a command (/run) to run tests (2) and the name of the project...
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