Programming 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...
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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
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Vmware-vix 64 bit installation prob - bad interpreter: Permission denied error
Hi, I'm trying to install vmware-vix 1.10 on Centos 5.4 64bit. I su and validated i'm logged in as root, then launched the installer: sh ./VMware-VIX-1.10.1-266898.x86_64.bundle Everytime I get the...
View ArticleRunProgramInGuest Hangs
Hi, I need help...I have a problem using RunProgramInGuest I run the program inside the VMWare and it works however the problem is if the program runs too long (more 20 minutes) inside the VMWare, my...
View Article64 bit bersion of VixCOM.dll
I downloaded Vix SDK and see a 32 bit version of VixCOM.dll available. Is there a 64 bit version available? Thx!
View ArticleVIX_E_INTERACTIVE_SESSION_NOT_PRESENT when logged in through Windows 7 Remote...
Greetings, The VIX LoginInGuest() API with the VIX_LOGIN_IN_GUEST_REQUIRE_INTERACTIVE_ENVIRONMENT option does not work when a user is interactively logged in via a Windows 7 (64-bit) Remote Desktop...
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 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 ArticleThrowing vmodl.fault.RequestCanceled without actually having cancelled a request
I'm running VMware Server 2.0.0, Build 122956, and Vix 1.6.2, Build 127388, on an Ubuntu 8.04.03-LTS system. The setup works reasonably well most of the time - I've been able to do VM management via...
View ArticleVMware server 2.0 - Insufficient permissions in host operating system
Hi all. I have been struggling with this issue for weeks now. It seems apparent that I'm having file permissions issue, but can't seem to pinpoint it. Any help would be greatly appreciated! The issue...
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 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...
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VixHost_Connect Problem
Hi from Austria, When i want to run the following code : #include <string.h>#include "vix.h" VixHandle hostHandle = VIX_INVALID_HANDLE; int main(){VixError err;VixHandle jobHandle =...
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 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 ArticleVix 1.2 with C# - Callbacks crash
I have created a very basic project to simply enumerate the running VMs. This is taken from the sample code provided in the documentation for FindItems. If I do not register a callback, the code...
View ArticleError: A file was not found
I just downloaded and installed VIX. Now I would like to start and stop a vm on a server version 1.0. I tried the powerOn.vbs: after I replaced: Set job =...
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...
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