Host Permission Problem - VMWare Server 2.0 - vix 1.5
I just upgraded my server to version 2.0 and my vix client to version 1.5. My vb.net code that was previously connecting properly now gets permission problems. "Insufficient permissions in host...
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RuntimeFault: Database temporarily unavailable or has network problems.
RuntimeFault: Database temporarily unavailable or has network problems. I always received that message when creating new Administrator from local users in Linux or adding user permission on a...
View ArticleC# and VIX API
I'm new to using vmware automation at least and I have VMWare server 1.0 installed. I'd like to use the VIX Api in C#, but I haven't been able to load the vix.dll as a reference. I've tried to find a...
View ArticleVixVM_ListProcessesInGuest returns empty list
The call of VixVM_ListProcessesInGuest has no effect on a NT4 Guest.The result sent by VixJob_GetNumProperties(jobHandle, VIX_PROPERTY_JOB_RESULT_ITEM_NAME) is always 0.Is there an issue with NT4? Or...
View ArticleVIX Perl, VMRunProgramInGuest and reading exitcode
Hello all,is there posibility to read exitcode that program executed via VMRunProgramInGuest returns? I mean in Perl.I found that there is a VIX_PROPERTY_JOB_RESULT_GUEST_PROGRAM_EXIT_CODE but this is...
View ArticleVIX - Perl on Windows
Hey, does anyone ever successfully installed VIX - Perl on Windows? Im using Active State Perl on Windows Server 2003 RC2, but always having Problems with building VIX - Modules. Does anyone...
View ArticleRunProgramInGuest Isolates Mapped Drives to Process Session
Greetings, _vm.RunProgramInGuest("subst.exe", "N: \"C:Program Files\"", 0, null, null) returns without errors but the drive doesn't appear in the current user session. I'm running Windows XP and...
View ArticleGetting absolute path for [standard] data store for VMWare Server
Hello Experts, Is there any VIX API available to get the absoulte path for data store. I am getting a vmx file path as : "[standard] Win XP PRO\Win XP PRO.vmx"I need a vmx path as :...
View ArticlerunProgramInGuest -interactive flag in Vista does not work
Greetings, I'm unable to get runProgramInGuest using the -interactive flag to work properly in a Vista guest. I've logged in as administrator and am passing in the proper credentials via vmrun:...
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Is it possible to bypass Windows login screen?
I have around 80 virtual machines with different configurations(OS only windows family - 2000, XP and Vista). I'm trying to write automated script with VIX API that will execute programon each VM and...
View ArticleVMware VIX API FindItems() method never returns when querying for registered VMs
Hi, I am using VMware Workstation 6.5 on Windows Vista x64.I am trying to write some C# code that uses VMware Vix v1.6.1 COM API to get a list of registered virtual machines. The code I am using is as...
View ArticleError: The specified service provider was not found
hi all, I just installed vix 1.6.2 and ran the vmrun which gave me the error "Error: The specified service provider was not found" details:vmware workstation 6.5.1trying to connect to workstation...
View ArticleVIX 1.6.2 Bug Report: recv error 10054
I have found that running the snapshot.c sample code against a VMware Server 2 host produces the following error on the host when the program is closed: SOCKET 3 (1848) recv error 10054: An existing...
View ArticlePowerOff after shutdown timeout
I am using VMware server 2.0 for testing end-user Windows applications. Sometimes, when I try to do a soft shutdown of a guest OS, the shutdown halts. When this happens via the VI web page, the...
View ArticleWaitForToolsInGuest does not return and hangs
I'm using VIX API 1.6.2 on 32 bit Windows 2003 (SP2) to control vitrual machines running on another 64-bit machine running ESXi 4.0.0 (171294). The Virtual machine is running 32-bit Windows 2003...
View ArticleConnecting to ESXi host using VIX C API
Has anyone had problems using the Vix C API to connect with an ESXi host? I can't get VixHost_Connect to connect with the C API, but if I use vmrun.exe with the same parameters it connects fine. A...
View ArticleProblem loading vix.dll
I am using the VMWare Tasks library to try and automate some VMs for testing. However when my C# program (32-bit) tries to load vix.dll it seems to fail. Running vmrun.exe from the VixCOM directory...
View ArticleSince upgrading from VIX 1.6 to 1.7, VIX_E_LICENSE on Open
Hi, Since upgrading to VIX 1.7 today, my C# program fails on the line: VixCOM.IJob jobHandle = hostHandle.OpenVM(vmxFileName, null);With the vix error VIX_E_LICENSE. I'm connecting to an ESXi box...
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VMware-VIX-1.7.0-186713.i386.bundle does not install
Hi ! I'm hoping some helpful expert can help point me in the right direction. I am attempting to upgrade the vmrun binary in my vmware-server 1.0.9 as the vmrun version that came with vmware-server...
View ArticleGuest Logins Via the VIX API
Hi, All, The VIX SDK comes with a sample that supposedly allows clients to execute scripts on a guest OS running on a VI server. For some reason, I've not been able to even login to the guest OS, let...
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