vmrun clone: "The Operation is not supported"?
Hi, I am trying to clone a VM using vmrun with vSphere/ESX4 using the following command line: "C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VIX\vmrun.exe" -T esx -h https://44.1.1.122/sdk -u root -p password...
View ArticleMinimum requirements for Running VIX Scripts (in VMWare Workstation 7.0)
Hi Everyone , I am new to VMware VIX API (in VMware Workstation7.0) . I want to Run the perl scripts that are developed using VIX . What are the minimum requisites that i should have to successfully...
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Get Configuration Info within GuestOS
Hi there, I am running VMWare Server and using VIX Toolkit for Windows. I have created a virtual machine in VMWare Server by the name 'VM1'. In that, I have installed Wndows Server 2003. I want to...
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 ArticleQuestions regarding VIX and VIX and ANT.
Hello, I'm curious to know if anyone out there has had experience using VIX to control ANT scripts inside of a Windows XP VM running under VMware Workstation? I'm trying to figure out the right...
View Articlehow to unlock vmdk files?
Hi, Im using vix api to create a snapshot of guest os. After creating snapshot i try to download the snapshot files to remote machine without power off the guest os . But the problem is...
View Articleporting set/getguestInfo to VIX (writeVariable)
I've been using the old magement API to exchange strings between host and virtual machines. Now I'm looking at upgrading which means I can no longer use the old scripting API - so as a first step, I...
View ArticleWhich VMware Tools version required
What's the "official" decree about which VMware Tools version is required for VIX. Seems some VIX functions (such as VMLoginInGuest) will run only in VMware Tools version 4.0. For instance, I had a...
View ArticleProgramming 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...
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 ArticleUnable to connect to ESXi 4.0.0 using vmrun
Hello dear experts, I have a Linux machine where VIX API 1.10.1 is installed. I'm trying to list the available VMs of an ESXi 4.0.0 machine, using the command below: vmrun -T esx -h...
View ArticleModifying built-in VNC server configuration
I am experimenting with some code where I want to switch on the VNC server inside Workstation 7.1.2 via the VIX API by writing to runtime configuration variables. At the moment just using vmrun to do...
View ArticleVIX API using VBScript and snapshot properties
Is it possible to get a snapshot name using VBScript? I have been able to get a snapshot object using GetRootSnapShot or GetChild but I am trying to the name name of the snapshot. Thanks,
View ArticleDefault location for runProgramInGuest on Windows
When I run runProgramInGuest on Windows what is the default path that is uses to run a program? For example, if I tell it to run "diskpart" where is it running it from? C:\system32? thanks, - h
View ArticleWhere's VIX_SERVICEPROVIDER_VMWARE_PLAYER in 1.10.2?
Greetings, I do not see VixCOM.Constants.VIX_SERVICEPROVIDER_VMWARE_PLAYER in my Interop.VixCOM.dll built from the 1.10.2.15207 build of VixCOM.dll. The VIX API reference for 1.10 indicates that it...
View ArticleDiscover which user is logged on the Operating System...
Hi all...Is possible to find out which user is logged on the Guest Operating System. Which user that is running some process in the VM?For example: discover what kind of user is running a application...
View ArticleVIX_FIND_REGISTERED_VMS supported Products?
Which VMware products support VIX_FIND_REGISTERED_VMS in VixHost_FindItems? I tried in VMware Server 2.0, it works fine. But with Vmware Player 3, it does not work.
View Article[Urgent] Please help me out - Invalid user name or password on Guest Ubuntu
Hi, Ater searching on Google for 1 week, I have finally came here. please help me out. I have Windows 7 host OS and Ubuntu 11.04 for the Guest OS on running VMWare Workstation 6.5 I have any problem to...
View ArticleDoes the VIX API being integrated into the core API break compatibility?
I've been doing some testing and as far as I can tell the change in vSphere v5 to integrate VIX functionality into the core API has broken backwards compatibility. Is this intentional and is there any...
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!
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