Using VIXCOM 1.1 with VB Express 2005?
I am trying to create a simple app using the VIXCOM 1.1 API and Visual Basic 2005 Express however I keep getting a COM error I can't seem to fix. The error is "Type mismatch. (Exception from HRESULT:...
View ArticleHow to get vm software type?
Hi, Anybody knows how to determin the current vm is vm workstation or vm server throug code? Thanks! An
View Articlewhere can i find vixallproducts.dll?
Hi, May I know where we can find vixallproducts.dll? We are creating a wrapper in c# to automatically set up vmware workstation and server. So i hope we can get vixallproducts.dll for p/invoke....
View ArticleNeed advice with where to go with my idea
I would like to have my XP machines at home automatically launch a VM when a specific user is logged into. For example, at the XP user screen, have a "Fedora", "Vista", and "Solaris" user, and when...
View ArticleThe command is not recognized by guest OS tools error when using VixCOM.
We've been using VMWare server 1.03 and the VIX COM API to connect to it from a remote machine. Periodically, the automated process simply fails with an error due to failure to connect or the vmware...
View ArticleNon-interactive VMware Tools install with VixVM_InstallTools
Is there any way to initiate a non-interactive VMware Tools install using VixVM_InstallTools? Currently, the tools install launches a wizard GUI that prompts the user to select installation options....
View ArticleRemote control VM on Server 2 - How to
Hi All, I need to be able to remotely control a VM on a host with Server 2 installed. The problem is that I do not wish to install Server 2 on the remote (please don't ask why) and this seems to be...
View Articlechange screen resolution
Hello, is there a way to change the screen resolution with VIX (or some other way)? Thanks, Uwe
View Article/usr/bin/vmware-config-tools.pl --default --compile any hidden options?
Hi,I dug up a very old post to silent install the vmware-tools on linux. There are a bunch of posts on how to silent install them in windows, but I need linux.So I found this someone...
View ArticleReading Environment variables problem
Hi, I am using ReadVariable with the option VIX_GUEST_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE and I am getting blank values. I am logged in as the Administrator. Note, the two environment variables I can retrieve...
View ArticleVMDK mount automation using vixDiskMountServer
It is possible to mount a VMDK disk by right-clicking on it with VMware Workstation 6.5. It uses vixDiskMountServer.exe. Unfortunately, there is no documentation on how to do it automatically. My...
View Articlepython vix
heloes, nice that vix api is too powerfull now, it doesn't take much time for me, to migrate from vmware server 2.0 to esxi. maybe somebody knows are there plans to create an official python version...
View ArticleVixHost_Connect fail with NULL username and password
I'm working on VMware Server 2.0. In Vix API document, it says that if you want to connect to localost with current login, then you can use NULL for hostname, username and password. I just want so....
View ArticlePlease help me... I need to obtain CPU and memory usage throw VIX api?
Any Idea... its urgent... Please could you help me? Regards.
View ArticleErrors 22002 and 22003 with VixHost_Connect()
I am getting started working with the vmware API's. I wrote a c++ tool that calls them. It is working fine on my build machine with both VMware Workstation and our ESX server. However when I copy the...
View ArticleConfirming new VIX needed for new vsphere releases
I would like to know it is absolutely required to have the new vix v1.10 for use with vsphere v4.1, even for simple tasks like running a script in the vm? I would expect for example vix v1.8.x to...
View ArticleEstado de las máquinas virtuales
Hola, estoy haciendo un proyecto de virtualización y necesito programar en la API de WorkStation alguna función que me responda el estado de las máquinas virtuales que tiene en ese momento el...
View ArticleVIX for MAC VMware fusion
Hi, I am unable to get VIX library for MAC VMware fusion. Can anyone guide me to get VIX libraries to run vmrun utility? Regards,akash
View ArticleConfiguring Output from vmrun runProgramInGuest
Hello, I am using vmrun to run an MSDOS batch file inside a Windows vm as follows: vmrun -T vc -h https://<vcenterservername>:443/sdk -u username -p password -gu Administrator -gp...
View ArticlePython Module for the VIX API
I started a python module for the VIX API. It is very immature and I've just started it last night. Parts of it are working and other parts are a work in progress. Currently the entire VIX API has...
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