VixCOM.VixLib.Connect call fails with error code 3014;...
I am attempting to use the VIX API 1.60 from a VBS script to connect to a VC 2.5 Server using the VixCOM.VixLib.Connect call with the hostType parameter set to...
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VMware Server 2.0 Backups (VIX 1.6.2 only)
Vix_Virtuozo_Suite enables domain-wide cold and hot backups of your guests. Windows and Linux (SAMBA required) Server 2.0.x host OSs are supported. Linked is the current build of Vix_Virtuozo_Suite...
View ArticleFYI: VIX Versions
I have been developing an app against VIX 1.6.0 for the past couple weeks only to find out that when I deployed it on another machine, along with the installation of VIX 1.6.2, the app would act funny...
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...
View Articleconnect failed, 30007 failed to connect to host or proxy
have the following code: #!/usr/bin/perl## Copyright 2006. VMware, Inc. The use of this code is subject to # your agreement to the terms of an applicable VMware license.### This test opens the host,...
View ArticleCloning vith VIX API
Hi all, with VMware Workstation and the VIX API, I was able to clone a VM.On clone method, I miss a parameter zu enter the VM name. After cloning, the property "VIX.Enums.VIX_PROPERTY.VM_NAME" shows...
View ArticleListProcessesInGuest doesn't display command line in 64bit VM
Hello all, I don't know if there's a reason or it's a bug, but If I run > vmrun -T ws -gu guestUser -gp guestPassword listProcessesInGuest VM.vmx32bit VM will display the command line and 64bit...
View Articlevim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.removeall command took about 20 mins to finish
Experts, I am using command line tool vim-cmd to control my Vsphere clients' snapshots.Because I can not use vim-cmd to identify one snapshot by name, need to provide Index and Level, which I dont...
View ArticleDifference between VIX API TO VSPHERE API
Helloi am a very "green" in vm world and i am trying to create some simple implication c# that will read the data from vcenter about machine and will deploy machine in a future .rom what i have learned...
View ArticleVIX Error 3009 when powering off VMware Player 3.0
Hi! I'm testing VIX API 1.8 with VMware Player 3.0. But sometimes when calling VixVM_PowerOff() I get the error code 3009 - VIX_E_POWEROP_SCRIPTS_NOT_AVAILABLE, with the message "Cannot execute...
View Articlevix api in IVM2.Clone() err
Hello, everybodyI am Chinese,English is not good,I use C# developers.My code ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Start----///...
View Articlewindows 7 on Workstation 6.5.4: VixVM_RunProgramInGuest fails
Hi,I wrote a simple program that would turn on a vm, copy a file and run an executable file.Please see the code "run.c", attached.My workstation is 6.5.4 and I have two os's: windows xp and windows 7...
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 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 ArticleProblem with VIX 1.2 and Server 2.0 Beta 1
I had a c# application written that worked properly with the Pre-beta version of Server 2.0. Now, since I installed the public beta 1, my code no longer works. I can connect to the Host and call the...
View ArticleProblem with CopyFileFromHostToGuest VIX 1.2 and Server 2.0
Now that I am able to connect, I got my code mostly back to a working state. The only portion failing now is moving the files between the host and guest. Once I get that solved, it should take care of...
View ArticleRunning VIX API in cygwin
Hi, I am new to VMWare VIX API. I am running Windows XP as the host OS. I want to compile the poweon.C program given as a sample in linux. So i installed cygwin so that i can compile it. but after...
View ArticleVIX_FIND_REGISTERED_VMS on VMWare Server
I have found a few postings on the site from early last year stating that this function did/does not work for VMWare Server 1.0, but that there was work being done to make the function work. Has this...
View ArticleMigration of vmware virtual machine
hi all, can i migrate a vmware server's vitual machine from one host to another? if this is possible which api is suitable?
View ArticleVirtual Center 2.02 ESX 3.02
How large is a snapshot as compared to the Disk file itself?
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