Run program in virtual machine
I am using VixVM_RunProgramInGuest to run a executable in a guest virtual machine. If the EXE requires elevation, it fails with the VIX_E_PROGRAM_NOT_STARTED error code. It works fine if the exe is not...
View ArticleObjective-C-friendly wrapper around VIX API
First of all I'd like to thank the developers for finally bringing VIX API to Mac OS X. That's a great wrok. I've started a project for packing pure-C VIX API withing ObjC objects, so it can be used in...
View ArticleVM Ware Hangs on LoginInGuest()
Hello, I have the following problem. I have a console application (written in C#) and it has 1 thread that is responsible to check for a couple of VMs in vSphere. This thread reads the VM status...
View ArticleVIX API License
Hello, Is it permited to use VIX api in a comercial application and redistribute the runntime DLLs. Is any kind of license required? The end user agreement is not very clear on this. Thanks
View ArticleGuest host communication to share progress.
Hello, I have the following situation. A program needs to run on a guest OS and shoud share it's progress with host. What would be the best approach for this.WMCI sockets seem to do the job but I'm...
View ArticleVIX 1.11 - ESxi 5.0 - License Issue with Power On operation.
Hi, I'm getting License issue error when I try to Power on a VM machine on my ESXi 5.0 when using VIX 1.11 and Vixcom. Other operation are operating without any issues.I have Ent Plus License. Any...
View ArticleBasic Question : Is VIX API only for VMs?
Folks: I think its a basic question. I see that the "VIX API" is listed under Virtual Machine Management section. Does this mean ESX/ESXi management is not supported by VIX API? Please advice. I'm...
View ArticleVixVM_WriteVariable() issue: confusing info displayed in VMware Player GUI
I'm using VixVM_WriteVariable() function in order to change the "memsize" of an encrypted vm.Based on the Vix API (version 1.11) documentation advice, I make use of the flag...
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 ArticleHow to ignore quotes in vmrun commands
Hi, I am trying to execute a vmrun command like below which is working fine. vmrun -T esx -h https://test.eng.vmware.com/sdk -u root -p password -gu root -gp password runProgramInGuest "[datastore]...
View ArticleCan we use VIX to add/remove disks from a VM?
Hi All, I'm having a problem, I have a ESX server which as several VMs: A,B,C,D,E etc.On A, I want to add/remove disks to B,C,D,E with VIX APIs (or vmrun commands).Is this possible? Or I have to give...
View ArticleProblems using vmrun on ESX3.5
Hopefully a quick question because I'm missing something obvious. I am running vmrun version 1.12.1 against an ESX 3.5 Server and am getting partial sucess. If I run: vmrun -T ESX -h http://{ip...
View ArticleVixVM_Open() returns error "The datastore corresponding to the given...
In one of our setup, VixVM_Open() API call returns error "The datastore corresponding to the given datastore path is not found."The returned error code is 38. The specified vmx path as input to...
View ArticleFor snapshot
I want to get a virtual machine all snapshot，But by VixVM_GetNumRootSnapshots () does not get to all。What should I do to get it？
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 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 ArticleVIX function to find guest OS volumes
hello I am trying to find volumes of guest OS is there any function or method in VIX.Thanks in advance
View ArticleSimulate a device status of disconnected in Workstation v.9?
I am trying to find a way to simulate a device status of disconnected in Workstation v.9. I could probably stop/start the network service inside a guest but I'm looking for something more disruptive....
View ArticleHow to get performance data of average CPU, MEM and NET.
Hi all, I am trying to get the details of performance data CPU, MEM and NET, my code output is as below Thu Jul 18 15:00:00 IST 2013 cpu.usage.average :: 3080Thu Jul 18 15:05:00 IST 2013...
View ArticleTrying to use VIX coupled with BlackBerry 10 simulator
I've got the basics down, I am using .NET managed wrappers around VIX to boot my BlackBerry 10 emulator. However, there's no 'Guest Tools', so I'm very limited in what I can do. Basically, I need to...
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