PowerOn() doesn't work if remote Windows sessions are open
Dear Community Members, I would like to get support regarding VMWare Workstation. We are using the VMWare Workstation 9.0.1 (9.0.1 build-894247) to run tests directly on TFS build agents. It...
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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 ArticleCoffee Talk Webinar: VIX API Managing and Automating your Guest Wed June 30th...
Thanks for Joining this mornings Coffee Talk - PDF and MP3 Link Link to MP3 -> http://blogs.vmware.com/files/vix-api.mp3 Title: VIX APIs - Managing and Automating Guest OSWe will show examples of...
View ArticleUnable to connect to host. Error: The specified version was not found
vmrun -T esx -h https://192.168.1.123/sdk -u root -p mypassword list Unable to connect to host.Error: The specified version was not found Any ideas why this is not working? It's being executed on a...
View ArticleIssue calling VIX API from vSphere Client
We are calling the VIX APIs from the vSphere Client Plug-in. I am loading the vSPhere Plug-in with vSPhere Client 4.1. When I call VIXHost_Connet for VMWare WOrkstion 7.1.X, I get the below error....
View ArticleVIX / vmrun.exe command to get current snapshot name (or a way to build my own)?
I need to get the current snapshot name, so that I can revert to it later. Here's the process:1. Power on2. do something (run a program in guest)3. shut down4. snapshot(name)--at this point, I need to...
View Articleissues getting the VM to "notice" runtime changes I've made via the VIX API?
Hello there! I appear to have run into an interesting quirk in some automated testing I'm setting up using the VIX VM Perl API, and was wondering if anyone had seen anything similar and/or could offer...
View Articlevmrun insufficient permissions
hello everyonewhen i try to start a vm using the following commandvmrun -t esx -h https://myserver.com/sdk -u domain\user -p ******* start "[datastore1-mydata] vmname/vmname.vmx"i get an error message...
View Articlevifs --get internal error
Hi, I'm getting an internal error 500 from # vifs --server srv2 --username root --password *** -g "[SATA-RAID5] ISO/CentOS-6.2-x86_64-minimal.iso" ./xGET...
View ArticleRun Program in Guest as an Administrator
I'm attempting to automate some machine set-up tasks using the VIX API with VMware Workstation v9 using VBS. I have hit a blocker when attempting to use the "RunProgramInGuest" option on Windows 8, the...
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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 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 ArticleCannot execute VIX API command on a Powered On Virtual Machine - vCenter
I cannot execute any VIX API vmrun command once the Virtual Machine is powered on. The setup is a vCenter server with a number of esx hosts. I can list all virtual machines, and power the machines...
View Articlevmrun 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 ArticleC# Wrapper Class
Has anyone created a C# wrapper class for the VIX.DLL? Would they be willing to share with the community? Thanks.
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Jumping in (trying to) via Perl - VERY frustrating
I am very interested in developing a VIX solution for my project. I'm a perl guy first, C++ familiarity lagging way behind. I read the VIX web pages and it infers that Perl is one of a couple of...
View Article"VMware Tools is not installed" message, but I cannot install them
I just bought VMware Fusion and Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2. I installed VMware fusion, and created a new virtual machine called "Windows XP Home Edition." When I tried to easy install I...
View ArticleRunning vmrun on Linux/Windows with ESX
I know VIX 1.6.2 was just released which now supports ESX 3.5u2+ (I believe). I know there are some blogs floating out there about how to use "vmrun.exe" on Windows to manage your Virtual Machines on...
View ArticleDo I need/where to download VIX 1.6.1 for VMWare workstation 6.5.1?
I have VMWare Workstation 6.5.1 and by apparent mistake, VIX API 1.6.2 I want to use vix-perl and downloaded the API, extracted the zip, built the Perl module and hacked a manifest assembly to get the...
View ArticleThrowing vmodl.fault.RequestCanceled without actually having cancelled a request
I'm running VMware Server 2.0.0, Build 122956, and Vix 1.6.2, Build 127388, on an Ubuntu 8.04.03-LTS system. The setup works reasonably well most of the time - I've been able to do VM management via...
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