VIX API - There was an error in communication
Hi, I cannot execute any VIX API vmrun command once the Virtual Machine is powered on.I can list all virtual machines, and power the machines on, but once the machine is powered on, every vmrun command...
View ArticleLoginInGuest() issue with VIX_LOGIN_IN_GUEST_REQUIRE_INTERACTIVE_ENVIRONMENT...
Hi, I'm having problem with the LoginInGuest() function when using the VIX_LOGIN_IN_GUEST_REQUIRE_INTERACTIVE_ENVIRONMENT option. Here's the code written in C#: jobHandle =...
View ArticleXML error on calling VixHost_Connect
Hello when I call the VixHost_Connect function I get this error: vimServiceVersions.xml:1: parser error : Space required after the Public Identifier<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML...
View ArticleVIX sample code crashes on windows when compiled with mingw32
I'm running vmware workstation 6.5.3 on windows 7 (64bit) and am now trying out the VIX API. I tried compiling some of the sample code included with vmware workstation (vix api) and every time I run...
View ArticleVerify that a VIX host is connected?
I want to connect to a VIX host with VixHost_Connect() and then share the handle with various threads. If the connection drops I want to reconnect and acquire a new handle to share out. How can I...
View ArticleError copying filo from host to guest
Hi: I have a host with ESXi and I´m automating some functions.... I need to copy file from host to guest, I set this path: host_path = "[datastore1] Files/File.txt" guest_path = "C:"...
View ArticleLoginInGuest returns a 3034 even using WaitForToolsInGuest
Hello, we have updated our ESX hosts (from 3.5 to 4.1 version) and the VIX API from 10.1 to 10.2. Since then I have a problem when doing LoginInGuest because even using WaitForToolsInGuest I get a 3034...
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 ArticleCall to RunScriptInGuest hangs without executing anything
Hello, I'm automating several things on VM located at a 4.1 ESX host by using vCO vix plug-in and I've found that executing RunScriptInGuest does not run the script nor returns error. The guest is...
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ESX 4.1 - VIX API Removal/disable good or bad idea?
I've been asked to look into getting VIX API disabled on a VMware esx environments, as it's seen to be a security risk."An attacker could leverage this API to execute unauthorized scripts within a...
View Articlevix API C# not able read the CPU utilization and memory usage
iam automating the report of the VI server utlilization. Need help to get the CPU ustilization of the server, IP host of the server list and memeory usage of the VI server. I gone through all the...
View ArticleStill no shutdown/reboot with Vix-API
I've been programming VMware GSX Server since Version 1.5 with VB6. Now i'am programming VMware Server 1.0.x and 2.x Beta with Vix-API and PowerBasic. One thing i'am missing, because this was...
View Articlevix-perl installation problem
Hi,I'm trying to install vix-perl module on a Windows server with cygwin as build environment.I have unzipped the vix-perl tar in a directory and succesfully executed the 'perl Makefile.PL'...
View Articlecopy file from vco to guest failure?
Hi I am running VCO 5.1 appliance in a vsphere 5.1 environment. I am attempting to write a file to a guest machine. I have tried using both Local Administrator and Domain Administrator credentials but...
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VMware-VIX versions for Gentoo Linux
While installing VMware Player from the Gentoo Linux repositories, I was advised also to download directly from VMware, specifically, "VMware-VIX-1.11.4-744019.i386.bundle". I was not able to find this...
View ArticleVix error 28
I am getting an error return 28 on VixJob_Wait. I am looking in the list of error codes and I don't see it. Am I missing it or is it not listed?
View Articlehow to retrieve path of vmdk files associated to a given VM (name)
How to retrieve list of all the vmdk files and there paths from datastore using any APIs? I know it can be done via VI API which uses web services. But is there any other way?I could not find a way to...
View ArticleVix_GetProperties VIX_PROPERTY_VM_POWER_STATE bug?
I've tested this with versions 1.10.1 and 1.10.2 against a vCenter 4.1 server and various ESX 4.1 and ESXi 4.1 servers. The returned power state (after making sure the VMware Tools are running) is...
View ArticleDoes VIX API has Unicode support?
The c binding of VIX API does not seem to have Unicode variants. A typical API looks like this:
View ArticleExporting VirtualMachines to ESXi ?
HelloI have some images created with VMWare Workstation. How can i automate the task of taking these images directly into ESXi just like how we convert them using vCenter converter. I can do this...
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