Intermittent connection to ESX using VIX
My script (and vmrun) can't establish a reliable connection to an ESX server via VIX. Lets say I execute the script 10 times consecutively. the script will fail at VMOpen() function call 6 out of 10...
View ArticleReasons for VixVM_PowerOn failure?
I start my VMPlayer via VIX API. I call VixVM_PowerOn and VixJob_Wait. This worked just fine with VMWare Player 3.0 and VIX API 1.10. I recently upgraded to VMPlayer 4.0 and VIX API 1.11 and my...
View Articlevix rise vmware core dump in win7 64 bit
when use win7 64bit with vix 1.11.0-471780 this core dump, pls help me find out the problemthe vm mirror image is create at win7 32bit and anything is well! Nov 29 19:55:55.414: vmx| Log for VMware...
View ArticleDoes the vCenter Server needs to be upgraded to version 5 to invoke Guest OS...
Does the vCenter Server needs to be upgraded to version 5 to invoke Guest OS operations through vCenter for those operations that were transported from the VIX Client to the vSphere 5 Web Service SDK?...
View ArticleVixVM_ReadVariable return invalid path for Guest environment variable 'TEMP'
I am trying to get 'TEMP' Guest environment variable using VIX API VixVM_ReadVariable but it returns invalid path which does not even exits. THe value of 'TEMP' i am geting is...
View ArticleUnable to copyfilefromguesttohost VIX C#
Hi all, M working on vmware workstation7.Im unable to copy a file from guestTohost.Im using Administrator credentials to LoginInGuest().Im getting error "You do not have permissions to access...
View ArticleI need to know status of the process that was started on guest machine...
I start some application on the guest OS through the library. How can I get status of the application? I mean that I need to know, was my application started correctly or not.And ... Can I get...
View ArticleVIX API license VMware-vix-1.11.0-471780
I found that I can't use VixCOM without license. What kind of minimal required package should I buy for using the library with my ESX server? (5.X or 4.X)
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Getting Error Message while Execute Vix API code in C on Windows Platform
Hi Friends, I have getting the VIX Code and install VMware-vix-1.6.2-127388.exe library. i have compiled it in Visual Studio 2005 and It is compiled. But once i have debug it then i have got the...
View ArticleDoes the VIX API being integrated into the core API break compatibility?
I've been doing some testing and as far as I can tell the change in vSphere v5 to integrate VIX functionality into the core API has broken backwards compatibility. Is this intentional and is there any...
View ArticleUnable to use VDDK 5.0 API and VIX 1.11 API in the same application
I am working on an application that requires the use of both the VDDK *and* VIX APIs in the same Linux 64-bit client application..It appears that each distribution comes with its own (somewhat...
View ArticleVMWareTasks is now on Github
Fyi, I have moved the popular VMWareTasks C# library to Github, the new home is https://github.com/dblock/vmwaretasks. Would love it if someone contributed a VixCOM upgrade. cheersdB.
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Fusion 4 vmrun fileExistsInGuest results in "This operation is not supported...
HI, I have a Mac Mini server running OS X 10.7.3 Lion - on this I have VMware Fusion 4.11 installed - using Fusion I created a virtual mac running OS x 10.7.3 Lion Using the vmrun utility I am able to...
View ArticleC# api to do: vmrun copyFileFromHostToGuest - not working.
Hi All, We are trying to run a simple call to copyFileFromHostToGuest - to a Windows 2008 Server. We hit a snag where we are probably populationg the wrong values in the command-line: E:\Program...
View ArticleCreate Vmci Socket in c#
Hello,I want to create a socket between host and guest in C#...I have a little problem.. I not find the dll that i need to use Can someone help?I dont have files in...
View ArticleUnable to get OS Name from VIX Api
In my ESX Server, there are number of VM’s, I am trying to get the Name of OS from each VM’s using VIX API in Java. Syntax: osName =...
View ArticlePowerOn VM failse with error 3008-Cannot connect to the virtual machine
Hello, (I am sorry about my English) I am using VIX1.11 to start VM on ESXi5.0 host. The PowerOn() has always been failing for me with error "3008 Cannot connect to the virtual machine".However the VM...
View ArticleExecuting "vmrun runScriptInGuest" on FreeBSD 8.2 guest
Hello, I would like to use VIX API to run some custom scripts on FreeBSD system. For that purpose I installed VMware Player 4.0 on my Windows 7 x32 host system, and then installed FreeBSD 8.2 guest...
View ArticlePowerOn fails with 3008-Cannot connect to the virtual machine
Hello, I am using VIX1.11 to start a VM(XPSP2 32bit) on ESXi5 server.I call PowerOn() method, this method return error 3008-Cannot connect to the virtual machine but the VM still started. Beside that,...
View Article64 bit bersion of VixCOM.dll
I downloaded Vix SDK and see a 32 bit version of VixCOM.dll available. Is there a 64 bit version available? Thx!
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