Problem with Vix API library?
Hi,I have started a C++ programusing Vix Api. I compiled that code on Windows With Wrapper Library VixAllProducts.lib. Im using Visual Studio2003 for this. When i compilethe code its giving lot of link...
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View ArticleHow to compile Vix Api programs in 64 bit Windows
Hi, I have wrote a sample C++ program using vix api 1.8 in Visual Studio 2005 in 64 bit windows OS. the compilation failed due to link error. When i googled, come to know that 64 bit windows is...
View Article"Unable to connect to host. Error: The specified version was not found "
file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/ba/My%20Documents/Soulseek%20Chat%20Logs/Private/eureka.txt here is my situtation: workstation 7.0 installed------> vmrun runs pretty well...
View Articlemultiply defined symbols when linking to VixAllProducts.lib
Does anybody else get a lot of:warning LNK4006: x already defined in VixAllProducts.lib(y.obj); second definition ignoredwhen you #include vix.h and link with VixAllProducts.lib?I'm using:VMWare Server...
View ArticleHow to check for directory existence with vmrun?
Hello, I'm porting an existing VIX interface to use vmrun and I cannot find the way to use the DirectoryExistsInGuest with vmrun. Could be that VMware developers forgot it? Is there a workaround?...
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 Articlevmrun runProgramInGuest with Ubuntu guest doesn't work
I'm new to VMWare and the VIX API in general. As part of a project, I need to move some files to the guest os, perform some computation on them and retrieve them to the host OS. To test vmrun, I wrote...
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)
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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?
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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...
View ArticleWhen will be available a method to reboot [or shutdown] the guest from the API?
Hello, as many others before I need to have a method to reboot or shutdown the guest from the API. There are alternatives but all of them have some rougth edges that cannot be avoided so would be much...
View ArticlePython Module for the VIX API
I started a python module for the VIX API. It is very immature and I've just started it last night. Parts of it are working and other parts are a work in progress. Currently the entire VIX API has...
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 ArticleVIX License, vCenter and vmrun.exe
Hi, I saw a previous thread about VIX license issues at http://communities.vmware.com/message/1681440#1681440, but it didn't directly address a couple of questions that I have. 1. Do all vCenter 4.0...
View ArticleVIX API communicating to a FreeBSD VM
Are there any known issues with the VIX API communicating from a windows server with vCenter to a FreeBSD VM to make calls like RunProgramInGuest?
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