Unable to connect host. This operation is not supported with the current license
I am using a free license for ESXi 4.1 and trying to use vmrun 1.10.3 to start the VMs up.But I got the above ERROR. Can anyone confirm me that I need to pay a lincese for this operation? Free license...
View Articlevmrun and Debian
Is vmrun supported on Debian? I ask because I can't seem to make a connection to my VM (which is running the latest VMware Tools on ESX 4.1) When I run vmrun to copy a file, it says "can't connect...
View ArticlerunProgramInGuest with Switch
Hello, I am attempting to use KIX to initiate a korn shell script with a switch however I get the following error. Please let me know if there is a way of accomplish this, my only other option is to...
View ArticleVestris.VMWareLib.VMWareException: Insufficient permissions in host operating...
Hello, I am unable to execute the host.open(..) command to return a machine object using the VIX API.Code is like this: string pathToVM = "[csmrauto1a] " + name + "/" + name + ".vmx";...
View Article64-bits VIX API does not include implementation of libvix.so for vmware...
I've just installed the newest VIX API on SLES 10 64 bits and realized that it does not support vmware server 1.x. there is no /usr/lib/vmware-vix/server-1.0.9/64bit/libvix.so or...
View ArticleRunScriptInGuest & Admin Privileges
Hello, I am attempting to use the VIX Java extensions to run scripts in some of my VMs. I can talk, push files, and call scripts, but I've run into an issue. Some of the scripts I wish to run require...
View ArticleFail to open VM
Hi, I am very new to VIX and I was trying some of the sample on my machine.However, I am always seeing the hostHandle return as 0 after the VixHost_connect/VixJob_Wait call . As the result, the next...
View ArticleBackup Problem
Hello I hope someone can give me a suggestion, I am running Win 7, VMware server 2.0 with 6 vms, I have installed VIX , and I have it backing up the vmx files however when it tries to backup the VMDK...
View ArticleGuest Username from Perl SDK
Is there a way I can get the username of the logged in user(s) from a guest with vmware tools running from the Perl API?
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...
View ArticleDirectoryExistsInGuest does not work as expected when using a...
Hi. Guest Virtual Machine:VMware ESXi v4.1.0.348481Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise x64VMware Tools v8.3.7.341836 Host Physical Machine:VIX API 1.11.0.18997Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 Steps to...
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Manage VMWARE by python
Good morning to everybody,I'm working to write a script python to manage a virtual machine, I choose, for example, VMware. To realize this script I need vmware's API and a library, called libvirt....
View ArticleProblem linking against latest version of VixAllProducts.lib
I've researched various posts but none of the suggested workarounds seem to work. I am using VS 2010, linking against this library works fine in 1.10.3.Does anyone have any pointers? By the way, I get...
View ArticleVIX API - Wait after Reset
Hi, I'm using VIX API to automate some deployment tests.I'm using VMware Server, with some virtual machines. All virtual machines are with the independent-nonpersistent mode.The problem i'm facing is...
View Articlevix stability on heavy load
hi, i am involved on a new project where vix is being heavily used to configure guest operating systems on a large number of vcenters. On heavy loud we are noticing that vix calls are failing with...
View ArticleOrchestrator and VIX Plugin / Possible Bug / Race condition
Hi guys, Ive opened a task in the orchestrator forum reagrding a serious problem i encountered with the VIX plugin: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/334920 Please have a look. Thanks in...
View ArticleCSharp - Ineract With VMtools from Guest OS ,possible?
I want to make a small application that interacts with VMtools to know on which host the VM runs.i want to do that with Csharp,possible or only C/C++? Also can someone reffer to the WhitePaper that...
View ArticleDeveloping code using VIX API without installing it
Hello, I know this issue was raised some time before (maybe a year or so ago). I would like to know if this was addressed in the latest version(s) of VIX API -- can i create portable code now and use...
View ArticleInsufficient permissions on the guest operation system
I am getting this weird message when using VIX to try and open a host using a VMX (using VMWareTasks library). I have tried 2 different users that have the same set of roles applied to them (exactly...
View ArticleIntermittent 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...
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