how can i clone a vmware machine on ESXi?
Hi i have ESXi server. I am using VSphere Client to connect to VCenter Server. I can see the clone option is available in VCenter Server. I am using VIX API to crate snapshot, copy data into guest, run...
View ArticleQuestions regarding VIX and VIX and ANT.
Hello, I'm curious to know if anyone out there has had experience using VIX to control ANT scripts inside of a Windows XP VM running under VMware Workstation? I'm trying to figure out the right...
View ArticleCopyFileFromHostToGuest - INTERNAL ERROR: A file was not found
Hey, I am trying to Copy files into a VMWare image hosted in ESX using VIX (C# Wrapper around the COM API), but I can't quite get it right. Conceptual Something like: IVMWareVirtualHost host = new...
View ArticleVIX for MAC VMware fusion
Hi, I am unable to get VIX library for MAC VMware fusion. Can anyone guide me to get VIX libraries to run vmrun utility? Regards,akash
View ArticlelibvixAllProducts.so: cannot open shared object file
on ubuntu 9.10 with VMware-server-2.0.2-203138. compiling is fine but when I try to run the program, I got the following error: error while loading shared libraries: libvixAllProducts.so: cannot open...
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 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 ArticleVIX API Locale for non-Unicode programs Error
Hi All, I use the VIX API 1.11 on the Windows OS and I have a problem with locale for non-Unicode programs.When I try to call the VixHost_Connect() function to connect to VmWare Workstation Hypervisor,...
View ArticleWaitWithoutResults never returns after invoking VixVM_PowerOn
Im using the COM interface in C# with VS2010. Everything went fine until i called WaitWithoutResults after the PowerOn operation - it wouldnt return until i manually shut down the VM guest machine that...
View ArticleObjective-C-friendly wrapper around VIX API
First of all I'd like to thank the developers for finally bringing VIX API to Mac OS X. That's a great wrok. I've started a project for packing pure-C VIX API withing ObjC objects, so it can be used in...
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 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 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...
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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 ArticleWhere and what is the folder d:\build\ob\bora-xxxxx\
Dear Colleagues, This may be a stupid question but I am unable to find a clear and straight answer anywhere. Can someone tell me where I can find this following folder "d:\build\ob\bora-xxxxx\" What is...
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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...
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Vix 1.5 FindItems - All registered virtual machines
Hi there, Hopefully someone can aid me on this, I feel like I'm bashing my head against a brick wall! First, my system setup: Running VM Server 2.0 RC1 on a Windows 2003 host,Using Vix...
View ArticleRetrieving list of VM names using FindItems
Hi, I'm trying to retrieve a list of virtual machine names on a host using finditems. I have been able to retrieve a list of VMX file paths using VIX_PROPERTY_FOUND_ITEM_LOCATION. I am using VMWare...
View Articlepython vix
heloes, nice that vix api is too powerfull now, it doesn't take much time for me, to migrate from vmware server 2.0 to esxi. maybe somebody knows are there plans to create an official python version...
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