PowerOn 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 ArticleVixError 22002: The specified version was not found.
Greetings, I'm trying to use the latest VMWare Player and VIX tools to build an automated testing framework. However, when I call VixHost_Connect, all I get is: VixError 22002: The specified version...
View ArticleGet network speed from guest system
subj... Is there anyway to get the network adapter speed by using VMware workstation API?
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...
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RemoteInstall Test Framework based on VIX API
I see a lot of people trying to automate test tasks with Vix API. Well, we were too That's how I ended up writing VMWareTasks. Today I am happy to announce the open sourcing of RemoteInstall test...
View ArticleMemory leak when using the wrapper library?
When compiling the following code against the windows wrapper library, I seem to have an memory leak. After ~1500 reverts is has consumed about 170 MB of RAM. It starts as about ~7MB. After ~50 the...
View ArticleHow to ignore quotes in vmrun commands
Hi, I am trying to execute a vmrun command like below which is working fine. vmrun -T esx -h https://test.eng.vmware.com/sdk -u root -p password -gu root -gp password runProgramInGuest "[datastore]...
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...
View ArticleVIX Error 3009 when powering off VMware Player 3.0
Hi! I'm testing VIX API 1.8 with VMware Player 3.0. But sometimes when calling VixVM_PowerOff() I get the error code 3009 - VIX_E_POWEROP_SCRIPTS_NOT_AVAILABLE, with the message "Cannot execute...
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 ArticleRunning vmrun on Linux/Windows with ESX
I know VIX 1.6.2 was just released which now supports ESX 3.5u2+ (I believe). I know there are some blogs floating out there about how to use "vmrun.exe" on Windows to manage your Virtual Machines on...
View ArticleHow to get/answer question via VIX API?
What I'm trying to do is to create virtual machines using C program with VIX API. First I create a VM as template. Then I copy all files of the first VM and do some neccessary modificaitons on the...
View ArticleVixHost_Connect fail with NULL username and password
I'm working on VMware Server 2.0. In Vix API document, it says that if you want to connect to localost with current login, then you can use NULL for hostname, username and password. I just want so....
View ArticleVIX Error 3009 when powering off VMware Player 3.0
Hi! I'm testing VIX API 1.8 with VMware Player 3.0. But sometimes when calling VixVM_PowerOff() I get the error code 3009 - VIX_E_POWEROP_SCRIPTS_NOT_AVAILABLE, with the message "Cannot execute...
View ArticleSyncWaitQ: Too many file descriptors are in use by the process.
Greetings again, I'm running into a new issue with my VIX code, similar to one reported a few years back: http://communities.vmware.com/message/482715 Here is the error... SyncWaitQ: Too many file...
View ArticleError code 3 VixHost_Connect Issue
VixHandle hostHandle = VIX_INVALID_HANDLE; VixHandle jobHandle = VIX_INVALID_HANDLE; VixError err; // Connect as current user on local host. jobHandle = VixHost_Connect(VIX_API_VERSION,...
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...
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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 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 insufficient permissions
hello everyonewhen i try to start a vm using the following commandvmrun -t esx -h https://myserver.com/sdk -u domain\user -p ******* start "[datastore1-mydata] vmname/vmname.vmx"i get an error message...
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