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kpear
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‎01-15-2020 10:48 AM

Upgrade from Workstation 11 to 15 Pro broke some VIX commands; What API / commands are available / supported to use for Workstation 15?

I was using Workstation 11, but upgraded to Workstation 15 Pro recently. I have ~15 VMware Workstation VMs with named snapshots. My .NET / C# program uses the VIX API (Vestris.VMWareLib) reverts all the machines to the named snapshots, starts them up, waits for them to logon, then copies over a build of our product, and runs the installation. Not all of these are VIX, but these are...

• VMWareVirtualHost.ConnectToVMWareWorkstation()

• PowerOn

• ShutdownGuest

• WaitForToolsInGuest

But this is broken in Workstation 15 Pro. We need the same functionality to work there though or we’re going to take a big productivity hit in testing our products. We need a supported solution for this going forward. I just need some guidance on what the correct/supported API is, and some clue as to how to use it for these functions. Any advice?

Thanks in advance!

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scott28tt
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VMware Employee
‎01-15-2020 02:23 PM

Some info here: VIX for VMware Workstation 15


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