Is there an API to operate the VMs residing on ESX...

levinpeng · ‎12-10-2009

I tried to power on the VMs residing on ESXi host with VIX API, but fialed to execute the action and the bellow error shows.

This operation is not supported with the current license.

I wonder if VIX API doesn't support the free version ESXi. If so, how should I operate the VMs in code?

DSTAVERT · ‎12-10-2009

Most script execute and write operations are disable in the free version.

-- David -- VMware Communities Moderator

lamw · ‎12-10-2009

Here's more information about the read-only access and VIX access:

With the latest version of VIX (which has been fixed), it will not allow you to perform simple VM operations against ESXi 3.5 or 4.0 free version. Though, if you download VIX 1.6.2, you will have access to perform the simple VIX VM operation. Take a look at the thread posted above for more information, else as mentioned, the APIs are generally read-only with the use of free version of ESXi

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