I am facing a problem in using VIX api clone function with c#

[papapa]

Hello ,

I am facing a problem in using VIX api clone function with c# following is the sample code and the exception i am facing o can ssome help me by telling me whatz wrong with the code

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using System;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using VIX;

using Vestris.VMWareLib;

namespace ConsoleApplication10

{

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args)

{

VIX.Host kl = VIX.VixCOMWrapper.Instance.Connect(VIX.Enums.VIX_SERVICEPROVIDER.VMWARE_WORKSTATION, "", 0, "", "");

VIX.VM vm = kl.OpenVM(@"E:\VMWares-xji\WIN2K3\Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmx");

try

{

vm.Clone(VIX.Enums.VIX_CLONETYPE.FULL, "E:
VMWares-xji
clonedvm
kljh.vmx");

Console.WriteLine("clone taken");

Console.ReadLine();

}

catch (Exception e)

{

Console.WriteLine(e.ToString ());

Console.ReadLine();

}

}

}

}

and the exception

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System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an obj

ect.

at VIX.VM.Clone(Snapshot snapshot, VIX_CLONETYPE cloneType, String destConfig

PathName)

at VIX.VM.Clone(VIX_CLONETYPE cloneType, String destConfigPathName)

at ConsoleApplication10.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\Users\MAI\Documents

\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\ConsoleApplication10\ConsoleApplication10\Program.c

s:line 21

[dblock]

You're either mixing using VMWare API directly (connecting, etc.) and Vestris VMWareTasks or you tried to modify this to use VixCOM directly. The code above won't compile, clone takes a VM handle. Get an instance of a virtual machine via the library and call Clone. This has been tested in VMWareTasks unit tests.

// declare a virtual host

VMWareVirtualHost virtualHost = new VMWareVirtualHost();

// connect to a local (VMWare Workstation) virtual machine

virtualHost.ConnectToVMWareWorkstation();

// open an existing virtual machine

VMWareVirtualMachine virtualMachine = virtualHost.Open("C:\Virtual Machines\xp\xp.vmx");

// clone

string vmxFileName = @"C:\Virtual Machines\xp\clone.vmx";

virtualMachine.Clone(VMWareVirtualMachineCloneType.Linked, vmxFileName);

[sid101020203030]

Hi I am trying to clone a Virtual Machine usind C/C++ as a programming language and VIX API call which is

VixHandle VixVM_Clone(VixHandle vmHandle,

VixHandle snapshotHandle,

VixCloneType cloneType,

const char *destConfigPathName,

int options,

VixHandle propertyListHandle,

VixEventProc *callbackProc,

void *clientData);

But I am getting the error code 6 which is VIX_E_NOT_SUPPORTED and the VIX_PROPERTY_JOB_RESULT_HANDLE is showing 3010 which is VIX_E_NO_GUEST_OS_INSTALLED .

I first connected to the VM, then open the VM and then tried to Clone. When trying to clone I am getting the error which is Operation Not Supported.The VM I am trying to Clone is not running i.e., it is powerd off state.

I also tried to Clone using the vmrun but same results.

Can you please help me. Thanks a lot!

[lemke]

What are you using as the back end? VixVM_Clone is only suported in Workstation 6.5 and later.