VMRunProgramInGuest (Perl version) returns unknown error in multithreads environment

[KudoC]

Hi,

I want to develope a automation test for VMWare Workstation.

I have two thread which open two diffent VMs and run command.

After some simple testing, I find find that once a thread finish its command's job, it will cause another thread be terminate, and return error code = 1 (Unknown error).

I guess that there might be something wrong of VMware::Vix::API::Job::Wait for multi-thread environment.

Are there anyone who have the same experience? And please tell me what should I do.

The attachment is my test sample code.

You maybe see "Thread 2 terminated abnormally: VMRunProgramInGuest() failed, 1 Unknown error", when you run this test with two VMs logining on and exit one of calculator program.

Thanks a lot.

ps.

1. My test is implemented by Perl, including perl threads.

2. My environment is VMWare Workstation 6.5.3-185404 with VIX API v.1.8.1

[lemke]

There's been no testing at all for Perl using threads. The underlying C should have no issues with what you're doing, but there's been no attempt at all to make the binding layer thread-safe.

[admin · Accepted solution]

Can you try it with moving the call to HostConnect() before starting the threads, and calling HostDisconnect() after both threads finish?

I believe the version of VIX that shipped with Workstation 6.5 had handle sharing with host handles, so calling disconnect from one thread will affect the operations on the other thread (since both are children of the same logical host object).

[KudoC]

Yes, seperating HostConnect/HostDisconnect from thread beginning helps solving this problem.

Thank you very much.

Best regards,

Kudo