Hi,
We badly need help. We need to powerOn a virtual machine on the localhost. This is the code we made:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use VMware::Vix::Simple;
#all constants are exported
use VMware::Vix::API::Constants;
my $err = VIX_OK;
my $hostHandle = VIX_INVALID_HANDLE;
my $vmHandle = VIX_INVALID_HANDLE;
($err, $hostHandle) = HostConnect(VIX_API_VERSION,
VIX_SERVICEPROVIDER_VMWARE_VI_SERVER,
"https://localhost:8333/sdk", # hostName
443, # hostPort
"xxxxx", # userName
"yyyyy", # password
0, # options
VIX_INVALID_HANDLE); # propertyListHandle
die "HostConnect() failed, $err ", GetErrorText($err), "\n" if $err != VIX_OK;
Do everything in your program...
($err, $vmHandle) = VMOpen($hostHandle,
"[MobiDatabase] /home/jp/WindowsXP/WindowsXP.vmx");
die "VMOpen() failed, $err ", GetErrorText($err), "\n" if $err != VIX_OK;
$err = VMPowerOn($vmHandle,
VIX_VMPOWEROP_NORMAL, # powerOnOptions
VIX_INVALID_HANDLE); # propertyListHandle
die "VMPowerOn() failed, $err ", GetErrorText($err), "\n" if $err != VIX_OK;
However, I read something on vix 1.6 release notes saying that there is an issue discoveredwith vix 1.6 which is:
Power-on is not recognized while a virtual machine is open.
If you open a powered-off virtual machine with VixVM_Open()
and subsequently power-on that virtual machine,
the change is not reflected by VIX_PROPERTY_VM_POWER_STATE.
Power-off can be recognized when the automation socket closes,
but power-on cannot be recognized.
But, it said it was for vix api 1.6 on vmware workstation 6.5.1.
We are currently using vmware server 2.0. Does this issue also have an
effect on vmware 2.0?
If not, is there a problem with the code
given above which is why we can't powerOn a virtual machine on the
localhost? please help..
Oh yeah.. we're also using a linux host machine..
