so this is getting a bit funny: I tried removing the Vix_ReleaseHandel(jobHandle) in VixDiscoveryProc() but I was still getting segfaults. this seems to be happening in main, as if it tries to execute abort no matter what. if I return(-1) then all is good. below is the compelete program which works without any segfaults on 32bit. on the 64bit machine I could only get this code to run if I use VMware-vix-1.0.3 and -m32 when compiling.

below is the full listing of the code:

#include "stdio.h"

#include "string.h"

#include "vix.h"

static VixHandle hostHandle = VIX_INVALID_HANDLE;

static VixHandle jobHandle = VIX_INVALID_HANDLE;

void VixDiscoveryProc(VixHandle jobHandle,

VixEventType eventType,

VixHandle moreEventInfo,

void *clientData)

{

VixError err = VIX_OK;

VixHandle vmHandle = VIX_INVALID_HANDLE;

char *url = NULL;

// Check callback event; ignore progress reports.

if (VIX_EVENTTYPE_FIND_ITEM != eventType) {

return;

}

// Found a virtual machine.

err = Vix_GetProperties(moreEventInfo,

VIX_PROPERTY_FOUND_ITEM_LOCATION,

&url,

VIX_PROPERTY_NONE);

if (VIX_OK != err) {

// Handle the error...

goto abort;

abort:

printf("Aborting in discover\n");

Vix_ReleaseHandle(jobHandle);

VixHost_Disconnect(hostHandle);

}

printf("\nFound virtual machine: %s\n", url);

}

int main()

{

VixError err;

// Connect to specified host.

jobHandle = VixHost_Connect(VIX_API_VERSION,

VIX_SERVICEPROVIDER_VMWARE_SERVER,

"vmserver", //serverName

902, // hostPort

"root", // userName

"password", // password,

0, // options

VIX_INVALID_HANDLE, // propertyListHandle

NULL, // callbackProc

NULL); // clientData

err = VixJob_Wait(jobHandle,

VIX_PROPERTY_JOB_RESULT_HANDLE,

&hostHandle,

VIX_PROPERTY_NONE);

if (VIX_OK != err) {

// Handle the error...

printf("An error occurred\n");

goto abort;

}

printf("\nLooking for running virtual machines");

jobHandle = VixHost_FindItems(hostHandle,

VIX_FIND_RUNNING_VMS,

VIX_INVALID_HANDLE, // searchCriteria

-1, // timeout

VixDiscoveryProc,

NULL);

VixJob_Wait(jobHandle, VIX_PROPERTY_NONE);

Vix_ReleaseHandle(jobHandle);

VixHost_Disconnect(hostHandle);

return(0);

abort:

printf("Aborting in main\n");

Vix_ReleaseHandle(jobHandle);

VixHost_Disconnect(hostHandle);

return(-1);

}