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Hi, I am using the latest release of the vix api and I am not getting anywhere from C or from perl. I tried this on both 32 and 64 bit linux hosts and it seems like Vix_JobWait hangs forever. The example in the docs that passes NULL for hostname, username and password also need to be corrected since they result in a segfault as it seems that some code tries to do strlen on these params. below is my code, which is pretty much out of the examples. I appreciate any tips : int main() { VixError err; // Connect to specified host. jobHandle = VixHost_Connect(VIX_API_VERSION, VIX_SERVICEPROVIDER_VMWARE_SERVER, "mymachine.com", // hostName 904, // 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... goto abort; } Vix_ReleaseHandle(jobHandle); 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); abort: Vix_ReleaseHandle(jobHandle); VixHost_Disconnect(hostHandle); }

I was wondering why certain environment variables aren't getting set. One environment variable I need is %USERNAME%. When I have remotely turn on cmd.exe, and I issue the command: echo %USERNAME% it returns "%USERNAME% When I open a new instance of cmd.exe, from the start menu and type in the same command. I get "hbobuild" which was the username I used in the previous step of LoginGuest. Anybody know why this is happening?

Hi from Austria, When i want to run the following code : #include <string.h> #include "vix.h" VixHandle hostHandle = VIX_INVALID_HANDLE; int main() { VixError err; VixHandle jobHandle = VIX_INVALID_HANDLE; VixHandle vmHandle = VIX_INVALID_HANDLE; printf("before"); jobHandle = VixHost_Connect(VIX_API_VERSION, VIX_SERVICEPROVIDER_VMWARE_SERVER, "localhost", // *hostName, 902, // hostPort, "localadmin", // *userName, "thepassword", // *password, 0, // options, VIX_INVALID_HANDLE, // propertyListHandle, NULL, // *callbackProc, NULL); // *clientData); printf("after"); err = VixJob_Wait(jobHandle, VIX_PROPERTY_JOB_RESULT_HANDLE, &hostHandle, VIX_PROPERTY_NONE); if (VIX_OK != err) { goto abort; } } the code does compiles, but during the runtime the program doesn't come to print "after". There is an error thrown at runtime, which looks like this http://666kb.com/i/am63ukv2oljdavh6v.jpg Excuse for the german language, but the bold text says: asdf.exe has made a problem, and it has to be closed. under it stands the stereotyp message from windows, which says that if the program has not been saved, some data will be lost. the buttons : debug and the other: close my operation system is : win XP profession serivce pack 2 and the vm server works as it should work. please help me because i don't know what to do to solve the problem. thank you