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The httpfileaccess.ColdMigration sample for SDK4.0 is not working

Hi there,

With SDK2.5, this sample com.vmware.samples.httpfileaccess.ColdMigration works for me.

However, with SDK4.0, it no longer works.

I got the following error message, the problem is at registering the vmx:

Registering The Virtual Machine ..........

Exception in thread "main" AxisFault

faultCode: ServerFaultCode

faultSubcode:

faultString: fault.RestrictedVersion.summary

faultActor:

faultNode:

faultDetail:

SecurityErrorFault:null

fault.RestrictedVersion.summary

at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)

at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)

at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)

at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)

at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:355)

at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:308)

at org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.BeanDeserializer.(BeanDeserializer.java:90)

at com.vmware.vim.SecurityError.getDeserializer(SecurityError.java:83)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)

at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)

at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)

at org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.BaseDeserializerFactory.getSpecialized(BaseDeserializerFactory.java:154)

at org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.BaseDeserializerFactory.getDeserializerAs(BaseDeserializerFactory.java:84)

at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.getDeserializer(DeserializationContext.java:464)

at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.getDeserializerForType(DeserializationContext.java:547)

at org.apache.axis.message.SOAPFaultDetailsBuilder.onStartChild(SOAPFaultDetailsBuilder.java:157)

at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.startElement(DeserializationContext.java:1035)

at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDispatcher.dispatch(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)

at org.apache.xerces.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)

at javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser.parse(SAXParser.java:395)

at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.parse(DeserializationContext.java:227)

at org.apache.axis.SOAPPart.getAsSOAPEnvelope(SOAPPart.java:696)

at org.apache.axis.Message.getSOAPEnvelope(Message.java:435)

at org.apache.axis.handlers.soap.MustUnderstandChecker.invoke(MustUnderstandChecker.java:62)

at org.apache.axis.client.AxisClient.invoke(AxisClient.java:206)

at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2784)

at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2767)

at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2443)

at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2366)

at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1812)

at com.vmware.vim.VimBindingStub.registerVM_Task(VimBindingStub.java:21299)

at com.vmware.samples.httpfileaccess.ColdMigration.registerVirtualMachine(ColdMigration.java:165)

at com.vmware.samples.httpfileaccess.ColdMigration.coldMigration(ColdMigration.java:67)

at com.vmware.samples.httpfileaccess.ColdMigration.main(ColdMigration.java:401)

I appreciate any help.

Thank you very much.

Shi

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np. Don't forget to award 'helpful' or 'correct' points Smiley Wink

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This is due to: http://vmetc.com/2009/03/31/esxi-u4-ends-free-version-read-and-write-access-from-the-rcli/

and this is clearly shown with the error:

faultString: fault.RestrictedVersion.summary

You probably executed this code on ESX(i) 3.5u2 or u3 which had the VMware API bug that allowed read/write access to the API, since then, it's been locked down including vSphere. You'll need a proper licensed host to perform any write operations against the host.

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VMware Code Central - Scripts/Sample code for Developers and Administrators

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Thank you very much. Now I see the problem.

The ESXi-3.5 I said was working is version 3.5.0, 153875 on the evaluation license.

The ESXi-4 not working is version 4.0.0, 164009 on the free permanent license.

So I guess we need to have the paid license instead.

And just out of curiosity, the moment I removed the license from ESXi 4 (so that it becomes an evaluation version), it works.

Smiley Happy

Thanks a lot.

Shi

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np. Don't forget to award 'helpful' or 'correct' points Smiley Wink

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