I'm trying to connect to ESX server (5.2) using vixDiskLibSample program provided with visDiskLib (v5.2) running on RHEL 6.2 x64 VirtualMachine. Program runs fine until connection is created, but dumps core while executing VixDiskLib_Open call at line 607
Any idea whats going wrong here ....
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Breakpoint 1, VixDisk::VixDisk (this=0x7fffffffdeb0, connection=0x651730, path=0x7fffffffe459 "[datastore2]travapp1/travapp1.vmdk", flags=4)
at vixDiskLibSample.cpp:606
606 _handle = NULL;
(gdb) list
601 public:
602
603 VixDiskLibHandle Handle() { return _handle; }
604 VixDisk(VixDiskLibConnection connection, char *path, uint32 flags)
605 {
606 _handle = NULL;
607 VixError vixError = VixDiskLib_Open(connection, path, flags, &_handle);
608 CHECK_AND_THROW(vixError);
609 printf("Disk \"%s\" is open using transport mode \"%s\".\n",
610 path, VixDiskLib_GetTransportMode(_handle));
(gdb) n
607 VixError vixError = VixDiskLib_Open(connection, path, flags, &_handle);
(gdb) p connection
$1 = (VixDiskLibConnection) 0x651730
(gdb) p path
$2 = 0x7fffffffe459 "[datastore2]travapp1/travapp1.vmdk"
(gdb) p flags
$3 = 4
(gdb) p appGlobals
$4 = {command = 8, adapterType = VIXDISKLIB_ADAPTER_SCSI_BUSLOGIC, transportModes = 0x0,
diskPath = 0x7fffffffe459 "[datastore2]travapp1/travapp1.vmdk", parentPath = 0x0, metaKey = 0x0, metaVal = 0x0, filler = 255, mbSize = 100,
numSectors = 1, startSector = 0, bufSize = 0, openFlags = 4, numThreads = 1, success = 1 '\001', isRemote = 1 '\001',
host = 0x7fffffffe42f "10.xx.xx.xx", userName = 0x7fffffffe441 "root", password = 0x7fffffffe450 "xxxxxx", thumbPrint = 0x0, port = 902,
srcPath = 0x0, connection = 0x651730, vmxSpec = 0x0, useInitEx = false, cfgFile = 0x0, libdir = 0x0, ssMoRef = 0x0}
(gdb) n
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x0000003129c7f9c1 in __strlen_sse2 () from /lib64/libc.so.6
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