[PowerCLI 6.5] How to use StartProgramInGuest in C#

[Fang001]

Hi all,

    I search the all examples from Java and C# about this function usage. However, I always get the exception

"The object 'vim.vm.guest.ProcessManager:guestOperationsProcessManager' has already been deleted or has not been completely created"    VMware.Vim.VimException.

    Could someone help it?

               NameValueCollection nvcFilter = new NameValueCollection();

               nvcFilter.Add("Name", "W81x64");

               _vm = (VirtualMachine)_client.FindEntityView(typeof(VirtualMachine), null, nvcFilter, null);

               while (true)

               {

                   _vm.UpdateViewData();

                   if (_vm.Guest.ToolsStatus == VirtualMachineToolsStatus.toolsOk)

                   {

                       break;

                   }

                   Thread.Sleep(3000);

               }

               NamePasswordAuthentication auth = new NamePasswordAuthentication();

               auth.Password = "admin";

               auth.Username = "password";

               auth.InteractiveSession = false;

               ManagedObjectReference vmRef = new ManagedObjectReference ();

               vmRef.Type = "VirtualMachine";

               vmRef.Value = "W81x64";

               GuestWindowsProgramSpec progSpec = new GuestWindowsProgramSpec();

               progSpec.Arguments = "";

               progSpec.ProgramPath = @"C:\Windows\system32\calc.exe";

               ManagedObjectReference moRf= new ManagedObjectReference();

               moRf.Type = "GuestProcessManager";

               moRf.Value = "guestOperationsProcessManager";

               GuestProcessManager guestprogmgr = new GuestProcessManager(VimClient,moRf);

               long pid = guestprogmgr.StartProgramInGuest(vmRef, auth, progSpec);

[LucD · Accepted solution]

It's not a direct reply to your question, but the following works for me.
Consider it PowerShell prototyping :smileygrin:

$vmName = 'MyVM'

$vm = Get-VM -Name $vmName

$si = Get-View ServiceInstance

$opMgr = Get-View -Id $si.Content.guestOperationsManager

$spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.NamePasswordAuthentication

$spec.UserName = 'domain\user'

$spec.Password = 'password'

$spec.interactiveSession = $false

$procMgr = Get-View $opMgr.ProcessManager

$prog = New-Object VMware.Vim.GuestWindowsProgramSpec

$prog.ProgramPath = 'C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe'

$prog.arguments = ''

$prog.StartMinimized = $false

$procMgr.StartProgramInGuest($vm.ExtensionData.MoRef,$spec,$prog)

[Fang001]

Hi LucD,

    Thanks for your information.

    I found the bug of the program because your command.