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Re: VIX 1.17 does not work for VMware Workstation Player 15

Sloth77 — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 09:57:09 GMT

I actually think that standalone VIX became incompatible with Workstation version 14.1.2.

I launch VMs using the "nogui" option to the vmrun "start" command, and this stopped working ("Error: unknown error") with standalone VIX 1.17 and Workstation 14.1.2

However, the good news is that the VIX 1.17 distributed with Workstation 15 fixes the issue (and seems to be compatible) with Workstation 14.1.2 and newer (including 15 obviously).

But it is going to be very annoying if incompatible versions (of the same version number) of VIX are maintained.

Re:VIX for VMware Workstation 15

Sloth77 — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 15:31:18 GMT

Intersting.

What do you think the replacement API for Workstation will be in the long term? The new REST API?

Re: VIX for VMware Workstation 15

Sloth77 — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 10:17:23 GMT

Thanks for the reply.

I have tried compiling the samples as you suggested, but unfortunately I am unable to get them to compile on any of the Visual Studio versions I have (2010, 2012, 2017). I've attached a screenshot showing the errors I get.

Also, it appears the samples use the VIX wrapper library, which I don't use for the application I mentioned in my original message. My application links directly against the vix.lib library.

Re: VIX for VMware Workstation 15

Sloth77 — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 13:39:38 GMT

OK, I've taken a further look into this and I still don't think the correct VIX is distributed.

My application builds happily against vix.lib in the "VMware VIX" directory of the VMware Workstation 15 installation, but when I attempt to power on the VM (using VIX API), I get "unknown error". However, the 32-bit "vmrun.exe" (in the "VMware Workstation" directory) powers it on correctly.

If I look at the files in the 32-bit "VMware VIX" directory (which I build/run my app against and doesn't work), I get:

19/09/2018 04:02 924,672 iconv.dll

19/09/2018 04:02 1,322,496 libeay32.dll

19/09/2018 04:02 2,019,328 libxml2.dll

19/09/2018 04:02 289,792 ssleay32.dll

19/09/2018 04:03 5,329,408 vix.dll

19/09/2018 04:03 63,628 vix.lib

19/09/2018 04:03 5,329,408 vixd.dll

19/09/2018 04:03 63,628 vixd.lib

19/09/2018 04:02 75,776 zlib1.dll

If I look at the corresponding matching files in the "VMware Workstation" directory (which I run vmrun.exe from and does work), I get:

19/09/2018 04:18 940,464 iconv.dll

19/09/2018 04:18 1,338,288 libeay32.dll

19/09/2018 04:18 2,035,120 libxml2.dll

19/09/2018 04:18 305,584 ssleay32.dll

19/09/2018 04:18 5,345,200 vix.dll

19/09/2018 04:12 91,568 zlib1.dll

It is clear that the version of VIX (and associated libraries) used by "vmrun" in the "Workstation" directory (which works) is different from the version in the "VMware VIX" directory that we are expected to build and run using.

Unfortunately, the working version in "Workstation" directory does not contain the import library to link against (vix.lib) and attempting to run my application using the DLLs in the "Workstation" directory doesn't work.

Any advice here would be appreciated. I don't want to have to resort to invoking "vmrun.exe" rather than using the VIX API directory.

Re:VIX for VMware Workstation 15

Sloth77 — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 11:15:06 GMT

To answer my own question, from a reply in a different thread...

VMware VIX is now only supplied with Workstation and cannot be obtained separately (at least at the moment). The VIX version for Workstation 15 is 1.17, the same as for Workstation 14.

Re: VIX for VMware Workstation 15

Sloth77 — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 09:39:53 GMT

Thanks for the clarification.

I notice that the version is still 1.17, which is the same as for Workstation 14. Is this correct or should it be version 1.18?

VIX for VMware Workstation 15

Sloth77 — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:23:30 GMT

I notice that the VMware Workstation 15 does not have an associated VIX download and that there is mention of a new REST API.

Does that mean that VIX has been dropped?

If not, where can I obtain it?

VIX for VMware Workstation 15

Sloth77 — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 15:20:32 GMT

I notice that the new VMware Workstation 15 is out and there is a new REST API mentioned. I also notice in the downloads that the VIX API for that version is not available.

Does this mean that VIX has been dropped in version 15?

Re:VMware Workstation/Player 14.1.2 breaks VIX 1.17.0

Sloth77 — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 11:07:22 GMT

Nobody else experiencing this issue then?

Re:SDK for VMWare Workstation & VMWare Player

Sloth77 — Fri, 25 May 2018 13:08:17 GMT

Its only deprecated for vSphere AFAIK. Player, Workstation & Fusion are still supported:

VIX API deprecated in vSphere. In ESXi 5.0, guest operations are available in the vSphere API, under managed objects GuestAuthManager, GuestFileManager, GuestOperationsManager, and GuestProcessManager. JAX-WS based code samples are provided in the Web Services SDK. So VIX API support for vSphere and ESXi is deprecated in this release. Deprecation means that VIX is currently a supported API, but VIX will be unsupported in the second major release after vSphere 5. VIX support will continue for VMware Workstation and Player.

VMware Workstation/Player 14.1.2 breaks VIX 1.17.0

Sloth77 — Fri, 25 May 2018 12:56:09 GMT

Hi,

I've just upgraded to VMware Workstation 14.1.2 from the previous 14.1.1. I am now no longer able to start virtual machines using the current VIX 1.17.0 API.

Invoking VixVM_PowerOn returns 1 ("Unknown error").

Looking at the vmware-vix log, I think the relevant lines that shows the issue is below:

2018-05-25T12:45:58.197+01:00| vthread-2| I125: VmdbCnxControlCb: registered SUBSCRIBE completion callback, cnx = /db/connection/#7/

2018-05-25T12:45:58.244+01:00| vthread-2| I125: VmdbAddSchema failed: path: /vm/#/mvm/policyState/val/policySet/authentication/type/

2018-05-25T12:45:58.244+01:00| vthread-2| W115: VmdbCnxRecvSchema failed for '/vm/#/mvm/policyState/val/policySet/authentication/type/': (-13) Schema mismatch

2018-05-25T12:45:58.244+01:00| vthread-2| I125: VmdbCnxRecvSection failed: SCHEMA (-13) Schema mismatch

2018-05-25T12:45:58.244+01:00| vthread-2| I125: VmdbCnxDisconnect: Disconnect: closed pipe for sub cnx '/db/connection/#7/' (-13)

2018-05-25T12:45:58.244+01:00| vthread-2| I125: VigorOnlineStartMountCb Failed: Schema mismatch

2018-05-25T12:45:58.244+01:00| vthread-2| I125: VigorOnlineDisconnect: disconnect /vm/#bbd20209141bfded/ via /db/connection/#7/

The underlying error appears to the the "-13 Schema mismatch".

James

Re: Vix 1.15.1 vmrun "start" "nogui" fails with "The operation was cancelled" on non-commercial VMware Player

Sloth77 — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 17:13:46 GMT

As a final update - the latest VIX 1.15.2 fixes the "nogui" launch issue.

Re: Vix 1.15.1 vmrun "start" "nogui" fails with "The operation was cancelled" on non-commercial VMware Player

Sloth77 — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 23:46:02 GMT

‌Apparently, one workaround is to upgrade to Workstation Pro 12 as it doesn't suffer from the same issue.

Other than that they say they're working on a fix and it'll be available in a later update.

Re: Vix 1.15.1 vmrun "start" "nogui" fails with "The operation was cancelled" on non-commercial VMware Player

Sloth77 — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 10:23:04 GMT

*sigh*

Well that was a waste of money. It seems that even after ponying up for and applying the "commercial" license, it *still* fails to start the VM with "nogui" and *still* shows the same license error in the log file.

Well, at least I have complimentary support.....

Vix 1.15.1 vmrun "start" "nogui" fails with "The operation was cancelled" on non-commercial VMware Player

Sloth77 — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 17:49:36 GMT

Hi,

I've been using "vmrun" for some time now to launch my VM non-interactively using VMware Player under the non-commercial license. I normally launch my VM with:

vmrun start my-vm.vmx nogui

I recently upgraded to VMware Workstation Player 12.0.1 and VIX 1.15.1. Now when I try to start it using VIX 1.15.1, I get the following error output:

Error: The operation was cancelled.

When I look in the VMware log, I see the following text:

2015-11-05T17:39:45.687Z| vmx| I125: [msg.License.no_valid_license_see_website] Cannot find a license key to unlock this version of VMware Workstation.
2015-11-05T17:39:45.687Z| vmx| I125+ Go to our web site at "http://vmware.com/info?id=27&build=3160714" to obtain a valid license key.
2015-11-05T17:39:45.687Z| vmx| I125: ----------------------------------------
2015-11-05T17:39:45.696Z| vmx| I125: LICENSE no valid one found
2015-11-05T17:39:45.696Z| vmx| I125: Module 'License' power on failed.

However, I have already completed the license dialog box shown when VMware Player was first launched, and provided my email address. Launching VMware Player no longer how the license dialog and the application operates fine.

If I execute the "vmrun" command with the "gui" argument instead, it starts VMware Player propertly and my VM runs fine. However, I don't *want* the VMware Player interface to appear - the VM is a server VM.

Is this change intentional or a bug?

TIA,

James Bray

Re: Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit guest blank screen after updating HWE today [Workstation 10]

Sloth77 — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:00:52 GMT

Yeah, this still appears to be an issue with VMware Workstation 10.0.3 and Ubuntu 12.04.5

I think the problem lies with the 3D acceleration as running glxgears (under the Ubuntu 2D WM) shows a black window along with the following at the console:

VMware: vmw_ioctl_command error Invalid argument

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS works fine. Disabling the 3D acceleration for the Ubuntu 12.04 VM avoids the issue but at the cost of software rendering.

Is a fix in the works for this?

James

VIX 1.13 standalone download/installer

Sloth77 — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 14:41:56 GMT

Hi,

Can anyone tell me where the download for the latest VIX 1.13 (Workstation 10, Player 6) standalone installer is? It is not listed on the VMware Player 6.0 downloads.

Regards,

James

Redistributing VMware Player

Sloth77 — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:12:05 GMT

Hi,

Does anyone know of the correct path to obtaining a redistribution license for the VMware Player.

I have tried filling in the redistribution form at:

Player Reseller Registration

But the lady that responded obviously wasnt familiar with the form I'd filled and simply advised me that I needed a Fusion Pro license to commerically use Player. She did give me another email to try but I've had no response (in two weeks) from the person either.

I assume that VMware do offer a redistribution program for Player? Note that I am not interested in "reselling" Player, just distributing the free version to save my users having to download themselves.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

James

Re: HGFS (shared folders) leaks host handles

Sloth77 — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:57:04 GMT

Yep, just gave it a whirl (copying 9GB data host->guest, host=Win7 64-bit, guest=Ubuntu 12.04) and handle usage (according to Process Explorer) was normal.

Thanks for fixing this,

James

Re: HGFS (shared folders) leaks host handles

Sloth77 — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:31:05 GMT

Understandable. I'll just keep an eye out then