What's the "official" decree about which VMware Tools version is required for VIX. Seems some VIX functions (such as VMLoginInGuest) will run only in VMware Tools version 4.0. For instance, I had a Linux VM with VMware tools v3.5 installed. Running a test (Perl) script got to the point where I called VMLoginInGuest -- I received the error:
Authentication failure or insufficient permissions in guest operating system(3015)
I upgrade the VMware tools version on the target VM and the above worked (as did the rest of my test script).
I read somewhere that there is a version 3.2 or something of VMware tools that supports VIX? Is this true? Is there a resource (web page) somewhere that explains the various versions of ESX, VMware tools, VIX, and/or perhaps a compatability matrix? If not, someone there at VMware should make one...
Another thing, when I use the Perl vSphere API to get a VM View, if I look in the config.about section, I see a property "toolsVersion". Some examples of values I see are:
7304 (vmware tools v3.5 )
8194 (this is the one where I installed vmware tools v4.0)
7299
How do these correlate to vmware tools versions?
Any and all information would be greatly appreciated.
