Looking for windows 64-bit version of VDDK
The Virtual Disk SDK for windows is only for the 32-bit version. Does vmware support the 64-bit windows version ? thanksahalimz
View ArticleListing visible resource pools
Hi, I am trying to list the resources pools in vCenter using vijava, and got a list including the hidden "Resources" resources pools. May I know how I can filter out these hidden pools? ThanksKH
View ArticleTaskFilterSpecRecursionOption self doesn't seem to work
I'm trying to run a TaskHistoryCollector and in the TaskFilterSpec I want to use the Entity property.I specify a MoRef to an entity and define the recursion as "self".This doesn't return any TaskInfo...
View Articlenode.getSnapshot() returns null
I need to revert a set of 6 snapshot. I use code from the VMSnapshot.java example: First get a list of VirtualMachineSnapshotTree and call the traverseSnapshotInTree method:...
View ArticleGuestProcessManager C#
Hi, I tested WebService SDK 5.1.0 , but it didn't work.The code is below. I think GuestProcessManager TYPE and VALUE is wrong.I can't find the TYPE and VALUE character string in any resource.(The...
View ArticleRestore VM to ESXi server and VSS
Hello.I have two questions about restore VM to ESXi server and VSS. I.This page http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vddk.pg.doc_50%2FvddkBkupVadp.9.6.html says: “Windows...
View ArticleUnable to install Windows Server 2012 - HAL_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
Hello. We are unable to install Windows Server 2012 on our vSphere. Error is "HAL_INITIALIZATION_FAILED"Screen Attached. Could you help me ? Best RegardsDon
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vSphere Web Service SDK Setting Up Problem
Hello everyone, I have a problem while setting up for vSphere Web Service Development. I use Windows and tried to execute the SimpleClient sample with the prompt (followed every step in vSphere...
View ArticleUnable to register a VM using rbvmomi and RegisterVM_Task
It doesn't seem to matter how I construct the datastore path, nothing works. /Users/matt/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p320@veewee/gems/rbvmomi-1.6.0/lib/rbvmomi/vim/Task.rb:11:in `wait_for_completion':...
View ArticleHow to get information about free space on disk volume in special cases
Hello, if there are on ESX server disk volumes located on classical hard disk, i can get information about its free space.Firstly grab infromation about disk volume from...
View ArticleCan I invoke a specific method instead of a "*_Task" like operation when...
MethodAction action = new MethodAction();action.setName("PowerOffVM_Task"); Can I invoke my own method instead of "PowerOffVM_Task"?
View ArticleLogin Issues
We are having some troubles logging to the MOB. It wont accept any credentials. Is there a setting somewhere I missed to allow this feature? We are using credentials that are admins in vCenter as...
View Articleproblem getting Hostsystem properties using C /gsoap2.8
actually with the below code, i receive a SOAP_OK for the soap call of RetrieveProperties, but the returnval turns out to be empty, what is the problem???i paste the xml recieved in bottom too please...
View ArticleDifferent VMtool versions on same host and both are guestToolsCurrent
When using Powercli to do some reporting on the VMtools versions I see something curious (for me)Two machines on the SAME host have different readings for New-VIProperty -Name ToolsVersion -ObjectType...
View ArticleIssue with retrieveProperties
Hi, I am using VMWare SDK Web Service API to monitor and collect the performance statistics. I am trying to retrieve performance statistics (Historical Intervals) from vCenter. Here is the piece of...
View Articlevpshere5 sdk: building vim25 dlls with VS2010 fails
I am trying to build sdk dlls with VS2010. Following part works for building vim dlls D:\vsphere5 sdk\SDK\vsphere-ws\dotnet\cs>wsdl /n:VimApi /o:VimService.cs ..\..\wsdl\vim\vim.wsdl...
View Articleduplicate TraversalSpec name (get MORef of host by its name)
Hi all,I am new to VMware and I was trying to understand and play with the Java SDK . th eSDK has getVMByVMname(string vmName) method that includes getVMTraversalSpec() method and...
View ArticleAdding hosts against 5.1 now failing due to SSL requirements
I have some WebServices C# code that used to switch off the vCenter Server advanced setting client.VerifySLLCertificates (set to false) then use the .AddStandaloneHost_Task to add a host. This was...
View ArticleWhich Api to use?Beginner
Hello and nice to meet you.After reading http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5493697/which-vmware-api-should-i-use i'm not quit sureif i have to use assembly Vmware.Vim or VimService51.Of course...
View ArticlevmFolder Not listing all VMs
Hey Gang, this is my first post so please forgive me if I ask any obvious questions. I'm currently developing an app that interfaces with a VC via the rbvmomi library (ruby), which uses the vsphere...
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