Vix and Perl - Simple example does not work

[rahulm]

Hi!

I installed the VMWare Server 2.0 Beta today with hopes of using the Vix-perl api with VMWare Server. This server is installed on RHEL ES4

The installation went fine and I can connect to the vmware server on its website using the root username/password (but not as the user I am logged in to as on the machine). I found the libs for Vix and added them to the LD_LIBRARY_PATH

So when I do something like:

bash-3.00$ perl -e "use VMware::Vix::Simple"

I get no errors.

When I run a program to connect to the host (local host in this case), I get errors like:

-bash-3.00$ perl test1.pl

Connecting to Host Machine...ERROR! 3: One of the parameters was invalid-bash-3.00$

My Program

-

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#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;

use warnings;

use VMware::Vix::Simple;

use VMware::Vix::API::Constants;

my $hostType= VIX_SERVICEPROVIDER_VMWARE_SERVER;

my $hostName= undef;

my $hostPort= undef;

my $userName= undef;

my $password= undef;

my $options = 0;

my $propertyListHandle = VIX_INVALID_HANDLE;

#Host Connect

print "Connecting to Host Machine...";

my ($err, $hostHandle) = HostConnect(VIX_API_VERSION,

$hostType,

$hostName,

$hostPort,

$userName,

$password,

$options,

$propertyListHandle);

if(VIX_OK != $err){

print ("ERROR! $err: " . GetErrorText($err));

exit(1);

}

else {

print "Success!\n";

-

---

END PROGRAM

I'd really appreciate some help in getting this going! Please let me know if you need more information

Thanks

Rahul

[lemke]

For Server 2, you need to change your parameters for HostConnect(). Server 2 needs a different hostType, VIX_SERVICEPROVIDER_VMWARE_VI_SERVER, and also requires a username and password in all cases.

The second post in this thread goes into more detail.

[JPatten]

You will also have to set your hostName variable to the web URL of the SDK, i.e.

This is new in Server 2.0 as well as the new service provider

[rahulm]

Thank you for your responses. I tried to modify the relevant code like this:

<snip>

my $hostType= VIX_SERVICEPROVIDER_VMWARE_VI_SERVER;

my $hostName= 'https://myhostip/sdk';

my $hostPort= undef;

my $userName= "user";

my $password= "password";

my $options = 0;

my $propertyListHandle = VIX_INVALID_HANDLE;

</snip>

For the user/password, I also tried root and its password, but still get the same error. Is there anything else I need to do/check?

Thank you very much!

[JPatten]

I have done most of my VIX programming in C#, so I am basing my response on my connect string from there.

I pass 0 as the host port, where you are passing undef, which I assume is the same as null?

You may want to try passing 0 or 902 (which is the actual port). This is from the VIX guide:

hostPort

TCP/IP port of remote host, typically 902. Use zero for local host.

[lemke]

The hostName URL probably needs a port in it, since the default isn't 443. Last time I tried, the default was 8333, so [https://myhostip:8333/sdk], but you can specify the port when you install Server.

[rahulm]

Thanks a lot.

I updated the strings like this:

<snip>my $hostType= VIX_SERVICEPROVIDER_VMWARE_VI_SERVER;

my $hostName= 'https://MYIP:8333/sdk';

my $hostPort= 0;

my $userName= "username";

my $password= "password";

my $options = 0;

my $propertyListHandle = VIX_INVALID_HANDLE;

#Host Connect

print "Connecting to Host Machine...";

my ($err, $hostHandle) =

HostConnect(

VIX_API_VERSION,

$hostType,

$hostName,

$hostPort,

$userName,

$password,

$options,

$propertyListHandle);

</snip>

I still keep getting the error that some parameter is invalid. Is there a way to find out which one?

Could it be that some service is not started?

Thanks a lot!

[rahulm]

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone has a solution and/or has tried to get this going on ES4/Linux w/Perl.

Thanks!