VMWare VIX API 1.6버전 출시

VMWare 6.0에서 사용했던 API들은 불편한 점이 많았는데, 10월 23일자로 1.6버전이 새로 출시되었습니다. VMWare 6.5의 성능도 막강한것 같던데 1.6에는 다음과 같은 기능이 새로 추가되었습니다.

New in This Release

• Enhanced vmrun commands and features.
  See the new manual, Using vmrun to Control Virtual Machines.
  
  
• New API calls including Record and Replay.
  The following new C functions were added for both Workstation and Server:
  • VixVM_ReadVariable
  • VixVM_WriteVariable
  The following new C functions were added for Workstation only:
  • VixVM_BeginRecording
  • VixVM_BeginReplay
  • VixVM_Clone
  • VixVM_EndRecording
  • VixVM_EndReplay
  • VixVM_Pause
  • VixVM_Unpause
  The following new COM bindings were added:
  • DeleteFileInGuest
  • ReadVariable
  • WriteVariable
  The following new Perl routines were added:
  • FindItems
  • FindRunningVMs
  • VMReadVariable
  • VMWriteVariable
  
  
• Library files located in new directories. Shared libraries and vix.lib are in the Workstation-6.5.0 or VIServer-2.0.0 directory now, not ws-3 as in VIX 1.1.x releases. To compile a VIX client without using the recommended wrapper library, make libraries available to your program from VMware VIX\Workstation-6.5.0\32bit on Windows or vmware-vix/Workstation-6.5.0/32bit on Linux (substitute 64-bit or VIServer-2.0.0 as appropriate). On Server 2.0 for Linux, insert /lib after vmware-vix.
  
  

Issues Resolved for VIX 1.6

• Clone option of vmrun exits with powered-on guest. Executing the vmrun clone option on a powered-on guest now produces an error message, instead of making an invalid snapshot.
  
  
• Upgrading hardware version 3 to 4. You can now call VixVM_UpgradeVirtualHardware or vmrun upgradevm on a virtual machine created with Workstation 4.x (hardware version 3).
  
  
• Can use VixVM_Clone with Vix_PumpEvents to create a clone of a powered-off virtual machine. Creating a full clone of a powered-off parent no longer throws an exception when used with Vix_PumpEvents().
  
  
• The setSharedFolderState option available in vmrun. The vmrun option setSharedFolderState is now implemented.
  
  
• Support in vmrun for Vista interactive logon. When using vmrun RunProgramInGuest for a Windows Vista guest operating system. use the -interactive option to make your program visible in the console window.
  
  
• Opening child snapshots created by the UI. When creating a snapshot through the Workstation UI, VixSnapshot_GetChild() returns the snapshot correctly now.
  
  
• The vix-perl package includes required libraries. The vix-perl package now includes all required libraries, so you do not have to set Path or LD_LIBRARY_PATH. Extracted libraries are in VMware VIX\vix-perl on Windows and /usr/lib/vmware-vix/lib/api/vix-perl on Linux.
  
  
• Upgrading virtual hardware and user confirmation dialog. When you call the VixVM_UpgradeVirtualHardware() function, the dialog box to confirm virtual-machine upgrade appears only for interactive sessions.
  
  
• The vmrun utility and snapshots of the same name. When snapshots have the same name, use the path-to-VMX option of vmrun to distinguish them.
  
  
• Issue with background resume feature fixed. If the background resume feature is enabled for a virtual machine, VIX no longer reports too early that the resume operation is complete.