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Special Forums UNIX and Linux Applications Virtualization and Cloud Computing Help with Vmrun in Vmware Post 302535058 by r4v3n on Thursday 30th of June 2011 03:43:05 AM
Old 06-30-2011
Help with Vmrun in Vmware

Hi,

I've set up Windows XP virtual machines on an Ubuntu host to perform certain automated tasks. I copy files from the Ubuntu machine over to the XP machines using vmrun, execute the files, and receive reports back. All this is done using bash.

If the files I copy and run over in the vm crash the vm and cause a BSOD for some reason, the whole automation gets stuck. Is there any way to find out the state of the Windows XP machine ?

Any help is appreciated

---------- Post updated 06-30-11 at 01:13 PM ---------- Previous update was 06-29-11 at 11:12 PM ----------

I managed to find a crude solution for this. I've introduced a timeout in the bash script like this:

bash vmrun.sh & sleep 120 ; kill $!

So, if the script doesn't finish execution in the vmware guest within 120 seconds, for whatever may be the reason [BSOD, machine hung machine rebooted etc.], I kill it.

Hope someone finds this useful.
 

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