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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NAME
virt-manager - display the virtual machine desktop management tool
SYNOPSIS
virt-manager [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
virt-manager is a desktop tool for managing virtual machines. It provides the ability to control the lifecycle of existing machines
(bootup/shutdown,pause/resume,suspend/restore), provision new virtual machines and various types of store, manage virtual networks, access
the graphical console of virtual machines, and view performance statistics, all done locally or remotely.
OPTIONS
The following options are accepted when running "virt-manager":
-h, -help
Display command line help summary
-c URI, --connect=URI
Specify the hypervisor connection URI
--debug
List debugging output to the console (normally this is only logged in ~/.virt-manager/virt-manager.log). This function implies
--no-fork.
--no-fork
Don't fork "virt-manager" off into the backround: run it blocking the current terminal. Useful for seeing possible errors dumped to
stdout/stderr.
--no-dbus
Disable the DBus API used for remote control of the "virt-manager" UI
--no-conn-autostart
Don't autostart any libvirt connections when launching "virt-manager".
--show-domain-creator
Display the wizard for creating new virtual machines
--show-domain-editor=UUID
Display the dialog for editing properties of the virtual machine with unique ID matching "UUID"
--show-domain-performance=UUID
Display the dialog for monitoring performance of the virtual machine with unique ID matching "UUID"
--show-domain-console=UUID
Display the virtual console of the virtual machine with unique ID matching "UUID"
--show-host-summary
Display the main window summarizing performance for all virtual machines on the host.
AUTHOR
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BUGS
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SEE ALSO
virsh(1), "virt-viewer(1)", the project website "http://virt-manager.org"
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