EDIT: wrong forum. New here...Shoudl have been in C# code repository - sorry, Please move it fellows...
This is a very sloppy contribution, I guess I could have given you more exact info on the sdks - but I am so busy coding these days...
not sure if this is "too" basic for this rather impressive forum either but here I go
I have VMWare server setup - one one of those virtual boxes I run Tor/Privoxy. On the host I have a few apps running at occasions. However, automation is king, so I want those apps to check if that VMWare virtual machine isn't running I need the app to start it up automagically.
1. I use C#
2. There is a SDK API for VMWare. Active X controls. To be honest I am not sure (was a month ago or so) if I did download something from
http://www.vmware.com/download/sdk/or of files are always there after installing VMWare server:
C:\Program files\VMware\VMware VmCOM Scripting API\VmCOM.dll is the file you should reference
3. I have created a VM called TorPrivoxy which is what we want to check if running - and if not, then fire it up
4. Now for the code
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using VMCOMLib;
namespace ControlPanelJobs
{
public class EnsureProxy
{
public static void Ensure()
{
VmConnectParams vmConn = new VmConnectParams();
vmConn.Hostname = "localhost";
vmConn.Username = "administrator";
vmConn.Password = "foobaradminpassword";
VmServerCtl vmSrvCtl;
vmSrvCtl = new VmServerCtl();
vmSrvCtl.Connect(vmConn);
foreach (string s in vmSrvCtl.RegisteredVmNames)
{
if (s.IndexOf("TorPrivoxy")>= 0 )
{
VmCtl vm = new VmCtl();
vm.Connect(vmConn, s);
if (vm.ExecutionState != VmExecutionState.vmExecutionState_On)
{
vm.Start(VmPowerOpMode.vmPowerOpMode_TrySoft);
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(60 * 1000);
}
}
}
}
}
}
I am not sure if it's possible to check when it's up - I guess one single way is just check if the proxy is indeed available , but this one is easy - waiting 60 seconds IS enough and I have no hurry in these cases.
You need to change the admin name and password of course.
For non C#ers - there ARE Perl API:s as well.
The main reason for me needing this is I have found myself - when disturbed by a customer on phone etc - I sometimes (without knowing it) click around my open windows - and it has happened I closed the whole virtual machine down...
