I have a python VMWare script I was using for a while. After recently upgrading my Workstation version from 15.5.5 to 15.5.6 the script is throwing exception in python VIX module:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Python38_64\lib\runpy.py", line 192, in _run_module_as_main
return _run_code(code, main_globals, None,
...more...
vm, ss = common.get_vm(params.vm_path, params.vm_snapshot)
File "D:\play\vmware\common.py", line 52, in get_vm
host = vix.VixHost()
File "C:\Python38_64\lib\site-packages\vix\VixHost.py", line 141, in __init__
raise VixError(vix.VixJob_GetError(job))
vix.VixError.VixError: VixError #22002: The specified version was not found
I uninstalled the new VMWare Workstation version and reinstalled 15.5.5. My vixwrapper-config.txt (after downgrade) looks like this:
#...more...
# will be the first used. If for some reason that value fails, it will
# continue through any other matches.
# Workstation 15.0.0
ws 19 vmdb 15.0.0 Workstation-15.0.0
player 19 vmdb 15.0.0 Workstation-15.0.0
# latest un-versioned
ws 19 vmdb e.x.p Workstation-15.0.0
player 19 vmdb e.x.p Workstation-15.0.0
# EOF
I tried to pip uinstall vix and reinstall again but the issue persists. The VIX binding I use is:
pip show vix
Name: vix
Version: 1.0.7
Summary: VMware VIX binding for Python (unofficial)
Home-page: https://github.com/naim94a/vix
Author: Naim A.
Author-email: naim94a@gmail.com
License: GPLv3
Location: c:\python38_64\lib\site-packages
Requires: cffi, six
Required-by:
Using vmrun.exe start <path_to_vm> starts the VM without any issues.
Any help will be appreciated.
After changing vixwrapper-config.txt to modify the lines:
ws 19 vmdb e.x.p Workstation-15.0.0
player 19 vmdb e.x.p Workstation-15.0.0
to:
ws 19 vmdb 15.5.0 Workstation-15.0.0
player 19 vmdb 15.5.0 Workstation-15.0.0
it started to work again.