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<h1>VMware Workstation / Player hypervisors driver</h1>
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The libvirt VMware Workstation driver should be able to manage any Workstation and
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Player version supported by the VMware VIX API. See the compatibility list
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<a href="http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vix-api/vix110_reference/">here</a>.
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This driver uses the "vmrun" utility which is distributed with the VMware VIX API.
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2011-04-01 22:02:10 +00:00
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You can download the VIX API
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from <a href="http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vix-api/">here</a>.
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<h2>Connections to VMware driver</h2>
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The libvirt VMware driver provides per-user drivers (the "session" instance).
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Two uris are available:
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<ul>
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<li>"vmwareplayer" for VMware Player</li>
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<li>"vmwarews" for VMware Workstation</li>
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<p>
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Some example connection URIs for the driver are:
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vmwareplayer:///session (local access to VMware Player per-user instance)
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vmwarews:///session (local access to VMware Workstation per-user instance)
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vmwarews+tcp://user@example.com/session (remote access to VMware Workstation, SASl/Kerberos)
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vmwarews+ssh://user@example.com/session (remote access to VMware Workstation, SSH tunnelled)
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</pre>
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<h2><a name="xmlconfig">Example domain XML config</a></h2>
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<pre>
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<domain type='vmware'>
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<name>vmware</name>
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<uuid>bea92244-8885-4562-828b-3b086731c5b1</uuid>
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<os>
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<type>hvm</type>
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</os>
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<memory>524288</memory>
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<vcpu>1</vcpu>
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<features>
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<pae/>
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<acpi/>
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</features>
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<devices>
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<disk type='file' device='disk'>
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<source file='/home/user/tmp/disk.vmdk'/>
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<target bus='ide' dev='hda'/>
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</disk>
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<interface type='bridge'>
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<target dev='/dev/vmnet1'/>
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<source bridge=''/>
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<mac address='00:16:3e:5d:c7:9e'/>
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</interface>
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</devices>
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</domain>
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</pre>
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