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