pyvmrun 0.2.1

Platform-independent VMWare/vmrun control from Python

pyvmrun

Introduction

This is a python wrapper for vmrun, used to control VMWare virtual machines. It is based off of vmrun-python by @Binjo, whose idea is in-turn based on Alexander Sotirov's vmrun-ruby. Assumed, same as original, to support only VMWare Fusion/WS versions 6.0 and above.

Basic Usage

from pyvmrun import PyVmrun
vm = PyVmrun.list()[0] 
# or 
vm = PyVmrun( 'full/path/to/your/foo.vmx' )
vm.start()
vm.suspend()
vm.stop()

Known Issues

1. Calls to revertToSnapshot may corrupt the VM's vmx file, causing the VM to refuse to start. If this is the case, edit your vmx file:

   • remove the following line:

   checkpoint.vmState = "foo-SnapshotXX.vmsn"
   

   • edit vmx vmdk (disk) reference:

   # ide0:0.fileName = "foo-XXXXX.vmdk"
   # change to
   ide0:0.fileName = "foo.vmdk"
   

Credits

Thanks to @Binjo and all original contributors for your work.