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1.9 (TBD)

Features

  • #10378: Added support for VMware Workstation Shared Mode - @icnocop.
  • #15: Added support for getting the display name of a virtual machine - @neilgierman.

Misc

  • #7: VMWareTasks.proj's vixcom target needs to be updated to use Visual Studio 2005's tlbimp.exe - @icnocop.
  • Throwing specific exceptions derived from VMWareException - @icnocop.
  • Upgraded to Visual Studio 2010 and targeting .NET Framework 4 - @icnocop.

1.7 (8/24/2012)

Features

Misc

  • Vestris.VMWareLib.Tools.Windows.Shell.RunCommandInGuest does not swallow exceptions in the finally block - @icnocop.
  • #10296: Using Sandcastle and JDK from Tools directory - @icnocop.

1.6 (2/11/2012)

Features

  • #8352: Refactored GuestProcesses to return a ProcessCollection class that inherits from Dictionary.
  • Added a FindProcess method to ProcessCollection.
  • Added a WaitForVMWareUserProcessInGuest function that waits for the vmware user process to exist.
  • Added WaitForVMwareUserProcess MsBuild task.
  • Added WaitForVMwareUserProcess to IVMWareVirtualMachine COM interface.
  • Added snapshot support and GetConfiguration to VMWareTest in VMWareLibUnitTests.
  • #1627 and #8267: The host, username, and password parameters are now required when connecting to a vmware esx/esxi/vi server and an ArgumentException is thrown if they are invalid.
  • #8622: Catching and throwing Exception in VMWareLib to include more relevant details on error.
  • #8357: Added ability to pass options and a timeout to the Vestris.VMWareLib.Tools.Windows.Shell.RunCommandInGuest method.
  • #9691: Added generated xml documentation files to the zip download.

Bugs

  • #251057: Added missing VMWareComTools.dll.

Misc

  • Added the specified number of milliseconds to a thrown TimeoutException.

1.5 (11/3/2010)

Features

  • Added support for VixCOM 1.8.1, 1.9 and 1.10. VMWareTasks works against all 1.6.2, 1.7.0, 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.9 and 1.10 versions.
  • Added Vestris.VMWareLib.MSBuildTasks.dll that adds support for MSBuild with MSBuild tasks that implement most common functions.
  • Added Vestris.VMWareLib.VMWareRootSnapshotCollection.RemoveSnapshot that accepts a configurable timeout.
  • Added documentation on contributing to VMWareTasks, including how to setup a development environment.
  • Added Vestris.VMWareLib.VMWareVirtualMachine.RunProgramInGuest that accepts a timeout, but no options.

Interface Changes

  • The VMWareVirtualMachine.OpenUrlInGuest API has been marked obsolete. It will be removed in a future release.

Bugs

  • 5138: Tools.Windows.Shell.GetEnvironmentVariables fails with a "File not found" error on some x64 systems where %tmp% resolves to a non-existent path.
  • 214878: Library throws RPC_E_WRONG_THREAD in apartment-threaded scenarios.

1.4 (11/28/2009)

Features

  • Added support for VixCOM 1.8.0. VMWareTasks works and tested against all 1.6.2, 1.7.0, 1.8.0 versions.
  • Added support for VMWare Player. Requires VixCOM 1.8.0.

Interface Changes

  • VMWareSnapshotCollection, VMWareRootSnapshotCollection and VMWareSnapshot are now IDisposable.
  • VMWareSharedFolderCollection is now IDisposable.
  • VMWareRootSnapshotCollection.CreateSnapshot now returns a VMWareSnapshot that needs to be disposed of.

Bugs

  • VMWareVirtualMachine.Snapshots.CreateSnapshot AVs against ESX4.

1.3 (08/27/2009)

Features

  • Added support for VixCOM 1.7.0. VMWareTasks works against both 1.6.2 and 1.7.0.
  • Added a VMWareComLib and VMWareComTools that expose a full scriptable COM interface.
  • Added a vestris-vmwarecomlib.jar and vestris-vmwarecomtools.jar that exposes a Com4J JNI wrapper for VMWareComLib and VMWareComTools to Java clients.

Misc

  • All VMWareLib.Tools objects are now IDisposable and explicitly release reference to the virtual machine.
  • All assemblies are strongly named and signed.
  • The source in the release package can now be built without any changes.

Bugs

  • VMWareRootSnapshotCollection.CreateSnapshot doesn't pass flags to the COM API.

Interface Changes

  • VMWareVirtualHost.ConnectToVMWareServer takes an additional username and password. Pass blank values to connect to a local VMWare Server 1.x.

1.2 (04/13/2009)

Completed VixCOM API full support.

  • 1626: VMWareVirtualHost.Register and Unregister.

  • 1631: VMWareVirtualMachine.InstallTools.

  • 1629: VMWareVirtualMachine.Snapshots.Enabled.

  • 1630: VMWareVirtualMachine.GetFileInfoInGuest.

  • 2688: VMWareVirtualMachine.Clone and VMWareSnapshot.Clone.

  • 2691: VMWareVirtualMachine.Delete.

  • 1628: VMWareVirtualMachine.BeginRecording and EndRecording, VMWareSnapshot.BeginReplay and EndReplay.

  • 1633: VMWareVirtualMachine.Reset, Suspend, Pause, UnPause, IsPaused and IsSuspended.

  • 1913: VMWareVirtualHost.IsConnected.

  • 1634: VMWareVirtualMachine.RunScriptInGuest.

  • 1632: VMWareVirtualMachine.OpenUrlInGuest.

  • 1635: VMWareVirtualMachine.UpgradeVirtualHardware.

  • Added an optional VMWareTools package built on top of VMWareLib that implements additional common VMWare tasks.

  • VMWareLib.Tools.GuestOS.IpAddress: guest operating system IP address information.

  • VMWareLib.Tools.GuestOS.ReadFile, ReadFileLines and ReadFileBytes: read remote files as binary data or text with encoding support.

  • 2232: VMWareLib.Tools.Windows.Shell.GetEnvironmentVariables: obtain logged-in user environment.

  • VMWareLib.Tools.Windows.Shell.RunCommandInGuest: runs commands and collect console output.

  • VMWareLib.Tools.Windows.MappedNetworkDrive: maps guest operating system network resources.

Interface changes

  • VMWareVirtaulMachine.PowerOn no longer calls WaitFor
  • Renamed VMWareVirtualMachine.Login to LoginInGuest and renamed VMWareVirtualMachine.Logout to LogoutFromGuest to be consistent with VIX COM API and allow power-on without tools installed.

Misc

  • Added VMWareVirtualMachine.ShutdownGuest and PowerOff that allow specifying shutdown parameters explicitly.
  • Added support for VMWare Server with VMWareVirtualMachine.ConnectToVMWareServer.
  • Exposed a VMWareVirtualMachine.LoginInGuest function with power options.
  • Lots of new documentation with examples.

Bugs

  • GetNamedSnapshot behaves differently on Workstation and VI, now throws exception when snapshot not found. Use FindSnapshotByName to get a null result when the snapshot doesn't exist.
  • KillProcessInGuest unit test needs to wait for process to actually die according to VMWare docs.
  • Removing a shared folder doesn't remove it from the collection when not the same object.
  • Fixed different behavior of ListDirectoryInGuest between Workstation and VI.
  • API-level errors aren't surfaced and the callback wait will never be set when VixCOM is not installed.

1.1 (02/12/2008)

  • First release off CodePlex.
  • Improved timeout model from busy to blocking job-based wait.
  • Added support for snapshots with duplicate names.
  • New Sandcastle-generated CHM documentation.
  • Built with Visual Studio 2008, targeting .NET 2.0.

1.0