<div dir="ltr"><div>No, I just tried it but it didn't connect. </div><div>After it gets the username and password it shows the following error message:</div><div>error: internal error Expecting VI API major/minor version '2.5' or '4.x' but found '5.0'</div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 6:42 AM, Matthias Bolte <<a href="mailto:matthias.bolte@googlemail.com" target="_blank">matthias.bolte@googlemail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> The documentation is outdated. libvirt also supports ESXi 5.0. What is the exact error you get? You already said that it reports being connected to ESXi 5.0. Why do you expect it to report 4.x? 2012/10/23 Abbas <<a href="mailto:akhan@phi9.com">akhan@phi9.com</a>>: <div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> Yes, that seems to be correct. > >>> The libvirt VMware ESX driver can manage VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5/4.x and >>> VMware GSX 2.0, also called VMware Server 2.0, and possibly later versions. >>> Since 0.8.3 the driver can also connect to a VMware vCenter 2.5/4.x (VPX). > > > > > On 10/23/2012 07:40 AM, Ali Nikzad wrote: >> >> Thank you Abbas, >> I already tried it but I got a message saying it found version 5.0 instead >> of 4.x. It seems that libvirt does not support ESXi 5.0. >> I used the command in libvirt-0.8.8 the windows version. >> >> Ali >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Abbas <<a href="mailto:akhan@phi9.com">akhan@phi9.com</a>> wrote: >> >>> You could write a bash or batch script to do that. >>> Normal connect format is "virsh -c esx://yournode" >>> >>> "virsh start [domain]" is what starts a VM. Refer to the man pages for >>> virsh command set. >>> >>> >>> /Abbas >>> >>> >>> >>> On 10/23/2012 02:47 AM, Ali Nikzad wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am a new libvirt user and I wonder if I can use this library to start >>> or >>> stop a VM in ESXi 5.0. >>> For example to write an application using libvirt in windows or linux >>> that >>> connects to an ESXi 5.0 server and get the list of VMs and start one of >>> them. >>> >>> If so, is there any sample about it? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Ali >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> libvirt-users mailing >>> listlibvirt-users@redhat.comhttps://<a href="http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users" target="_blank">www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users</a> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> libvirt-users mailing list >>> <a href="mailto:libvirt-users@redhat.com">libvirt-users@redhat.com</a> >>> <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users</a> >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > libvirt-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:libvirt-users@redhat.com">libvirt-users@redhat.com</a> > <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users" target="_blank">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvirt-users</a> </div></div>-- Matthias Bolte <a href="http://photron.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://photron.blogspot.com</a> </blockquote></div> </div>