[libvirt-users] access VMX config on esxi with virsh

[Matthias Bolte]

Okay, the problem is in libvirt's VMX parser. This entry in the VMX file:

  guest.commands.sharedSecretLogin.hostd-quiescedsnap = "..."

contains a '-' in the name. The parser doesn't expect this and outputs
the error you see.

I posted a patch to the list (and CCed you) that fixes this bug and
adds a new test case based on your attached .vmx file.

Matthias

2010/9/22 frank dirks <frankdirks at gmx.net>:
> Hi,
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> you are right - the problem is specific to only that one vmx file - for other virtual machines dumpxml is working, as i found out.
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> i am using esxi 4.1.0 and virsh 0.8.4. the machine was created using vsphere client, and was cloned and renamed afterwards - maybe that was the problem ...
>
> regards, frank
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>>
>> Hm, that's strange. The .vmx config seems to be malformed.
>>
>> What libvirt version and what ESXi version do you use?
>>
>> How did you create the vmtest.local guest and can you start it?
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>> Could you show us the original .vmx config file? You can get if by
>> opening https://esx1.local/folder/ in a web browser and clicking
>> through the directory tree until you get to vmtest.local.vmx.
>>
>> Matthias
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