libvirt/docs/drvvmware.rst

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VMware Workstation / Player / Fusion hypervisors driver
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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
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- The `VMware Workstation and Player <https://www.vmware.com/>`__ hypervisors
- The `VMware Fusion <https://www.vmware.com/fusion>`__ hypervisor
Connections to VMware driver
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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
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::
<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>