[vbox-dev] Question about VirtualBox SDK-regarding about SetIOBandwidthMax();

[John Lee]

On 2010-12-03 오후 9:56, Klaus Espenlaub wrote:
> On 03.12.2010 03:00, John Lee wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm trying to use the function SetIOBandwidthMax within the VirtualBox
>> SDK 3.2.0. Somehow, I'm having a problem with making it work. I'm trying
>> to set a maximum bandwidth of the VM to 1Mbps to test network throughput
>> for the VM.
>>
>> The code that I wrote is the following:
>>
>> IMachine* machine1;
>> rc=machine1->vtbl->SetIoBandwidthMax(machine1.machine,temp);//where the
>> temp val is set to 1.
>>
>> But when I'm getting the rc value, it comes out as not successful.
>
> Would really help if you'd give the rc value, and preferrable the
> detailed error information as well (that's why we have the
> IVirtualBoxErrorInfo interface...)
>
>> Could you help me with this problem?
>> Thank you for your help in advance.
>
> With the available information I can only guess that you're trying to
> modify the Machine object directly. This isn't possible, you must open a
> session so that the changing of settings is properly synchronized. Also
> you need to save the settings before closing the session, otherwise all
> changes are lost.
>
> Besides, I don't understand how you come to the conclusion that this API
> method allows you to control the network bandwidth. It only affects the
> disk bandwidth...
>
> In VirtualBox 4.0 the API design includes network bandwidth control,
> however that's not implemented yet.
>
> Klaus
>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> John Lee
>>
>>
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I think I was confused...
Thank you for your reply.

John Lee