[vbox-dev] unable to startvm using sdk(clienttest.pl) from VMs

[Klaus Espenlaub]

On 06.07.2012 19:25, Rajiv Jaisankar wrote:
>
> Hi Klaus,
>
> Forgot to mention the changes made to the script. Below are the two
> changes made to testclient.pl
>
> - Change #1
>
>      # assume it's a UUID
>      my $machine = vboxService->IVirtualBox_findMachine($vbox, $vmname);
>
> - Change #2
>
>      print "[$cmd] UUID: $uuid\n";
>
>      my $progress = vboxService->IMachine_launchVMProcess($vbox,
>                                                           $session,
>                                                           $uuid,
>                                                           "vrdp",
>                                                           "");

Too many parameters for launchVMProcess - just leave out "$uuid,", plus 
the first parameter needs to be $machine instead of $vbox. It always has 
to match the Iwhatever type... the perl webservice code has a pretty 
crude "manual" object orientation approach where "this" is passed as the 
first parameter.

Then you should have more success.

Klaus

>      die "[$cmd] Cannot open remote session; stopped"
>          $session,
>                                                           $uuid,
>
> Regards,
> Rajiv
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rajiv Jaisankar [mailto:rajiv.jaisankar at altair.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 10:50 PM
> To: Klaus Espenlaub; vbox-dev at virtualbox.org
> Subject: Re: [vbox-dev] unable to startvm using sdk(clienttest.pl) from
> VMs
>
> Hi Klaus,
>
> Thank you for your advice. I have made the changes you suggested. But I
> am still getting " Cannot open remote session; stopped at
> ./clienttest.pl line 141" error.
>
> [root at server3 samples]# ./clienttest.pl startvm server1
>
> Subroutine XML::Parser::Lite::_parse_re redefined at
> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/XML/Parser/Lite.pm line 144.
> [clienttest] UUID: e45fc242-0adc-4b84-a26b-bac23a63bbf4
> [clienttest] Cannot open remote session; stopped at ./clienttest.pl line
> 141.
>
> I am not if it used display. But, I checked xclock. That seems to be ok.
>
> [root at server3 samples]# echo $DISPLAY
> localhost:10.0
> [root at server3 samples]# xclock
> Warning: Missing charsets in String to FontSet conversion
> [root at server3 samples]#
>
> Regards,
> Rajiv
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Klaus Espenlaub [mailto:klaus.espenlaub at oracle.com]
> Sent: Friday, July 06, 2012 9:42 PM
> To: vbox-dev at virtualbox.org
> Subject: Re: [vbox-dev] unable to startvm using sdk(clienttest.pl) from
> VMs
>
> Hi Rajiv,
>
> On 06.07.2012 10:07, Rajiv Jaisankar wrote:
>> Hi Virtualbox dev,
>>
>> I have a windows machine hosting VMs(hostmachine). I have a few vms -
>> server1, server2, server3. I have a requirement of starting other vms
>> from a VM. For example, I would like to start server1 or server2 from
> my
>> linux VM server3.
>>
>> 6.Clienttest.pl of startvm is not working
>>
>> [root at server3 samples]# pwd
>>
>> /root/sdk/bindings/webservice/perl/samples
>>
>> i.Run without modifying clienttest.pl
>>
>> [root at server3 samples]# ./clienttest.pl startvm server2
>>
>> Subroutine XML::Parser::Lite::_parse_re redefined at
>> /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/XML/Parser/Lite.pm line 144.
>>
>> *Unrecognized method 'IVirtualBox_getMachine'*. List of available
>> method(s): IVirtualBox_getExtraData IStorageController_getBus
>> IMachine_queryLogFilename IMedium_setType IMachine_getName
>> IMachineRegisteredEvent_getRegistered IProgress_getTimeout
>> IMedium_getState ISnapshot_getChildren
>> ISystemProperties_getFreeDiskSpacePercentError
>
> This is caused by modifying the VBox API without consistently updating
> this script.
>
>> ii.Run modifying clienttest.pl
>>
>> Modified clienttest.pl and changed getMachine to getMachines - this
> will
>> get the first of the vm list i.e. uid of server1
>
> That's not the right approach, so this can't fix the problems. You need
> to switch to IVirtualBox::findMachine.
>
>> Is it expected that IVirtualBox class/java code doesn't have functions
>> getMachine and openRemoteSession? Can we get the modified IVirtualBox
>> class or jar file?
>
> Yes, that's expected. The sample code is broken, that's all. There are
> no significant users of the perl API bindings, which is why it slipped
> through the cracks for a while. This shows in a different way, too: the
> bindings are incomplete, e.g. one can't use the enum values without
> jumping through hoops by implementing custom marshaling...
>
> We're working on fixing the bugs in the sample code. In the mean time
> you can use the sample code for other language bindings to see how a VM
> is started with the current API (IMachine::launchVM). It's simpler than
> it used to be.
>
> Klaus
>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Rajiv
>
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