VMware Guest - Disconnect

Declaration

<AMVMWAREGUEST ACTIVITY="disconnect" SESSION="text" />

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Description

Disconnects a VMware guest OS connection and ends a VMware session initially established using the VWware Guest - Connect activity.

NOTE: All functions that execute in a guest operating system require VMware Tools to be installed and running. Additionally, a valid guest login is required to run this activity.

Practical usage

Disconnects a currently connected VMware guest operating system connection.

Parameters

Connection

Property Type Required Default Markup Description
Session Text No GuestOSOpsSession1 SESSION="MySession" The session name associated to the guest OS connection to disconnect. Disconnecting an existing connection also ends the session associated with that connection.

Description

Error Causes

On Error

Example

NOTE:
  • Copy and paste the sample AML code below directly into the Task Builder Steps Panel.
  • To successfully run the sample code, update parameters containing user credentials, files, file paths, or other information specific to the task to match your environment.

Description

This sample task uses several VMware Guest OS activities. It creates a session using the VMware Guest - Connect activity, logs onto the guest VMware using the VMware Guest - Log on activity, and checks if a specific guest file exists on the host using the VMware Guest - File exists activity. If the guest file exists, it is copied over to the host machine using the VMware Guest - Copy activity. The task ends with a VMware Guest - Disconnect step. Comments are included in the task to explain each step.

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<AMVARIABLE NAME="myVar" VALUE="" />
<!-- Create a guest session. -->
<AMVMWAREGUEST ACTIVITY="connect" HOSTTYPE="Workstation" VMPATH="C:\Users\Username\Documents\Virtual Machines\Windows Server 2008 x86\Windows Server 2008 (experimental).vmx" GUESTUSERNAME="Techsupport" GUESTPASSWORD="AM1ag7WmWg7U1xbulaHHhbEOLvMrSDiPrC4aME" CONSOLE="yes" LAUNCHGUI="yes" OPENVMTIMEOUT="90" POWERONTIMEOUT="90" />
<!-- Log onto guest. -->
<AMVMWAREGUEST ACTIVITY="login" LOGINUSERNAME="Techsupport" LOGINPASSWORD="AM1ag7WmWg7U1xbulaHHhbEOLvMrSDiPrC4aME" LOGINCONSOLE="yes" TIMEOUT="3000" />
<!-- Check if a specific guest file exists. -->
<AMVMWAREGUEST ACTIVITY="file_exists" GUESTFILE="C:\Users\techsupport\Desktop\hello.txt" RESULTVARIABLE="myVar" />
<!-- If guest file exists, copy it over to the host machine. -->
<AMIF EXPRESSION="%myVar% = True"><AMVMWAREGUEST COPYFROM="guest_to_host" GUESTFILE="C:\Users\techsupport\Desktop\hello.txt" HOSTFILE="C:\Users\techsupport\Desktop\hello.txt" /></AMIF>
<AMVMWAREGUEST COPYFROM="guest_to_host" GUESTFILE="C:\Users\techsupport\Desktop\hello.txt" HOSTFILE="C:\Users\techsupport\Desktop\hello.txt" />
<AMIF ACTIVITY="end" />
<!-- Close Connection -->
<AMVMWAREGUEST ACTIVITY="disconnect" />