VMware Guest - File exists
Declaration
<AMVMWAREGUEST ACTIVITY="file_exists" HOSTTYPE="text (options)" SERVER="text" USERNAME="text" PASSWORD="text (encrypted)" VMPATH="text" GUESTUSERNAME="text" CONSOLE="YES/NO" LAUNCHGUI="YES/NO" TIMEOUT="number" GUESTPASSWORD="text (encrypted)" OPENVMTIMEOUT="number" POWERONTIMEOUT="number" TOOLSTIMEOUT="number" LOGINTIMEOUT="number" CONNECTIONTIMEOUT="number" GUESTFILE="text" RESULTVARIABLE="text" />
Description
Determines the existence of a file in the guest operating system and stores the results in a variable. Only absolute paths should be used for files in the guest.
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
Can be used as a conditional statement to determine what the task should do if a specific file exists or does not exist in the guest OS.
Parameters
Connection
Property | Type | Required | Default | Markup | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Connection | --- | --- | --- | --- | Indicates
where connection details, guest credentials and other preferences
should originate from. The available options are: The available options are:
NOTE: This parameter does not contain markup and is only displayed in visual mode for task construction and configuration purposes. |
Session | Text | Yes, if Connection is set to Session | GuestOSOpsSession1 | SESSION="MySession" | The name of an existing session to associate this activity with. This parameter is available only if the Connection parameter is set to Session. |
Host type | Text (options) | Yes if Connection set to Host | VMWare VI Server |
|
Indicates
the VMware software type running on the host where the virtual
machine is located. If you are using VMware Server to connect
to a remote host, it does not matter which VMware product (if
any) is running on the local host. This parameter is available
only if the Connection
parameter is set to Host. The
available options are:
|
Host name | Text | Yes | (Empty) |
|
The hostname or IP address of the computer where the virtual machine is located. This parameter is active only if the Host type parameter is set to VMWare Server (1.0x) or VMWare VI Server (ESX/ESXi, vCenter, VMWare Server 2.0). |
[Host] Username | Text | Yes | (Empty) | USERNAME="theUser" | The username identifying a valid user account on the virtual machine. This parameter is active only if the Host type parameter is set to VMWare Server (1.0x) or VMWare VI Server (ESX/ESXi, vCenter, VMWare Server 2.0). |
[Host] Password | Text | Yes | (Empty) | PASSWORD="encrypted" | The password identifying a valid user account on the virtual machine. This parameter is active only if the Host type parameter is set to VMWare Server (1.0x) or VMWare VI Server (ESX/ESXi, vCenter, VMWare Server 2.0). |
Virtual machine path | Text | Yes | (Empty) | VMPATH="c:\My Virtual Machines\<vm_name>.vmx" | The path to the virtual machine. (Example: c:\My Virtual Machines\<virtual_machine_name>.vmx ). |
[Guest Credentials] Username | Text | Yes | (Empty) | GUESTUSERNAME="user" | The username to authenticate the guest user. |
[Guest Credentials] Password | Text | Yes | (Empty) | GUESTPASSWORD="encrypted" | The password to authenticate the guest user. |
Log on to console session | Yes/No | No | No | CONSOLE="yes" | If selected, the user will be logged onto the console session. This parameter is disabled by default. |
Launch GUI | Yes/No | No | No | LAUNCHGUI="yes" | If selected, a GUI (Graphic User Interface) will appear on the desktop upon connection. If disabled (default), no GUI will be launched and operations will execute in the background. |
Connection - Host > Timeout
Property | Type | Required | Default | Markup | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open VM | Number | No | 60 | OPENVMTIMEOUT="2" | The maximum time period in seconds during which this activity must be completed or the step times out. The default value is 60 seconds. |
Power on | Number | No | 60 | POWERONTIMEOUT="3" | The maximum time period in seconds during which the VM must power on or the step times out. The default value is 60 seconds. |
VMware tools | Number | No | 300 | TOOLSTIMEOUT="4" | The maximum time period in seconds during which VMWare Tools must start on the guest operating system or the step times out. The default value is 300 seconds. |
Log on | Number | No | 60 | LOGINTIMEOUT="5" | The maximum time period in seconds during which the log on process must be completed or the step times out. The default value is 60 seconds. |
Connection | Number | No | 60 | CONNECTIONTIMEOUT="6" | The maximum time period in seconds during which a connection must be established or the step times out. The default value is 60 seconds. |
Guest OS Operations
Property | Type | Required | Default | Markup | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Guest file path | Text | Yes | (Empty) | GUESTDIR="C:\Temp\file.txt" | The
full path and file name on the guest operating system in which
to determine existence. NOTE: Only absolute paths should be used for files in the guest. |
Populate variable with filename | Text | Yes | (Empty) | RESULTVARIABLE="theVar" | The name of an existing variable to store the result of whether the directory exists on the guest operating system. |
Timeout (seconds) | Number | No | 60 | TIMEOUT="20" | The maximum value in seconds that this activity should be allowed to execute before timing out. |
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 checks if a guest file exists and then stores the result into a variable.
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<AMVARIABLE NAME="theVar" />
<AMVMWAREGUEST ACTIVITY="connect" HOSTTYPE="Workstation" VMPATH="C:\VMs\Windows Server 2008 x86\Windows Server 2008.vmx" GUESTUSERNAME="Techsupport" GUESTPASSWORD="AM4g/HMkxlqorZ5uVmBmE6ucg==aME" CONSOLE="YES" LAUNCHGUI="YES" SESSION="GuestSess1" />
<AMVMWAREGUEST ACTIVITY="file_exists" SESSION="GuestSess1" GUESTFILE="c:\temp.filename.txt" RESULTVARIABLE="theVar" />
<AMVMWAREGUEST ACTIVITY="disconnect" SESSION="GuestSess1" />