private void RunProgramInGuest(VimService service, string vmKey, string username, string password, string programPath, string arguments)
{
var auth = new NamePasswordAuthentication {
username = username, password = password, interactiveSession = false
};
var vmRef = new ManagedObjectReference {
type = "VirtualMachine", Value = vmKey
};
var progSpec = new GuestProgramSpec {
programPath = programPath, arguments = arguments
};
var processMgr = new ManagedObjectReference {
type = "GuestProcessManager", Value = "guestOperationsProcessManager"
};
var result = service.StartProgramInGuest(processMgr, vmRef, auth, progSpec);
}
/// <summary>
/// Runs a guest process in the specified virtual machine.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="vmObject">The <see cref="VSphereManagedObject" /> representing the virtual machine.</param>
/// <param name="fileName">The file name of the application to run.</param>
/// <param name="arguments">The command-line arguments to pass to the application when the process starts.</param>
/// <param name="credential">The credential to run the process as.</param>
/// <param name="waitForExit">if set to <c>true</c> wait for the process to exit before returning.</param>
/// <returns>The ID of the guest process that was started.</returns>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
/// <paramref name="vmObject" /> is null.
/// <para>or</para>
/// <paramref name="credential" /> is null.
/// </exception>
public long RunVirtualMachineGuestProcess(VSphereManagedObject vmObject, string fileName, string arguments, NetworkCredential credential, bool waitForExit)
{
if (vmObject == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(vmObject));
}
if (credential == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(credential));
}
VSpherePropertySpec spec = new VSpherePropertySpec(VSphereManagedObjectType.GuestOperationsManager, "processManager");
VSphereManagedObject guestOperationsManager = RetrieveObject(new VSphereManagedObject(_serviceContent.guestOperationsManager), spec);
var processManager = (ManagedObjectReference)guestOperationsManager.Properties["processManager"];
NamePasswordAuthentication auth = new NamePasswordAuthentication
{
username = BuildUserName(credential),
password = credential.Password,
interactiveSession = true
};
GuestProgramSpec guestProgram = new GuestProgramSpec
{
programPath = fileName,
arguments = arguments
};
long processId = _vimService.StartProgramInGuest(processManager, vmObject.ManagedObjectReference, auth, guestProgram);
if (waitForExit)
{
while (true)
{
var processInfo = _vimService.ListProcessesInGuest(processManager, vmObject.ManagedObjectReference, auth, new[] { processId }).FirstOrDefault();
if (processInfo?.exitCodeSpecified == true)
{
break;
}
Thread.Sleep(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));
}
}
return(processId);
}