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< h1 > VMware Workstation / Player hypervisors driver< / h1 >
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The libvirt VMware Workstation driver should be able to manage any Workstation and
Player version supported by the VMware VIX API. See the compatibility list
< a href = "http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vix-api/vix110_reference/" > here< / a > .
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This driver uses the "vmrun" utility which is distributed with the VMware VIX API.
You can download the VIX API from < a href = "http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vix-api/" > here< / a > .
< h2 > Connections to VMware driver< / h2 >
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The libvirt VMware driver provides per-user drivers (the "session" instance).
Two uris are available:
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< li > "vmwareplayer" for VMware Player< / li >
< li > "vmwarews" for VMware Workstation< / li >
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Some example connection URIs for the driver are:
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vmwareplayer:///session (local access to VMware Player per-user instance)
vmwarews:///session (local access to VMware Workstation per-user instance)
vmwarews+tcp://user@example.com/session (remote access to VMware Workstation, SASl/Kerberos)
vmwarews+ssh://user@example.com/session (remote access to VMware Workstation, SSH tunnelled)
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< h2 > < a name = "xmlconfig" > Example domain XML config< / a > < / h2 >
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< domain type='vmware'>
< name> vmware< /name>
< uuid> bea92244-8885-4562-828b-3b086731c5b1< /uuid>
< os>
< type> hvm< /type>
< /os>
< memory> 524288< /memory>
< vcpu> 1< /vcpu>
< features>
< pae/>
< acpi/>
< /features>
< devices>
< disk type='file' device='disk'>
< source file='/home/user/tmp/disk.vmdk'/>
< target bus='ide' dev='hda'/>
< /disk>
< interface type='bridge'>
< target dev='/dev/vmnet1'/>
< source bridge=''/>
< mac address='00:16:3e:5d:c7:9e'/>
< /interface>
< /devices>
< /domain>
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