use RevertToSnapshot(), but my vm will power off

[Jeffery]

HI, 

I reference this article ( http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/31961/Automating-VMWare-Tasks-in-C-with-the-VIX-API ) and write a WinForm.

There are two buttons in WinForm, I add CreateSnapshot() to button_1 click event :

// ===============================================

private void button_1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

    string name = "Snapshot_1";

    virtualMachine.Snapshots.CreateSnapshot(name, "test" );

}

// ===============================================

and I add snapshot.RevertToSnapshot() to button_2 click event :

// ===============================================

private void button_2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

    VMWareSnapshot snapshot = virtualMachine.Snapshots.GetNamedSnapshot("Snapshot_1");

    snapshot.RevertToSnapshot();

} 

// ===============================================

After click button_1, I can see the "Snapshot_1" in Snapshot Manager.

But click button_2 result in my vm(Win XP) powering off, and never revert to snapshot.

So, is anywhere wrong in button click event or I misuse these function ?

Thx

[Jeffery]

I use VMware Workstation(7.0.0), VMware VIX(1.12), VMwareTasks(1.7), Win7 64bit.

[Daniel Doubrovkine]

Does the second part work at all if you hard-code another snapshot name? 

Does it work if you don't create the snapshot first yourself?

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 7:06 AM, Jeffery <chij...@gmail.com> wrote:

I use VMware Workstation(7.0.0), VMware VIX(1.12), VMwareTasks(1.7), Win7 64bit.

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[Jeffery]

I don't create another snapshot before I click button_2.

Then I use the "take snapshot" option in VM tool bar to create another snapshot -"Snapshot2"
in pic_1 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/h1fdqyotf92hw68/2013-08-23%2016%2004%2018.jpg)

Snapshot_1 is my WinForm created, the icon is different to Snapshot2

and in pic_2(https://www.dropbox.com/s/7agctmaa77qkm9b/2013-08-23%2016%2003%2051.jpg)

in my directory of vm guest os, "Snapshot8.vmsn" is created after I use Snapshots.CreateSnapshot() in my WinForm

"Snapshot9.vmsn" and "Snapshot9.vmem" are created after I take snapshot using VN tool bar option

The file amount of "Snapshot8.vmsn" is smaller than "snapshot9.vmsn", and there is no "Snpashot8.vmem"

Dose snapshot file which Snapshots.CreateSnapshot() created is not complete ?

Daniel Doubrovkine於 2013年8月22日星期四UTC+8下午9時48分09秒寫道：

[Daniel Doubrovkine]

I know nothing about files that VMWare creates. The VMWareTasks library is just an API wrapper. You might try asking the VixCOM forum on the vmware website.

[Jeffery]

OK!

thanks you reply my question!

Daniel Doubrovkine於 2013年8月26日星期一UTC+8下午9時01分38秒寫道：

[Gary Escoffery]

Hey guys was this issue ever solved? I'm experiencing the same thing. If I programatically create a snapshot the Snapshot gets created but it's very small and it does not save the state of the memory so when I try to revert to this snapshot it just powers off.