Name

Description

($err, @processProperties) = VMListProcessesInGuest($vmHandle,
                                                    $options);

This function lists the running processes in the guest operating system.

Parameters

vmHandle

Identifies a virtual machine. Call VMOpen() to create a virtual machine handle.

options

Must be 0.

Return Value

@processProperties. An array of hashes containing the process properties.

Remarks

• You must call VMLoginInGuest() before calling this function.
• @processProperties is an array of hashes, containing the following values:
  • PROCESS_NAME: the process name
  • PROCESS_ID: the process id
  • PROCESS_OWNER: the process owner
  • PROCESS_COMMAND.: the process command line

Side Effects

Requirements

use VMware::Vix::Simple;
use VMware::Vix::API::Constants;

Example

$(err, @processProperties) = VMListProcessesInGuest($vmHandle);
die "VMListProcessesInGuest() failed, $err ", GetErrorText($err), "\n" if $err != VIX_OK;

my $num = @processProperties;
my $i;

foreach $i (1..$num) {
   print "process: $processProperties[$i-1]{'PROCESS_NAME'}\t";
   print "pid: $processProperties[$i-1]{'PROCESS_ID'}\t";
   print "owner: $processProperties[$i-1]{'PROCESS_OWNER'}\t";
   print "command: $processProperties[$i-1]{'PROCESS_COMMAND'}\n";
}