Host: Windows Server 2003 Standard
Guest: Windows Server 2003 Standard
VM: VMWare Server 1.0.0
I'm trying to write a little website, served by IIS6+ASP on the host, that can control the guest. I've got basic power state changes working fine, but I'm running into problems with mounting disks. When the machine is off, I want to be able to click a button on my site that will mount one of the virtual drives on the host, do some stuff in the mounted volume, then unmount it again.
What I'm seeing is vmware-mount.exe appearing to hang when launched from ASP. I hit the button on my page, and my code launches vmware-mount (using WScript.Shell.Run), and Task Manager shows a new instance of vmware-mount appearing in the process list (running under the Network Service account). But it just sits there, with 4MB of allocated memory and 0% CPU usage.
Anyone got any idea why it's not working? The exact same commands run without a problem when I punch them into the 'Run' dialog.