Hi,
I've been using "vmrun" for some time now to launch my VM non-interactively using VMware Player under the non-commercial license. I normally launch my VM with:
vmrun start my-vm.vmx nogui
I recently upgraded to VMware Workstation Player 12.0.1 and VIX 1.15.1. Now when I try to start it using VIX 1.15.1, I get the following error output:
Error: The operation was cancelled.
When I look in the VMware log, I see the following text:
2015-11-05T17:39:45.687Z| vmx| I125: [msg.License.no_valid_license_see_website] Cannot find a license key to unlock this version of VMware Workstation.
2015-11-05T17:39:45.687Z| vmx| I125+ Go to our web site at "http://vmware.com/info?id=27&build=3160714" to obtain a valid license key.
2015-11-05T17:39:45.687Z| vmx| I125: ----------------------------------------
2015-11-05T17:39:45.696Z| vmx| I125: LICENSE no valid one found
2015-11-05T17:39:45.696Z| vmx| I125: Module 'License' power on failed.However, I have already completed the license dialog box shown when VMware Player was first launched, and provided my email address. Launching VMware Player no longer how the license dialog and the application operates fine.
If I execute the "vmrun" command with the "gui" argument instead, it starts VMware Player propertly and my VM runs fine. However, I don't *want* the VMware Player interface to appear - the VM is a server VM.
Is this change intentional or a bug?
TIA,
James Bray