host.go
func (h *Host) OpenVM(vmxFile, password string) (*VM, error) {
	var jobHandle C.VixHandle = C.VIX_INVALID_HANDLE
	var propertyHandle C.VixHandle = C.VIX_INVALID_HANDLE
	var vmHandle C.VixHandle = C.VIX_INVALID_HANDLE
	var err C.VixError = C.VIX_OK

	defer C.Vix_ReleaseHandle(propertyHandle)
	defer C.Vix_ReleaseHandle(jobHandle)

	if password != "" {
		cpassword := C.CString(password)
		defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cpassword))

		err = C.alloc_vm_pwd_proplist(h.handle,
			&propertyHandle,
			cpassword)

		if C.VIX_OK != err {
			return nil, &Error{
				Operation: "host.OpenVM",
				Code:      int(err & 0xFFFF),
				Text:      C.GoString(C.Vix_GetErrorText(err, nil)),
			}
		}
	}

	cVmxFile := C.CString(vmxFile)
	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cVmxFile))

	jobHandle = C.VixHost_OpenVM(h.handle,
		cVmxFile,
		C.VIX_VMOPEN_NORMAL,
		propertyHandle,
		nil, // callbackProc
		nil) // clientData

	err = C.get_vix_handle(jobHandle,
		C.VIX_PROPERTY_JOB_RESULT_HANDLE,
		&vmHandle,
		C.VIX_PROPERTY_NONE)

	if C.VIX_OK != err {
		return nil, &Error{
			Operation: "host.OpenVM.get_vix_handle",
			Code:      int(err & 0xFFFF),
			Text:      C.GoString(C.Vix_GetErrorText(err, nil)),
		}
	}

	return NewVirtualMachine(vmHandle, vmxFile)
}
func (h *Host) OpenVM(vmxFile, password string) (*VM, error) {
	var jobHandle C.VixHandle = C.VIX_INVALID_HANDLE
	var propertyHandle C.VixHandle = C.VIX_INVALID_HANDLE
	var vmHandle C.VixHandle = C.VIX_INVALID_HANDLE
	var err C.VixError = C.VIX_OK

	defer C.Vix_ReleaseHandle(propertyHandle)
	defer C.Vix_ReleaseHandle(jobHandle)

	if password != "" {
		cpassword := C.CString(password)
		defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cpassword))

		err = C.alloc_vm_pwd_proplist(h.handle,
			&propertyHandle,
			cpassword)

		if C.VIX_OK != err {
			return nil, &Error{
				Operation: "host.OpenVM",
				Code:      int(err & 0xFFFF),
				Text:      C.GoString(C.Vix_GetErrorText(err, nil)),
			}
		}
	}

	cVmxFile := C.CString(vmxFile)
	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cVmxFile))

	jobHandle = C.VixHost_OpenVM(h.handle,
		cVmxFile,
		C.VIX_VMOPEN_NORMAL,
		propertyHandle,
		nil, // callbackProc
		nil) // clientData

	err = C.get_vix_handle(jobHandle,
		C.VIX_PROPERTY_JOB_RESULT_HANDLE,
		&vmHandle,
		C.VIX_PROPERTY_NONE)

	if C.VIX_OK != err {
		return nil, &Error{
			Operation: "host.OpenVM.get_vix_handle",
			Code:      int(err & 0xFFFF),
			Text:      C.GoString(C.Vix_GetErrorText(err, nil)),
		}
	}

	return NewVirtualMachine(vmHandle, vmxFile)
}
// OpenVM opens a virtual machine on the host and returns a VM instance.
//
// Parameters:
//
//   VmxFile: The path name of the virtual machine configuration file on the
//   local host.
//
//   Password: If VM is encrypted, this is the password for VIX to be able to
//   open it.
//
// Remarks:
//
//   * This function opens a virtual machine on the host instance
//     The virtual machine is identified by vmxFile, which is a path name to the
//     configuration file (.VMX file) for that virtual machine.
//
//   * The format of the path name depends on the host operating system.
//     For example, a path name for a Windows host requires backslash as a
//     directory separator, whereas a Linux host requires a forward slash. If the
//     path name includes backslash characters, you need to precede each one with
//     an escape character. For VMware Server 2.x, the path contains a preceeding
//     data store, for example [storage1] vm/vm.vmx.
//
//   * For VMware Server hosts, a virtual machine must be registered before you
//     can open it. You can register a virtual machine by opening it with the
//     VMware Server Console, through the vmware-cmd command with the register
//     parameter, or with Host.RegisterVM().
//
//   * For vSphere, the virtual machine opened may not be the one desired if more
//     than one Datacenter contains VmxFile.
//
//   * To open an encrypted virtual machine, pass its correspondent password.
//
// Since VMware Workstation 7.0