Name

Description

$err = VMKillProcessInGuest($vmHandle,
                            $pid,
                            $options);

This function terminates a process in the guest operating system.

Parameters

vmHandle

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

pid

The ID of the process to be killed.

options

Must be 0.

Return Value

Remarks

• You must call VMLoginInGuest() before calling this function.
• Depending on the behavior of the guest operating system, there may be a short delay after the job completes before the process truly disappears.
• Because of differences in how various Operating Systems handle process IDs, Vix may return either VIX_E_INVALID_ARG or VIX_E_NO_SUCH_PROCESS for invalid process IDs.

Side Effects

Requirements

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