Article ID:
5240
Reviewed:
2017-04-27
Product Version:
AhsayOBM: 7.5.0.0 to 7.x
OS: Windows
ATTENTION 1st January, 2022: v7 officially End-of-Life [details]
When creating a VMware Workstation BackupSet the following error is shown on AhsayOBM
Unable to find vmrun.exe in 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Player' or 'C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware VIX'
The VMware VIX API for Windows is not installed on the VMware Workstation machine. This is a requirement to support the backup of guest virtual machines on VMware Workstation environment.
To resolve this issue:
VMware Workstation, Create Backup Set, VIX API, vmrun.exe