Vmware
block2csv
Copy paste all selected servers in the cluster view
use this to csv it.
block2csv.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Data::Dumper;
$/ = "\n\n";
print "Name,State,Status,Host,provisioned,used,cpu,mem,percent,vmwaretools,dnsname,evc,uuid,notes,alarms\n";
while (<>){
# print;
my $r;
( $r->{'name'} , $r->{'state'}, $r->{'status'}, $r->{'host'}, $r->{'provisioned'}, $r->{'used'}, $r->{'cpu'} , $r->{'mem'}, $r->{'percent'}, $r->{'vmwaretools'}, $r->{'dnsname'}, $r->{'evc'}, $r->{'uuid'} , $r->{'notes'} , $r->{'alarms'} ) = split "\n";
print $r->{'name'} .",". $r->{'state'}.",". $r->{'status'}.",". $r->{'host'}.",". $r->{'provisioned'}.",". $r->{'used'}.",". $r->{'cpu'} .",". $r->{'mem'}.",". $r->{'percent'}.",". $r->{'vmwaretools'}.",". $r->{'dnsname'}.",". $r->{'evc'} .",". $r->{'uuid'} .",". $r->{'notes'} .",". $r->{'alarms'} . "\n";}
extending a disk with no vcentre
windows:
- In the OS powered down with a shutdown /i ( pointed back to itself)
- ssh into the esxi host: cd to the vmfs dir and : vmkfstools --extendvirtualdisk 100G mydisk.vmdk
- vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms to figure out what the ID of the vm is
- vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on 81
cool tools
files REQUIRED for a vm
hostname.vmx hostname.vmdk hostname-flat.vmdk hostname_1.vmdk hostname_1-flat.vmdk
on files:
http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/ws_learning_files_in_a_vm.html
Creating an ESXi usb key
Procedure 1 If your USB flash drive is not detected as /dev/sdb, or you are not sure how your USB flash drive is detected, determine how it is detected.
a In a terminal window, run the following command.
tail -f /var/log/messages
This command displays current log messages in the terminal window.
b Plug in your USB flash drive.
The terminal window displays several messages identifying the USB flash drive, in a format similar to the following message.
Oct 25 13:25:23 ubuntu kernel: [ 712.447080] sd 3:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
In this example, "[sdb]" identifies the USB device. If your device is identified differently, use that identification, without the brackets, in place of sdb, in this procedure.
2 Create a partition table on the USB flash device.
/sbin/fdisk /dev/sdb
a Type d to delete partitions until they are all deleted.
b Type n to create primary partition 1 that extends over the entire disk.
c Type t to set the type to an appropriate setting for the FAT32 file system, such as c.
d Type a to set the active flag on partition 1.
e Type p to print the partition table.
The result should be similar to the following text:
Disk /dev/sdb: 2004 MB, 2004877312 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 243 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 1 243 1951866 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
f Type w to write the partition table and quit.
3 Format the USB flash drive with the Fat32 file system.
/sbin/mkfs.vfat -F 32 -n USB /dev/sdb1
4 Run the following commands.
/usr/bin/syslinux /dev/sdb1 cat /path_to_syslinux-3.86_directory/syslinux-3.86/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.bin > /dev/sdb
5 Mount the USB flash drive.
mount /dev/sdb1 /usbdisk
6 Mount the ESXi installer ISO image.
mount -o loop VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.x.x-XXXXXX.x86_64.iso /esxi_cdrom
7 Copy the contents of the ISO image to /usbdisk.
cp -r /esxi_cdrom/* /usbdisk
8 Rename the isolinux.cfg file to syslinux.cfg.
mv /usbdisk/isolinux.cfg /usbdisk/syslinux.cfg
9 In the file /usbdisk/syslinux.cfg, change the line APPEND -c boot.cfg to APPEND -c boot.cfg -p 1.
10 Unmount the USB flash drive.
umount /usbdisk
11 Unmount the installer ISO image.
umount /esxi_cdrom
The USB flash drive can now boot the ESXi installer.
Unattended vmware tools install
vmware-install.pl --default EULA_AGREED=yes"
unattned vmware tool update
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