Vmware
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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
