Author: William Lam
Twitter: @lamw
Website: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/

Getting started with Documentation:

Visit the vMA Home Page:

• VMware vMA

vMA Forum:

• VMware vSphere™ Management Assistant (vMA)

You will find latest Downloads, Reference Documentation and Community Discussions and links to resources.

Downloads:

• VIMA 1.0 Download - Supports ESX(i) 3.5u2+
• vMA 4.0 Download - Supports ESX(i) 3.5u2/4.0 and vCenter 2.5/4.0

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Examples

Examples of vMA/VIMA usage:

• http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/#vmware_vima

Scripts and Tools

New tools and scripts to add/manage ESX(i) and vCenter targets on vMA 4.0:

• http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/#vmware_vma

vMA Compatible Agent/Scripts(Third Party) Community List:

• vMA Compatible Agent/Scripts(Third Party) Community List

Health check reports on your VMware environment:

• VMware vSphere Health Check Report v1.2 - vMA 4.0
• VMware Health Check Report v0.9.4 - VIMA 1.0

Taking screenshots of your VM using vMA 4.0:

• takeVMScreenshot.pl using vMA 4.0

Host and VM shutdown with UPS integration using vMA:

• ESX/ESXi APC/APCUPSD Host Shutdown VI Perl Toolkit Script (ghettoShutdown.pl/upsVIShutdown.pl)

Backup VMs using vMA:

• ghettoVCBg2 - Free alternative for backing up VMs in ESX(i) 3.5 and 4.x (no SSH console required!)

Utilize vi-fastpass On vMA to run Perl script without clear text password:

• useVIFastpassOnvMAToRunPerlScriptWithoutClearTextPassword.pl

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Tweaks

Hot add memory to vMA or other supported Linux guestOSes using vSphere ESX(i) 4.0:

• Hot add memory to vMA or other supported Linux guestOSes using vSphere ESX(i) 4.0

How to increase/resize vMA Disks:

• How to increase/resize vMA Disks

Offline patching of vMA 4.0:

• Update vMA without internet access

How to install VMware VDDK on vMA:

• How to install VDDK 1.1 on vMA 4.0 (libfuse.so.2 fix)

Enable root account:

Edit /etc/passwd

sudo vi /etc/passwd

Change

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/sbin/nologin

to

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

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