just changed the script a bit, thought i might share back 
vmdks_count=`grep ^scsi "$" | grep fileName | awk -F "\"" '{print $2}' | wc -l` vmdks=`grep ^scsi "$" | grep fileName | awk -F "\"" '{print $2}'`
what changed : I changed the grep scsi to ^scsi
why : I had a floppy mounted vmscsi*.flp that contains the drivers to install xp. This blocked me from doing linked clones even after i detached the floppy, because it was still in the config. Grepping on ^scsi makes more sense because this is the pattern you are looking for
macfile() {
#grab mac addresses of newly created VMs (file to populate dhcp static config)
for i in `cat ${LC_CREATED_VMS}`;
do
TMP_LIST=$/vm_list.$$
VM_P=`echo ${i##*/}`
VM_NAME=`echo ${VM_P%.vmx*}`
VM_MAC=`grep ethernet0.generatedAddress "$" | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/\"//g' | head -1 | sed 's/://g'` while [ "$" == "" ] do sleep 1 VM_MAC=`grep ethernet0.generatedAddress "$" | awk '{print $3}' | sed 's/\"//g' | head -1 | sed 's/://g'`
echo $(grep ethernet $i)
done
echo "$ $" >> $ done LCS_OUTPUT="lcs_created_on-`date +%F-%H%M%S`" echo -e "Linked clones VM MAC addresses stored at:" cat $ | sed 's/[[:digit:]]/ &/1' | sort -k2n | sed 's/ //1' > "$" echo -e "\t$"
fi
}
#mac generation is done after the vm powers up. if you want to generate this file you will need to power on the vms first
#macfile()
what changed : Made a function to generate the file with static macs
why : Here in my version the mac addresses where only generated after the machine was powered on. This meant that the script kept looking and waiting for the mac address to be written to the vmx file. Since I don't need these mac addresses i just disabled it.
Hope it helps
The script actually should work but theres a section of the code that checks for the vmware -v version, you should be able to modify that and get it to work. I haven't had the time to update the older linked clones script but I know for a fact that ghetto-esx-linked-clones.sh does work and just needs the version modified but I've never tested the ESXi version.
If you're using a licensed version of ESX(i) 4.0, here is an updated version using the vSphere SDK for Perl to create the Linked Clones: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/vGhettoLinkedClone.html
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William Lam
VMware vExpert 2009
VMware ESX/ESXi scripts and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/
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As stated per the requirements, you need vCenter.
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William Lam
VMware vExpert 2009
VMware ESX/ESXi scripts and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/
VMware Code Central - Scripts/Sample code for Developers and Administrators
If you find this information useful, please award points for "correct" or "helpful".
Thanks for this script !
With this new version, no need for vCenter : Great !
You may add in your script that we have to boot the VMs
to grab the new mac adresses. Otherwise we must wait for long !
@ garci66 :
Use of this script and access to the console is unsupported by VMware.
But it's work fine !
You can use http://vm-help.com/esx40i/ESXi_enable_SSH.php for example.
