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agaiswin Novice
agaiswin
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Jan 24, 2008 6:19 AM

GUI for Storage Vmotion (svmotion)

Hi, please find a little Windows GUI for svmotion.

Instructions:

Install the VMWARE remote CLI  (www.vmware.com/go/remotecli) on a Windows machine to the standard path (program files...)

Save the file vms.pl into the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VI Remote CLI\bin directory.

Save the svmotionGUI.exe somewhere on the machine.

Double click it!

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esloof Hot Shot
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1. Feb 7, 2008 5:42 AM in response to: agaiswin
Re: GUI for Storage Vmotion (svmotion)
Hi Alexander,
Great work, I posted and article with screen dump on my weblog.

 

SVMotion graphical user interface

 

[SVMotion graphical user interface|http://www.ntpro.nl/blog/uploads/svmotion.jpg]Alexander Gaiswinker created a storage vmotion graphical user interface and posted it in the VMware community. Instructions: Install the VMware remote CLI (www.vmware.com/go/remotecli) on a Windows machine to the standard path (program files...) Save the file vms.pl into the C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware VI Remote CLI\bin directory. Save the svmotionGUI.exe somewhere on the machine.  Double click it!

 

 

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2. Feb 7, 2008 6:58 AM in response to: esloof
Re: GUI for Storage Vmotion (svmotion)

Thank you, that's great!

Regards

Alex

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3. Feb 7, 2008 9:59 AM in response to: agaiswin
Re: GUI for Storage Vmotion (svmotion)

 

This is great THANKS  for contribution.. !

 

 

 

 

 

-Pablo

 

 

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4. Feb 8, 2008 12:18 AM in response to: agaiswin
Re: GUI for Storage Vmotion (svmotion)

 

good work! Thanks for publishing.

 

 

You can find the news also on the German community website www.vmachine.de  .

 

 

Dennis

 

 

VI PowerScripter [http://www.powerscripter.net] Every Click can be a customized function within VI client
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5. Feb 8, 2008 2:08 AM in response to: agaiswin
Re: GUI for Storage Vmotion (svmotion)

 

Very nice tool, tanks for the good work.

 

 

Greets Rob van Hamersveld

 

 

http://www.RobvanHamersveld.nl

 

 

 

 

 

eGroupsupport Novice
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6. Feb 11, 2008 10:45 AM in response to: agaiswin
Re: GUI for Storage Vmotion (svmotion)

 

Fantastic job!  What a very handy utility.

 

 

One recommendation would be to add support to append remapped Virtual Center Server TCP/IP ports to the Virtual Center Server DNS name or IP Address.  Say for port 81 instead of the default port of 80, or 444 instead of the default 443.  In some non-standard configurations this would be most helpful -

 

 

Again, great work !

 

 

Adam Ladd Novice
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7. Feb 11, 2008 1:06 PM in response to: agaiswin
Re: GUI for Storage Vmotion (svmotion)

Hello,

 

Thank you for creating this!  Its too bad Vmware has not yet included it in Virtualcenter.

 

FWIW, I discovered that if you do not follow your instructions exactly, and install the CLI to another directory, you get this error:

AutoIT Error:

 

Line -1:

 

Error: Unable to execute the external program.

The directory name is invalid.

 

Reinstalling it in the default folder fixed it:)

 

AL

agaiswin Novice
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8. Feb 11, 2008 11:16 PM in response to: Adam Ladd
Re: GUI for Storage Vmotion (svmotion)

Hi Adam,

 

Yes, I know this. But did not want to create a path variable. Most people will install it in the default folder anyway.

Regards

Alex

zemotard Expert
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9. Feb 12, 2008 12:01 AM in response to: agaiswin
Re: GUI for Storage Vmotion (svmotion)

Tested and approuved ... Good job guy !

Regards

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Bpace Novice
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10. Feb 12, 2008 5:58 AM in response to: zemotard
Re: GUI for Storage Vmotion (svmotion)

I am unable to get it to work.  Installed and the applet comes up but when I select Get Datastores it just sits on "working" and never comes back.  It is currently running on my VC server.  Tried it on two servers so far.

Sbeard333 Novice
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11. Feb 12, 2008 8:46 AM in response to: agaiswin
Re: GUI for Storage Vmotion (svmotion)

 

Lets hope this gets VC integrated soon

 

 

but for now this little GUI works a treat thx

 

 

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12. Feb 13, 2008 12:57 AM in response to: Sbeard333
Re: GUI for Storage Vmotion (svmotion)

If it helps, I wrote a VI 2.5 client plugin that enables SVMotion right from the VI client. You can read more about it on these forums at http://communities.vmware.com/thread/126141 or at its homepage at http://www.lostcreations.com/code/wiki/vmware/viplugins/svmotion.

 

Hope this helps!

agaiswin Novice
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13. Feb 13, 2008 1:14 AM in response to: akutz
Re: GUI for Storage Vmotion (svmotion)

Hey Man! Even better

I'll check this out!!

Regards

Alex

Sbeard333 Novice
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14. Feb 13, 2008 1:51 AM in response to: akutz
Re: GUI for Storage Vmotion (svmotion)

 

Yeah this really does help.

 

 

Very neat/tidy little plugin > easily setup and works a treat

 

 

Shame VMWare didn't employ you and your team to finish off their upgrade

 

 

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