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Leo_Smith
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Export ESX Server Configs and VI configs to a txt file?

Is there a way to get the configs out of my ESX3 servers and my Virtual Infrastructure. Something like System information in Windows Server?

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Dave_Mishchenko
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You can use the command: esxcfg-info > config.txt

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Dave_Mishchenko
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You can use the command: esxcfg-info > config.txt

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esiebert7625
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You can try using esxcfg-info, it produces alot of information and you can pipe it to a text file. You can also use some of the other esxcfg commands. I know someone posted about a tool that woudl do this a while ago, it was not free though, I'll see if I can find it.

Networking

o Esxcfg-firewall – Configures the service console firewall ports

o Esxcfg-nics – Prints a list of physical network adapters along with information on the driver, PCI device, and link state of each NIC. You can also use this command to control a physical network adapter’s speed and duplexing

o Esxcfg-route – Sets or retrieves the default VMkernel gateway route

o Esxcfg-vmknic - Creates and updates VMkernel TCP/IP settings for VMotion, NAS, and iSCSI

o Esxcfg-vswif – Creates and updates service console network settings. This command is used if you cannot manage the ESX Server host through the VI Client because of network configuration issues

o Esxcfg-vswitch – Creates and updates virtual machine (vswitch) network settings

Storage

o Esxcfg-mpath - Configures multipath settings for your Fibre Channel or iSCSI disks

o Esxcfg-nas – Manages NAS mounts. You use this command to add, delete, list, and change the attributes of NAS devices

o Esxcfg-swiscsi – Configures your software iSCSI software adapter

o Esxcfg-vmhbadevs – Prints a map of VMkernel storage devices to service console devices (no VI client equivalent)

General

o Esxcfg-advcfg - Configures advanced options for ESX Server.

o Esxcfg-auth – Configures authentication (no VI client equivalent)

o Esxcfg-info - Prints information about the state of the service console, VMkernel, various subsystems in the virtual network, and storage resource hardware

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Here's more...

http://www.veeam.com/datasheets/reporter_datasheet.pdf

http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=653457

fyi...if you find these posts helpful, please award points using the Helpful/Correct buttons...thanks

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Gosh You are fast. Going to lunch , will try when I get back . Thanks!

BTW where do I run that command? (very New to VMware)

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esiebert7625
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log into the service console and run it....here's some good guides

Guide to ESX 3 Service Console - http://www.rtfm-ed.eu/docs/vmwdocs/esx3.x-vc2.x-serviceconsole-guide.pdf

Command Line Interface Tips and Tricks for Vmware ESX Server 2 and 3 - http://download3.vmware.com/vmworld/2006/tac9685.pdf

Working with the new ESX 3 Service Console - http://www.netlogix.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Training/service_console.ppt

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Jae_Ellers
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He IS fast.

Another thing that's been suggested is to run vm-support. I like it like this:

vm-support -n -N -w /root/lkg

This will provide a handy tar file with all your config info inside. I use lkg for last known good. Rerun after changing hardware, config, etc. The file is automatically datestamped so you can untar and compare if something goes bananas.

make the /root/lkg dir before running the command

This gathers the proc nodes, messages, /etc, blah, blah blah. Here's a dump of what's in mine (minus the proc nodes). Looks pretty complete to me.

/etc/vmware/

/etc/vmware/hostd/

/etc/vmware/hostd/vmInventory.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/env/

/etc/vmware/hostd/env/0.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/env/1.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/env/vmconfigoption-esx-2.5.0.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/env/vmconfigoption-esx-3.0.0.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/environments.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/config.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/esxinfo.vha

/etc/vmware/hostd/hwInfo.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/key.pub

/etc/vmware/hostd/pools.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/vmAutoStart.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/hostsvc.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/authorization.xml

/etc/vmware/backuptools.conf

/etc/vmware/config

/etc/vmware/esx_checksum.conf

/etc/vmware/esx.conf

/etc/vmware/firewall/

/etc/vmware/firewall/services.xml

/etc/vmware/init/

/etc/vmware/init/prepinitrd

/etc/vmware/license.cfg

/etc/vmware/locations

/etc/vmware/logfilters

/etc/vmware/patchdb/

/etc/vmware/patchdb/3.0.1-32039.xml

/etc/vmware/patchdb/patch.db

/etc/vmware/pci.classlist

/etc/vmware/pciid/

/etc/vmware/pciid/aacraid_esx30.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/cciss.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/DAC960.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/3c90x.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/bnx2.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/e100.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/e1000.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/pcnet32.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/tg3.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/lpfcdd_732.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/adp94xx.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/aic79xx.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/aic7xxx.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/ips.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/megaraid_sas.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/megaraid2.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/mptscsi_2xx.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/qla2200_707.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/qla2300_707.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/qla4010.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/qla4022.xml

/etc/vmware/pci.ids

/etc/vmware/pcitable

/etc/vmware/pcitable.Linux

/etc/vmware/pci.xml

/etc/vmware/pci.xml.merged

/etc/vmware/service/

/etc/vmware/service/services.xml

/etc/vmware/shutdown/

/etc/vmware/ssl/

/etc/vmware/ssl/rui.key

/etc/vmware/ssl/rui.crt

/etc/vmware/storageMonitor.conf

/etc/vmware/UserWorldBinaries.txt

/etc/vmware/vmfs3queue

/etc/vmware/vmware-cim-config.xml

/etc/vmware/vmware-devices.map

/etc/vmware/vmware.lic

/etc/vmware/vpxa.cfg

/etc/vmware/webAccess/

/etc/vmware/webAccess/log4j.properties

/etc/vmware/webAccess/proxy.properties

/etc/vmware/webAccess/cache.properties

/etc/vmware/webAccess/login.properties

/etc/hosts

/etc/group

/etc/resolv.conf

/etc/nsswitch.conf

/etc/ldap.conf

/etc/sysctl.conf

/etc/inittab

/etc/iproute2/

/etc/iproute2/rt_dsfield

/etc/iproute2/rt_protos

/etc/iproute2/rt_realms

/etc/iproute2/rt_scopes

/etc/iproute2/rt_tables

/etc/iscsi.conf

/etc/ntp.conf

/etc/openldap/

/etc/openldap/ldap.conf

/etc/openldap/ldapfilter.conf

/etc/openldap/ldapsearchprefs.conf

/etc/openldap/ldaptemplates.conf

/etc/pam_smb.conf

/etc/exports

/etc/hosts.allow

/etc/hosts.deny

/etc/fstab.iscsi

/etc/krb5.conf

/etc/krb.conf

/etc/krb.realms

/etc/modules.conf

/etc/rc.d/

/etc/rc.d/rc.local

/etc/rc.d/init.d/

/etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware

/etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware-late

/etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware-vmkauthd

/etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware-vpxa

/etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware-webAccess

/etc/ssh/

/etc/ssh/sshd_config

/etc/vmkiscsi.conf

/etc/vmware-release

/etc/yp.conf

/etc/yum.conf

/etc/logrotate.conf

/etc/logrotate.d/

/etc/logrotate.d/esxcfg-boot

/etc/logrotate.d/esxcfg-firewall

/etc/logrotate.d/rpm

/etc/logrotate.d/snmpd

/etc/logrotate.d/storageMonitor

/etc/logrotate.d/syslog

/etc/logrotate.d/VMap

/etc/logrotate.d/vmkernel

/etc/logrotate.d/vmksummary

/etc/logrotate.d/vmkwarning

/etc/logrotate.d/yum

/etc/snmp/

/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf

/etc/sysconfig/

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-aliases

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-ipsec

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-ippp

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-aliases

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-ipv6

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-isdn

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-post

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-ppp

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-sit

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-sl

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-wireless

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ippp

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ipsec

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ipv6

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ipx

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-isdn

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-plip

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-plusb

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-post

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ppp

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-routes

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-sit

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-sl

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions-ipv6

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/init.ipv6-global

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth3

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth2

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-vswif0

/etc/sysconfig/console/

/etc/sysconfig/init

/etc/sysconfig/harddisks

/etc/sysconfig/gpm

/etc/sysconfig/ntpd

/etc/sysconfig/kudzu

/etc/sysconfig/syslog

/etc/sysconfig/networking/

/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/

/etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/

/etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/

/etc/sysconfig/iptables-config

/etc/sysconfig/rawdevices

/etc/sysconfig/irqbalance

/etc/sysconfig/pcmcia

/etc/sysconfig/crond

/etc/sysconfig/xinetd

/etc/sysconfig/ipmi

/etc/sysconfig/network

/etc/sysconfig/hwconf

/etc/sysconfig/installinfo

/etc/sysconfig/i18n

/etc/sysconfig/mouse

/etc/sysconfig/keyboard

/etc/sysconfig/clock

/etc/sysconfig/firstboot

/etc/sysconfig/grub

/etc/xinetd.d/

/etc/xinetd.d/vmware-authd

/etc/fstab

/etc/pam.d/

/etc/pam.d/crond

/etc/pam.d/kbdrate

/etc/pam.d/login

/etc/pam.d/other

/etc/pam.d/passwd

/etc/pam.d/ppp

/etc/pam.d/sshd

/etc/pam.d/su

/etc/pam.d/sudo

/etc/pam.d/system-auth

/etc/pam.d/vmware-authd

/etc/pam.d/wbem

/etc/cron.d/

/etc/cron.daily/

/etc/cron.daily/makewhatis.cron

/etc/cron.daily/vmkuptimereport

/etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch

/etc/cron.daily/rpm

/etc/cron.daily/yum.cron

/etc/cron.daily/corewatch

/etc/cron.deny

/etc/cron.hourly/

/etc/cron.hourly/vmkheartbeat

/etc/cron.hourly/refreshrd

/etc/cron.hourly/updatevmkip

/etc/cron.hourly/logrotate

/etc/cron.monthly/

/etc/crontab

/etc/cron.weekly/

/etc/cron.weekly/makewhatis.cron

/boot/

/boot/grub/

/boot/grub/grub.conf

/boot/grub/device.map

/boot/grub/menu.lst

/var/

/var/log/

/var/log/boot.log

/var/log/boot.log.1

/var/log/boot.log.2

/var/log/boot.log.3

/var/log/boot.log.4

/var/log/initrdlogs/

/var/log/initrdlogs/messages

/var/log/initrdlogs/vmklog.cciss

/var/log/initrdlogs/vmklog.qla2300_707

/var/log/initrdlogs/vmklog.vmk

/var/log/oldconf/

/var/log/messages

/var/log/messages.1

/var/log/messages.2

/var/log/messages.3

/var/log/messages.4

/var/log/secure

/var/log/secure.1

/var/log/secure.2

/var/log/secure.3

/var/log/secure.4

/var/log/dmesg

/var/log/vmkproxy

/var/log/vmkernel

/var/log/vmkernel-version

/var/log/vmksummary

/var/log/vmksummary.d/

/var/log/vmksummary.d/vmksummary.1

/var/log/vmkwarning

/var/log/vmkwarning.1

/var/log/vmkwarning.2

/var/log/vmkwarning.3

/var/log/vmkwarning.4

/var/log/vmware/

/var/log/vmware/esxcfg-boot.log

/var/log/vmware/esxcfg-boot.log.1

/var/log/vmware/esxcfg-boot.log.2

/var/log/vmware/esxcfg-boot.log.3

/var/log/vmware/esxcfg-boot.log.4

/var/log/vmware/esxcfg-firewall.log

/var/log/vmware/esxcfg-linuxnet.log

/var/log/vmware/esxupdate.log

/var/log/vmware/hostd-0.log

/var/log/vmware/hostd-1.log

/var/log/vmware/hostd-2.log

/var/log/vmware/hostd-index

/var/log/vmware/hostd.log

/var/log/vmware/hostd-trace.log

/var/log/vmware/journal/

/var/log/vmware/vmfsqueuetool.log

/var/log/vmware/vpx/

/var/log/vmware/vpx/vpxa-0.log

/var/log/vmware/vpx/vpxa-index

/var/log/vmware/vpx/vpxa.log

/var/log/vmware/vpx/vpxa-1.log

/var/log/vmware/vpx/vpxa-2.log

/var/log/vmware/vpx-iupgrade.log

/var/log/vmware/webAccess/

/var/log/vmware/webAccess/proxy.log

/var/log/vmware/webAccess/unitTest.log

/var/log/vmware/webAccess/updateThread.log

/var/log/vmware/webAccess/viewhelper.log

/var/log/vmware/webAccess/objectMonitor.log

/var/log/cron

/var/log/cron.1

/var/log/cron.2

/var/log/cron.3

/var/log/cron.4

/var/log/rpmpkgs

/var/log/rpmpkgs.1

/var/log/rpmpkgs.2

/var/log/rpmpkgs.3

/var/log/rpmpkgs.4

/var/pegasus/

/var/pegasus/cimserver_current.conf

/var/pegasus/cimserver_current.conf.bak

/var/pegasus/cimserver_planned.conf

/root/

/root/anaconda-ks.cfg

upport-tekvm3-2007-06-01--14.22.28027/etc/vmware/

/etc/vmware/hostd/

/etc/vmware/hostd/vmInventory.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/env/

/etc/vmware/hostd/env/0.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/env/1.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/env/vmconfigoption-esx-2.5.0.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/env/vmconfigoption-esx-3.0.0.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/environments.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/config.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/esxinfo.vha

/etc/vmware/hostd/hwInfo.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/key.pub

/etc/vmware/hostd/pools.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/vmAutoStart.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/hostsvc.xml

/etc/vmware/hostd/authorization.xml

/etc/vmware/backuptools.conf

/etc/vmware/config

/etc/vmware/esx_checksum.conf

/etc/vmware/esx.conf

/etc/vmware/firewall/

/etc/vmware/firewall/services.xml

/etc/vmware/init/

/etc/vmware/init/prepinitrd

/etc/vmware/license.cfg

/etc/vmware/locations

/etc/vmware/logfilters

/etc/vmware/patchdb/

/etc/vmware/patchdb/3.0.1-32039.xml

/etc/vmware/patchdb/patch.db

/etc/vmware/pci.classlist

/etc/vmware/pciid/

/etc/vmware/pciid/aacraid_esx30.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/cciss.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/DAC960.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/3c90x.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/bnx2.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/e100.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/e1000.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/pcnet32.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/tg3.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/lpfcdd_732.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/adp94xx.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/aic79xx.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/aic7xxx.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/ips.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/megaraid_sas.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/megaraid2.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/mptscsi_2xx.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/qla2200_707.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/qla2300_707.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/qla4010.xml

/etc/vmware/pciid/qla4022.xml

/etc/vmware/pci.ids

/etc/vmware/pcitable

/etc/vmware/pcitable.Linux

/etc/vmware/pci.xml

/etc/vmware/pci.xml.merged

/etc/vmware/service/

/etc/vmware/service/services.xml

/etc/vmware/shutdown/

/etc/vmware/ssl/

/etc/vmware/ssl/rui.key

/etc/vmware/ssl/rui.crt

/etc/vmware/storageMonitor.conf

/etc/vmware/UserWorldBinaries.txt

/etc/vmware/vmfs3queue

/etc/vmware/vmware-cim-config.xml

/etc/vmware/vmware-devices.map

/etc/vmware/vmware.lic

/etc/vmware/vpxa.cfg

/etc/vmware/webAccess/

/etc/vmware/webAccess/log4j.properties

/etc/vmware/webAccess/proxy.properties

/etc/vmware/webAccess/cache.properties

/etc/vmware/webAccess/login.properties

/etc/hosts

/etc/group

/etc/resolv.conf

/etc/nsswitch.conf

/etc/ldap.conf

/etc/sysctl.conf

/etc/inittab

/etc/iproute2/

/etc/iproute2/rt_dsfield

/etc/iproute2/rt_protos

/etc/iproute2/rt_realms

/etc/iproute2/rt_scopes

/etc/iproute2/rt_tables

/etc/iscsi.conf

/etc/ntp.conf

/etc/openldap/

/etc/openldap/ldap.conf

/etc/openldap/ldapfilter.conf

/etc/openldap/ldapsearchprefs.conf

/etc/openldap/ldaptemplates.conf

/etc/pam_smb.conf

/etc/exports

/etc/hosts.allow

/etc/hosts.deny

/etc/fstab.iscsi

/etc/krb5.conf

/etc/krb.conf

/etc/krb.realms

/etc/modules.conf

/etc/rc.d/

/etc/rc.d/rc.local

/etc/rc.d/init.d/

/etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware

/etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware-late

/etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware-vmkauthd

/etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware-vpxa

/etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware-webAccess

/etc/ssh/

/etc/ssh/sshd_config

/etc/vmkiscsi.conf

/etc/vmware-release

/etc/yp.conf

/etc/yum.conf

/etc/logrotate.conf

/etc/logrotate.d/

/etc/logrotate.d/esxcfg-boot

/etc/logrotate.d/esxcfg-firewall

/etc/logrotate.d/rpm

/etc/logrotate.d/snmpd

/etc/logrotate.d/storageMonitor

/etc/logrotate.d/syslog

/etc/logrotate.d/VMap

/etc/logrotate.d/vmkernel

/etc/logrotate.d/vmksummary

/etc/logrotate.d/vmkwarning

/etc/logrotate.d/yum

/etc/snmp/

/etc/snmp/snmpd.conf

/etc/sysconfig/

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-aliases

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-ipsec

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-ippp

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-aliases

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-ipv6

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-isdn

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-post

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-ppp

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-sit

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-sl

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-wireless

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ippp

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ipsec

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ipv6

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ipx

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-isdn

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-plip

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-plusb

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-post

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ppp

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-routes

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-sit

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-sl

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions-ipv6

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/init.ipv6-global

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/network-functions

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth3

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth2

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-vswif0

/etc/sysconfig/console/

/etc/sysconfig/init

/etc/sysconfig/harddisks

/etc/sysconfig/gpm

/etc/sysconfig/ntpd

/etc/sysconfig/kudzu

/etc/sysconfig/syslog

/etc/sysconfig/networking/

/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/

/etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/

/etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/

/etc/sysconfig/iptables-config

/etc/sysconfig/rawdevices

/etc/sysconfig/irqbalance

/etc/sysconfig/pcmcia

/etc/sysconfig/crond

/etc/sysconfig/xinetd

/etc/sysconfig/ipmi

/etc/sysconfig/network

/etc/sysconfig/hwconf

/etc/sysconfig/installinfo

/etc/sysconfig/i18n

/etc/sysconfig/mouse

/etc/sysconfig/keyboard

/etc/sysconfig/clock

/etc/sysconfig/firstboot

/etc/sysconfig/grub

/etc/xinetd.d/

/etc/xinetd.d/vmware-authd

/etc/fstab

/etc/pam.d/

/etc/pam.d/crond

/etc/pam.d/kbdrate

/etc/pam.d/login

/etc/pam.d/other

/etc/pam.d/passwd

/etc/pam.d/ppp

/etc/pam.d/sshd

/etc/pam.d/su

/etc/pam.d/sudo

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/etc/cron.daily/vmkuptimereport

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/etc/cron.daily/corewatch

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/etc/cron.hourly/

/etc/cron.hourly/vmkheartbeat

/etc/cron.hourly/refreshrd

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/var/pegasus/cimserver_planned.conf

/root/

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Leo_Smith
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Thanks for all your help everyone. You guys are a great resource. For some reason I could only mark some of the posts as helpful even though all of them where. I will buy beers at VMworld for you.

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staplep
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Another excellent tool for checking out what VLAN's are presenting is this baby:

esxcfg-info -n | grep -E -i "_name|Hint"

Kicked my network admin in the jimmy with this one...

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JoJoGabor
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You don't need to perfrom NIC Teaming from within the VM. What you should do is configure a vSwitch within ESX for your VM connectivity and assign 2 pNICs to this switch. This is where the redundancy comes in. THen you create a portgroup, give it a network label and VLAN tag if necessary and assign that network to a single vNIC in your VM settings. There are various options for load balancing methods but if you jsut want a simple method of providing redundancy this should do it.

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vrgorip2
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Hi Dave,

can i know how to save the output from the txt file?

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