Is there a way to get the configs out of my ESX3 servers and my Virtual Infrastructure. Something like System information in Windows Server?
You can use the command: esxcfg-info > config.txt
You can use the command: esxcfg-info > config.txt
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 adapters 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
Here's more...
http://www.veeam.com/datasheets/reporter_datasheet.pdf
http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?messageID=653457
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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)
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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esiebert7625
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
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/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
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/etc/rc.d/init.d/vmware-vmkauthd
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/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
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/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth2
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-vswif0
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/etc/sysconfig/syslog
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/etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/
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/etc/sysconfig/rawdevices
/etc/sysconfig/irqbalance
/etc/sysconfig/pcmcia
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/etc/sysconfig/ipmi
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/etc/sysconfig/mouse
/etc/sysconfig/keyboard
/etc/sysconfig/clock
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/etc/sysconfig/grub
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/etc/pam.d/crond
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/etc/cron.daily/makewhatis.cron
/etc/cron.daily/vmkuptimereport
/etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch
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/etc/cron.daily/yum.cron
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/etc/cron.hourly/refreshrd
/etc/cron.hourly/updatevmkip
/etc/cron.hourly/logrotate
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/boot/grub/
/boot/grub/grub.conf
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/var/log/boot.log.2
/var/log/boot.log.3
/var/log/boot.log.4
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/var/log/initrdlogs/vmklog.cciss
/var/log/initrdlogs/vmklog.qla2300_707
/var/log/initrdlogs/vmklog.vmk
/var/log/oldconf/
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/var/log/messages.2
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/var/log/vmware/esxupdate.log
/var/log/vmware/hostd-0.log
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/var/log/vmware/hostd-index
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/var/log/vmware/webAccess/unitTest.log
/var/log/vmware/webAccess/updateThread.log
/var/log/vmware/webAccess/viewhelper.log
/var/log/vmware/webAccess/objectMonitor.log
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/var/pegasus/
/var/pegasus/cimserver_current.conf
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/var/pegasus/cimserver_planned.conf
/root/
/root/anaconda-ks.cfg
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/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
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/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
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/etc/vmware/pci.xml.merged
/etc/vmware/service/
/etc/vmware/service/services.xml
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/etc/vmware/ssl/
/etc/vmware/ssl/rui.key
/etc/vmware/ssl/rui.crt
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/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/
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/etc/openldap/ldapsearchprefs.conf
/etc/openldap/ldaptemplates.conf
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/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
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/etc/sysconfig/pcmcia
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/etc/cron.hourly/updatevmkip
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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.
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...
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.
Hi Dave,
can i know how to save the output from the txt file?