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goodface
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Displaying the Default Monitor Mode

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grep -i  MONITOR vmware.log but no action

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Linjo
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What is the question?

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goodface
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which mode virtual machine is running. i cant see it in esx console. i want to see in esx console or which screen i can see it

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Dave_Mishchenko
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You can try something like this:

# cat STORAGE02.vmx | grep monitor.virtual
monitor.virtual_mmu = "software"
monitor.virtual_exec = "software"

That's run in the folder for the VM.   If the setting hasn't ever been changed (i.e. still automatic) then no output is returned.  If it has been configured and then set back to Automatic, then the above values will be automatic.  Depending on the setting the values will either be automatic, hardware or software.

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goodface
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i added a picture and i want to run like that but it isnt working

From the putty i wrote

grep -i MONITOR vmware.log but no action

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Linjo
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You have to specify the directory the vm is located in, now it looks in the root and there is no vmware.log file there.

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goodface
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How do I make it . my vm name is xx1 

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Dave_Mishchenko
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Get into the folder for the VM


~ # cd /vmfs/volumes/ESX01_LOCAL2/STORAGE02

/vmfs/volumes/4fc9cd70-69c49f15-82a1-003048db6889/STORAGE02 # grep -i MONITOR vmware.log

2012-09-25T21:14:20.450Z| vmx| I120: MONITOR MODE: allowed modes          : BT32 HV HWMMU
2012-09-25T21:14:20.450Z| vmx| I120: MONITOR MODE: user requested modes   : BT32 HV HWMMU
2012-09-25T21:14:20.450Z| vmx| I120: MONITOR MODE: guestOS preferred modes: HWMMU HV BT32
2012-09-25T21:14:20.450Z| vmx| I120: MONITOR MODE: filtered list          : HWMMU HV BT32
2012-09-25T21:14:20.450Z| vmx| I120:   SMM dual-monitor mode            yes
2012-09-25T21:14:20.450Z| vmx| I120:   Monitor trap flag              {0,1}
2012-09-25T21:14:20.450Z| vmx| I120:   MONITOR exiting                {0,1}
2012-09-25T21:14:20.450Z| vmx| I120:   Deactivate dual-monitor mode   {0,1}
2012-09-25T21:14:20.612Z| vmx| I120: Monitor64_PowerOn()
2012-09-25T21:14:21.320Z| vcpu-0| I120: Monitor has started
2012-09-25T21:14:21.322Z| vcpu-0| I120: MonitorInitNumaUnmapVMM
/vmfs/volumes/4fc9cd70-69c49f15-82a1-003048db6889/STORAGE02 #

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goodface
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sorry i am beginner about vmware so how to find ''Get into the folder for the VM'' then ~ # cd /vmfs/volumes/ESX01_LOCAL2/STORAGE02

which tool will help me . putty or winscp ? where can I find

thanks for helping

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Dave_Mishchenko
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In my example I was using putty.  Connect to your host and then run cd /vmfs/volumes.   Then run the ls  command to get a directory listing.  You'll see your host's datastores in that folder.  Then use cd again to switch to the datastore, run ls again to get the folder listing in the datastore.  You should see one folder per VM.  cd to the folder for the VM and then run the grep command.

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goodface
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can you give me a real  example ?

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