ESXi

Hello

We are looking for a script solution to know on which host a Linux/unix VM is running

this script must be run in the VM inside

Example : I have 10 unix linux VMs

and I want to run a script inside the 10 vm that give me the name of the esk host

Is it possible to get the ESX name from linux... what is the command to get the ESX name from inside the Linux VM.

It's not possible to find out the ESX hostname from inside the VM, see: http://communities.vmware.com/message/953913

You could do it the other way round. You can run a script on your ESX hosts that uses the command "vmware-cmd -l" to show what vms are running on that host. Now you need to grep for your Linux-VM-Names, etc.

Greets

Hi,

Go to your virtual center client ...>select datacenter---> and then on right side -> select virtual machine tab->right click on that bar and select guest os,esx host ,ip address option from list and uncheck unnecessary option .---->click on guest os tab .u will get the vms with os type...

Get a list of them by exporting list.File-->export->export list.

This is the simplest way,in few click u will get a list distingiushed by os with esx host name/ip.

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thnx.

I know how to do it from Windows VM (with PowerShell), but could you please explain what for?

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