Below is a copy of the script that I'm running to create a VM from a existing image.: All steps succeed with the expection of the last one (booting up the machine) I recieve this message:
Virtual Machine Message;[/b]
msg.dsk. adapterMismatch: The Disk connected to the scsi0:0 node has been created for a buslogic scsi adapter but the machines scsi0 device is a lsi logic SCSI adapter: VMware esx server can change the disk adapter type to LSI logic. Use caution; if a guest operating system is installed on this disk it may not be able to boot.
Script being run[/b]
create_VMX()
{
NVM=$1
NVMDIR=$2
VMMEMSIZE=$3
exec 6>&1 # Sets up write to file
exec 1>../../vmfs/volumes/450981c1-4145586e-b9d2-00123fff9f26/$NVMDIR/$NVM.vmx # Open file
write the configuration
echo config.version = '"'8'"' # For ESX 3.x the value is 8
echo virtualHW.version = '"'4'"' # For ESX 3.x the value is 4
echo floppy0.present = '"'true'"'
echo nvram = '"'$NVM.nvram'"'
echo powerType.powerOff = '"'default'"'
echo powerType.powerOn = '"'default'"'
echo powerType.suspend = '"'default'"'
echo powerType.reset = '"'default'"'
echo displayName = '"'$NVM'"'
echo extendedConfigFile = '"'$NVM.vmxf'"'
echo scsi0.present = '"'true'"'
echo scsi0.sharedBus = '"'none'"'
echo scsi0.virtualDev = '"'lsilogic'"'
echo memsize = '"'$VMMEMSIZE'"'
echo scsi0:0.present = '"'true'"'
echo scsi0:0.fileName = '"'DemoDriveHDD.vmdk'"'
echo scsi0:0.deviceType = '"'scsi-hardDisk'"'
echo ide0:0.present = '"'true'"'
echo ide0:0.clientDevice = '"'true'"'
echo ide0:0.deviceType = '"'cdrom-raw'"'
echo ide0:0.startConnected = '"'false'"'
echo floppy0.startConnected = '"'false'"'
echo floppy0.clientDevice = '"'true'"'
echo ethernet0.present = '"'true'"'
echo ethernet0.allowGuestConnectionControl = '"'false'"'
echo ethernet0.networkName = '"'VM Network'"'
echo ethernet0.addressType = '"'vpx'"'
echo guestOS = '"'winnetstandard'"'
echo floppy0.fileName = '"'/dev/fd0'"'
#echo ethernet0.generatedAddress = '"'00:50:56:8a:2c:7d'"'
#echo uuid.bios = '"'50 0a f2 7b 43 4e d3 67-84 f9 3f 60 56 96 93 5b'"'
echo
close file
exec 1>&-
make stdout a copy of FD 6 (reset stdout), and close FD6
exec 1>&6
exec 6>&-
Change permissions on the file so it can be executed by anyone
chmod 755 ../../vmfs/volumes/450981c1-4145586e-b9d2-00123fff9f26/$NVMDIR/$NVM.vmx
}
echo "Stopping an vmware image."
vmware-cmd /vmfs/volumes/450981c1-4145586e-b9d2-00123fff9f26/PM-demodrive/PM-demodrive.vmx stop
echo "Sleeping for 60 seconds"
sleep 25
echo "Unregister vmware image."
vmware-cmd -s unregister /vmfs/volumes/450981c1-4145586e-b9d2-00123fff9f26/PM-demodrive/PM-demodrive.vmx
echo "Sleeping for 60 seconds"
sleep 25
echo "Removing old vm images"
rm -fr ../../vmfs/volumes/450981c1-4145586e-b9d2-00123fff9f26/PM-demodrive/
echo "Creating new directories"
mkdir ../../vmfs/volumes/450981c1-4145586e-b9d2-00123fff9f26/PM-demodrive
echo "Creating config file"
create_VMX PM-demodrive PM-demodrive 2048
cd /vmfs/volumes/450981c1-4145586e-b9d2-00123fff9f26/PM-demodrive
/usr/sbin/vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/450981c1-4145586e-b9d2-00123fff9f26/clone-demodrive/clone-demodrive.vmdk DemoDriveHDD.vmdk
echo "Sleeping for 60 seconds"
sleep 25
echo "Register the VM Image"
vmware-cmd -s register /vmfs/volumes/450981c1-4145586e-b9d2-00123fff9f26/PM-demodrive/PM-demodrive.vmx
echo "Sleeping for 60 seconds"
sleep 60
echo "Create Baseline Snapshot"
vmware-cmd /vmfs/volumes/450981c1-4145586e-b9d2-00123fff9f26/PM-demodrive/PM-demodrive.vmx createsnapshot "Baseline Snapshot"
echo "Sleeping for 60 seconds"
sleep 60
echo "Starting The VM Image"
vmware-cmd /vmfs/volumes/450981c1-4145586e-b9d2-00123fff9f26/PM-demodrive/PM-demodrive.vmx start
echo "Sleeping for 90 seconds"
sleep 90
echo ""
echo "Done!!!"
