Hi All, From where can i downlaod the VMware guest Tools in tar or rpm format so that I can install them on my Linux Virtual Machine using command line. Thanks -Saurabh
Hi all, I have created a new Virtual Machine template to have harddisk size of 8 GB . I have booted this Virtual machine through a bootable Linux Image (similar to booting from LIVE cd) ...
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Hi all, I have created a new Virtual Machine template to have harddisk size of 8 GB . I have booted this Virtual machine through a bootable Linux Image (similar to booting from LIVE cd) . The VM comes up but I am unable to find the 8 GB hardisk associated while creating the template. Are there some additional steps that I need to perform to make this Virtual Hard Disk available for me. Thanks -Saurabh
Hi Matty, Thanks for the quick reply . I will try this out today and let you know in case of any issues. Also are you aware of some tools using which we can make bootable VM ...
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Hi Matty, Thanks for the quick reply . I will try this out today and let you know in case of any issues. Also are you aware of some tools using which we can make bootable VM Images. Thanks and Regards -Saurabh
Hi all, Is there a way other than using PXE using which I can do network boot of my VM images . The drawback that I see in using PXE is that we need to know one of the following things be...
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Hi all, Is there a way other than using PXE using which I can do network boot of my VM images . The drawback that I see in using PXE is that we need to know one of the following things before the new VM actually comes up. 1> MAC Address for the new VM 2> IP Address for the New VM 3> Expected Range of IP address that a VM can have Above information is required to associate a bootable file with a particular Virtual Machine . My problem is that I am not sure about the MAC address or IP Address that will be allocated to the new Virtual Machine. Please let me know if there is some other way to do network booting of VM images or any way we can achiev it using PXE without knowing the above mentioned details for a particular VM. Thanks -Saurabh
<![endif] ><! [if gte mso 9]><![endif] ><! [if gte mso 9]>VM Cloning Currently by looking into the documentation I used the CLI “vmkfstool –clonevirtualdisk” for cloning the VM Image. I ob...
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<![endif] ><! [if gte mso 9]><![endif] ><! [if gte mso 9]>VM Cloning Currently by looking into the documentation I used the CLI “vmkfstool –clonevirtualdisk” for cloning the VM Image. I observed that the CLI only cloned the “<VM Name>.vmdk” file but other dependent configuration files like “<VM Name>.nvram , <VM Name>.vmx” etc were not cloned by the CLI. <![endif] ><! [if gte mso 9]>How can we clone the existing VMWare images using CLI so that we have all the required files like “ ’.vmdk’, ‘.vmx’, ‘.nvram’ ” etc available with us? Snapshot <![endif] ><! [if gte mso 9]><![endif] ><! [if gte mso 9]><![endif] ><! [if gte mso 9]> Also please let me know if we have a CLI that can be executed remotely using which we can Query a particular VM for its *MAC and IP Address*. Thanks and Regards -Saurabh
Hi all, I am using VMware Vsphere CLI options for automating my environment. While automating I ran into below queries.
_VM Cloning _ Currently by looking into the ...
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Hi all, I am using VMware Vsphere CLI options for automating my environment. While automating I ran into below queries.
_VM Cloning _ Currently by looking into the documentation I used the CLI “vmkfstool –clonevirtualdisk” for cloning the VM Image. I observed that the CLI only cloned the “<VM Name>.vmdk” file but other dependent configuration files like “<VM Name>.nvram , <VM Name>.vmx” etc were not cloned by the CLI. How can we clone the existing VMWare images using CLI so that we have all the required files like “ ’.vmdk’, ‘.vmx’, ‘.nvram’ ” etc available with us? _*VM
Snapshot/Restore*_
How can we list the names of all the snapshots available for a particular VM Image using CLI? How can we restore a particular snapshot from list of available snapshots using CLI? Also please let me know if we have a CLI that can be executed remotely using which we can Query a particular VM for its MAC and IP Address. Thanks and Regards -Saurabh