Howto: Send mails from your ESX 3.x host
Yellow-bricks.com has been so nice to update the smtp_send.pl script and host a copy of it. You can find the latest version on his website A. Mikkelsen
Category Archives: Tools
vmReference Card ver. 1.0 has been released
Finally the vmReference Crad version 1.0 has been released. This card gives you alot of very usefull information. It speakes for it self. Take a look at it, you won’t regreat it – i didn’t http://www.vmreference.com/
Ever nneded a easy way to deploy your ESX hosts – look no further…
Take a look at this cool application for deployment of ESX hosts. http://www.vployment.com/ A. Mikkelsen
Create your own updated ESX 3i – bootable USB stick….
VCPaul has been so nice to share how he was able to create a bootable USB stick with the latest ESX 3i. You can read his post in the VMware Community at http://communities.vmware.com/message/825686 Or read it here: ——————————————————————————- Requirements: 1 GB USB flash drive WinImage IZArc Of course you can use your favourite tools and… Read More »
New and updated scripts
I have updated the vcinfo.pl script so it also lists if a VM has snapshots. http://www.amikkelsen.com/?p=44 I have also created a new ViPerlToolkit script that lists all the VM’s that have snapshots and prints in on screen. All the ViPerlToolkit scripts can be found in the Download section under VIPerlToolkit Scripts. http://www.amikkelsen.com/?page_id=43 I’ll add more… Read More »
What features can we expect to see in the next release of ESX VI (3.1.0)
The people at www.virtualization.info have put together a list of the new features in ESX 3.1.0. http://www.virtualization.info/2007/08/vmware-esx-server-31-virtualcenter-21.html The only thing now is when will it be released. A. Mikkelsen
New release of the healthscript is out.
We have released a new version of the healthscript (version 0.20). This release includes several new information: – Added Authentication information -Â Â Added Dumppart information -Â Â Added physical drive information -Â Â Added last 30 lines from /var/log/vmkwarning -Â Â Added last 30 lines from /var/log/vmksummary -Â Â Added last 30 lines from /var/log/secure -Â Â Added last 30 lines from /var/log/vmware/vpx/vpxa.log I’ve also changed… Read More »
How easy can it be to set up a iSCSI server?
If you ever wanted to setup a iSCSI target to test HA and DRS in your ESX enviroment, and coulden’t find a good easy to use guide. Look no further. Because sherold at vmguru.com has made it for you. http://www.vmguru.com/blogs/vmguru/archive/2006/10/12/925.aspx A. Mikkelsen
The World′s First Virtual Appliance for Chargeback and Capacity Reporting
How cool is this, just wat I been looking fore. http://www.v-kernel.com/
Adding a shared disk in Workstation 6.0
Edit and add the following to the VMX file : scsi1.present = “TRUE” scsi1.virtualDev = “lsilogic” scsi1.sharedBus = “virtual” disk.locking = “false” scsi1:0.present = “TRUE” scsi1:0.fileName = “Shared.vmdk” Notice that the SCSI target is 1:0 and not 0:1 After this you should be able share the disk between 2 VM’s.