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/
How to hardent your ESX 3.x enviroment
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_security_hardening_wp.pdf
Time keeping in ESX 2.x and 3.x
I was looking for articles about time keeping in VMware ESX and stumbled over this one. It was writen i 2005 but after reading it it still much apply today. http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vmware_timekeeping.pdf
The book “VMware ESX Server 2.5 Advanced Technical Guide” is now free.
The authors behind the book “VMware ESX Server 2.5 Advanced Technical Guide” has made it free for download, because they are working on a new release for ESX 3.x. You can download it for free here.
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.
Using vimsh
List information about a VM vimsh -n -e “vmsvc/getallvms” See a summary of the current host configuration vimsh -n -e “hostsvc/hostsummary” Enter maintence mode vimsh -n -e /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter Exit maintence mode vimsh -n -e /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit
Display system infomation in logon banners
Found this article on how to dispay usefull information in the logon banner. http://www.xtravirt.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=67 I love it. It’s always nice to be presented with information about your system A. Mikkelsen
Script to power off all VM’s
Here is at BASH script to power off all active VM’s on a host. #!/bin/bash IFS=’ ‘ for vm in `vmware-cmd -l` do        name=`vmware-cmd “$vm” getconfig displayname -q`        state=`vmware-cmd “$vm” getstate -q`        if [ “$state” == “on” ]        then                echo “Trying to power off $name….”                output=`vmware-cmd “$vm” stop trysoft`… Read More »
How to HOT clone a VM
Came accross this article on how to HOT clone a VM. http://smkelly.livejournal.com/66017.html
Cool add-on to Virtual Center 2.x from Run-virtual.com
Someone informed me on this very usefull add-on for Virtual Center 2.x. VCplus          – http://www.run-virtual.com/?page_id=184 Haven’t tried it myself yet, but i will during next week. I think that this add-on is a step in the right direction. Mayby VMware should implement this add-on in VC. Nice job Richard …. Keep it up…. A. Mikkelsen