All about virtualisation. VirtualBox, VMware Workstation, ESXi and vCenter, qemu
Hi,
part 3 of my (incomplete) list of the esx cli.
ESXi Advanced Kernel Settings/Parameters
Get all
esxcli system settings advanced list
Set one, i.e. disable the shell respectively ssh warnings
esxcli system settings advanced set -o /UserVars/SuppressShellWarning -i 1
ESXi Kernel modules
List loaded kernel modules
vmkload_mod -l
Get a list of all enabled kernel modules
esxcfg-module -q
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Hi,
here is part 2 of my (incomplete) list of ESXi shell commands
Managing virtual machines
First get the VMID of the vm you want to manage, you need this ID in the following commands
vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms
Vmid Name File Guest OS Version Annotation
36 .......................................
Power On
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on 36
Power Off (Soft)
vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off 36
Power Off (Hard)
get the world ID of the virtual machine
esxcli vm process list
TestComputer
World ID: 1625788
Process ID: 0
VMX Cartel ID: 1625786
UUID: 56 4d 9e d3 8b ce ab 59-9b 22 ac 87 40 6c 48 c3
Display Name: TestComputer
And kill them
esxcli vm process kill -t [soft,hard,force] -w
esxcli vm process kill -t hard -w 1625788
Reboot a virtual machine
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Hi,
here is a list of some cli’s to control a VMware ESXi host from the command line. Enable the ESXi shell and login to console or connect with a ssh client remotely.
Management
Restart Management, HA Services
/sbin/services restart
Installing Software. List/Install/Uninstall VIBs (vSphere Installation bundle)
List vibs
esxcli software vib list
Install a vib
esxcli software vib install -v file:/tmp/[NewVIB].vib
Uninstall a vib (determine the Name of the VIB by the list command)
esxcli software vib remove -n VIBname
Install a patch
esxcli software vib install /tmp/[patchName].zip
Network
firewall state
esxcli network firewall get
Firewall rules
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Hello,
in vCenter there is no global configuration parameter to limit the number of snapshots for the virtual machines. The only way is to add a limit in the vmx config file or in vCenter configuration parameters of a single virtual machine.
To set a limit of snapshots which can be taken add
snapshot.maxSnapshots = "6"
Hi,
sometimes you want to modify some offline Vmware virtual disks from command line. For example to copy or edit config files or set some parameters in the Windows sysprep.xml file.
The VMware Workstation does not provide a command line utility for this procedure. But there is a way to do this. Download and install the Virtual Disk Development Kit.
After installation a vmware-mount.exe command exists in the bin Folder of the installation directory.
To mount a disk readonly, choose a drive letter (X: in this example), start a cmd.exe as Administrator type the command like this:
first, change to the VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit Program folder
cd "C:\Program Files\VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit"
or append the program bin folder to PATH variable
set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\VMware Virtual Disk Development Kit\bin;
vmware-mount.exe X: d:\temp\VirtualDisk.vmdk
to mount the disk writable append /m:w at the end of the command:
vmware-mount.exe X: d:\temp\VirtualDisk.vmdk /m:w
Unmounting is quite simple:
vmware-mount.exe X: /d /f
Have fun
Michael