Archive for the ‘WMVare’ Category
Use DataStore Browser if you need to upload/download file/folder from/to ESXi host
What should I use for Dev & Test? VMware Server 2.0 or ESXi 4.0?
VMware itself recommends using VMware Server for testing and development, and the commercial variant VMware ESXi for production systems.
How to use command line to automate the free version of ESXi
There are some limitation for the free version of ESXi http://blogs.vmware.com/esxi/2009/06/esxi-vs-esx-a-comparison-of-features.html
But we can use the vmrun command line tool to automate common operations such as stop, start, runProgramInGuest.
examples:
vmrun -t esx -h https://0.0.0.0/sdk -u root -p password list
vmrun -t esx -h http:/0.0.0.0/sdk -u root -p password -gu domenuser -gp userpassword runProgramInGuest "[C_Drive] MyLab/MyLab.vmx" notepad
vmrun -t esx -h https://0.0.0.0/sdk -u root -p password stop "[C_Drive] MyLab/MyLab.vmx " hard’
vmrun -t esx -h https://0.0.0.0/sdk -u root -p password "[C_Drive] MyLab/MyLab.vmx " start’
VMware vCenter Converter
WMvare ESxi 4.0 – How to launch
1. Get ISO image from https://www.vmware.com/tryvmware/index.php?p=free-esxi&lp=1
2. Put it on CD
3. Plug this CD to your server and make the quick installation
4. Go to your server http://server/…You’ll get the Welcome Page
5. Download vSphere Client from this page. Install it.
6. You’ll be notified about evolution mode (60 days)
7. You need to get the serial number from the WMVare site (login under you registered account and get it)
8. The features will be restricted after you applied the serial number (http://blogs.vmware.com/esxi/2009/06/esxi-vs-esx-a-comparison-of-features.html)
