Download ISO for vmware ESX

Hi, already searched on this topic but did not find a clear answer.

After installing an ESX how to download ISOs to install virtual machines?

Thanks in advance.

You can WinSCP or browser data store.

Client CD or ISO customer (change the properties for the CD).

André

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Y at - it an update for VMware ESX 4.1 update 1?

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I heard that VMware releases update for VMware ESX 4.1 update 1. Could you please tell me if this is correct?
And would you please reference me this article?

ESX will not available in vSphere 5.0. It will be always supported in the same way that VI 3.5 is still supported, however. Here's an official blog stating that ESX 4.1 is the latest major version of ESX.

With the release of VMware vSphere 4.1, we announced that 4.1 will be the last version of vSphere to support the ESX and ESXi hypervisor architectures.

Main configuration files for vmware ESX configurations

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What is the main configuration file for VMware ESX
configurations? (only one file without path name)
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ESX.conf

What is the best for VMware esx 4.0

If I understand correctly, 4.2.1 for windows only supports VMware esx 3.0? IF ACS 5.0 supports VMware esx 4.0? Or is it a solution Manually applciation compete with hardware?

Pls help?

5.1 of the ACS is FCS and running on ESX 4.0

See http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/docs/net_mgmt/cisco_secure_access_control_system/5.1/installation/guide/csacs_vmware.html

Where can I download public source for VMware esx 4.0?

I need to build the SATA driver for motherboard Gigabyte P55-USB3L.
Thank you

Hello

Have a look here:

http://downloads.VMware.com/d/info/datacenter_downloads/vmware_vsphere_4/4#open_source

Generation of a driver yourself is not for the faint of heart, it is not a matter of recompiling everything simply a driver linux, you will need to modify the sources to adjust for the kernel as ESX does things differently.

Hope this helps,

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Mount ISO in VMware ESX

Hi all
As I'm newly recruited and I learn that I will as well.
This is our vmware network.
Physical server: 3 x server HP (ESX 1, 2, 3) and they are clustering
There are about 18 people that are shared to the above cluster resources.
There are 3 stores.
I was wondering how to load ISOs on the physical storage so that we don't have to use CD/DVD-ROM.
If you could tell me the steps or how-to links. It would be great
Thank you

You can do this easily using the data store Navigator. Just use the browser of data store to create a folder (for example ISO-Repository) on one of your data warehouses and download the ISO images.

André

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Hallo
I have a couple of ESX 3.5 server that I need valid for vSphere 5 payments of lic. VMware (license Advisor) tool will not work with ESX 3.5, is there a toll there that I can use for ESX 3.5?
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IPSec on VMWare ESX 5.1 communication problems

Hello
We have 2 computer systems. You running us VMWare ESX 5.1 and the other is running Ubuntu 14.04. We have problems for IPSec to work between the two systems. We cannot find any documentation or known issues with IPsec on VMWare ESX 5.1, so we're going to reach out to the community.
Here's what we did:
1. we configured Ubuntu and VMWare systems to use IPv6, we can ping each other using IPv6.
2. we configure IPSec on an Ubuntu operating system by following the instructions below:
https://help.Ubuntu.com/community/IPSecHowTo
3. we have followed the instructions below to configure IPsec on VMWare.
http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1021769
Here's the problem:
When 2 Ubuntu systems run IPsec, they are able to ping each other. However, when allow us IPSec communications between VMWare and Ubuntu, the ping is suspended.
Here is the result of the configuration of command esxcli on VMWare:
UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS-> Ubuntu IPv6 address
VMWARE. IPv6.ADDRESS-> address IPv6 from VMWARE

Name Source address Destination address State SPI Mode Encryption Algorithm, integrity algorithm to life
-------- ------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- ------ ----- --------- -------------------- ------------------- --------
GoToDPSA UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS VMWARE. Mature IPv6.ADDRESS infinity 0 256 transport 3des-cbc hmac-sha2-256 x
VMWARE DPToGoSA. IPv6.ADDRESS UBUNTU. Mature IPv6.ADDRESS infinity 0 x 300 transport 3des-cbc hmac-sha2-256
Name of the Source address Source Port Destination address Destination Port Protocol flow Action Mode SA
-------- ---------------------------------------- ----------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------- -------- ---- ------ --------- --------
VMWARE DPToGoSP. IPv6.ADDRESS/64 0 UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS/64 0 everything on transport ipsec DPToGoSA
GoToDPSP UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS/64 0 VMWARE. IPv6.ADDRESS/64 0 in ipsec transport GoToDPSA
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After debugging the problem (using tcpdump), we found that the VMWare system sends the ESP packets, but never sends a package AH (required for IPSec authentication). Even when the encryption protocol is null, the system of VMWare would always send ESP packets, but never once sent a package of AH.
Here is the resulting execution trace: Ubuntu - ping-> VMWare:
...
IP6 UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS > VMWARE. IPv6.ADDRESS: AH(spi = 0 x 00000256, seq = 0 x 16): ICMP6, an echo request, seq 1, length 64
IP6 VMWARE. IPv6.ADDRESS > UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS: ESP(spi = 0 x 00000300, seq = 0 x 1), length 160
IP6 UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS > VMWARE. IPv6.ADDRESS: AH(spi = 0 x 00000256, seq = 0 x 17): ICMP6, an echo request, seq 2, length 64
IP6 VMWARE. IPv6.ADDRESS > UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS: ESP(spi = 0 x 00000300, seq = 0 x 2), length 160
IP6 UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS > VMWARE. IPv6.ADDRESS: AH(spi = 0 x 00000256, seq = 0 x 18): ICMP6, an echo request, seq 3, length 64
IP6 VMWARE. IPv6.ADDRESS > UBUNTU. IPv6.ADDRESS: ESP(spi = 0 x 00000300, seq = 0 x 3), length 160
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There seems to be a problem with IPSec in VMWare ESX 5.1 on IPv6.
We noticed that the downloads section of the site support provided patches for VMWare ESx 4.x and earlier, but lack of patches for VMWare ESx 5.x.
Are there known issues in this area or available patches to fix this problem? Your kind suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Sorry for the late reply, but here the analysis of what is happening and why you are experiencing a problem.

The Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) to IPsec protocol will encrypt a payload of the packet and can

Optionally authenticate the packages as well. You do not include orders allowing you to set the

Security Association (SA) and political security (PS), but the output in your post indicates that you

you want to encrypt the payloads both authenticate packets in mode of transport between the hosts.

I don't know why the Ubuntu IPsec HowTo examples using protocols AH and ESP to encrypt and

authenticate the packets. In our view, it is best done in a single step with ESP, ESXi only

offer the option of AH with IPsec. Of course, this requires configuring the ESXi server and your

The host with a configuration of IPsec compatible Ubuntu (or any other operating system).

To illustrate, suppose the ESXi server has the address 2001:db8:1 and the host of Ubuntu has the

address 2001:db8:2. We will use cbc-3des for encryption of the useful and hmac-sha2-256 load for integrity

authentication mode of transport - just like in your message.

On the ESXi host, the commands to do this might look like this (of course, you need to generate your)

own keys and not re-use those I did).

# Add the outbound security association ESXi

esxcli ipsec ip network his Add.

-sa-source = 2001:db8:1.

-sa-destination = 2001:db8:2.

-sa-mode = transport.

-sa-spi = 0 x 200.

-encryption = 3des-cbc algorithm-

-encryption key = 0x6dd50fa97e919365d393fd0d404c655f80651316e9418682.

-the integrity algorithm hmac-sha2-256 =.

-integrity key = 0x730047c680d9812535a741bbb3521a29322cca77464cf16092519c4165ca6958.

-sa-name = sa_1to2

# Add the ESXi inbound security association

esxcli ipsec ip network his Add.

-sa-source = 2001:db8:2.

-sa-destination = 2001:db8:1.

-sa-mode = transport.

-sa-spi = 0 x 300.

-encryption = 3des-cbc algorithm-

-encryption key = 0x50988e55ca6a0d0440cf0c29f80d308df884616ec4b55552.

-the integrity algorithm hmac-sha2-256 =.

-integrity key = 0xf76caa5b4985a8a9d1c7cedbcf43f21b83401818e3b8d5e526a8c99ff4d4baa7.

-sa-name = sa_2to1

# Add the outbound security policy ESXi

esxcli network ip ipsec Ms Add.

-sp-source = 2001:db8:1 / 64.

-source-port = 0.

-sp-destination = 2001:db8:2 / 64.

-destination-port = 0.

-top-layer-protocol = any.

-action = ipsec.

-output = flow direction.

sp-= transport mode.

-sa-name = sa_1to2.

-sp - name = sp_1to2

# Add the ESXi incoming security policy

esxcli network ip ipsec Ms Add.

-sp-source = 2001:db8:2 / 64.

-source-port = 0.

-sp-destination = 2001:db8:1 / 64.

-destination-port = 0.

-top-layer-protocol = any.

-action = ipsec.

-direction of flow = in.

sp-= transport mode.

-sa-name = sa_2to1.

-sp - name = sp_2to1

# List the ESXi security associations

esxcli network ip ipsec its list

Name Source address Destination address State SPI Mode Encryption Algorithm, integrity algorithm to life

------- -------------- ------------------- ------ ----- --------- -------------------- ------------------- --------

sa_2to1 2001:db8:2 infinite mature 2001:db8:1 of hmac-sha2-256 0 x 300 transport 3des-cbc

sa_1to2 2001:db8:1 infinite mature 2001:db8:2 of hmac-sha2-256 0 x 200 transport 3des-cbc

# List the ESXi security policies

List of the sp network ip ipsec esxcli

Name of the Source address Source Port Destination address Destination Port Protocol flow Action Mode SA

------- -------------- ----------- ------------------- ---------------- -------- ---- ------ --------- -------

sp_1to2 2001:db8:1 / 64 0 2001:db8:2 / 64 0 everything on ipsec transport sa_1to2

sp_2to1 2001:db8:2 / 64 0 2001:db8:1 / 64 0 in ipsec transport sa_2to1

On your Ubuntu host, you need a compatible IPsec configuration. In general, on linux systems

use the command setkey BSD-door, this is done by changing the system-wide

in/etc/ipsec configuration file - tools.conf.

#! / usr/sbin/setkey - f

flush;

spdflush;

#

# SAs ESP using 192 bit long keys (168 + 24 parity)

# generated using: dd if account = / dev/random = 24 bs = 1 | xxd - ps

# ESXi supports 3des-cbc, aes128-cbc, or null

#

# AH SAs using 256 bit long keys

# generated using: dd if account = / dev/random = 32 = 1 bs | xxd - ps

# ESXi supports hmac-sha1 or hmac-sha2-256

#

Add 2001:db8:1 2001:db8:2 esp 0x200

E 3des-cbc 0x6dd50fa97e919365d393fd0d404c655f80651316e9418682

-A hmac-sha256 0x730047c680d9812535a741bbb3521a29322cca77464cf16092519c4165ca6958;

Add 2001:db8:2 2001:db8:1 esp 0 x 300

E 3des-cbc 0x50988e55ca6a0d0440cf0c29f80d308df884616ec4b55552

-A hmac-sha256 0xf76caa5b4985a8a9d1c7cedbcf43f21b83401818e3b8d5e526a8c99ff4d4baa7;

# Security policies

spdadd 2001:db8:1 2001:db8:2 all Pei in ipsec

ESP/transport / / need;

spdadd 2001:db8:2 2001:db8:1 all Pei on ipsec

ESP/transport / / need;

I have no problem of encryption and authentication of IPv6 traffic between a server ESXi 5.1

and a host of 14.10 Ubuntu using this configuration.

Download sIte for vsphere downwards at the moment?

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William Lam

VMware vExpert 2009

Scripts for VMware ESX/ESXi and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/

repository scripts vGhetto

http://Twitter.com/lamw

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Hello and thank you for taking the time to read my question. In the near future I will have a cluster vmware small I need to generate reports of use of resources on. I saw a tool called queryperf which seems to provide for all my needs and then some, but I'm not sure how get or use this tool.
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To wrap this up, I'm very keen to learn the following:
How no one acquires queryperf?
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How to run on a cluster vm instead of a single server/client integer.
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I'm not aware of a tool called queryPerf, but there is a VI API method called queryPerf() that allows you to query the performance data of your vCenter/ESX (i) /VM (s) http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/visdk25pubs/ReferenceGuide/vim.PerformanceManager.html#queryStats

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There are also a few utilities preset that you can watch, onethat may be of interest is the viperformance.pl which is part of the VI Perl Toolkit Utilities http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/viperltoolkit/viperl15/doc/perl_toolkit_utilities_idx.html

Also, here is a collection of news and recent documentation concerning the performance collection/analysis using VI SDK/API: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9840

Recently, VMware has started a new podcast for developers called the Coffee Talk where various topics concerning VI SDK/API/scripting/etc will be covered and the first two were related to the new vSphere SDK but she also had a lot of good practices on the collection of performance data that relate to the current VI 3.5 and coming vSphere 4.0 that you might find useful : http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9912

You will be able to use the queryPerf() call in various set of programming languages (Perl, c#, .NET, PowerShell, etc) who can communicate with the VI SDK via the SOAP API. Depending on the platform and what type of data you want to collect, this should help you get started.

=========================================================================

William Lam

VMware vExpert 2009

Scripts for VMware ESX/ESXi and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/

repository scripts vGhetto

http://Twitter.com/lamw

If you find this information useful, please give points to "correct" or "useful".

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OK, I have a build that WORKED, now I see what you mean about watching build/deploy the VM guest.

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(a) use/did not require a domain name (not / credentials)

(b) all had the "BACK original' legal names, IE no spaces, no special characters, etc..

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Moral of the story: building a new, simply configured Vcenter or get one and use it.

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