How to navigate the data warehouses to run vmkfstools
I am a huge n00b at VMAs, vCLI, PowerCLI, etc..
I'm trying to clone a virtual machine using ESXi. I have installed vMA and I already added to my server through vifpadd server and I already have vifpinit on my server. But I don't know what's next? How to view my data stores so I can run a-i against my VM vmkfstools?
Thank you
There are many ways to 'Browse', some of the default scripts canned are not the best but you can basically get you for example need to locate the VMDK (s) of a virtual machine if you already know the data store or the host.
Take a look at /usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps/host/dsbrowse.pl
With the remote version of the vmkfstools, the arguments of the command for the VMDK are slightly different and not what you would be used to fi you worked only with classic Service Console vmkfstools. Within the VMware API defines a path by using the following format:
folder/anotherfolder/anotheranotherfolder \[datastore_name\]
So, to make it more concrete, allows that we have datatstore1 and datastore2 and we have a virtual machine named 'myvm' and he lives on datastore1 and there 1 vmdk named 'myvm.vmdk' and 'myvm - flat hard. " Now you want to copy VMDK myvm to datastore2 and a folder "virtualmachines/myvm-clone".
Now if you went on your ESX or ESXi host, you will see the following for 'myvm"on datastore1
/vmfs/volumes/MyVM/MyVM.vmx
/vmfs/volumes/MyVM/MyVM.VMDK
/vmfs/volumes/MyVM/MyVM-flat.VMDK
.. .etc
Now to copy real vmkfstools using the vCLI:
"[vmkfstools-i \[datastore1\] myvm/myvm.vmdk d thin \[datastore2\] virtualmachines/myvm-clone/myvm-clone.vmdk.
* The assumption is that the "virtualmachines/myvm-clone" subdirectory exisats and again, manipulation of the file system can be done using sharp also well documented by Dave Mischenko to http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/esx_3i_rcli/vifs.php
Once again, it should be well documented in the vCLI guide and canned the additional scripts can be found here: http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/viperltoolkit/viperl40/doc/vsperl_util_index.html
I wrote also a collection of scripts using the vSphere SDK for Perl which is what the vCLI is written that provides additional automation and we hope to improve what exists in the vSphere API through these scripts that are non-PS: repository of scripts vGhetto
If I ask that you spend time going through the documentation, once you understand how it works, it's pretty simple to use, Yes, it's not clean and some things may be curious of what some, but hopefully the repository I created will be help in any feature/functions missing in all default canned scripts. The main point that I want to drive a lot of people may not understand is, what you can make in vSphere client against a host ESX (i) OR PowerCLI or VI Java can also be done with vSphere SDK for Perl, it may not all be created within the vCLI, but that's all using the same API exposed , it's just how is pulled up and I have to give him the PS guys, they did a good job of that and therefore the ease of use and understanding.
I hope this clears up things and let me know if you have more questions.
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William Lam
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