Rename a "Service Console" portgroup using vmware-vim-cmd

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• Update boot entry automatic using vmware-vim-cmd (or vmware-vimsh)

  Hello

  Is there an example of how update the automatic start-up using vmware-vim-cmd input.

  The problem that I am running is

  1. when I type

  VMware-vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/update_autostartentry 16 powerOn-1 1-1 systemDefault systemDefault

  When 16 is one of my VMIds, I get the following

  Invalid option '1'

  Use: update_autostartentry VMId StartAction StartDelay StopAction StopDelay WaitForHeartbeat Strafpkt

  I can't understand what the invalid option '1'.

  Here's what I've done so now

  1. research in the communities for examples. There are a few messages, but none seem to provide real-world examples of work (beyond the use of message)

  2. I found this link http://pubs.vmware.com/vi-sdk/visdk250/ReferenceGuide/vim.host.AutoStartManager.AutoPowerInfo.html who talks about what type of entry it is pregnant. I tried double quoting and only citing the parameters of xsd: String, but that did not work either

  3. I tried the particular settings (including the xsd: int) doublequoting, which did not work either

  Anyone successful with this? If so could you please post a real example.

  Here's what I'm trying to accomplish

  1 activate Autostart - I did that using

  / usr/bin/VMware-vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/enableautostart true

  2. get all VMIds in the system

  I did it with the following command and awk script

  / * Awk script * /.

  BEGIN {}

  FS = ""

  NR 1 >

  }

  {

  If (NR == 1) {}

  #ignore header

  }

  else {}

  1. $1 has VMIds

  Print $1

  }

  }

  / * End awk script * /.

  Then run/bin/awk f /root/autostart.awk

  3. instead of printing on $1, I would like to add the virtual machines to the list using the following

  a. start-up delay = systemdefault

  start-up (b) action = poweron

  c. start order = 1, 2, 3, 4 (do not need help with AWK script), I can post once I have that.

  d. stopaction, stopdelay etc. - leave at the default system (or - 1 as the pubs suggested link)

  I'm sure that there are more effective and these ways to do this, I need to follow this approach for a specific reason.  I was wondering if someone can help me with the syntax correct for vmware-vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/enable_autostart please?

  Thanks for your help!

  -Vermorel

  It seems that the problem is with you using -1 as input for StartDelay and StopDelay,-1 is not a valid entry that I tested, and you must specify either systemDefault or a time interval.

  I created 4 VMS dummy on ESXi 4.0 host and did the following and it worked:

  Enable auto-start through vimsh (vim - cmd)

  ~ #  vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/enable_autostart 1
  Enabled AutoStart
  

  Adjustment of the 1st virtual machine:

  ~ # vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/update_autostartentry 1264 "PowerOn" "15" "1" "systemDefault" "systemDefault" "systemDefault"
  
  1Updated AutoStart order.
  

  Definition of the 2nd VM:

  ~ # vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/update_autostartentry 1232 "PowerOn" "15" "2" "systemDefault" "systemDefault" "systemDefault"
  
  2Updated AutoStart order.
  

  Definition of the 3rd VM:

  ~ # vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/update_autostartentry 1280 "PowerOn" "15" "3" "systemDefault" "systemDefault" "systemDefault"
  
  3Updated AutoStart order.
  

  Definition of the 4th VM:

  ~ # vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/update_autostartentry 1264 "PowerOn" "15" "4" "systemDefault" "systemDefault" "systemDefault"
  
  4Updated AutoStart order.
  

  You can manually set the automatic start/stop by using the vSphere Client and using the following command to retrieve the config:

  vim-cmd hostsvc/autostartmanager/get_autostartseq
  

  which can then be used as a basis to set the configuration.

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• VMware-vim-cmd check vmwaretools available

  Hello!

  I want to make a script (with bash) to stop my VMs.

  with vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/power.shutdown ID, I can stop my VM.

  But if vmware-Tools are noticed running I want to turn off the coast of the VM hard.

  How can I check if vmware-tools are available and how can disable VM without vmware-tools?

  THX.

  Hansi

  The vim - cmd, you can use the vmsvc/get.guest allows to check if the tools are running:

  # vim - cmd vmsvc/get.guest 28 | grep toolsRunningStatus
  toolsRunningStatus = "guestToolsRunning"
  # vim - cmd vmsvc/get.guest 18 | grep toolsRunningStatus
  toolsRunningStatus = "guestToolsNotRunning".

  You can also include a vim - cmd vmsvc/power.getstate in your script to see if the VM is actually powered-on, since the status of tools will be guestToolsNotRunning on a virtual computer off of course.

  Hard power off mV, use vmsvc/power.off.

• VMware-vim-cmd

  Hello

  Could you tell me what that the syntax of the vmCfgPath of the following command:

  VMware-vim-cmd rsrc/hostsvc/vm_config_get & lt; vmCfgPath & gt;.

  I tried /vmfs/volumes/xxx/xxx/xxx.vmx of vmware-cmd - l and /xxx/xxx/xxx.vmx but nothing works.

  Any ideas?

  Thank you

  Dominic

  As mentioned, you will need to provide the virtual machine VmId.

  Here is an example of a virtual machine, lifting say Quentin

  In ESX (i) 3.5 you'd:

  [root@himalaya ~]# vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep Quentin
  4288   Quentin                           [http://himalaya-local-SAS.Savvio|http://himalaya-local-SAS.Savvio] Quentin/Quentin.vmx                                                      winXPProGuest           vmx-04
  

  4288 would be the value you would use in the command:

  [root@himalaya ~]# vmware-vim-cmd hostsvc/rsrc/vm_config_get 4288
  (vim.ResourceConfigSpec) {
     dynamicType = ,
     entity = 'vim.VirtualMachine:4288',
     changeVersion = ,
     lastModified = ,
     cpuAllocation = (vim.ResourceAllocationInfo) {
        dynamicType = ,
        reservation = 0,
        expandableReservation = false,
        limit = -1,
        shares = (vim.SharesInfo) {
           dynamicType = ,
           shares = 1000,
           level = "normal",
        },
        overheadLimit = ,
     },
     memoryAllocation = (vim.ResourceAllocationInfo) {
        dynamicType = ,
        reservation = 0,
        expandableReservation = false,
        limit = 2048,
        shares = (vim.SharesInfo) {
           dynamicType = ,
           shares = 5120,
           level = "normal",
        },
        overheadLimit = ,
     },
  }
  

  On ESX 4.0, you also have the option to use vmware-cmd to extract value. You first need to get the path to your virtual machine, and then use the getidoption:

  [root@himalaya ~]# vmware-cmd /vmfs/volumes/4aa95d52-c297af51-90e2-003048d9586a/Quentin/Quentin.vmx getid
  getid() = 4288
  

  Either one will work, but do not forget the majority of entry to the vimsh when dealing with a machine virtual will be it's VmId.

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• VMware-vim-cmd: waiting for orders to be completed?

  Hi all, I adapt a backup script I made for VMware Server 1.x to VMware Server 2.x and I'm having trouble doing ordinary things like 'suspend' or "create a snapshot" "a VM from starting.

  There are several ways to do the same thing in a certain way does not require any authentication, others indeed require authentication, for example, to create a snapshot, you can:

  VMware-vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.create 'id of the virtual machine.

  or

  vmrun-h https://127.0.0.1:8333 / sdk u user-p password of snapshot "[datastore] /vm_path/vmx_name.vmx '

  The problem with vmware-vim-cmd approach is that it does not wait for the command to complete, and is not a welcome feature in a script.

  Instead, the vmrun command wait until the end, but to use it in a script, you must also include the identification of the user and password information in the script, and it is not welcome.

  So the question (as shown in the topic) is: is it possible to make orders of vim-vmware-cmd to wait until the end?

  If someone knows how to do that I would be very grateful

  Thank you for reading,

  10nico

  The vimsh and the vimsh wrapper vmware-vim-cmd is not officially supported by VMware, that being said, I agree that it should allow you to check the situation, etc. It can be a pro/con and depending on how the call command, the wrappers actually communicate to the VI API server, and if you look at the VI API there are all both blocking and non call.

  Vmware-vim-cmd, the command is executed and returns to the shell for most. You might be able to monitor the tasks that is created and ensure that it is completed, but I have not played too much with it.

  [root@himalaya scripts]# vmware-vim-cmd vimsvc
  Commands available under vimsvc/:
  auth/             login             task_cancel       task_list
  connect           logout            task_description
  license           property_dump     task_info
  

  Again, these are undocumented, unsupported and the behavior will vary =)

  I advise to use the VI API (Powershell or VI Perl Toolkit) to accomplish your tasks, and you can even take a look at some of the utilities that are available with the VI Perl Toolkit Utilities: http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/viperltoolkit/viperl15/doc/perl_toolkit_utilities_idx.html

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  William Lam

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• use of vim - cmd

  Hi guys,.

  I try to update a software advanced on an ESXi4.1 update 3 host option, but think that my syntax is incorrect.

  I use:

  Vim - cmd hostsvc/advopt/updated updated Disk.DiskMaxIOSize int 512

  I don't know if my 'int' type is correct?

  The error message I see, it's "a specified parameter is incorrect."

  If I run vim - cmd hostsvc/advopt/settings, I find my Advanced setting and can see that I have not typo etc...

  See you soon,.

  
  Dan

  Try:

  Vim - cmd hostsvc/advopt/update Disk.DiskMaxIOSize long 512

  Possible values are string, int, long, and bool

• Information on vmware-vim-cmd, please

  Hello

  Where can I find detailed information about VMWARE-VIM-CMD please?

  Thank you.

  I've not seen an "official" document of all the features of vmware.  In this case, I think that google is your friend.  A lot of people have documented pieces that they understood.

  http://www.vServer-online.de/blog/MRU/vimsh?lang=en#more-348 this link is good to help you get started.

• Use of VMWare.Vim.dll without PowerCLI

  Hello

  Is it possible to use VMWare.Vim.dll without installed PowerCLI?

  I developed a code using VMWare.Vim.dll in my system that has installed PowerCLI.

  When I run the application in another machine, it is thrown exceptions.

  Is required PowerCLI in the machine in which we execute the application?

  Thank you.

  According using VMware vSphere PowerCLI views from .NET it seems to require installation of PowerCLI.

• public network for virtual machines, private storage and the service console?

  Hello

  So far I had a pretty small facility with 2 servers with 4 physical network adapters each running ESX 3.5, a small box of EqualLogic SAN to shared storage and a few virtual machines on our network of regular reinforcement, routed, not on a private.   The network config was really simple.  I just put everything on real IP addresses on our network of building.

  Now I want to move the SAN and the traffic on a private service console network, but I don't know how to do this.

  Right now I use 2 NETWORK cards on each server:

  vmnic0 is configured on vSwitch0 and has the network of the VM on it that all my use of VMS to talk to the outside world, and it also has the Service Console that uses Virtual Center and I use ssh to it.

  vmnic1 is configured on vSwitch1 and a VMKernel Port and also a Service Console Port for iSCSI Software to talk to my SAN.  (never been clear on why both are needed to talk to the SAN, but doctors say they are)

  My plan is to set up a vSwitch2 and bind it to vmnic2 and implemented a VMKernel Port and the Service Console Port for software iSCSI on the 10.x.x.x network, set up my new (larger) SAN box on the 10.x.x.x network and simply use Storage vMotion to move virtual machines to the new storage space.  As soon as I did this, I would like to not use the Service Console on vSwitch2 and not a Console Service at all on vSwitch0.  Is it possible to delete the one on vSwitch0 and just use a new vSwitch2 for Virtual Center and ssh access?

  So my proposed configuration would be:

  vSwitch0: VM network only, used by the VM guests for oriented public access network, no construction of Network Service Console, linked to vmnic0

  vSwitch1: superfluous once I do storage vMotion of everything on my old SAN, will eventually remove and pair vmnic 1 with vmnic0, linked to vmnic1

  vSwitch2: VMKernel and Service Console on the network 10.x.x.x, used to access the new SAN, used by Virtual Center to access the ESX, used to SSH in to ESX on private network, associated vmnic2

  If it works?

  Thank you.

  Hello

  VMkernel ports cannot live on the same subnet. So if you have 3 vmkernel ports say: vMotion, iSCSI and NFS. You really need 3 subnets. 1 for each vmkernel port.

  Otherwise how does he know all send properly?

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• ESX 3.5 Service Console memory

  I run an ESX 3.5 server and it has 800 MB of memory allocated to the service console. We use IPMonitor to monitor our servers and uses 750MO regularly for a while now. Is it necessary to upgrade the service console memory? Then the cause of performance problems?

  Thank you

  Scott

  The important line is the + / cache line, which shows that you have 480 MB of free space.  You're golden and good to go.

  Basically linux (which is the service console) will use 'extra' memory for caching, leading many monitoring programs to believe you have only 26 MB of free space in this case.  Recommend that you find a monitoring program that is more intelligent.

  -Matt

  VCP, vExpert, Unix Geek

• IPv6 can not ping 2nd service console

  I configured a new vswitch with a service console and a vmkernel to use IPv6 and IPv4.

  I can ping to the service console and vmkernel IPv4 address. But I can only ping the service console IPv4 address.

  Why something like that happens? I checked to see if it was a duplicate address, and he wasn't.

  Thank you

  Is it using vSphere4?  There is no requirement for the ports of service console to use iSCSI, now.

  Can you provide the output of esxcfg-vswitch - and esxcfg-vmknic - l that I can see what looks like your network config?

  In addition, you will be able to ping the ESX storage use the command vmkping?

  If you are able to ping both directions, getting newspapers in storage and the ESX host around time of discovery would be the next piece of useful information.

  Thank you

  Andy

• Error removing snapshot using vmware-cmd on ESX 3.5

  Hello VMware specialists,.

  whenever I try to delete a snapshot using vmware-cmd ("" / usr/bin/vmware-vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.remove vmid ' ") I get the following error:

  {(vmodl.fault.InvalidArgument)

  dynamicType = & lt; unset & gt;

  invalidProperty = & lt; unset & gt;

  MSG = "a specified parameter was not correct.

  "

  }

  What is the problem?

  Can someone help me?

  thx a lot

  Rilli

  You have more than one snapshot? in this case, you will need to provide arguments to inform additional cli command which instant you want missing. If you want that all went snapshots just use

  VMware-vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.removeall vmid

  Use the following command to get more information on the State of snapshot for VM

  VMware-vim-cmd vmsvc/get.snapshotinfo vmid

• Vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.revert goes wrong instant

  With the help of ESXI 5.0, I have a virtual machine with a single Instant top-level (ROOT) and a few snapshots to branch (CHILD).  When I ssh into host and the snapshot.revert with VMID order number and an ID snapshot of a node CHILD, the command runs without error, but virtual machine is always returned to the first CHILD node. If I run the revert command, but specify 0 as the index, it is up to the ROOT snapshot so the feature shows that she can return to other snapshots, but not other snapshots of the CHILD.

  The hostd.log shows the order received with invalid snapshot ID.  These same steps will work with another host running 5.1 but I think it is specific to this machine virtual and not the ESXi version.

  Get the virtual machine ID:

  ~ # vim - cmd vmsvc/getallvms | grep Wireless_Testbed_2 | AWK '{print $1} '.

  140

  Get the ID VM 140 names and snapshot ID:

  ~ # vim - cmd vmsvc/get.snapshotinfo 140 | grep "name\ | ID ".

  name = "BASE."

  ID = 1,

  name = "2.4.0.12."

  ID = 5,

  name = "2.5.1.07"

  ID = 3,

  name = "2.6.0.08"

  ID = 4,

  name = "2.6.0.05"

  ID = 6,

  To return to the 6 snapshot with the command

  ~ # vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.revert 140 6 1

  Output of /var/log/hostd.log that the revert command is executed:

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:28.749Z ['Vimsvc' 38EC4B90 info] [Auth]: root user

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:28.750Z [38EC4B90 info "ha-eventmgr"] event 1750: [email protected] connected user

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:28.762Z [39981 B 90 verbose 'Proxysvc Req96278'] new SSL proxy client (TCP (local = 127.0.0.1:443, even = 127.0.0.1:56346))))

  2015 03-11 T 11: [verbose 'SoapAdapter' 39A44B90] 09:28.765Z responded to the request of the State of service

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:28.831Z [38F23B90 verbose "Default"] CloseSession called for the session id = 52f99321-7f09 - 6 d 11-6ab4-fb55afd932b3

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:28.831Z [38F23B90 info "ha-eventmgr"] event 1751: root user is disconnected

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:29.212Z [38EC4B90 'Proxysvc Req96279' verbose] new SSL proxy client (TCP (local = 127.0.0.1:443, even = 127.0.0.1:54461))))

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:29.227Z [verbose "Ticket 52 0 b d8 4th a2 aa c5 - 9B b4 f9 1e 10 76 0c a9 ab" 39381 B 90] ticket issued for root

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:29.230Z [verbose "Ticket 52 0 b d8 4th a2 aa c5 - 9B b4 f9 1e 10 76 0c a9 ab ' 39A44B90] Ticket used

  Password accepted for the 127.0.0.1 root user

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:29.231Z ['Vimsvc' 39A44B90 info] [Auth]: root user

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:29.231Z [39A44B90 info "ha-eventmgr"] event 1752: [email protected] connected user

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:29.243Z [38EC4B90 'Proxysvc Req96280' verbose] new SSL proxy client (TCP (local = 127.0.0.1:443, even = 127.0.0.1:50054))))

  2015 03-11 T 11: [verbose 'SoapAdapter' 38F23B90] 09:29.246Z responded to the request of the State of service

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:29.311Z [38CDDB90 info "TaskManager"] created task: haTask-140 - vim.vm.Snapshot.revert - 187750625

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:29.311Z [verbose 'vm:/vmfs/volumes/4fd5f053-f578e894-09f0-d4bed9b3d83f/Wireless_Testbed_2/Wireless_Testbed_2.vmx' 39B48B90] request received Revert snapshot: 2.4.0.12

  2015 03-11 T 11: 09:29.311Z ['vm:/vmfs/volumes/4fd5f053-f578e894-09f0-d4bed9b3d83f/Wireless_Testbed_2/Wireless_Testbed_2.vmx' 39B48B90 info] State of Transition (VM_STATE_OFF-> VM_STATE_REVERT_SNAPSHOT)

  Same controls operate ESXi 5.1 + as this was a problem resolved with the patch for 5.0

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=2012671

  PR 721191: Modification of snapshots using commands vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.remove or vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.revert

  will fail when applied against some snapshot tree structures.

• / usr/bin/useradd obsolete - vim - cmd replacement

  Develop a version esxi5 and I noticed that ' usr/bin/useradd - M s/sbin/nologin user "does not work anymore. It is said to use the vim - cmd command.

  Does anyone know what could be this command?

  Thank you

  Jeff

  It is not in the $PATH, doesn't mean it isn't there. adduser is now located at:

  ~ # / usr/lib/vmware/auth/bin/adduser

  BusyBox v1.20.2 (2012-12-11 11:54:28 PST) multi-call binary.

  Use: adduser [OPTIONS] USER

  Add a user

  Base directory of DIR h

  g GECOS GECOS field

  s shell Login SHELL

  G - GRP add a user to existing group

  S create a system user

  D do not assign a password

  H do not create directory

  u UID user ID

  I could create a local user, the connection via the client vSphere with success and add permissions that worked like a charm. Confirmed the 5.1 (1312873) and 5.5 (1331820)

  Hope this helps,

• Comments about "VMware KB: verification of the deprivation of resources of the ESX/ESXi Service Console ' (1003496)

  Hi and happy 2012!

  Is the title of the article VMware 1003496 KB (Knowledge Base) - http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003496 - "VMware KB: verification of the deprivation of resources of the ESX/ESXi Service Console" (article updated May 16, 2011). A better title might be "VMware KB: searching for deprivation of resources of the Console of the ESX Service / ESXi Tech Support Mode" since ESXi does not have a "Service Console".
  Article also mentions in ESXi running the command "top":
  " (...) ESX/ESXi includes the top utility to be able to check the use of the resources on the service console. (...)"
  " (...)  To check the use of the methods on the service console:
  1. Sign in to your service console of the ESX host as root from a SSH session or directly from the console of the server.  If you connect ESXi Support mode.
  2. Type back to top ."

  
  
  However, if you enable the Remote Tech Support Mode (SSH) in ESXi (at least in ESXi 4.1 Update 1) - similar to a "Service Console" - the 'top' command seems to not be available:
  ~ # top
  -Ash: top: not found
  
  
  ~ # find /-iname high
  ~ #
  On the other hand, the article could have mentioned "esxtop" which is available in 'ESXi' (at least in ESXi 4.1 Update 1):
  ~ # find /-iname esxtop

  / sbin/esxtop
  I hope this information is useful. I propose that this article (1003496) is updated accordingly.
  Thank you!

  Ricardo, we have updated the article to take account of the ESX Classic only.

  Kind regards

  Stu