Custom my-vmware-cmd management script - Revision history

Lamw at 23:01, 5 January 2009

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	( e.g. my-vmware-cmd.sh vnic [vm_input_file] 3 )		( e.g. my-vmware-cmd.sh vnic [vm_input_file] 3 )

	[[Category: ESX]] [[Category: ESXi]] [[Category: Vimsh]] [[Category: VM Automation]] [[Category: VM ~~Managment~~]]		[[Category: ESX]] [[Category: ESXi]] [[Category: Vimsh]] [[Category: VM Automation]] [[Category: VM Management]]

Lamw at 23:00, 5 January 2009

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	[[Category: ESX]] [[Category: ESXi]] [[Category: Vimsh]] [[Category: VM Automation]]		[[Category: ESX]] [[Category: ESXi]] [[Category: Vimsh]] [[Category: VM Automation]] [[Category: VM Managment]]

Lamw at 22:32, 5 January 2009

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	-- Change vNic portgroup for all VMs in the input file		-- Change vNic portgroup for all VMs in the input file
	( e.g. my-vmware-cmd.sh vnic [vm_input_file] 3 )		( e.g. my-vmware-cmd.sh vnic [vm_input_file] 3 )

			[[Category: ESX]] [[Category: ESXi]] [[Category: Vimsh]] [[Category: VM Automation]]

Lamw at 20:55, 5 January 2009

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			'''Download script''': [http://www.engr.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/my-vmware-cmd.sh my-vmware-cmd.sh]

	'''Supported On''': ESX 3.5+ and ESXi		'''Supported On''': ESX 3.5+ and ESXi

Lamw: New page: '''Supported On''': ESX 3.5+ and ESXi Please find more details located at: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9061 This is a custom management script to help administer large virtual...

2009-01-05T20:51:10Z

New page: '''Supported On''': ESX 3.5+ and ESXi Please find more details located at: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9061 This is a custom management script to help administer large virtual...

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'''Supported On''': ESX 3.5+ and ESXi

Please find more details located at: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9061

This is a custom management script to help administer large virtual machine environments. This script is used to run administrative commands across a large set of virtual machines specified in a file. In particular, this tool complements the developed linked clones. scripts. For example, to save unique attributes (Active Directory personalities, etc.) for each linked VM, a final snapshot is executed on all linked VMs after joining each to the domain. After a specified duration, this script is then used to revert each VM back to a clean state. The same may be applied on other (non-linked) virtual machines currently residing on the ESX(i) server(s).

'''To get list of options, just execute the script''':
[root@himalaya scripts]# ./my-vmware-cmd.sh

'''Operations available''':
Usage:
Local execution-
my-vmware-cmd.sh [operation] [vm_input_file] <optional_arguments>
Remote execution-
my-vmware-cmd.sh remote [ESX_ESXI_IP_ADDRESS] [operation] [vm_input_file] <optional_arguments>
Operations:
start [vm_input_file]
-- Start all VMs in the input file
stop [vm_input_file]
-- Stop all VMs in the input file
suspend [vm_input_file]
-- Suspend all VMs in the input file
resume [vm_input_file]
-- Resume all suspended VMs in the input file
reset [vm_input_file]
-- Hard reset all VMs in the input file
shutdown [vm_input_file]
-- Shutdown all VMs in the input file (VMware Tools required)
reboot [vm_input_file]
-- Reboot all VMs in the input file (VMware Tools required)
snap [vm_input_file]
-- Create administrative pristine snapshot of all VMs in the input file
revert [vm_input_file]
-- Revert all VMs in the input file back to pristine state
purge [vm_input_file]
-- Removes from local inventory and purges all VMs in the input file
mac [vm_input_file] [generic|nixdhcp] [NETWORK (172.30.0)] [HOST_COUNT_START (200)] <NIC_#> default=0
-- Extracts MAC addresses and generates either a generic file or one compatible with *nix dhcpd
( e.g. my-vmware-cmd.sh mac [vm_input_file] generic )
( e.g. my-vmware-cmd.sh mac [vm_input_file] nixdhcp 172.30.0 200 )
vnic [vm_input_file] <NIC_#> default=0
-- Change vNic portgroup for all VMs in the input file
( e.g. my-vmware-cmd.sh vnic [vm_input_file] 3 )