Recover vmx from log file - Revision history

Wila: Update to parse and retrieve vmx file from current vmware.log files.

2015-05-25T21:10:28Z

Update to parse and retrieve vmx file from current vmware.log files.

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 ==== vmxRecover.pl code ====
   #!/usr/bin/perl
   use strict;
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      if (/: vmx\| DICT --- \S/) { last; } # Keep going until the next section
      s/^.*: vmx\| DICT\s*//;    # Strip off the leading timestamp and other stuff
      s/\r//;                    # Get rid of any \r's that may have somehow snuck in
      s/([^=]*=) (.*)/$1 "$2"/;  # Quote the value

Wila: typo

2009-01-21T16:52:04Z

typo

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:52, 21 January 2009
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	=== Recover vmx from log file ===		=== Recover vmx from log file ===
	On the VMware community forums, [http://communities.vmware.com/people/etung\|Eric Tung] has devised a little jewel of code that automates recreating a vmx file from a recent vmware.log file.		On the VMware community forums, [http://communities.vmware.com/people/etung Eric Tung] has devised a little jewel of code that automates recreating a vmx file from a recent vmware.log file.

	This is possible as on every boot of a virtual machine, the vmware.log gets a copy from your virtual hardware settings written out into the vmware.log logfile along with some extra information such as the date and time this VM was run.		This is possible as on every boot of a virtual machine, the vmware.log gets a copy from your virtual hardware settings written out into the vmware.log logfile along with some extra information such as the date and time this VM was run.

Wila at 16:46, 21 January 2009

2009-01-21T16:46:56Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:46, 21 January 2009
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	use strict;		use strict;
	use warnings;		use warnings;

	if ($#ARGV != 0) {		if ($#ARGV != 0) {
	print "Recovers .vmx files from .log files. Usage:\n";		print "Recovers .vmx files from .log files. Usage:\n";

Wila: New page: === Recover vmx from log file === On the VMware community forums, [http://communities.vmware.com/people/etung|Eric Tung] has devised a little jewel of code that automates recreating a vmx ...

2009-01-21T16:46:27Z

New page: === Recover vmx from log file === On the VMware community forums, [http://communities.vmware.com/people/etung|Eric Tung] has devised a little jewel of code that automates recreating a vmx ...

New page

=== Recover vmx from log file ===
On the VMware community forums, [http://communities.vmware.com/people/etung|Eric Tung] has devised a little jewel of code that automates recreating a vmx file from a recent vmware.log file.

This is possible as on every boot of a virtual machine, the vmware.log gets a copy from your virtual hardware settings written out into the vmware.log logfile along with some extra information such as the date and time this VM was run.
The script extracts the relevant part for you and eliminates the risk of making a typo while doing this by hand.
It is written in perl, just a few lines long and shows the true power of what a bit of perl can do for you :)

==== vmxRecover.pl code ====
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

if ($#ARGV != 0) {
print "Recovers .vmx files from .log files. Usage:\n";
print "$0 logfile > vmxfile\n\n";
exit;
}

while (<>) {
# Scan until we reach the config section
if (/: vmx\| DICT --- CONFIGURATION/) { last; }
}

while (<>) {
if (/: vmx\| DICT --- \S/) { last; } # Keep going until the next section
s/^.*: vmx\| DICT\s*//; # Strip off the leading timestamp and other stuff
s/\r//; # Get rid of any \r's that may have somehow snuck in
s/([^=]*=) (.*)/$1 "$2"/; # Quote the value
print;
}

==== Usage ====
Say you want to recreate a the virtual hardware configuration for a VMware virtual machine "Windows XP.vmx" then you'd call it like this:
vmxRecover.pl vmware.log > "Windows XP.vmx"

==== External links ====
* The original post [http://communities.vmware.com/message/1029971#1029971 Not a Valid Virtual Machine Configuration...]
* The script [http://communities.vmware.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/1029971-12847/vmxRecover.pl.zip?tstart=0&start=15 vmxRecover.pl.zip]
* Eric's site http://www.koiproductions.com

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