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Wila at 10:34, 1 February 2011

2011-02-01T10:34:54Z

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	[[Virtualisation technical articles]]		[[Virtualisation technical articles]]

			[[VMware KB articles]]

	==== Management Virtual Machines ====		==== Management Virtual Machines ====

Wila at 09:52, 23 July 2009

2009-07-23T09:52:00Z

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	VMware ESX 3.5 and earlier had the management Service Console, a stripped down RHEL console which was could be used for automating and managing your virtual machines. As of ESXi 3.5 this is no longer available and the future is to move away from this "fat hypervisor". In order to manage your virtual machines in a similar way as before, we now have special virtual machine that come with management software pre-installed. VMware delivers this as a virtual appliances called VMware [[VIMA]] containing [[RCLI]] (Remote CLI) and VMware [[VI Perl Toolkit]] to aide in managing your VI infrastructure.		VMware ESX 3.5 and earlier had the management Service Console, a stripped down RHEL console which was could be used for automating and managing your virtual machines. As of ESXi 3.5 this is no longer available and the future is to move away from this "fat hypervisor". In order to manage your virtual machines in a similar way as before, we now have special virtual machine that come with management software pre-installed. VMware delivers this as a virtual appliances called VMware [[VIMA]] containing [[RCLI]] (Remote CLI) and VMware [[VI Perl Toolkit]] to aide in managing your VI infrastructure.

	In vSphere we now use the [vMA] appliance, documentation is here http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vcli/		In vSphere we now use the [[vMA]] appliance, documentation is here http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vcli/

Wila at 09:51, 23 July 2009

2009-07-23T09:51:34Z

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	==== Management Virtual Machines ====		==== Management Virtual Machines ====
	VMware ESX 3.5 and earlier had the management Service Console, a stripped down RHEL console which was could be used for automating and managing your virtual machines. As of ESXi 3.5 this is no longer available and the future is to move away from this "fat hypervisor". In order to manage your virtual machines in a similar way as before, we now have special virtual machine that come with management software pre-installed. VMware delivers this as a virtual appliances called VMware [[VIMA]] containing [[RCLI]] (Remote CLI) and VMware [[VI Perl Toolkit]] to aide in managing your VI infrastructure.		VMware ESX 3.5 and earlier had the management Service Console, a stripped down RHEL console which was could be used for automating and managing your virtual machines. As of ESXi 3.5 this is no longer available and the future is to move away from this "fat hypervisor". In order to manage your virtual machines in a similar way as before, we now have special virtual machine that come with management software pre-installed. VMware delivers this as a virtual appliances called VMware [[VIMA]] containing [[RCLI]] (Remote CLI) and VMware [[VI Perl Toolkit]] to aide in managing your VI infrastructure.

			In vSphere we now use the [vMA] appliance, documentation is here http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vcli/

Lamw at 00:22, 10 January 2009

2009-01-10T00:22:41Z

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	==== Management Virtual Machines ====		==== Management Virtual Machines ====
	VMware ESX 3.5 and earlier had the management Service Console, a stripped down RHEL console which was could be used for automating and managing your virtual machines. As of ESXi 3.5 this is no longer available and the future is to move away from this "fat hypervisor". In order to manage your virtual machines in a similar way as before, we now have special virtual machine that come with management software pre-installed. VMware delivers this as a virtual appliances called VMware [[VIMA]] containing [[RCLI]] (Remote CLI) and [[VI Perl Toolkit]] to aide in managing your VI infrastructure.		VMware ESX 3.5 and earlier had the management Service Console, a stripped down RHEL console which was could be used for automating and managing your virtual machines. As of ESXi 3.5 this is no longer available and the future is to move away from this "fat hypervisor". In order to manage your virtual machines in a similar way as before, we now have special virtual machine that come with management software pre-installed. VMware delivers this as a virtual appliances called VMware [[VIMA]] containing [[RCLI]] (Remote CLI) and VMware [[VI Perl Toolkit]] to aide in managing your VI infrastructure.

Lamw at 00:21, 10 January 2009

2009-01-10T00:21:39Z

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	==== Management Virtual Machines ====		==== Management Virtual Machines ====
	VMware ESX 3.5 and earlier had the management Service Console, a stripped down RHEL console which was could be used for automating and managing your virtual machines. As of ESXi 3.5 this is no longer available and the future is to move away from this "fat hypervisor". In order to manage your virtual machines in a similar way as before, we now have special virtual machine that come with management software pre-installed. VMware delivers this as a virtual appliances called VMware [[VIMA]] containing [[RCLI]] (Remote CLI) and VI Perl Toolkit to aide in managing your VI infrastructure.		VMware ESX 3.5 and earlier had the management Service Console, a stripped down RHEL console which was could be used for automating and managing your virtual machines. As of ESXi 3.5 this is no longer available and the future is to move away from this "fat hypervisor". In order to manage your virtual machines in a similar way as before, we now have special virtual machine that come with management software pre-installed. VMware delivers this as a virtual appliances called VMware [[VIMA]] containing [[RCLI]] (Remote CLI) and [[VI Perl Toolkit]] to aide in managing your VI infrastructure.

Lamw at 00:21, 10 January 2009

2009-01-10T00:21:20Z

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	==== Management Virtual Machines ====		==== Management Virtual Machines ====
	VMware ESX 3.5 and earlier had the management ~~console~~, a stripped down ~~linux~~ console which was could be used for automating and managing your virtual machines. As of ~~ESX~~ 3.5i this is no longer available and the future is to move away from ~~the~~ fat hypervisor. In order to manage your virtual machines in a similar way as before, we now have special virtual ~~machines~~ that come with management software pre-installed. VMware delivers 2 appliances ~~for this, the~~ [[VIMA]] ~~and the~~ [[RCLI]].		VMware ESX 3.5 and earlier had the management Service Console, a stripped down RHEL console which was could be used for automating and managing your virtual machines. As of ESXi 3.5 this is no longer available and the future is to move away from this "fat hypervisor". In order to manage your virtual machines in a similar way as before, we now have special virtual machine that come with management software pre-installed. VMware delivers this as a virtual appliances called VMware [[VIMA]] containing [[RCLI]] (Remote CLI) and VI Perl Toolkit to aide in managing your VI infrastructure.

Wila at 10:47, 9 January 2009

2009-01-09T10:47:54Z

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	[[Projects]]		[[Projects]]

			[[Virtualisation technical articles]]

	==== Management Virtual Machines ====		==== Management Virtual Machines ====
	VMware ESX 3.5 and earlier had the management console, a stripped down linux console which was could be used for automating and managing your virtual machines. As of ESX 3.5i this is no longer available and the future is to move away from the fat hypervisor. In order to manage your virtual machines in a similar way as before, we now have special virtual machines that come with management software pre-installed. VMware delivers 2 appliances for this, the [[VIMA]] and the [[RCLI]].		VMware ESX 3.5 and earlier had the management console, a stripped down linux console which was could be used for automating and managing your virtual machines. As of ESX 3.5i this is no longer available and the future is to move away from the fat hypervisor. In order to manage your virtual machines in a similar way as before, we now have special virtual machines that come with management software pre-installed. VMware delivers 2 appliances for this, the [[VIMA]] and the [[RCLI]].

Wila: Moving RCLI to its own page

2008-12-28T18:24:21Z

Moving RCLI to its own page

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	==== Management Virtual Machines ====		==== Management Virtual Machines ====
	VMware ESX 3.5 and earlier had the management console, a stripped down linux console which was could be used for automating and managing your virtual machines. As of ESX 3.5i this is no longer available and the future is to move away from the fat hypervisor. In order to manage your virtual machines in a similar way as before, we now have special virtual machines that come with management software pre-installed. VMware delivers 2 appliances for this, the [[VIMA]] and the [[RCLI]].		VMware ESX 3.5 and earlier had the management console, a stripped down linux console which was could be used for automating and managing your virtual machines. As of ESX 3.5i this is no longer available and the future is to move away from the fat hypervisor. In order to manage your virtual machines in a similar way as before, we now have special virtual machines that come with management software pre-installed. VMware delivers 2 appliances for this, the [[VIMA]] and the [[RCLI]].


	* [http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=VI-RCLI-U2 Virtual Infrastructure Remote Commandline Interface appliance (RCLI)]

	~~This comes in several flavors.~~
	~~# You can download it as a small 32 bit virtual machine based on Ubuntu JEOS~~
	~~# There is a separate linux setup so that you can install it in your own linux machine (virtual or not)~~
	~~# There is also a windows installed.~~

Wila: moving VIMA to its own page

2008-12-28T18:22:29Z

moving VIMA to its own page

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	==== Management Virtual Machines ====		==== Management Virtual Machines ====
	VMware ESX 3.5 and earlier had the management console, a stripped down linux console which was could be used for automating and managing your virtual machines. As of ESX 3.5i this is no longer available and the future is to move away from the fat hypervisor. In order to manage your virtual machines in a similar way as before, we now have special virtual machines that come with management software pre-installed. VMware delivers 2 appliances for this, the VIMA and the RCLI.		VMware ESX 3.5 and earlier had the management console, a stripped down linux console which was could be used for automating and managing your virtual machines. As of ESX 3.5i this is no longer available and the future is to move away from the fat hypervisor. In order to manage your virtual machines in a similar way as before, we now have special virtual machines that come with management software pre-installed. VMware delivers 2 appliances for this, the [[VIMA]] and the [[RCLI]].

	* [http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vima/index.html VMware Infrastructure Management Assistant (VIMA)]

	~~This is a 64bits virtual machine based on RHEL.~~

	~~Features that VIMA has over the RCLI:~~
	* component for caching authentication
	* component for collecting ESX log files (remote logging)
	* Designed to host agents that will be released by some 3rd party developers
	* Includes a mechanism for VMware to provide updates
	* Supported for production use

	* [http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=VI-RCLI-U2 Virtual Infrastructure Remote Commandline Interface appliance (RCLI)]		* [http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=VI-RCLI-U2 Virtual Infrastructure Remote Commandline Interface appliance (RCLI)]

Wila: Corrected download link VI-RCLI to VI-RCLI-U2.. there _is_ an update woohoo :)

2008-12-27T12:42:54Z

Corrected download link VI-RCLI to VI-RCLI-U2.. there _is_ an update woohoo :)

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	* Supported for production use		* Supported for production use

	* [http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=VI-RCLI Virtual Infrastructure Remote Commandline Interface appliance (RCLI)]		* [http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=VI-RCLI-U2 Virtual Infrastructure Remote Commandline Interface appliance (RCLI)]

	This comes in several flavors.		This comes in several flavors.
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	# There is a separate linux setup so that you can install it in your own linux machine (virtual or not)		# There is a separate linux setup so that you can install it in your own linux machine (virtual or not)
	# There is also a windows installed.		# There is also a windows installed.

	~~The appliance has the VI perl toolkit pre-installed, but beware of the following note:~~

	'' This version of the VMware Infrastructure Remote CLI is incompatible with VI Perl Toolkit. These two products should be installed on different machines. The next refresh of the Remote CLI will fix this incompatibility. ''

	~~Unfortunately the last RCLI was released on december 2007, so I'm not sure we will see an update on this.~~