Scripts
Documentation
ESX Service Console
RTFM ESX 3.x Service Console Guide
VMware API
VMware ESX 2.3 scripting API users manual
VMware vimsh
Xtravirt scripting papers about vimsh among others
RCLI
What is VMware RCLI?
The VMware Infrastructure Remote CLI provides a command-line interface for datacenter management from a remote server. This interface is fully supported on ESX 3.5 Update 2 and ESXi Update 2. Download it here
ESX3i Remote CLI documentation
VMware VIMA
What is VMware VIMA? http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vima/
Why use VMware VIMA? http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid179_gci1340611,00.html
How to setup VMware VIMA? http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid179_gci1340917,00.html#
VIX/vmrun
Using vmrun one can automate ESX3.5/ESXi virtual machines as well as virtual machines on VMware Server 2.0 and VMware Worstation 6.0
What is VMware VIX and why use it? http://blogs.vmware.com/vix/2008/07/what-is-vix-and.html
What is VMware vmrun? vmrun API guide but see also the VIX page for more details.
Scripts:
vmrun scripts
Scripts to execute to automate actions in your guest.
vmrun return all IPs for running VMs
bash scripts
build host vmware kernel modules
Custom my-vmware-cmd management script
locate all VMs with NPIV WWN for ESX
locate all VMs with NPIV WWN for ESXi
locate all VMs with RDMs for ESX and ESXi
Free VM backup solution for ESX and ESXi
RCLI scripts
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