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
VMware 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 VI Perl Toolkit
VI Perl Toolkit command 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? http://blogs.vmware.com/vix/2008/12/managing-vm-guests-using-vmrun.html
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 & VI Perl Toolkit scripts
Free VM Clone utility for ESX and ESXi
