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Update to parse and retrieve vmx file from current vmware.log files.
(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 ...) |
(Update to parse and retrieve vmx file from current vmware.log files.) |
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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 | 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. | ||
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==== vmxRecover.pl code ==== | ==== vmxRecover.pl code ==== | ||
As of Fusion 4, the format of the vmware.log has changed. Here's the script for parsing log files from before Fusion 4 | |||
#!/usr/bin/perl | #!/usr/bin/perl | ||
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"; | ||
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if (/: vmx\| DICT --- \S/) { last; } # Keep going until the next section | if (/: vmx\| DICT --- \S/) { last; } # Keep going until the next section | ||
s/^.*: vmx\| DICT\s*//; # Strip off the leading timestamp and other stuff | 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 "$2"/; # Quote the value | |||
print; | |||
} | |||
New version to use for vmware.log files starting from Fusion 4: | |||
#!/usr/bin/perl | |||
use strict; | |||
use warnings; | |||
if ($#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 (/: DICT --- CONFIGURATION/) { last; } | |||
} | |||
while (<>) { | |||
if (/: DICT --- \S/) { last; } # Keep going until the next section | |||
s/^.*: 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/\r//; # Get rid of any \r's that may have somehow snuck in | ||
s/([^=]*=) (.*)/$1 "$2"/; # Quote the value | s/([^=]*=) (.*)/$1 "$2"/; # Quote the value | ||
