VMWare

Contents:

• Get a list of VMs in vCenter:
• vcenter update process
• get version
• list all VMs
• get the power state of a VM
• power on a device
• reboot a VM if vmtools is installed
• list current tasks
• get info for a task
• installing updates
• conflicting vib stuff with dell iso
• powercli
• esxcfg-advcfg
• Don’t fill the disk
• Snapshots are horrible
• Network stuff
  • Change IP of management network:
  • Change default route:
• Get the current config
• enable v2
• Enable snmpd
• allow requests through the firewall
• syslog
  • Configure syslog with esxcli
• esxi Update process
• Find the ESXi version information: