In ESXi: on the console/ssh, when a moved VM pauses during power-on: show which VMs have messages waiting, then answer them, I searched for [Wayback] “vim-cmd vmsvc/message” – Google Search in order to see which messages were available.
That search revealed a lot more links, so here are the ones I found most interesting:
- a nice script from [Wayback] Solved: Clone a VM directly from single ESXi Host – VMware Technology Network VMTN which is below the signature.
- Old 2013 version of the repository [Archive.is] ytsarev/suseviclient: Lightweight VMware ESXi management tool
- Old 2013 version of the script [Archive.is] suseviclient/suseviclient.sh at master · ytsarev/suseviclient
- “Current” 2015 version of the repository [Archive.is] openSUSE/suseviclient: SUSE VI Client: Lightweight tool for ESXi management from Linux box
- “Current” 2015 version of the script [Archive.is] suseviclient/suseviclient at master · openSUSE/suseviclient
- Note it has been updated to ESXi 6.0, as the maximum supported Virtual Hardware Version is 11; see table at [Wayback] ESXi/ESX hosts and compatible virtual machine hardware versions list (2007240).
- 2013 version of the optional VCN key-stuffing Ruby script [Archive.is] suseviclient/suseviclient-vnc.rb at master · openSUSE/suseviclient
–jeroen
Cloning script
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| #!/bin/sh | |
| ###################################################################################### | |
| # Create a clone of a running machine on ESXi, without vCenter services available | |
| # Disable networkcards on connecting at startup | |
| # Start the cloned VM | |
| # | |
| # Created by : Jeroen van Schelt | |
| # Creation date : jan 2015 | |
| # Tested on : ESXi 5.5 build 1746018 | |
| # | |
| # | |
| # To run this script on a regular basis, without user intervention, do the following : | |
| # | |
| # Copy the script to a datastore | |
| # Add the cron job to the root crontab: | |
| # Edit /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root | |
| # Add the line (all on one line) | |
| # 30 1 * * * /vmfs/volumes/BOXSR0089_das1/scripts/hotcloneBOXPC8888vm.sh > /vmfs/volumes/BOXSR0089_das1/scripts/hotcloneBOXPC8888vm.log 2>&1 | |
| # Run the command "kill $(cat /var/run/crond.pid)", This will kill the process crond. | |
| # | |
| # Edit /etc/rc.local.d/local.sh, using a command such as "vi /etc/rc.local.d/local.sh". | |
| # At the end of the file, add 3 lines (using "G" then "O" in vi). The first kills crond, the second adds the new cron job to the root crontab file, ad the third restarts crond: | |
| # /bin/kill $(cat /var/run/crond.pid) | |
| # /bin/echo "30 1 * * * /vmfs/volumes/BOXSR0089_das1/scripts/hotcloneBOXPC8888vm.sh > /vmfs/volumes/BOXSR0089_das1/scripts/hotcloneBOXPC8888vm.log 2>&1" >> /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root | |
| # /usr/lib/vmware/busybox/bin/busybox crond | |
| # Save and exit the editor (Press the "Esc" key then ":wq" then press "Return" in vi) | |
| # Run the command "auto-backup.sh" so that the change to /etc/rc.local survives a reboot. | |
| # Run the command "/usr/lib/vmware/busybox/bin/busybox crond" | |
| ###################################################################################### | |
| # user variables | |
| SourceVM="NameOfSVM" | |
| SourceDS="/vmfs/volumes/NameOfDS" | |
| DestDS="/vmfs/volumes/NameOfDS" | |
| ScriptDIR="$SourceDS/scripts" | |
| ###################################################################################### | |
| # Do NOT modify anything beyond this point, unless you know what you are doing | |
| ###################################################################################### | |
| # script variables | |
| DestVM="HotClone_$SourceVM" | |
| ScriptRunTime=$(date "+%Y%m%d_%H%M") | |
| nicfile=$ScriptDIR/nic_$DestVM.txt | |
| diskfile=$ScriptDIR/disk_$DestVM.txt | |
| # create destination directory | |
| mkdir $DestDS/$DestVM | |
| # copy source vmx? files to destination | |
| cp $SourceDS/$SourceVM/$SourceVM.vmx $DestDS/$DestVM/$DestVM.vmx | |
| sed -i "s/$SourceVM/$DestVM/g" $DestDS/$DestVM/$DestVM.vmx | |
| cp $SourceDS/$SourceVM/$SourceVM.vmxf $DestDS/$DestVM/$DestVM.vmxf | |
| sed -i "s/$SourceVM/$DestVM/g" $DestDS/$DestVM/$DestVM.vmxf | |
| # create snapshot from source | |
| lineCount=`expr $(vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | wc -l) – 1` | |
| x=0 | |
| while [[ $x -ne $lineCount ]]; do | |
| x=`expr $x + 1` | |
| VMID=$(vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | tail –$lineCount | awk '{ print $1 }' | sed -n -e "$x"p) | |
| VMNAME=$(vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | tail –$lineCount | awk '{ print $2 }' | sed -n -e "$x"p) | |
| if [[ $SourceVM == $VMNAME ]]; then | |
| SourceVMID=$VMID | |
| vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.create $SourceVMID HotClone_$ScriptRunTime HotClone_of_$SourceVM 0 0 | |
| fi | |
| done | |
| # Search for Disks | |
| rm $diskfile > /dev/null 2>&1 | |
| while read line ; do | |
| grep ".vmdk" | awk '{ print $3}' | sed "s/\"//g" >> $diskfile | |
| done < $DestDS/$DestVM/$DestVM.vmx | |
| # copy sourcedisk to destinationdisk (thin provisioned) | |
| while read line ; do | |
| vmkfstools -d thin -i $SourceDS/$SourceVM/$(echo $line | sed "s/$DestVM/$SourceVM/g") $DestDS/$DestVM/$(echo $line | sed 's/-[0-9]*//g') | |
| done < $diskfile | |
| # If Source already had a snapshot, remove snapdata on vmdk filename in vmx-file | |
| sed -i "s/\(.*\)\-.*\(.vmdk\)/\1\2/g" $DestDS/$DestVM/$DestVM.vmx | |
| # Search for nics | |
| rm $nicfile > /dev/null 2>&1 | |
| while read line ; do | |
| grep ethernet[0-9].virtualDev | awk '{ print $1}' | sed "s/.virtualDev//g" >> $nicfile | |
| done < $DestDS/$DestVM/$DestVM.vmx | |
| # set nic disconnected at boot | |
| while read line ; do | |
| if [[ -n "$(grep $line.startConnected $DestDS/$DestVM/$DestVM.vmx)" ]]; then | |
| echo "found in $line" | |
| sed -i "s/$line.startConnected = \"TRUE\"/$line.startConnected = \"FALSE\"/g" $DestDS/$DestVM/$DestVM.vmx | |
| else | |
| echo "nothing on $line" | |
| echo $line.startConnected = \"FALSE\" >> $DestDS/$DestVM/$DestVM.vmx | |
| fi | |
| done < $nicfile | |
| # register destination VM in inventory | |
| DestVMID=`vim-cmd solo/registervm $DestDS/$DestVM/$DestVM.vmx` | |
| # Powering up destination virtual machine | |
| vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on $DestVMID & | |
| sleep 15 | |
| vim-cmd vmsvc/message $DestVMID _vmx1 2 | |
| # Remove HotClone Snapshot from source | |
| SnapToRemove=`vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.get $SourceVMID | grep -A 1 HotClone_$ScriptRunTime | grep -e "Id" | awk '{print $4 }'` | |
| vim-cmd vmsvc/snapshot.remove $SourceVMID $SnapToRemove 0 | |
| # EOF |
