VI client command line options

January 28 2009 by Barry in ESX, ESXi |2 Comments

-u (username)
-s (servername)
-p (password)

ie:

“C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\VpxClient.exe” -u root -s 10.0.0.10 -p password

Install VMware Tools in SLES10

January 12 2009 by Barry in ESX, ESXi, Linux, Novell, Suse |No Comments

There is actually nothing to it, as long as you installed the C/C++ Compiler and Tools and X-Server during the installation of Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES).

Click on VM –> Install VMware Tools

in your X-session open a terminal windows and type the following:

cp /media/VMware_Tools/VMWareTools-3.5.0-103909.tar.gz /root
tar zxvf VMWareTools-3.5.0-103909.tar.gz
/root/vmware-tools-distrib/vmware-install.pl
9x [ENTER]
choose video resolution (3 for 1024×768)

Reboot your server or type

Enter maintenance mode

January 6 2009 by Barry in ESX |No Comments

from the command line on ESX servers.

Enter:
vimsh -n -e /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter

Exit:
vimsh -n -e /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit

Check Status:
vimsh -n -e /hostsvc/runtimeinfo | grep inMaintenanceMode | awk ‘{print $3}’

note: this does not work on ESXi