Backing up your ESXi VM's with Remote CLI

February 26 2009 by Barry in ESX, ESXi, Linux |No Comments

Enable SSH on your ESXi host and download GhettoVCB from the link at the bottom.
You will also need the Remote CLI from vmware, I use the appliance, but if you want to use it on your own Linux or Windows host, that’s fine.

Once you have SSH-enabled your ESXi host, create a hidden folder in the root.
mkdir .ssh

Once you have imported and configured your appliance

Individual homedirectories with Freenas 0.69 and Samba

February 3 2009 by Barry in Freenas |2 Comments

I recently moved my network storage from my Slug (NSLU2) running Debian to Freenas. It is great for having “a” samba share where everyone could store any data. But I needed a private share where only the logged in user has access to the folder. So I decided I needed the homedirectories of the users available through samba. Here’s what I’ve done:

Log in via SSH and create a