ShocKNetworK Blog » VMware http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress Random, usually tech stuff that the slacker writes about ... Sun, 20 Feb 2011 22:15:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 How to fix networking after cloning an Ubuntu 8 VM http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/2009/05/19/how-to-fix-networking-after-cloning-an-ubuntu-8-vm/ http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/2009/05/19/how-to-fix-networking-after-cloning-an-ubuntu-8-vm/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 23:12:37 +0000 alton http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/2009/05/19/how-to-fix-networking-after-cloning-an-ubuntu-8-vm/ Stolen from: http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2008/8/15/cloning-ubuntu-hardy-image-in-vmware-fusion

* “sudo hostname blah”, to set the hostname. This doesn’t change it permanently, so you’ll also want to:
* “sudo vim /etc/hostname”. Change the contents of the file to the hostname you want. Then:
* “sudo vim /etc/hosts”. Replace all mentions of the old hostname with the new hostname.
* “sudo vim /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules”. There will be two entries in this file. The first points eth0 at the old MAC address, and the second points eth1 at the new. Go ahead and delete the first entry, and change “eth1” to “eth0” in the second (and now only) entry.
* “sudo shutdown -r now” to restart your virtual machine.

]]> http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/2009/05/19/how-to-fix-networking-after-cloning-an-ubuntu-8-vm/feed/ 0 HOWTO set debug logging for QLogic http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/2008/10/21/howto-set-debug-logging-for-qlogic/ http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/2008/10/21/howto-set-debug-logging-for-qlogic/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:58:40 +0000 alton http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/?p=284 esxcfg-module –s “extended_error_logging=2” <qladriver>

http://communities.vmware.com/message/782916

modinfo /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod/qla4022.o

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]]> http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/2008/10/21/how-to-register-all-vms-through-command-line/feed/ 0 HOW TO move ESX hosts between clusters without maintenance mode http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/2008/10/21/how-to-move-esx-hosts-between-clusters-without-maintenance-mode/ http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/2008/10/21/how-to-move-esx-hosts-between-clusters-without-maintenance-mode/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:57:54 +0000 alton http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/?p=282 ***this may not be a good idea

1. Disconnected ESX host from VC
2. Remove from VC (may hang VC temporarily (in the few minute range, operation may time out) re-log back into VC, once you are able to it host should be gone from the cluster
3. Re-add to VC under new cluster

Could not destroy the res pool hierarchy on the host.  The host /vpx/host/#18245 is not reachable.

]]> http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/2008/10/21/how-to-move-esx-hosts-between-clusters-without-maintenance-mode/feed/ 0 HOW TO force VirtualCenter to load after SQL Server on the same system http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/2008/10/21/how-to-force-virtualcenter-to-load-after-sql-server-on-the-same-system/ http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/2008/10/21/how-to-force-virtualcenter-to-load-after-sql-server-on-the-same-system/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:57:26 +0000 alton http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/?p=281 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/193888

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<Service name>

<Service name> = vpxd for VirtualCenter
modify the DependOnService key and add MSSQLSERVER

]]> http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/2008/10/21/how-to-force-virtualcenter-to-load-after-sql-server-on-the-same-system/feed/ 0 ESX 3.x – HOW TO enable hostd debug logging http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/2008/10/21/esx-3x-how-to-enable-hostd-debug-logging/ http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/2008/10/21/esx-3x-how-to-enable-hostd-debug-logging/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:57:00 +0000 alton http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/?p=280 <log>
<directory>/var/log/vmware/</directory>
<name>hostd</name>
<outputToConsole>false</outputToConsole>
<level>info</level>
<maxFileSize>5242880</maxFileSize>
<maxFileNum>5</maxFileNum>
</log>

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/proc/vmware/config/Mem/VMOverheadGrowthLimit

]]> http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/2008/10/21/howto-set-esx-advanced-settings-through-commandline/feed/ 0 HOW TO PSOD an ESX host http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/2008/10/21/how-to-psod-an-esx-host/ http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/2008/10/21/how-to-psod-an-esx-host/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:55:11 +0000 alton http://www.shocknetwork.com/wordpress/?p=278 This can be done using vsish: ‘set /reliability/crashMe/Panic’.

ls -l /scripts/support/bin/vsish*

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