virtualization

VMware: Installation Tools

Install open-vm-tools package
sudo apt-get install -y open-vm-tools

# Ubuntu Offline install
wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/o/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools_10.0.7-3227872-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/main/libd/libdumbnet/libdumbnet1_1.12-7_amd64.deb
wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/libm/libmspack/libmspack0_0.5-1ubuntu0.16.04.3_amd64.deb
scp *.deb :/tmp/
ssh dpkg -i /tmp/open-vm-tools_*_amd64.deb /tmp/libdumbnet*_amd64.deb /tmp/libmspack0_*_amd64.deb

# FreeBSD

KVM Snapshot

virsh domblklist ${VM}
virsh blockcommit ${VM} vda --pivot
virsh domblklist ${VM}

# list snapshots
virsh snapshot-list ${VM}

# delete snapshot
virsh snapshot-delete ${VM} ${TIMESTAMP} --metadata

# fix "error: block copy still active: disk 'vda' already in active block job"
VM=vm1
virsh blockjob ${VM} vda --abort
virsh blockcommit ${VM} vda --pivot
virsh snapshot-list ${VM}
SNAP=1527804440
virsh snapshot-delete ${VM} ${SNAP} --metadata

# list snapshots
for VM in $(virsh list --state-running --name); do
echo ${VM}
virsh domblklist ${VM}

VMware

WebGui
https://example.com/vsphere-client/?csp
https://example.com/folder?dcPath=ha-datacenter

CLI
esxcli vm process list
esxcli network nic list
esxcli network ip interface list
esxcli network ip interface ipv4 get

esxcli hardware platform get

WebGui
https://esx.example.com/ui

Shrink MsSQL Express DB
https://benjaminulsamer.wordpress.com/2014/06/10/vcenter-database-full-how-to-purge-old-data-and-shrink-the-sql-express-database/

HowTo
# Ignore insufficient storrage count

Install VirtualBox

<?php
$URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/panticz/installit/master/install.virtualbox.sh";
echo "wget $URL -O - | bash -";
echo " 

";
$c = curl_init();
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, $URL);
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
echo htmlspecialchars(curl_exec($c));
curl_close($c);
echo "

";
?>
--allow-unauthenticated

Fix kernel module
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Links
http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/VirtualBox/Installation
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
http://www.panticz.de/node/143

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