Just a quick note on how to get the VMware tools running on Debian Lenny on a Vsphere Virtual Machine.
Install VMware vSphere Tools in Debian Lenny
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VMware vSphere – Installing HP Management drivers / agents
Get all the info you need by installing the HP Management drivers for your vSphere server.
If you’re installing from the .iso from VMware you probably don’t have the HP drivers integrated into it, but you would like to monitor your Array Controller and discs. Continue reading
Change domain admin password (without AD restore mode)
Hugo aka “The Dutch Handyman” wrote a nice article about ‘ How to change Domain Admin Password ‘ , so i thought why not share it with you all.
Sometimes it can be a really complex if the IT provider doesn’t want to give out the administrator password, but you as the new IT provider needs it badly. First of all i think it’s a bad situation as the owner of the company that you don’t know or get an account with domain privileges, but hey … who am i !
Upgrade vSphere ESXi 4.0 to 4.1 with vCLI
This article will show you the steps needed to upgrade your vSphere ESXi 4.0 server to the current latest version 4.1.
Software downloads needed to complete this task:
- VMware vSphere CLI
( vSphere CLI 4.1 ) - VMware vSphere upgrade patch
( upgrade ZIP from ESXi 4.0 ) or ( upgrade ZIP from ESXi 3.5 )
After you downloaded the vSphere CLI, execute the setup and install the program.
First you’ll have to login to your vSphere server with the vSphere client and stop or suspend your active servers and enter in Maintenance Mode.
Your server is ready to be updated now.
Start the vSphere CLi from the start menu.
You will be in the default path: C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI>
Type the following two commands:
vihostupdate.pl –-server [hostip] -i -b [path to update\update-file.zip] -B ESXi410-GA-esxupdate
vihostupdate.pl –-server [hostip] -i -b [path to update\update-file.zip] -B ESXi410-GA
[hostip] = IP of your vSphere server
[path to update\update-file.zip] = the downloaded upgrade zipfile
After the upgrade you can check for the installed updates using the command
vihostupdate.pl –-server [hostip] –-query
After a successfull upgrade you will need to reboot the server and leave the Maintenance Mode.
VMware converter: remove hidden Ghost networkcard (nic)
If you convert a physical machine to a virtual machine you’ll probably give it the same ip as it used to have. But when you try to modify the ip address in the TCP/IP settings of your vmware nic you’ll get the error that there is an existing NIC with the same IP address settings. This is where your search starts, but you can’t seem to find another NIC in your VM.