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While doing some research to get ready to implement the new ESX 3.5 storage vmotion feature I came across some helpful blog posts, and a script that will be a real time saver.

Unlike the vmotion we are used to, you can not right click on a vm in the vi client and initiate a storage vmotion. You have to download VMware-VIRemoteCLI and install it. The VIRemoteCLI can be downloaded as:

* a virtual appliance
* a windows installer
* a linux installer

Once the RemoteCLI is installed in Windows for example, Read the rest of this entry »

VMware Communities: New Script for moving vm to another … contains a thread from this summer about cold migrating a VM from local storage of an ESX server to iSCSI storage. The post contains the code (original and updated versions) for a script to automate this process. The final version allows the migration of a VM to any ESX storage location. I have added the vm-relocate.sh script to the Files page as well.

This script is handy if you do not have Read the rest of this entry »

I stumbled across another interesting Perl script. Paul Gregg – Projects – VMware ESX vmclone.p is a web page that explains the vmclone.pl script which automates cloning a virtual machine. Not a big deal if you have Virtual Center, but for those environments where you have stand alone ESX hosts this script can make life a little easier.

From the web page and the notes of the script: Read the rest of this entry »