VMware

• Useful VMware command line commands
• Cloning a virtual machine using the command line
• vSphere Client auto username & password Login
• configuring VLANs through the command line interface
• Expand Windows Primary Disk
• Enable SSH from ESXi
• Enabling Copy and Paste
• Vmware - windows 7 unidentified network issue
• vReference
• http://mylearn.vmware.com/register.cfm?course=73276
• VMWare Technical Resource Centre
• Running Nested ESXi (ESXi within an ESXi) - LAB use only!
  • Shut down the virtual ESXi5 VM
  • Click Edit Settings (of that VM)
  • Click the Options tab
  • Click Advanced / General / Configuration Parameters…
  • Click Add Row
  • For the Name/Value enter: monitor_control.restrict_backdoor / TRUE
    

• VCP 4 lab
• VCP 4 docs
• VMware SNMP
• Vmware ESXi 4.1 Clipboard Copy and Paste Not working?
• Using Rsync on ESXi

VMware vSphere Clients

** How to copy a VM from ESXi 'A' to ESXi 'B'

• Enable SSH on ESXi Server A
• Enable SSH on ESXi Server A
• Make sure SSH client FW security profile is enabled on Server A (so you can ssh from Server A to Server B)
• The below command will copy the complete VM folder from Server A to Server B
• Use Datastore GUI iunterface on vSphere to add VM to the inventory

NOTE: Enable SSH Client on Firewall on Server A, so it is allowed out!!!

scp -r "/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/<VM Folder>" root@<ipaddress of esxiB>:/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/

Make sure SSH is enabled on both Make sure SSH client FW security profile is enabled on Source Server

https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/replication
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/cloud-systems-management/prime-collaboration/white-paper-c11-735844.html
http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-replication-60/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-replication-60-admin.pdf