Automating VMWare ESX

* http://ben.neise.co.uk/index.php/2009/03/intro-to-powercli/

VMware vSphere Client on Windows 7

Frustratingly there is an issue here. After installing the client, and trying to connect, this message is shown:

“Error parsing the server “server name” “clients.xml” file.”

http://www.techhead.co.uk/running-vmware-vsphere-client-on-windows-7

The above blog post worked for me. Irritated I had to though.

Run CENTOS VM in background on Windows for Free with VMware

A developer at work wanted to do this and here are the pointers I gave him.

1. Download VMware Server for free from VMware. [http://www.vmware.com/products/server/]
2. Download the ISO for CENTOS and put it in your "C:\Virtual Machines" folder, then mount it from within VMware from the "Datastore". [I get them from http://www.kernel.org]
3. Make sure the Intel VM Extensions are enabled in your BIOS if you have them.
4. Install CENTOS on VM as you would for a Physical PC.
5. Setup SSH and SCP and then interact with your box via PuTTY, WinSCP and HTTP.

He seemed pretty pleased with the outcome.