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Category: Virtualization

Linux

Mount VMware virtual disk VMDK-file in a physical linux machine

This example has been used on a machine with VMware Workstation 9 installed locally. To mount a VMDK-file you can use the VMware command vmware-mount like this $ sudo vmware-mount /path/to/vmdk/file/name-of-vmdk-file.vmdk 1 /path/to/mount/point In the example above we have mounted partition 1 in the VMDK-file from the disk /path/to/vmdk/file/name-of-vmdk-file.vmdk The files are now accessible from […]

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Virtualization

Install free VMware 5.1 Hypervisor on HP Z600

This is just some short notes on how you can manage to install the free VMware 5.1 Hypervisor on a HP Z600 Workstation. I assume you have already downloaded the installer from http://vmware.com As always when you would like to utilize virtualization in your CPU you have to enable the following BIOS settings Advanced Chipset […]

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Virtualization

Howto enter VMware ESXi license key after it has expired

“Disable VMware ESX” is the warning message that is displayed when you open your VMware vSphere Client after the 60-day evaluation period has expired without typing in a new license key for your free VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5 install. You cannot type in the license key in the vSphere Client after the evaluation period has […]

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Virtualization

VMware Tools one-liners using PowerCli

This short post is about VMware Tools on VM guests running in a vSphere 5.x cluster/hosts. This PowerCli one-liner creates a list of VM guests where the VMware Tools CDROM/ISO is mounted: (Get-VM | Get-View | Where {$_.Runtime.ToolsInstallerMounted}) | % {$_.Name} Unmount the VMware Tools installer CDROM on all VM guests. This is useful to […]

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