====== VmWare ======

Nice free full virtualization system. I am keeping entry of few command line tools for easy referance.

== Start / Stop Guest OS from command line ==
<code bash | stop>
vmrun -h https://localhost:8333/sdk -u root -p <password> stop "[standard] Windows 7/Windows 7.vmx"
</code>

<code bash | start>
vmrun -h https://localhost:8333/sdk -u root -p <password> start "[standard] Windows 7/Windows 7.vmx"
</code>

=== Keyboard mapping in vsphere web client ==
On mac i always had trouble accessing various tab on TTY while using web client.
Found the shortcut and recording here.
<code bash>
FN+Cntrl+Optn+<f(x)>
</code>
<note tip>f(x) could be any function key or combination with alt+ctrl in regular system.</note>
==== vmware-converter-client ====
vmware-converter-client fail loading on 64 bit linux.\\
I have fixed it installing following package.\\

Listed package naming is for fedora 15.

<code bash>
yum install \
glibc.i686 \
libSM.i686 \
libXi.i686 \
libXrender.i686 \
libXrandr.i686 \
libXfixes.i686 \
libXcursor.i686 \
libXinerama.i686 \
libpng.i686 \
freetype.i686 \
fontconfig.i686 \
glib2.i686 \
</code>

That should do it.

==== VDP ====

=== Command line Job Control ===

**To Cancel Running job**
<code bash>
mccli activity cancel --id=<id>
</code>

**To list all running jobs**
<code bash>
mccli activity show --active
</code>

**List all Events**
<code bash>
mccli event show
</code>

**Read log of running job**
<code bash>
mccli activity get-log --id=<id>
</code>

==== iSCSI volumes showing normal, degraded ====
After reboot does not join cluster.[[https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2129058|VmWare]]
<code bash>
# On ESXi Host
esxcfg-advcfg -s 0 /LVM/DisallowSnapshotLun
esxcli storage core adapter rescan --all
vmkfstools -V
# Reboot ESXi host
# Once joined vcenter, wait for few minutes try revert changes.
esxcfg-advcfg -s 1 /LVM/DisallowSnapshotLun
</code>

==== vCenter update issue  ====
While updating following error received.
:!: Update installation failed, vCenter is non-operational.

Please check if all partitions are good.

<code bash>
appliancesh
software-packages install --url
</code>