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Script to rename a virtual machine in ESXi 6

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/10

I bumped into [Wayback/Archive] Script to rename a virtual machine in ESXi 6: gist.github.com/Gremgoll/8bd91258d71fe895c0d416e2543ca2dc.

Then I forked it with the intent to make usage more clear, as the current usage on my ESXi rig (which has mos VMs not in the root of data stores) is like the bold italic portion here:

[root@X9SRI3F-ESXi:/vmfs/volumes/608be754-f21556ad-1082-0025907d9d5c/VM] vm-rename.sh NVMe980PRO_1TB/VM X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-OFFICE X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-OFFICE
VOLNAME=NVMe980PRO_1TB/VM
DIRNAME=X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-OFFICE
OLDNAME=X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL
NEWNAME=X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-OFFICE
VM_DIRPATH=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe980PRO_1TB/VM/X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-OFFICE
NW_DIRPATH=/vmfs/volumes/NVMe980PRO_1TB/VM/X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-OFFICE
Failed to rename './X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-flat.vmdk' to './X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-OFFICE-flat.vmdk': The file specified is not a virtual disk (15)
renaming ./X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-41260b40.vmem to ./X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-OFFICE-41260b40.vmem
renaming ./X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-41260b40.vmss to ./X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-OFFICE-41260b40.vmss
renaming ./X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-6a4b8f29.hlog to ./X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-OFFICE-6a4b8f29.hlog
renaming ./X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL.nvram to ./X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-OFFICE.nvram
renaming ./X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL.vmsd to ./X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-OFFICE.vmsd
renaming ./X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL.vmx to ./X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-OFFICE.vmx
renaming ./X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL.vmx.backup to ./X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-OFFICE.vmx.backup
renaming ./X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL.vmxf to ./X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-OFFICE.vmxf
renaming ./vmx-X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-1093012288-1.vswp to ./vmx-X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-OFFICE-1093012288-1.vswp
All Done. You now need to register X9SRI-3F-W10P-NL-OFFICE to the inventory.

There also was a renaming bug (see the italic line).

I managed to fix both that and added more documentation plus output.

Repositories and code

  1. Original:
  2. Fork with added VSAN functionality (see [Wayback/Archive] Revisions · Script to rename a virtual machine in ESXi 6):
  3. My fork of 2:
  4. My fix:

Code before modifying: [Wayback/Archive] gist.githubusercontent.com/jpluimers/fcc601dd41ac89f601a5174be92c841c/raw/e3683fbb6bdf1e73d65d2b784027c70cf42a5512/vm-rename

Code after modifying: [Wayback/Archive] raw.githubusercontent.com/jpluimers/vm-rename/master/vm-rename.sh.

Yes, that is not in a gist any more (see below why), it is now part of [Wayback/Archive] jpluimers/vm-rename: Script to rename a virtual machine in ESXi 6; fork from https://gist.github.com/jpluimers/fcc601dd41ac89f601a5174be92c841c as [Wayback/Archive] vm-rename/vm-rename.sh at master · jpluimers/vm-rename.

The reason was

Yesterday I described the workaround in Fork Gist to Repo on GitHub – Stack Overflow.

Queries

I found the original via [Wayback/Archive] script esxi rename vmx vmxf and related files – Google Search.

My start was [Wayback/Archive] script esxi duplicate vm and rename vmdk – Google Search which found:

  1. [Wayback/Archive] Renaming a virtual machine and its files in VMware ESXi (1029513) which has a PowerCLI script (that requires Windows to run PowerCLI on)
  2. [Wayback/Archive] Solved: How to clone a VM on a ESXI 6.5 server? – VMware Technology Network VMTN which pointed me to the next Google Search result :
  3. [Wayback/Archive] VMware esxi – Script to clone a VM without vSphere or vCenter. | GrangerX which I put in this gist:
  4. [Wayback/Archive] Script to create Linked Clones on ESXi | RedNectar’s Blog which is great, but way to complicate for my use case. It references a few other cool scripts though, and shows how to use Resource Pools in ESXi (which the Web-UI does not seem to support):
  5. [Wayback/Archive] [script] Cloning VMs using ESXi shell/admin console – Virtualizing Unraid – Unraid
  6. [Wayback/Archive] Script to clone a VM with free VMware ESXi – Rob Pomeroy (again: PowerCLI)

–jeroen

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Fork Gist to Repo on GitHub – Stack Overflow

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/09

It is not a full fork and misses a few things (including the Gist description), but is the easiest way to clone a gist to a regular GitHub repository.

I needed it because somehow pushing to gists was denied without explanation or real GitHub feedback.

Another reason is that regular GitHub repositories show you way more information about the commits than Gists do.

Thanks [Wayback/Archive] Noitidart for asking and [Wayback/Archive] Bruno Bronosky for answering at [Wayback/Archive] Fork Gist to Repo on GitHub – Stack Overflow:

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Weer een site waar je geen email addressen mag plakken: Kruidvat. Makkelijk te omzeilen.

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/08

De blokkade van @KruidvatService tegen plakken van email adressen op kruidvat.nl/login/checkout is makkelijk te omzeilen:

  1. JavaScript uitzetten
  2. email plakken
  3. JavaScript aanzetten
  4. “account aanmaken” klikken
  5. rode velden spatie erbij en meteen spatie weg
  6. stap 4.

Bron: [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “De blokkade van @KruidvatService tegen plakken van email adressen op kruidvat.nl is makkelijk te omzeilen: 1. JavaScript uitzetten 2. email plakken 3. JavaScript aanzetten 4. “account aanmaken” klikken 5. rode velden spatie erbij en meteen spatie weg 6. stap 4.”

Gerelateerd:

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Fritz!Box: domeinen in de whitelist om TV-West op de PC te kunnen zien

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/05

Deze moet je in een Fritz!Box zetten om TV-West op een PC te kunnen:

cloudfront.net
omroepwest.bbvms.com
i.regiogroei.cloud
static.regiogroei.cloud
cdn.primed.io
omroepwest.nl

Via [Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers on Twitter: “Zet deze domain in je @AVM_NL #FritzBox op de whitelist om TV West van @omroepwest op je PC te kunnen bekijken: cloudfront.net
omroepwest.bbvms.com i.regiogroei.cloud static.regiogroei.cloud cdn.primed.io omroepwest.nl” / Twitter

–jeroen

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While migrating VMs, I keep forgetting ESXi likes the text .vmdk file with a binary -flat.vmdk, where Fusion/ Workstation/Player like binary .vmdk file (and how to fix this)

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/02

I keep forgetting this, but ESXi likes the text .vmdk file with a binary -flat.vmdk, where Fusion/ Workstation/Player like binary .vmdk file.

Most sites that mention how to solve it love the cryptic parameters like -i  (software developers: when inventing command-line parameters, please use a more descriptive letter for a command) in stead of --clonevirtualdisk), so for instance Migrate VMware Workstation / Fusion VM to ESXi | Ming’s Blog comes up with

[root...] mv Windows-10-64-Enterprise-disk1.vmdk Windows-10-64-Enterprise-disk1.vmdk.fusion
[root...] vmkfstools -i Windows-10-64-Enterprise-disk1.vmdk.fusion Windows-10-64-Enterprise-disk1.vmdk
Destination disk format: VMFS zeroedthick
Cloning disk 'Windows-10-64-Enterprise-disk1.vmdk.fusion'...
Clone: 100% done.

is more readable as

[root...] vmkfstools --clonevirtualdisk Windows-10-64-Enterprise-disk1.vmdk.fusion Windows-10-64-Enterprise-disk1.vmdk

And yes, I wrote about this before, but keep forgetting it applies :

–jeroen

Posted in ESXi6, ESXi6.5, ESXi6.7, Fusion, Power User, Virtualization, VMware, VMware ESXi, VMware Workstation | Leave a Comment »

Gelukkig nieuw ophefjaar! Sinds gisteravond on-line Ophefkalender 2024.pdf – Google Drive van  Marcel Steeman – #ophefkalender: dag 1 ophef is al gelukt!

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/01

Ik wens iedereen vanuit Lisse een mooi 2024 jaar waar ieders hoop vervult wordt.

Dag 1 van Marcel Steenmans #ophefkalender is alvast gelukt:

Politie: ondanks
ongeregeldheden rustig
verlopen jaarwisseling

[Archive] Ophefkalender 2024.pdf – Google Drive

Dit jaar uiteraard met speciale aandacht voor

[Wayback/Archive] Jeroen Wiert Pluimers @wiert@mastodon.social on X: “@msteeman Met de quadriennaal terugkerende traditionele festiviteit “Bejaarde viert 18de verjaardag”.”

Via

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Testing Business Ideas – Resource Library – Strategyzer

Posted by jpluimers on 2024/01/01

Found someone using these: [Wayback/Archive] Testing Business Ideas – Resource Library.

The PDFs are in the Google Search results:

  1. [Wayback/Archive] site:strategyzer.com strategyzer filetype:pdf – Google Search: 1
  2. [Wayback/Archive] site:strategyzer.com strategyzer filetype:pdf – Google Search: 2
  3. [Wayback/Archive] site:strategyzer.com strategyzer filetype:pdf – Google Search: 3
  4. [Wayback/Archive] site:strategyzer.com strategyzer filetype:pdf – Google Search: 4
  5. [Wayback/Archive] site:strategyzer.com strategyzer filetype:pdf – Google Search: 5
  6. [Wayback/Archive] site:strategyzer.com strategyzer filetype:pdf – Google Search: 6
  7. [Wayback/Archive] site:strategyzer.com strategyzer filetype:pdf – Google Search: 7
  8. [Wayback/Archive] site:strategyzer.com strategyzer filetype:pdf – Google Search: 8
  9. [Wayback/Archive] site:strategyzer.com strategyzer filetype:pdf – Google Search: 9
  10. [Wayback/Archive] site:strategyzer.com strategyzer filetype:pdf – Google Search: 10 (empty)

–jeroen

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Datastore Naming Rules – VMware Technology Network VMTN

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/12/29

I was looking for VMware ESXi Datastore Naming Rules, and this was the only really relevant post I could find:

[Wayback/Archive] Datastore Naming Rules – VMware Technology Network VMTN

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VMware ESXi: shell script to get uuid.bios and all Ethernet generatedAddress MAC address values for all VMs

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/12/28

This is a sort of follow-up on ESXi: listing virtual machines with their IP addresses where we ended with this:

I modified the above script to become this:

#!/bin/sh
vmids=`vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms | sed -n -E -e "s/^([[:digit:]]+)s+((S.+S)?)s+([S+])s+(.+.vmx)s+(S+)s+(vmx-[[:digit:]]+)s*?((S.+)?)$/1/p"`
for vmid in ${vmids} ; do
    # powerState values:
    #   Powered off
    #   Powered on
    #   Suspended
    powerState=`vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate ${vmid} | sed '1d'`
    name=`vim-cmd vmsvc/get.config ${vmid} | sed -n -E -e '/(vim.vm.ConfigInfo) {/,/files = (vim.vm.FileInfo) {/ s/^ +name = "(.*)",.*?/1/p'`
    vmPathName=`vim-cmd vmsvc/get.config ${vmid} | sed -n -E -e '/files = (vim.vm.FileInfo) {/,/tools = (vim.vm.ToolsConfigInfo) {/ s/^ +vmPathName = "(.*)",.*?/1/p'`
    # For now, I choose to use only the IPv4 main address from ipAddress, which is in between (vim.vm.GuestInfo) { and net = (vim.vm.GuestInfo.NicInfo) [.
    ipAddress=`vim-cmd vmsvc/get.guest ${vmid} | sed -n -E -e '/(vim.vm.GuestInfo) {/,/net = (vim.vm.GuestInfo.NicInfo) [/ s/^ +ipAddress = "(.*)",.*?/1/p'`
    printf "VM with id %3s has power state %-11s and IPv4=%-15s (name = ${name}; vmPathName = ${vmPathName}).n" "${vmid}" "${powerState}" "${ipAddress}"
done

Now the script grew even larger in to vim-cmd-list-all-VMs-with-IPv4-MAC-uuid.sh:

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css color names – Google Search

Posted by jpluimers on 2023/12/27

I like the featured snipped [WayBack] css color names – Google Search

It points to [WayBack] Quackit: CSS Color Codes which has the below nice table (a few duplicates could be stripped, but the ordering and layout is great!)

Since then, I also found these very interesting pages on web colors that are also useful in any software development environment:

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