Vmware
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VMware Workstation Player
It can run images on a Windows Host for example
vCloud / vCD Cloud Director
It is a Cloud Management Platform CPM.
Web interface to manage different vServers. When the vServers (including their clusters with different ESXi) are connected to vCloud, the resources can't be managed from the vCenter, but they have to be managed by the vCloud (no vSphere is used anymore).
VIM
A cluster used to run the vCloud, it includes ActiveDirectory, Virtual Cloud Director, etc. It's a diferent cluster than the vCenters that are connected.
VMWare Server
Default VM host
VMWare Center
To connect diferent VMWare Servers, and to clone etc.
You require to pay a licence.
VMWare vSphere
Client to connect to a VMWare Server or Center
VMWare Converter
To clone, move, VMs And to create a VM from a Physical machine:
- 1) Download and install VMWare Server on your test system. Unless you prefer default options will work for most environments. You can download this product from www.vmware.com
- 2)Install VMWare vCenter Converter On the server you wish to convert install vCenter Converter selecting default options.
- 3) Run VMWare Converter
- 1) Map a network drive to the VMWare Server
- 2) Open vCenter Converter
- 3) Select Convert a Powered on Machine and select local machine
- 4) On the next screen you can change hardware options for the VM, if you need to change number of processers or memory.
- 5) Set the network connections to not power on with the server so that you don't step on the production system
- 6) Run the converter
http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/483-how-to-create-a-vmware-clone-of-a-physical-server
Cloning a VM without vCenter in ESXi 5.1 free edition
http://nchrissos.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/cloning-a-vm-without-vcenter-in-esxi-5-1-free-edition/
First connect to the VSphere using the vSphere client and power off the source VM. vSphere client User Interface
vSphere client User Interface
Select the Configuration tab and Storage settings on the left menu. The Datastores list will come up on the right pane. vSphere Datastores
vSphere Datastores
Right click on the datastore of the source VM and select Browse. Datastore
Datastore
Right click on the root folder on the left tree and create a new folder. e.g Application Copying the files
Copying the files
Select the source folder of the VM to be cloned (2008R2 Machine in this example) and select the configuration file (.vmx) and the virtual disk file (.vmdk). Right click and copy them to clipboard. Now select the destination folder and paste the two files. Finally, right click the copied .vmx file and select Add to Inventory. Add to Inventory wizard
Add to Inventory wizard
Enter the name of the cloned VM and finish the wizard. Now the VM has been created to the vSphere hypervisor.
In case of using a VM as a template you should make sure that the template is unique everytime. So you must use sysprep utility to generalize the VM. In case of windows 2008R2 sysprep is included in the windows installation, under the folder c:\windows\System32\sysprep. This utility exists for other Windows versions as well. Sysprep utility
Sysprep utility
Run sysprep and select Enter System Out-of-Box Experience, check the Generalize box and select Shutdown. Make a generic VM template
Make a generic VM template
Now everytime you power on the template VM, a mini setup will come up to configure your new VM.
Compacting a .vmki virtual disk (also used by VirtualBox)
In the guest VM (windows)
Previously defragment and/or fill with 0 emtpy space using: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb897443.aspx
sdelete -z c:
In the Host Machine (Linux)
Download vdiskmanager from: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1023856
uncompress:
unzip 1023856-vdiskmanager-linux.7.0.1.zip
Compact:
./1023856-vmware-vdiskmanager-linux.7.0.1 -k ../VirtualBox\ VMs/Win7eliteVMDK2/win7-disk1-100gb.vmdk
Maybe it requires (if you get error about libcrypto.so.0.9.8):
sudo apt-get install libssl0.9.8:i386
