====== VMware ======


===== Firefox unable to display web interface =====

If firefox fails  to display the web interface correctly and the logs show ssl exception errors, you may need to enable sslv2 in firefox about:config:-

  security.enable.ssl2 from false into true 

Chrome does not seem to have this problem.



===== BIOS access =====

To make it easier to access the BIOS setup screen edit the virtual machines configuration (.vmx ) and append one of the following options:
  * bios.forceSetupOnce = "TRUE" -This forces entry to the BIOS setup at startup.
  * bios.bootDelay = "xxxx" -This adds a delay to the initial POST screen, showing it for longer and giving you more time to access the BIOS setup, where xxxx is the number of milliseconds to show the POST screen. (There are 1000 milliseconds in a second.)

===== Console commands =====

vmrun is a command line application for controlling various VM operations. Type the following commands:-

==== List running VM's ====

  [vmware@vm1 ]# vmrun -T server -h 'https://vm1:8333/sdk' -u vmware -p password list
  Total running VMs: 2
  [standard] Trixbox/Trixbox.vmx
  [standard] larch/larch.vmx
  [vmware@vm1 ]#

==== List all VM's ====

  [vmware@vm1 ]# vmrun -T server -h 'https://vm1:8333/sdk' -u vmware -p password listRegisteredVM
  Total registered VMs: 3
  [standard] Trixbox/Trixbox.vmx
  [standard] quince/quince.vmx
  [standard] larch/larch.vmx
  [vmware@vm1 ]#

==== Start a VM ====

  [vmware@vm1 ]# vmrun -T server -h 'https://vm1:8333/sdk' -u vmware -p password start "[standard] quince/quince.vmx"
  [vmware@vm1 ]#
  
Check it is running:-
  [vmware@vm1 ]# vmrun -T server -h 'https://vm1:8333/sdk' -u vmware -p password list
  Total running VMs: 3
  [standard] Trixbox/Trixbox.vmx
  [standard] quince/quince.vmx
  [standard] larch/larch.vmx
  [vmware@vm1 ]#




===== Remote Console access =====

[[http://planetvm.net/blog/?p=330]]

[[http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8840]]



===== Resize a vmdk disk =====

Target os is w2k3 server, need to add extra 2GB to root filesystem.

cd to directory containing disk file.

  [root@optiplex w2k3-1]# pwd
  /data/vmware/VirtualMachines/w2k3-1
  [root@optiplex w2k3-1]# 
  [root@optiplex w2k3-1]# vmware-vdiskmanager -x 8GB  w2k3-1.vmdk
    Grow: 100% done.
  Disk expansion completed successfully.
  
  WARNING: If the virtual disk is partitioned, you must use a third-party
           utility in the virtual machine to expand the size of the
           partitions. For more information, see:
           http://www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1647
  [root@optiplex w2k3-1]#