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admin:esxi [2023/03/20 11:14]
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admin:esxi [2023/03/27 11:26]
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   vmware_guestd_enable="YES"   vmware_guestd_enable="YES"
  
 +==== DL380ws lab 24h clones ====
 +- Create VM
 +  - Name: dl380wsXX
 +  - Compatibility: ESXI 5.1 and later (VM version 9)
 +  - Guest OS family: Linux
 +  - Guest OS Version: Ubuntu Linux 64-bit
  
 +  - Storage: 600GB datastore
 +
 +  - CPUs: 4
 +  - RAM: 2GB
 +  - HDD: 128GB thin provisioned
 +  - Network: VLAN74 Network
 +
 +- Setup drbl, scylla, uranus for boot/usage (see other guide)
 +
 +- Boot from network (PXE) and restore ubuntu image
 +    - Copy MAC address (Edit settings->Network Adapter 1->MAC Address)
 +    - Add to drbl dhcpd.conf
 +    - service isc-dhcp-server restart
 +
 +- Install open-vm-tools (instead of vmware tools)
 +  apt -y install open-vm-tools
 +
 +- Stop and disable lightdm (gui not needed)
 +  service lightdm stop
 +  systemctl disable lightdm.service
 +
 +- Enable VM autostart (ESXi->VM->Autostart->Enable)
 +
 +- Set noshutdown flag
 +  touch /etc/cse_updates/noshutdown
 +
 +Install cse updates (last update in ubuntu22.04-hp705ws02-2022-10-10-12-img = openjdk8)\\
 +\\
 +- Include updates:
 +  python3-mysql-connector.sh cache-download.sh turnin-suid.sh ncal.sh nam-fixed.sh 2204extras.sh etc.
 +- Exclude gui based/VM updates:
 +  orcad-quartus.sh gns3lab.sh chrome.sh unity3d.sh texstudio.sh
 +
 +
 +==== Convert thick vmdk disk files to thin ====
 +  vmkfstools -i vm01.vmdk -d thin thin-vm01.vmdk
  
 ===== iSCSI multipath (OLD, decommissioned 9/2022) ===== ===== iSCSI multipath (OLD, decommissioned 9/2022) =====
admin/esxi.txt · Last modified: 2024/03/29 11:51 by peppe