http://technoblog.org Technoblogging Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:04:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are many different ways to kill a stuck or hung VM, but for now, I will present to alternatives. First try to run: vmware-cmd /vmfs/volumes/<name_of_datastorage>/<vmname>/<vmname>.vmx stop hard If this for some reasons doesnt work (like me accidentaly deleting the .vmx file), you can try the following: 1. Run the following command (to get a ... http://technoblog.org/2009/01/how-to-kill-a-stuck-or-hung-vm-vmware-esx-35/ While googling around for some documentation of some ESX specific commands, I discovered this command line reference guide for ESX 3.x and ESXi 3.x , written by B2V. Its worth taking a look at. http://technoblog.org/2009/01/esx-3x-and-esxi-3x-command-line-guide/ By default, ssh access is disabled on VMware ESXi 3.5, so how do i enable ssh on VMware ESXi 3.5? First, get shell access on the console: Howto: ESXi shell access Then: 1. Type "vi /etc/inetd.conf" and press "enter". 2. Locate the line that starts with "#ssh     stream  tcp     nowait  root    /sbin/dropbearmulti......." 3. Move the ... http://technoblog.org/2008/10/howto-enable-ssh-on-esxi-35/ VMWare just released new patches for VMware ACE, Player, Server and Workstation. The new versions are VMware ACE 2.0.5, VMware Player 2.0.5, VMware Server 1.0.7 and VMware Workstation 6.0.5. They are trying to patch 3 security issues in VMware Ace, Player and Workstation, and 4 other security issues in VMware server. ... http://technoblog.org/2008/09/vmware-releases-patches/ How to get shell access to your VMWare ESXi server? By default the VMWare ESXi server don't offer shell access (through the menu). But by doing the following, you will be able to access the shell (although its limited): 1. Hook up a screen and a keyboard to the VMWae ESXi server. 2. Press ... http://technoblog.org/2008/08/howto-esxi-shell-access/ I can now confirm that the express patch VMWare released earlier today is working (tested on ESXi 3.5). http://technoblog.org/2008/08/vmware-esx-35-express-patch-working/ The express patch is here! VMWare released it some hours ago. You can download it, and read more on VMWare's page: VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 Update 2 Patch Release http://technoblog.org/2008/08/vmware-esx-35x-bug-update/ Ok, so there is a really big bug in VMWare ESX 3.5/3.5i Update 2. So if you are running an older version, don't upgrade! If you try to power on or resume a suspended Virtual Machine, you get the following error: A general system error occurred: Internal Error This Product has expired. ... http://technoblog.org/2008/08/vmware-esx-35x-bug-and-the-solution/ The latest Mac OS X security update (2008-005) failed to fix (or temporarily solve) the DNS vulnerability in the client version of Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.4. The update solved (temporarily) the same problem in Mac OS X server, but somehow Apple forgot to update the client libraries. The ... http://technoblog.org/2008/08/mac-os-x-dns-workaround-failed/ VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 2 is now available, and free to download! VMware also announced that existing users of VMware Fusion 1.x will be able to download Fusion 2.0 for free. Read the details here: WMware Fusion 2 Beta 2 http://technoblog.org/2008/08/vmware-fusion-20-beta-2/