Копирование Fedora, CentOS, RedHat на VMware

ОКРУЖЕНИЕ: VMware ESXi 5.1, CentOS 6, RedHat 6, Fedora 19
ЦЕЛЬ: Подготовить виртуальную машину для копирования или клонирования с VMware ESXi на VMware ESXi .
ПРОБЛЕМА: Не работает сеть после копирования или клонирования
РЕШЕНИЕ:

# Выполняется от пользователя root
# Скопировать конфигурционные файлы в домашнюю директорию
yes | cp -f /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules ~/.
yes | cp -f /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 ~/.
# Изменить конфигурционные файлы
sed -i 's/^SUBSYSTEM/#SUBSYSTEM/g' /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
sed -i 's/^UUID/#UUID/g' /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
sed -i 's/^MACADDR/#MACADDR/g' /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
sed -i 's/^HWADDR/#HWADDR/g' /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
# Почистить перед копированием
rm -rf $(find /tmp -type f)
rm -rf $(find /var/log -type f)
rm -rf $(find /home -type f -name ".bash_history")
rm -fr ~/.bash_history
# Выключить виртуальную машину
poweroff

Скоприровать или экспортировать виртуальную машину.
Восстановить конфигурционные файлы на мастере (если нужно):

yes | cp -f ~/70-persistent-net.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
yes | cp -f ~/ifcfg-eth0 /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/

СКАЧАТЬ:

Shutdown all guests on Vmware virtual host

CURRENT CONFIGURATION: VMware 4.1.0 Build 260247
OBJECTIVE: Shutdown all guests on Vmware virtual host from APC Power Shute client.
SOLUTION: 
Please enable SSH on VMware host. vSphere Client -> Configuration -> Security Profile -> Properties -> SSH -> Start automatically.
Please download putty and run next command on Windows workstation or server.

@START c:\MyFolder\putty\plink.exe -ssh -pw MyPassword root@10.1.1.1 "/sbin/shutdown.sh -r now; /sbin/poweroff"

Copy virtual machine on VmWare - network card issue

CURRENT CONFIGURATION: VMware ESXi 4, Ubuntu server 10.04

OBJECTIVE: Copy virtual machine on VMware

ISSUE: Network Card does not work after Linux virtual machine copy on VMware ESXi

 # /etc/init.d/networking restart
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces...
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device
eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
Failed to bring up eth0.
stop: Unknown instance:

# ifconfig -a
eth0_rename Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:xx:00:xx:00
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

All NIC are installed. Check command is

# lshw -C network

SOLUTION: 

to comment all lines in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

# vi /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

Example:

# PCI device 0x8086:0x100f (e1000)
# SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:00:00:00:xx:01", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"
# PCI device 0x8086:0x100f (e1000)
# SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:00:xx:00:00:02", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="eth0"

Please reboot the Ubuntu server on VMware ESXi.

For Ubuntu server clone (image) creation (moving preparation) use next command on master clone (Source server) before final poweroff (shutdown).

sed -i 's/SUBSYSTEM/#SUBSYSTEM/g' /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

upgrade to VMvare ESXi 4.1 Perl VIRuntime.pm issue

CURRENT CONFIGURATION: VMware ESXi 4.0

OBJECTIVE: upgrade to VMvare ESXi 4.1

ISSUE:

1. VMware vSphere Host Update Utility 4.0 can not update ESXi 4.0 to 4.1

2. Command(1) C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI> vihostupdate.pl --server myESXserver_name_orIP -i -b k:\Downloads\VMWare\VMWare_ESXi\ESXi4.1\upgrade-from-ESXi4.0-to-4.1.0-0.0.260247-release.zip -B ESXi410-GA

returns next error message

Can't locate VMware/VIRuntime.pm in @INC (@INC contains: C:/My_different_perl_version_installation/Perl/site/lib C
:My_different_perl_version_installation/Perl/lib .) at C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin\vihostupdat
e.pl line 13.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\
bin\vihostupdate.pl line 13.

 3. When you had renamed previously installed Perl Folder command(1) would return next window

4. When you added Perl with full patch to command(1) command(2) would return next error message:

Can't open perl script "vihostupdate.pl": No such file or directory

SOLUTION:

1. Download  and install VMware vSphere

2. If you have previously installed Perl please rename Perl installation directory temporary. Example: From  C:/My_different_perl_version_installation/ to C:/__My_different_perl_version_installation/

3. Add Perl with full patch to command(1). Would be command(2)  

C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI> "c:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\Perl\bin\perl.exe" vihostupdate.pl --server myESXserver_name_orIP -i -b k:\Downloads\VMWare\VMWare_ESXi\ESXi4.1\upgrade-from-ESXi4.0-to-4.1.0-0.0.260247-release.zip -B ESXi410-GA

4. Use full path for Perl and vihostupdate.pl. Would be command(3)

C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI> "c:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\Perl\bin\perl.exe" "c:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin\vihostupdate.pl" --server myESXserver_name_orIP -i -b k:\Downloads\VMWare\VMWare_ESXi\ESXi4.1\upgrade-from-ESXi4.0-to-4.1.0-0.0.260247-release.zip -B ESXi410-GA

SOLUTION BOTTOM LINE:

If you have previously installed Perl please rename Perl installation directory temporary.

Use full path for Perl and vihostupdate.pl. Would be command

C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI> "c:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\Perl\bin\perl.exe" "c:\Program Files\VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin\vihostupdate.pl" --server myESXserver_name_orIP -i -b k:\Downloads\VMWare\VMWare_ESXi\ESXi4.1\upgrade-from-ESXi4.0-to-4.1.0-0.0.260247-release.zip -B ESXi410-GA

To VMware: Thanks for nice exercise.

VMware: Underlying file system does not support files that large

CURRENT CONFIGURATION: Windows XP SP2, Western Digital External USB disk with NTFS file system, VMware converter 3.0.3 build-89816.

OBJECTIVE: Convert VMware images from External Disk to VMware ESX Server 3i Version 3.5.0 Build 123629.

ISSUE: DISKLIB-SPARSE: "E:\Clones\filename.vmdk" : failed to open (36872): Underlying file system does not support files that large;
diskLib.sparseMaxFileSizeCheck= "false" in *.vmx file doesn't help;
Convert for mapped network drive doesn't help.

SOLUTION:
Copy files to local disk (with NTFS file system).

VMware ESX server 3i: Unable to find a supported device

CURRENT CONFIGURATION: Supermicro server 5015M-NTV with SATA disk

OBJECTIVE: Install VMware ESX server 3i

ISSUE: Error message appears during the installation
VMware ESX Server 3i 3.5.0 Installer.
Installation operation Failed!
The installation operation has encountered a fatal error: Unable to find a supported device to write the VMware ESX Server 3i 3.5.0 image to.
System Information:
Manufacturer: Supermicro
Model: PDSMU

SOLUTION:
Set in BIOS next settings:
Serial ATA - enabled
SATA Controller Mode: Enhanced
SATA AHCI: Enabled.