Comments on: 4 Days – 4 Uses for VMware VIX (vmrun) http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/4-days-4-uses-for-vmware-vix-vmrun/ How Many Turtles Can You Fit On A Rock? Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:21:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: professionalvmware http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/4-days-4-uses-for-vmware-vix-vmrun/comment-page-1/#comment-906 professionalvmware Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:19:25 +0000 http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/15/4-days-4-uses-for-vmware-vix-vmrun/#comment-906 Indeed. These commands at least stop-soft depend on the guest being ACPI<br>(APCI?) aware...<br><br>-C Indeed. These commands at least stop-soft depend on the guest being ACPI
(APCI?) aware…

-C

]]> By: xavier http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/4-days-4-uses-for-vmware-vix-vmrun/comment-page-1/#comment-905 xavier Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:30:52 +0000 http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/15/4-days-4-uses-for-vmware-vix-vmrun/#comment-905 How do you cleanly shutdown a NT 4 guest? If you run vmrun with the stop-soft option it stays at the message that it's safe to power off. The stop-hard would do a cold power off which is not good for the OS. How do you cleanly shutdown a NT 4 guest? If you run vmrun with the stop-soft option it stays at the message that it's safe to power off. The stop-hard would do a cold power off which is not good for the OS.

]]> By: professionalvmware http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/4-days-4-uses-for-vmware-vix-vmrun/comment-page-1/#comment-171 professionalvmware Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:19:25 +0000 http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/15/4-days-4-uses-for-vmware-vix-vmrun/#comment-171 Indeed. These commands at least stop-soft depend on the guest being ACPI<br>(APCI?) aware...<br><br>-C Indeed. These commands at least stop-soft depend on the guest being ACPI
(APCI?) aware…

-C

]]> By: xavier http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/4-days-4-uses-for-vmware-vix-vmrun/comment-page-1/#comment-169 xavier Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:30:52 +0000 http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/15/4-days-4-uses-for-vmware-vix-vmrun/#comment-169 How do you cleanly shutdown a NT 4 guest? If you run vmrun with the stop-soft option it stays at the message that it's safe to power off. The stop-hard would do a cold power off which is not good for the OS. How do you cleanly shutdown a NT 4 guest? If you run vmrun with the stop-soft option it stays at the message that it's safe to power off. The stop-hard would do a cold power off which is not good for the OS.

]]> By: professionalvmware http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/4-days-4-uses-for-vmware-vix-vmrun/comment-page-1/#comment-93 professionalvmware Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:50:11 +0000 http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/15/4-days-4-uses-for-vmware-vix-vmrun/#comment-93 If you can do it via the CLI, you should be able to do it via VIX as well.<br>What platform are you trying to change hostnames on? If you can do it via the CLI, you should be able to do it via VIX as well.
What platform are you trying to change hostnames on?

]]> By: professionalvmware http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/4-days-4-uses-for-vmware-vix-vmrun/comment-page-1/#comment-71 professionalvmware Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:50:11 +0000 http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/15/4-days-4-uses-for-vmware-vix-vmrun/#comment-71 If you can do it via the CLI, you should be able to do it via VIX as well.<br>What platform are you trying to change hostnames on? If you can do it via the CLI, you should be able to do it via VIX as well.
What platform are you trying to change hostnames on?

]]> By: Aaron http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/4-days-4-uses-for-vmware-vix-vmrun/comment-page-1/#comment-68 Aaron Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:23:43 +0000 http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/15/4-days-4-uses-for-vmware-vix-vmrun/#comment-68 Is there a way to set the hostname of the guest via the VIX API ? Is there a way to set the hostname of the guest via the VIX API ?

]]> By: professionalvmware http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/4-days-4-uses-for-vmware-vix-vmrun/comment-page-1/#comment-35 professionalvmware Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:32:27 +0000 http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/15/4-days-4-uses-for-vmware-vix-vmrun/#comment-35 1. Changing DNS & Routes, easy enough, both default routes as well as injecting static routes?<br>2. Also easy enough.<br>3. If you've got a demo, I'll post it, no problem. If you'd like I can play with it some to see how it all works, and post results. You tell me. 1. Changing DNS & Routes, easy enough, both default routes as well as injecting static routes?
2. Also easy enough.
3. If you've got a demo, I'll post it, no problem. If you'd like I can play with it some to see how it all works, and post results. You tell me.

]]> By: Carter Shanklin http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/4-days-4-uses-for-vmware-vix-vmrun/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Carter Shanklin Mon, 15 Dec 2008 18:45:29 +0000 http://professionalvmware.com/2008/12/15/4-days-4-uses-for-vmware-vix-vmrun/#comment-32 Resizing the guest hard disk is a great one, I'm working on a demo for this but feel free to "scoop" me.<br><br>Changing guest DNS or route. Restarting DHCP. These are a few good things to run through if a machine mysteriously becomes unreachable.<br><br>Defragmenting the guest hard disk on Windows.<br><br>Lots of possibilities here and we're just getting started. Resizing the guest hard disk is a great one, I'm working on a demo for this but feel free to “scoop” me.

Changing guest DNS or route. Restarting DHCP. These are a few good things to run through if a machine mysteriously becomes unreachable.

Defragmenting the guest hard disk on Windows.

Lots of possibilities here and we're just getting started.

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