Ok, it's kind of a joke :-) There is single command above but you need the script below to achieve it. usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps/vm/ -server 10.10.4.70 -username administrator -vmname test-vm -vnic 2 -network my-test-network I spent just two hours with some quick re-factoring and below is single linux command which can be used to change virtual network on particular VM for particular VM Network Adapter. Based on Philip's question I've realized that it can be still valuable to some folks even the script was developed back in 2009. To achieve DR testing in isolated network bubble you need to change VM networks, right? In that times I've developed perl function to do it. I even wrote something like VMware's "Site Recovery Manager" to achieve automated disaster recovery fail over, test, and fail back. I used to use Perl SDK to develop several automation projects in the past. In the history, the first scripting toolkit was targeted to linux administrators. If I did try, I would have to flee to Moscow.
#Vmware vm network is unreachable linux windows#
Unfortunately, one of my customers is so paranoid, that I am not allowed on premises with a Windows machine.
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This can be achieved only with Powershell.
#Vmware vm network is unreachable linux how to#
A few weeks ago, here, I posted a question about how to change network for a VM using only Linux command line tools, and some idiot mocked me, told me to study, when in fact, there is no way, as far as I researched. I am very happy that somebody is listening. However I don't agree it is not possible to achieve your goal. That's exactly what linux/*nix oriented vSphere administrators would like to see from VMware. I absolutely agree that PowerCLI is much simpler and feature rich scripting platform than linux alternatives. Philip point out to one practical example where PowerCLI is the the only way how to automate VM network reassign to different network. Philip, thanks for the comment on Cormacs site, I am the Product Manager for CLIs at VMware and I can tell you we hear you loud and clear and we have a plans to bring the linux side of the house up to speed at some point in the future.īy the way, that's exactly what I really like on VMware's community and efficient communication with big corporation what VMware already is. Very well known PowerCLI scripting guru and VMware's Product Manager for CLIs Alan Renouf answered very quickly.
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Just a personal favor, can you ask from the Vmware managers to enforce parity of functionality between management command line tools in Linux and Windows? It is a shame that the Linux tools are so far behind Power Shell. Yesterday I read this Cormac's blog post and one of his reader (Philip Orleans) posted following comment.