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From: SRMoll on 28 Jun 2010 18:15
On 28 June, 21:38, Chris Ridd <chrisr...(a)mac.com> wrote:
> On 2010-06-28 21:25:22 +0100, Gavin said:
>
> > On 2010-06-28 21:20:05 +0100, Chris Ridd <chrisr...(a)mac.com> said:
> >> *Very* custom, as Red Hat include KVM and not VMware's hypervisor.
>
> > Still though - thats what its underpinnings are - and yet no Linux/
> > Unix nor OSX Client.
>
> The userspace might be Red Hat-ish, I guess. Never bothered looking.
>
> I thought there was a Linux programmatic (perl?) interface? Obviously
> porting GUIs is hard work, but there's no reason a perl API couldn't be
> ported to other Unixes.
> --
> Chris

It is my understanding that the 'Red Hat(ish)' element of ESX was the
service console. This doesn't exist in ESXi, and in future releases
the expectation is that there will not be an ESX version, so the
service console will not be an element of VMware's vSphere Hypervisor.
They are pushing the use of the Remote Command Line Interface (RCLI)
instead. You can get a sort of service console like interface, using a
hidden login to ESXi, but its features are not well documented, and
seem to be based on an older command list.

Also there is a pretty good Linux client that can be used for ESXi
hosted VMs, it is called "VMware Player". When run from the command
line, there are switches which allow the Ip address of an ESX Host to
be specified, rather than the path to a VMX file. In fact in some ways
it is better than the vSphere client, because the interface is simpler
and cleaner.

VMware player on Windows can be used in the same way too, but the
command line switches are not as comprehensive as the Linux
counterpart, and seem more difficult to use.
From: Chris Ridd on 29 Jun 2010 01:03
On 2010-06-28 23:15:54 +0100, SRMoll said:

> Also there is a pretty good Linux client that can be used for ESXi
> hosted VMs, it is called "VMware Player". When run from the command
> line, there are switches which allow the Ip address of an ESX Host to
> be specified, rather than the path to a VMX file. In fact in some ways
> it is better than the vSphere client, because the interface is simpler
> and cleaner.

Now *that's* interesting. Have you got any references to these
command-line options?

> VMware player on Windows can be used in the same way too, but the
> command line switches are not as comprehensive as the Linux
> counterpart, and seem more difficult to use.

Any sign of these flags in VMware Fusion? (Hope against hope!)
--
Chris

From: Sak Wathanasin on 29 Jun 2010 05:28
On 29 June, 06:03, Chris Ridd <chrisr...(a)mac.com> wrote:
> On 2010-06-28 23:15:54 +0100, SRMoll said:
>
> > Also there is a pretty good Linux client that can be used for ESXi
> > hosted VMs, it is called "VMware Player". When run from the command
> > line, there are switches which allow the Ip address of an ESX Host to
> > be specified, rather than the path to a VMX file. In fact in some ways
> > it is better than the vSphere client, because the interface is simpler
> > and cleaner.
>
> Now *that's* interesting. Have you got any references to these
> command-line options?

I'd be interested in this too: I gave up my Windows box at my client's
site but sometimes need to vSphere; it'd be good if I could do it from
the Linux dev box.
From: SRMoll on 29 Jun 2010 11:50
On 29 June, 10:28, Sak Wathanasin <s...(a)nan.co.uk> wrote:
> On 29 June, 06:03, Chris Ridd <chrisr...(a)mac.com> wrote:
>
> > On 2010-06-28 23:15:54 +0100, SRMoll said:
>
> > > Also there is a pretty good Linux client that can be used for ESXi
> > > hosted VMs, it is called "VMware Player". When run from the command
> > > line, there are switches which allow the Ip address of an ESX Host to
> > > be specified, rather than the path to a VMX file. In fact in some ways
> > > it is better than the vSphere client, because the interface is simpler
> > > and cleaner.
>
> > Now *that's* interesting. Have you got any references to these
> > command-line options?
>
> I'd be interested in this too: I gave up my Windows box at my client's
> site but sometimes need to vSphere; it'd be good if I could do it from
> the Linux dev box.



http://www.vi-toolkit.com/wiki/index.php/Vmplayer

As I say, its largely undocumented, but a good Googling can trawl up
some examples. The Linux VMPLayer is better than the Windows one,
which doesn't work as well this way. Sadly none of the Mac OS X
solutions have a similar ability. Mind you, that is not to say it
isn't there. It might be, but again undocumented and no-one has
discovered it yet.

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