snapalert.pl

Monitor your environment for snapshots so they can be dealt with before they become problematic. snapalert.pl uses the VIPerl toolkit to talk directly to you VirtualCenter so there is no component that needs to be installed on each host ( also works with ESXi Installable ). Optionally the script can also generate an email so your reports are waiting for you when you get in to work.

vmpmotion.pl

A simple wrapper script to ease the pain of command-line based Storage VMotion until VMware integrates the functionality into VirtualCenter.

esx-autopatch.pl

A utility to simplify the process of patching VMware ESX 3.x hosts. Written in perl and configurable to allow patching from ftp/http and local repositories. Patchlists last updated 04/10/2008

patchlist.txt for ESX 3.5.0
patchlist.txt for ESX 3.5.0 ( no superceded patches )
patchlist.txt for ESX 3.0.2
patchlist.txt for ESX 3.0.2 ( no superceded patches )
patchlist.txt for ESX 3.0.1
patchlist.txt for ESX 3.0.1 ( no superceded patches )
patchlist.txt for ESX 3.0.0

ESX 2.5 Scripts

ESX 2.x Scripts

A collection of scripts written for ESX 2.x . Occasionally I still find a need for these.

netinfo.pl : Grok the /proc directory for information abot your Intel/Broadcom network cards.
disklist.pl : Generate a list of each disk that is in use by a registered VM, and list the disk state.
commit.pl : Scan the diks of your registered VMs and interactively prompt you to commit REDO logs.
add_redo.pl : Interactively let you select a VM, and a disk and add a REDO log to the specified disk.
vmadmin.pl : Swiss army knife of a script for backups, power operations, adding/committing redo logs etc.
switchlist.pl : List each registered VM and the vSwitch that it is connected to.
backup_mbr.pl : Makes a backup of the partition table for each vmhba disk on the system.