#VMWARE LABMANAGER INSTALL#

REM *** setup paths and environment variables It logs on, queries the ESX server, starts a VM, and then shuts down the VM. Here is an example script that runs in an ElectricCommander step. Create ElectricCommander steps that call the utilities.

#VMWARE LABMANAGER INSTALL#

Install the toolkit on the ElectricCommander agent that will run the commands (this could be the ElectricCommander server).

The VMware download site is (requires login)

Download the toolkit for the intended platform.

essentially providing a command-line interface. This Perl toolkit also contains some pre-built utilities to simplify interaction with the ESX serverвЂ¦. VMware provides a Perl toolkit to communicate with ESX servers.

Network fencing around the VMS (allows mulitple copies of the same VM to run at the same time without network naming collisions ).

Lab Manager provides functionality on top of ESX, so naturally, you will not have these functions if you communicate directly with the ESX server. To download this toolkit, a link is provided at the end of this article. You can do just about anything you want to do to the ESX server. Using the VMware Infrastructure Perl Toolkit allows you manipulate the ESX server, storage, resource pools, and VMs. The solution for provisioning ESX servers is similar to Lab Manager, but slightly less functional. If you are not using Lab Manager, this article describes a similar solution that works directly with ESX (VI3) servers, including the tools you need and the techniques to directly manipulate the ESX server. The current integration with VMware requires you to use Lab Manager. ElectricCommander is tightly integrated with VMware Lab Manager, which allows ElectricCommander to easily provision and destroy virtual machines during the build process.

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