Command line tips and tricks #2

Three totally different command line tips/tricks this time:

  1. Dump a specific disk via the VCB Proxy monolithic(1 big chunk):
    Open a cmd and goto your VCB installation path
    “vcbexport.exe -M 1 -d test01.vmdk -s TestVM/TestVM.vmdk”
  2. Any swapping going on or more info on memory usage in general:
    Open a putty sesion to your ESX box
    “watch -n 1 cat /proc/vmware/sched/mem”
  3. Reinitialize the VirtualCenter Database:
    Stop the service
    Start vpxd.exe with the option “-b”
    CAUTION, this will wipe out the entire database, this is a last resort!

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