Comments on: Killing in the name of http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/11/27/killing-in-the-name-of/ Building blocks for virtualization... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:34:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dcc http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/11/27/killing-in-the-name-of/comment-page-1/#comment-5350 dcc Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:28:11 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=4662#comment-5350 We were informed last week at a VMware gathering in Halifax NS by a VMware employee that there will be no ESX / COS as of 2011. It will be ESXi only... We were informed last week at a VMware gathering in Halifax NS by a VMware employee that there will be no ESX / COS as of 2011. It will be ESXi only…

]]> By: Matt Simmons http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/11/27/killing-in-the-name-of/comment-page-1/#comment-5314 Matt Simmons Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:08:55 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=4662#comment-5314 @Robert If the beef were more with the local access and less with unsupported, you could enable SSH access via these instructions http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/08/10/howto-esxi-and-ssh/ I've used them and it works great. SFTP isn't supported, but SCP is, and I frequently use that to transfer in iso's for images rather than the slightly more clunky Sphere interface. @Robert

If the beef were more with the local access and less with unsupported, you could enable SSH access via these instructions

http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/08/10/howto-esxi-and-ssh/

I’ve used them and it works great. SFTP isn’t supported, but SCP is, and I frequently use that to transfer in iso’s for images rather than the slightly more clunky Sphere interface.

]]> By: Duncan http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/11/27/killing-in-the-name-of/comment-page-1/#comment-5313 Duncan Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:14:02 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=4662#comment-5313 @nitro / @fernanco , Don't know if it ever happened to you guys but it happens that vmware-cmd just doesn't work. (Same goes for classic ESX) this is when you need to resort to more drastic measures. @nitro / @fernanco , Don’t know if it ever happened to you guys but it happens that vmware-cmd just doesn’t work. (Same goes for classic ESX) this is when you need to resort to more drastic measures.

]]> By: Robert http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/11/27/killing-in-the-name-of/comment-page-1/#comment-5312 Robert Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:54:51 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=4662#comment-5312 The only thing I don't like about that method is one must have console access to do it. Some of our customers' systems do not have remote console access, so heading to the datacenter every time to kill a vm is a bit tedious. However I think the benefits of ESXi vs ESX outweigh the dwindling amount of times we need to manually kill a vm and thus with vSphere I've gotten them to migrate entirely to ESXi. But if VMware had a 'supported' and secure way to do this remotely it would be much easier to persuade customers of it's ability. The only thing I don’t like about that method is one must have console access to do it. Some of our customers’ systems do not have remote console access, so heading to the datacenter every time to kill a vm is a bit tedious.

However I think the benefits of ESXi vs ESX outweigh the dwindling amount of times we need to manually kill a vm and thus with vSphere I’ve gotten them to migrate entirely to ESXi. But if VMware had a ’supported’ and secure way to do this remotely it would be much easier to persuade customers of it’s ability.

]]> By: Fernando http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/11/27/killing-in-the-name-of/comment-page-1/#comment-5311 Fernando Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:25:08 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=4662#comment-5311 Yes, vmware-cmd on vMA or RCLI will also do it. Yes, vmware-cmd on vMA or RCLI will also do it.

]]> By: NiTRo http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/11/27/killing-in-the-name-of/comment-page-1/#comment-5310 NiTRo Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:39:00 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=4662#comment-5310 vmware-cmd on vMA don't do that ? vmware-cmd on vMA don’t do that ?

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