VMware ESXi White Boxes

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Asus M4A89GTD PRO / VMware ESXi 5.1.0 Build 799733

AMD Phenom II X6 1075T
32 GB Memory (Corsair Vengeance 4 x 8 GB)
onBoard SATA
onBoard RTL8111E Network Controller
2 x Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter
1 x Intel Pro/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter

Asus M4A78T-E BIOS 3406 / VMware ESXi 5.0.0 Build 469512

1 x Intel Pro/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter
2 x Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter
onBoard SATA
Dawicontrol DC-7210 RAID (2 x 1 TB SATAII Raid 1)
16 GB Memory (Corsair Vegeance PC3-12800U)
AMD Athlon II X4 620 4x 2.60GHz

Asus M2NPV-VM / M2NPV-MX Beta BIOS 5005 / VMware ESXi 5.1.0 Build 799733

AMD Athlon 5050e Dual Core
8 GB Memory
Dawicontrol DC-7210 RAID (2 x 1 TB SATAII Raid 1)
onBoard SATA
onBoard nVidia NForce Network Controller
Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter

LINKS:

www.vm-help.com
www.vm-help.com/forum
VMWare Community Hardware Software

ESXi 5 Scriptable Power Management Settings Commands

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esxcfg-advcfg

# Get the current Active Policy
esxcfg-advcfg –get /Power/CpuPolicy

# Low Power
esxcfg-advcfg -s low /Power/CpuPolicy

# Balanced
esxcfg-advcfg -s dynamic /Power/CpuPolicy

# High Performance
esxcfg-advcfg -s static /Power/CpuPolicy
esxcli
# Get the current Active Policy
esxcli system settings advanced list -o “/Power/CpuPolicy”

# Low Power
esxcli system settings advanced set -o “/Power/CpuPolicy” –string-value “low”

# Balanced
esxcli system settings advanced set -o “/Power/CpuPolicy” –string-value “dynamic”

# High Performance
esxcli system settings advanced set -o “/Power/CpuPolicy” –string-value “Static”

from Linux
ssh root@ESXi-HOSTNAME-OR-IP “esxcli system settings advanced set -o “/Power/CpuPolicy” –string-value “low””

from Windows
plink root@ESXi-HOSTNAME-OR-IP -l root -pw PASSWORD “esxcli system settings advanced set -o “/Power/CpuPolicy” –string-value “low””

Simple Showcenter 1000 Server with Apache

File and Directory Structure

index.php
./tmp
./media/video
./media/music
./media/picture

index.php

<html>
<body>
<a href="http://[IP-Address]:[Port]">Refresh</a><br>
<?php
 
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', TRUE);
 
function get_media($dir) {
$files = array();
  if ($handle = opendir($dir)) {
    while (false !== ($file = readdir($handle))) {
      if ($file != "." && $file != "..") {
        if (is_dir("$dir/$file")) {
          $files = array_merge($files, get_media("$dir/$file"));
        } else {
          $files[] = ("$dir/$file");
        }
      }
    }
    closedir($handle);
  }
  asort($files);
  return $files;
}
 
# $current_path = dirname(__FILE__);
# $dir = $current_path."/media";

$dir = "media";
 
$media = get_media($dir);
 
foreach ($media as $value) {
    $file = md5($value);
    $handle = fopen("tmp/".$file,"w");
    fwrite($handle,"|0|0|[IP-Address]:[Port]/".$value."| + #13#10");
    ?>
    <br>
    <a href="tmp/<?php echo $file; ?>" vod="playlist"><?php echo $value; ?></a>
    <?php
}
 
?>
</body>
</html>

Boot WinPE from Linux PXE Server

The information in this article may be outdated

Get WAIK

Download [[https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=94bb6e34-d890-4932-81a5-5b50c657de08|Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008]] and install.

create mkWinPE.cmd and execute

“C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\imagex.exe” /unmount /commit c:\winpe_x86\mount
if exist c:\WinPE_x86 rd c:\WinPE_x86 /S /Q
md c:\WinPE_x86
md c:\WinPE_x86\ISO
md c:\WinPE_x86\mount
if exist “C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\x86\bootmgr” copy “C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\x86\bootmgr” “c:\WinPE_x86\ISO”
if exist “C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\x86\bootmgr.efi” copy “C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\x86\bootmgr.efi” “c:\WinPE_x86\ISO”
if exist “C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\x86\boot\etfsboot.com”copy “C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\x86\boot\etfsboot.com” “c:\WinPE_x86”
if exist “C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\x86\boot\efisys.bin” copy “C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\x86\boot\efisys.bin” “c:\WinPE_x86”
if exist “C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\x86\boot” xcopy /cherky “C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\x86\boot” “c:\WinPE_x86\ISO\boot\”
if exist “C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\x86\EFI” xcopy /cherky “C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\x86\EFI” “c:\WinPE_x86\ISO\EFI\”
copy “C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\x86\winpe.wim” “c:\WinPE_x86\winpe.wim”
copy “C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\x86\winpe.wim” “c:\WinPE_x86\ISO\sources\boot.wim”

if exist c:\tftpboot rd c:\tftpboot /S /Q
md c:\tftpboot
md c:\tftpboot\Boot
md c:\tftpboot\Boot\Fonts

bcdedit -createstore c:\tftpboot\Boot\BCD
Bcdedit /store c:\tftpboot\Boot\BCD /create {ramdiskoptions} /d “Ramdisk options”
bcdedit /store c:\tftpboot\Boot\BCD /set {ramdiskoptions} ramdisksdidevice boot
bcdedit /store c:\tftpboot\Boot\BCD /set {ramdiskoptions} ramdisksdipath \Boot\boot.sdi
for /f “Tokens=3” %%i in (‘bcdedit /store c:\tftpboot\Boot\BCD /create /d “WinPE 2.0” /application osloader’) do set GUID=%%i
bcdedit /store c:\tftpboot\Boot\BCD /set %GUID% systemroot \Windows
bcdedit /store c:\tftpboot\Boot\BCD /set %GUID% detecthal Yes
bcdedit /store c:\tftpboot\Boot\BCD /set %GUID% winpe Yes
bcdedit /store c:\tftpboot\Boot\BCD /set %GUID% osdevice ramdisk=[boot]\Boot\winpe.wim,{ramdiskoptions}
bcdedit /store c:\tftpboot\Boot\BCD /set %GUID% device ramdisk=[boot]\Boot\winpe.wim,{ramdiskoptions}
bcdedit /store c:\tftpboot\Boot\BCD /create {bootmgr} /d “WinPE 2.0”
bcdedit /store c:\tftpboot\Boot\BCD /set {bootmgr} timeout 1
bcdedit /store c:\tftpboot\Boot\BCD /set {bootmgr} displayorder %GUID%
bcdedit /store c:\tftpboot\Boot\BCD

“C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\x86\imagex.exe” /mountrw c:\WinPE_x86\winpe.wim 1 c:\WinPE_x86\mount
“c:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\peimg.exe” /install=WinPE-HTA-Package c:\winpe_x86\mount\Windows
“c:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\peimg.exe” /install=WinPE-MDAC-Package c:\winpe_x86\mount\Windows
“c:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\peimg.exe” /install=WinPE-Scripting-Package c:\winpe_x86\mount\Windows
“c:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\peimg.exe” /install=WinPE-XML-Package c:\winpe_x86\mount\Windows
imagex /unmount c:\WinPE_x86\mount /commit

copy c:\winpe_x86\mount\Windows\Boot\PXE\*.* c:\tftpboot\
copy “c:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\x86\boot\boot.sdi” c:\tftpboot\
copy c:\winpe_x86\winpe.wim c:\tftpboot\
copy “c:\WinPE_x86\ISO\boot\fonts\wgl4_boot.ttf” c:\tftpboot\Boot\Fonts

DHCP

<code>
apt-get install dhcp3-server
….
</code>

edit /etc/dhcpd/dhcpd.conf

host tftpclient {
hardware ethernet [MAC-Adresse des PXE Clients];
fixed-address [IP-Adresse des PXE Clients];
filename “Boot/pxeboot.n12”;

TFTP

apt-get install tftpd-hpa

edit /etc/default/tftpd-hpa

RUN_DAEMON=”yes”
OPTIONS=”-v -l -m /etc/default/tftpd.rules -s /tftpboot”

create /etc/default/tftpd.rules

rg \\ / # Convert backslashes to slashes

PXE

[[http://syslinux.zytor.com/pxe.php]]

….

/tftpdboot/pxelinux.cfg/default

label winpe2
kernel /Boot/pxeboot.n12

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