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1. C Blomart says:

   Would it be possible to have a more detailed docmentation on vmkctl.py
   especialy, are the following things possible trought them:
   -authentication config (including AD membership and user/group def.)... Show more

   Would it be possible to have a more detailed docmentation on vmkctl.py
   especialy, are the following things possible trought them:
   -authentication config (including AD membership and user/group def.)
   -ntp config
   -snmp config
   -datastore name/rename (local datastore)
   -esxupdate (install extra packages @ instalation)
   -multipathing
   -vswitch config
   ...
   a simple api browsing website would be great (might exist but i didn't find it) Show less

   October 10, 2010 at 11:52 am  |  Reply
   • S Brown from says:

     Unfortunately such documentation does not exist. I enjoy browsing the API interactively from a Python prompt on a different TTY when the installer is running.

     October 12, 2010 at 4:19 pm  |  Reply
2. Jogarem says:

   Hi,

   is it possible to get a video tut for the unattended kickstart ?

   Regards
   Thomas

   May 3, 2010 at 2:34 am  |  Reply
   • S Brown from says:

     There are no plans to do a video tutorial, but the scripted install process is thoroughly described in the ESX Installation Guide:

     http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_esx_vc_installation_guide.pdf

     May 3, 2010 at 9:46 am  |  Reply
     • Jonathan Sabo says:

       The installer doesn't support ipappend 2 despite what the documentation claims. ipappend 1 works (this is in the pxelinux.cfg) but that doesn't help you if your management connection isn't on the fir... Show more

       The installer doesn't support ipappend 2 despite what the documentation claims. ipappend 1 works (this is in the pxelinux.cfg) but that doesn't help you if your management connection isn't on the first plugged in cable.

       When will Weasel be fixed to support ipappend 2 like it's documented?

       Can you think of another work around to allow you to have your management connection and service console bound to that management connection on vmnic1 when you have vmnic0 also connected? How do you do that with static leases?

       My goal is to have the service console's vswif0 interface statically assigned and you can't do that because the mac is generated on install with out supporting ipappend 2 if you want to have all your network ports filled and management on something other than the first one.

       Check out Case ID: 1554641361 Show less

       August 9, 2010 at 6:24 am  |  Reply
3. Forbes Guthrie says:

   The video or description doesn't offer any explanation as to what is different or what potential improvements are available under weasel. If you watch the video it just looks identical to the regular... Show more

   The video or description doesn't offer any explanation as to what is different or what potential improvements are available under weasel. If you watch the video it just looks identical to the regular VMware customized anaconda GTK installer. Just wondering what this could bring us? Is it a fork of anaconda or a complete rewrite? Any reason that you couldn't have just pushed your required changes to anaconda upstream? Show less

   March 19, 2010 at 8:51 am  |  Reply
   • S Brown from says:

     There was something like 10% of code that came from Anaconda. So there wasn't much that could have been easily pushed upstream. I remember posting maybe 1 or 2 patches to the Anaconda mailing list. ... Show more

     There was something like 10% of code that came from Anaconda. So there wasn't much that could have been easily pushed upstream. I remember posting maybe 1 or 2 patches to the Anaconda mailing list. We tried to take a lot of lessons from Anaconda and apply them to our goals. Particularly, Weasel is purpose-built to install ESX, so we didn't need the code in Anaconda necessary for backwards-compatibility or that supported non-ESX compatible hardware.

     I think the testing framework is probably one of the most adoptable things for external parties. It also provides many examples for people writing %pre and %post scripts using the vmkctl library. Show less

     March 19, 2010 at 11:35 am  |  Reply