windows 2008

Change Network adapter type on VM

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After upgrade my vsphere infrastructure to 5.5 i have problem of disconnect network after reboot:

https://communities.vmware.com/thread/498472

Now i have change on my vm windows the network adapter type from e1000 to vmxnet3

I have used this step :

– Save IP Address configuration
– Shutdown VM
– Copy Mac Address
– Remove E1000 network adapter
– Add vmxnet3 network adapter and set manual mac address
– Boot VM
– For windows 2008 and older set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
– Remove, if present, the old network adapter
– Configure ip address…

Change Network adapter type on VM

Clone vm without vcenter

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For clone disk and clone vm without vcenter :

cd /vmfs/volumes/Datastore01Raid10
 /vmfs/volumes/537dfea4-903a2d25-a8c3-00237da1046c # ls
SRVAPP01      SRVDC02       win2008R2ent

/vmfs/volumes/537dfea4-903a2d25-a8c3-00237da1046c # mkdir template2008
vmfs/volumes/537dfea4-903a2d25-a8c3-00237da1046c # vmkfstools -i SRVDC02/SRVDC02.vmdk template2008/template2008.vmdk
Destination disk format: VMFS zeroedthick
Cloning disk ‘SRVDC02/SRVDC02.vmdk’…
Clone: 100% done.
/vmfs/volumes/537dfea4-903a2d25-a8c3-00237da1046c #

And select custom configuration for add existing disk 

and after select other option for the disk “Use an existing virtual disk”

and select the vmdk create .

Clone vm without vcenter

Windows 2008 backup to NAS linkstation Buffalo

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I have this error when try to backup my windows 2008 whit native  backup software to share over NAS linkstation :

 http://kb.backupassist.com/articles.php?aid=3298

 Need to change the configuration of samba, but the smb.conf is Protected

–  Enable access ssh :
Downalod acp_commander.jar from :

 http://downloads.nas-central.org/TOOLS/ALL_LS_KB_ARM9/ACP_COMMANDER/acp_commander.jar

Test connection to NAS

java -jar acp_commander.jar -t <ip nas> -ip <ip nas> -pw adminpasswordhere -c “ls /”


Change root password

java -jar acp_commander.jar -t <ip nas> -ip <ip nas> -pw adminpasswordhere -c “(echo newrootpass;echo newrootpass)|passwd”

Allow root to login on ssh

java -jar acp_commander.jar -t <ip nas> -ip <ip nas> -pw adminpasswordhere -c “sed -i ‘s/UsePAM yes/UsePAM no/g’ /etc/sshd_config”

java -jar acp_commander.jar -t <ip nas> -ip <ip nas> -pw adminpasswordhere -c “sed -i ‘s/PermitRootLogin no/PermitRootLogin yes/g’ /etc/sshd_config”

Restart ssh service

java -jar acp_commander.jar -t <ip nas> -ip <ip nas> -pw adminpasswordhere -c “/etc/init.d/sshd.sh restart”


Now i need to modify smb.conf

ssh connection to NAS

Edit /etc/init.d/smb.sh 

insert  this line :

sed -i ‘/[global]/a    strict allocate = yes ‘ /etc/samba/smb.conf


after 
/usr/local/sbin/nas_configgen -c samba


Restart samba (/etc/init.d/smb.sh restart) or reboot nas
 



Windows 2008 backup to NAS linkstation Buffalo