Find all .txt files with find: find / -name \\\*\.txt Find all files with pattern: find /path/to/files -type f -exec grep "pattern" {} /dev/null \\; Finding Files Less than 5MB… find / -name '\*' -size -5000k Finding Files Greater than 1 GB… find / -size +1000000k Finding Files modified in the last 10 Minutes… find / -amin -10 -name '\*' Finding Files modified in the last 10 hours… find / -atime -2 -name '*' Finding Files excluding the Mounted filesystems…...
Use the command: vmkfstools -X xxG -X - Grow the virtual disk. xxG and xxM - GB or MB in size.
Had this crazy customer who wanted to set static IP addresses for her View Desktops. Here are her requirements: I dont want a DHCP server Sysprep is not allowed ..and I want to automate configuring my VM’s with static IP addresses with quick prep! I have a file with the desktop names and their static IP addresses. Solution: Copy the file to the parent/master VM Create a batch script that reads off the file and sets the static IP In the parent VM, use the RunOnceEx registry key to run the batch file once
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How do you create the vmdk descriptor file when you have just the flat vmdk file? Find the size of the -flat.vmdk file. "ls -l" will list the files and their sizes Use vmkfstools to create a thin vmdk disk with the same size as the “-flat.vmdk disk in a temporary folder” syntax: "vmkfstools -c m -d thin -a lsilogic /tmp/[filename]" -c : can be specified in kilobytes, megabytes or gigabytes....