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Add support for connecting VM to arbitrary networks, update virtualHW.version to work on esxi 6.5 #4

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Allow for multiple networks, update virtualHW.version to run on ESXi 6.5
Feb 22, 2017
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Use vmxnet3 instead of e1000 for better performance and features
Feb 22, 2017
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Add some docs for reference
Feb 22, 2017
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions README.md
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Automatically Virtual Machine creation on an ESXi server

Usage: /bin/sh create.sh options: n <|c|i|r|s>
Usage: /bin/sh create.sh options: n <|c|i|r|s|N>


Where n: Name of VM (required), c: Number of virtual CPUs, i: location of an ISO image, r: RAM size in MB, s: Disk size in GB
Where n: Name of VM (required), c: Number of virtual CPUs, i: location of an ISO image, r: RAM size in MB, s: Disk size in GB, N: Network name (may be specified multiple times)

Default values are: CPU: 2, RAM: 4096MB, HDD-SIZE: 20GB
Default values are: CPU: 2, RAM: 4096MB, HDD-SIZE: 20GB, no network connection
30 changes: 20 additions & 10 deletions create.sh
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phelp() {
echo "Script for automatic Virtual Machine creation for ESX"
echo "Usage: ./create.sh options: n <|c|i|r|s>"
echo "Where n: Name of VM (required), c: Number of virtual CPUs, i: location of an ISO image, r: RAM size in MB, s: Disk size in GB"
echo "Default values are: CPU: 2, RAM: 4096MB, HDD-SIZE: 20GB"
echo "Usage: $(basename $0) options: n <|c|i|r|s|N>"
echo "Where n: Name of VM (required), c: Number of virtual CPUs, i: location of an ISO image, r: RAM size in MB, s: Disk size in GB, N: Network name (can be specified multiple times)"
echo "Default values are: CPU: 2, RAM: 4096MB, HDD-SIZE: 20GB, no network connection"
}

#Setting up some of the default variables
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FLAG=true
ERR=false

ethernet_idx=0

#Error checking will take place as well
#the NAME has to be filled out (i.e. the $NAME variable needs to exist)
#The CPU has to be an integer and it has to be between 1 and 32. Modify the if statement if you want to give more than 32 cores to your Virtual Machine, and also email me pls :)
#You need to assign more than 1 MB of ram, and of course RAM has to be an integer as well
#The HDD-size has to be an integer and has to be greater than 0.
#If the ISO parameter is added, we are checking for an actual .iso extension
while getopts n:c:i:r:s: option
while getopts n:c:i:r:s:N: option
do
case $option in
n)
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MSG="$MSG | The HDD size has to be an integer."
fi
;;
N)
NET_NAME=${OPTARG}
# Create a network record
NET_DEFS="$NET_DEFS\nethernet${ethernet_idx}.present = \"TRUE\"\nethernet${ethernet_idx}.virtualDev = \"vmxnet3\"\nethernet${ethernet_idx}.networkName = \"${NET_NAME}\"\nethernet${ethernet_idx}.generatedAddressOffset = \"0\""
ethernet_idx=$(($ethernet_idx + 1))
;;
\?) echo "Unknown option: -$OPTARG" >&2; phelp; exit 1;;
:) echo "Missing option argument for -$OPTARG" >&2; phelp; exit 1;;
*) echo "Unimplimented option: -$OPTARG" >&2; phelp; exit 1;;
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mkdir ${NAME}

#Creating the actual Virtual Disk file (the HDD) with vmkfstools
# Create the VMDK only when it doesn't exist yet
vmkfstools -c "${SIZE}"G -a lsilogic $NAME/$NAME.vmdk

#Creating the config file
touch $NAME/$NAME.vmx

# For more information about VMX parameters check the files generated by your ESXi UI or see:
# Reference: http://sanbarrow.com/vmx.html
# First rule of vmx: The shorter the VMX the better, VMware can fill the gaps pretty well

#writing information into the configuration file
cat << EOF > $NAME/$NAME.vmx

config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "7"
virtualHW.version = "13"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
displayName = "${NAME}"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"
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pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet0.networkName = "Inside"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
guestOS = "other26xlinux-64"
EOF

echo -e "$NET_DEFS" >> $NAME/$NAME.vmx

#Adding Virtual Machine to VM register - modify your path accordingly!!
MYVM=`vim-cmd solo/registervm /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/${NAME}/${NAME}.vmx`
#Powering up virtual machine:
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