change mac on local vm to a static one

If you want to change the mac address on a local vm machine to a static one.
Change the following entries in the vmx file

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "your mac"
Ethernet1.addressType = "generated"
To
ethernet0.Address = "00:etcetc"
ethernet0.addressType = "static"


This is already widely spread but hey more is better ;)

Buslogic to LSI on esx

Ok its written all over the internet but im gonna do it again :)

We have some machines on our esx env. that are still on buslogic configuration. We want to change this to LSI (recommended config by vm). To have a performance increase.
Enviroment (38 xp machines buslogic non persistent)
Steps to take
Shutdown vm
change diskmode
Download the vmx file
edit vmx file
add lsi scsi
upload the vmx file
boot with 2 scsi adapters
shutdown vm
edit vmx file

Ps dont download the latest version from lsilogic. The 1.28.3.0 does not work correctly in windows xp.
I now used 1.20.18.0 from the lsilogic website. This is working. On the esx server itself the version 1.21.26.0 is installed. Not figured out how to use this in the windows xp installation.

Tweak Vmware image

Im trying to find out to have a overview of the tweaks for a vmware client on the esx server.

There are a number of settings that can be done but i cannot find a good overview.
Founded some documentation on it.

http://download3.vmware.com/vmworld/2006/med9518.pdf

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=
displayKC&externalId=9275881
Open Regedit
HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop
Change the value of “ScreenSaveActive” to 0.

Disable
Indexing services on the machine's

Disable updates of the last access time attribute for your NTFS filesystem, especially for i/o intensive vm’s this is a real boost:
Open CMD
fsutil behavior set disablelastaccess 1

Disable all visual effects:
Properties on your desktop
Appearance -> Effects
Disable all options.

Find a certian directory on a machine.

We were facing a problem on the systems that a certain software package was not installed on the machine. We could only find the "bad install's" by looking on the machine for a directory that didnt exist's.

The Query is looking in the add remove programs for "Borland CaliberRM 2006" and the bad install's were the host's that didnt have the directory "c:\\program files\\borland\\java"

You can use this query to modify it yourself. Just replace the names.

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select distinct SMS_R_System.Name, SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM.UserName, SMS_R_System.ResourceId from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_SoftwareFile on SMS_G_System_SoftwareFile.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId inner join SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM on SMS_G_System_COMPUTER_SYSTEM.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_R_System.ResourceId in (select SMS_R_System.Resourceid from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_ADD_REMOVE_PROGRAMS ARP on ARP.ResourceID = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where ARP.DisplayName like "Borland CaliberRM 2006") and SMS_G_System_SoftwareFile.FilePath not like "c:\\program files\\borland\\java" order by SMS_R_System.Name

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sms 2003 query's

SMS Making query's.

http://www.faqshop.com/sms/default.htm?http://faqshop.com/sms/queries.htm

This site comes verry handy.. They always say to do not invent the wheel again.:)
Sometimes u just need to find your thinks on the internet.
Still to make a testenviroment at home... dont have the time..excuse;)