Posts filed under 'Projects/Scripts'
January 4th, 2008
I have written a perl script that screen scrapes the vmware patches pages and generates an output that can be used in esx upgrade scripts
To view the sample, visit following pages (re-generated every 4 hours):
VmWare ESX 3.0.0 - http://www.serverchief.com/esx-updater/feed/vi3_patches_300.txt
VmWare ESX 3.0.1 - http://www.serverchief.com/esx-updater/feed/vi3_patches_301.txt
VmWare ESX 3.0.2 - http://www.serverchief.com/esx-updater/feed/vi3_patches_302.txt
The perl source code is available Script is realeased under GPL License Agreement, please give author a credit, if used in your environment. 
Enjoy …
July 26th, 2007
Project Purpose:
CURRENT STATUS: VmWare site changes detected, adjusting the script to work with latest changes, please check back later
ESX Updater 3.x project has been created to simplify the patch management of ESX 3.x hosts. It connects to vmware site, downloads and installs various update packages you choose. It is intelligent enough to autodetect ESX version you are running, checks for internet connectivity and root permissions. Moreover, script lets user choose which packages can be installed (critical, general, security or all).
Written in bash, script should run on ESX 3.x host. Please note, if ESX host is in active state - serving VMs, prior to update, all VMs must be either VMontion(ed) to another ESX host or shutdown. Since ESX 3.x comes stripped of all essential utilities, this script comes bundled with GNU wget utility from RHEL3 that will work on VmWare ESX 3.x.
Watch video demo on ESX-Updater in action
Script Type: VmWare ESX 3.x Edition -> this script must be run on VmWare ESX 3.x host. If your ESX host does not have internet connectivty, please use this script instead.
Requirements:
The ESX host must have internet connectivity.
Script must be ran as a root user in order to auto-install packages.
Supported OS:
ESX 3.0.0 and ESX 3.0.1
How it Works:
Watch this video, just click on the image below….
It is highly recommended to reboot upon completion of updates.
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Latest Updates and Bug Fixes
Release v.05:
Added support for bundle patches
Added ability to check for missing packages
Added ability to install only required packages
Script can now be used to update ESX 3.x servers that were previously patched, it will only attempt to install new or missing patches.
Release v.04
Added ESX autodetect feature
Release v.03
Enhanced logic for detecting proper patches on VmWare site
Added wget utility that is supported by ESX 3.x for ease of updates
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Download ESX 3.x Updater - ESX host Edition
(This script will download and generate patch installation package)
Questions, issues, comments or suggestions, post them here. Make sure to include what Linux OS you are running and if you have general GNU utilities installed.
Happy VmWaring!
July 20th, 2007
Project Purpose:
This project is dedicated to ease the usage and tracking of IP space within your network. It has been specifically written for sys and network admins. Comes with nice web GUI, gives you a general overview of a specific VLAN with many features…
Features include:
Detailed IP report on specific VLAN
IP to DNS Hostname Lookups
PING health check for host up/down
NMAP report with all open ports on IP
Screenshot below…
Ability to add comments/reservartions on specific IP
History of IP Changes within your VLAN (90% done)
Ability to sort IP’s by different criterias, DEAD/ALIVE/DNS/No DNS/Etc..
Multi-threaded Engine for faster scans..
The scanning engine is Bash shell script.
The web gui is PHP/MySQL, written using CakePHP framework
Screenshots:
Alpha release is available for download as a VM Image.
More info coming soon…
July 19th, 2007
Project purpose:
To simplify ESX Updates even further, I’m writting all in one web application with following features:
Automatically goes out to VmWare site and looks for new patches
If new patches found, downloads it to a local repository
Analyzes your currently configured ESX hosts against latest available patches
Gives suggestions as to which packages to apply
Ability to manage many ESX hosts via web interface
Full SSH support & ability to send remote commands and interact with the shell via web
In other words, all features VmWare VI3 does not have.
Willing to join or be a tester? Drop me a line…
July 12th, 2007
Project Purpose:
CURRENT STATUS: VmWare site changes detected, adjusting the script to work with latest changes, please check back later!
ESX Updater 3.x project has been created to simplify the patch management of ESX 3.x hosts. It connects to vmware site and downloads various update packages you choose (critical, general, security or all). It creates tar.gz file with install script. Written in bash, it must be run on non-esx, preferably Linux host, to create tar.gz installer. Script must be ran on Linux with general GNU utilities (sed, awk, wc, wget, tar, gz and perl) host connected to the internet.
Script Type: Repository Server Edition -> this script must be run on Linux non ESX host.If you ESX host has internet connectivity, I highly recommend using this script.
Supported OS:
ESX 3.0.0 and ESX 3.0.1
Click here to download ESX Updater 3.x ….
How it Works:
0) Choose what ESX version you have, either ESX 3.0.0 or ESX 3.0.1.
1) Upon execution, script connects to VmWare site and generates the list of patches to download.
2) Upon parsing the VmWare patches page, it gives 4 options for user to choose from.
Options are: All Patches, Security Patches, Critical Patches and General Patches.
3) Once the selection is made, script connects to VmWare and downloads required packages.
4) Upon completion, you will see a script like this… You need to copy the file over to your ESX host.
5) Once copied, cd into vm-patches and run ./install.sh
It is highly recommended to reboot upon completion of updates.
Download ESX Updater 3.x Script
(This script will download and generate patch installation package)
Download ESX Updater 3.x Virtual Machine (CentOS 5)
(This is a preset V.M. with for VmWare Server)
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File Name |
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Size |
Version |
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esx-updater-vm.srv.tgz |
VmWare Server v1.0.1 |
07/18/2007 |
512MB |
v.02 |
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Questions, issues, comments or suggestions, post them here. Make sure to include what Linux OS you are running and if you have general GNU utilities installed.
Happy VmWaring!!