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ESXi Shell

tail to look at the end of a file

examples

tail /var/log/hostd.log

tail -f /var/log/hostd.log (-f to follow updates on screen)

cat to read logs

examples

cat /var/log/hostd.log

cat /var/log/hostd.log | grep -i 2014-08-20 (use grep to locate a specific word or time stamp. the -i ignores case)

services.sh restart to restart host services

chkconfig -l to show daemons running on hypervisor. can also be used for configuration.

esxtop same as linux top for vmware

vmkerrcode -l to list vmkernel errors

dcui to provide console screen to ssh session

vsish vmware interactive shell

ipkg list_installed to list installed packages (ESXi 4.1)

esxcli software vib list to list installed packages (ESXi 5.0)

esxcfg-info to list information about the host

esxcfg-nics to get nic options (-l to list nics and their configs)

esxcfg-vswitch -l to list information about virtual switching. can also be used for configuration.

esxcli network nic list to accomplish the same as esxcfg-nics -l

vim-cmd vimsvc/license --show to show license information

vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms to list all running vms and vmid

vim-cmd vmsvc/power.off vmid to power off vmid referenced from getallvms command

vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on vmid to power on vmid referenced from getallvms command

vim-cmd vmsvc/power.reboot vmid to reboot vmid referenced from getallvms command

vim-cmd vmsvc/destroy vmid to delete the vmdk and vmx files from disk

vim-cmd hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter to put hypervisor into maintenance mode

vim-cmd hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit to take hypervisor out of maintenance mode

vim-cmd hostsvc/hostsummary | grep inMaintenanceMode to check the state of maintenance mode on the host

vim-cmd solo/registervm /vmfs/vol/datastore/dir/vm.vmx to register vm in hypervisor inventory

vim-cmd vmsvc/unregister vmid to unregister vm with hypervisor

vim-cmd vmsvc/tools.install vmid to start vmware tools installation for VM

vim-cmd hostsvc/net/info to provide information about hypervisor networking

NK2 File Locations

Outlook 2003/2007 with Windows 2000, XP, or Server 2003

C:\Documents and Settings\[User Profile]\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\filename.NK2

Outlook 2003/2007 with Windows Vista, 7, or Server 2008: 

C:\Users\[User Profile]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook\filename.NK2

Outlook 2010/2013 with Windows Vista, 7, or Server 2008: 

C:\Users\[User Profile]\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook\RoamCache\Stream_Autocomplete_[key].dat

Outlook 2010/2013 with Windows XP: 

C:\Documents and Settings\[User Profile]\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\RoamCache\Stream_Autocomplete_[key].dat

When you use the NK2Edit utility, you don't have to worry about locating the NK2 file, it automatically opens the default file for you.

Quickbooks license error after cloning hard drive

"Could not initialize license properties. Error 3371 and Error 3371, Status Code -11118: "QuickBooks could not load the license data..."

Find and delete the EntitlementDataStore.ecml file

Path to file:
c:\users\all users\intuit\entitlement client\v...\

If the entitlement client folder is missing, reinstall Quickbooks

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