RE: [Nolug] Is there a way to determine the host VMware box for a VM from inside the VM?

Thanks for the note Jimmy. We were just looking for a scriptable solution inside a VM. Looks like Mischa gave us a solid direction.

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From: owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org [mailto:owner-nolug@stoney.kellynet.org] On Behalf Of Jimmy Hess
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2013 6:46 AM
To: nolug@nolug.org
Cc: general@brlug.net
Subject: Re: [Nolug] Is there a way to determine the host VMware box for a VM from inside the VM?
On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Dustin Puryear <dpuryear@puryear-it.com<mailto:dpuryear@puryear-it.com>> wrote:
Good morning,
This might be achieved through the VIX API;  connecting to the host from the guest using the VMCI interface, VMware Tools commands,  or through the  "backdoor"  system operations  that hosts expose to VMs  for self-introspection.
In  practice,  if you want to find where a VM lives ---  you search for its hostname or IP address in vCenter; or through ESXi host management.
An alternative is to search by VM MAC address.  Lookup the MAC address of the virtual machine's eth0, and  then   script a search for VMs  containing that MAC address.
Or  SSH  into your switches,   and start tracing  the MAC address   through your L2  network,    until your trace lands on a switchport that belongs to an ESXi host
Got it?
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