No, but it is possible to get this info from the vcenter APIs. On Oct 9, 2013 1:54 PM, "Brad Bendily" <bend...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm pretty sure there is not a way to do this. > You would think it would be easily possible, since they are able to get > time from the host. > > Btw, you can do this with guess running on IBM's z/OS. There is a "vmcp" > command that shows all kinds of great info about > the host. "vmcp ind user". > It doesn't help, but i've been working on SuSE running in z/OS and wrote a > lot of scripts to configure an OS based on using that command. > > I would love to do the same thing in Linux servers on VMware, but there is > no way to read the Vmname from the VM. > But, you can remove the 70-persistent-net.rules file, then when the VM > boots, it will get a DHCP address. Then you can have a script to run > on first boot to download a file and load the IP/hostname from that. Or, > that's what i plan to do. > bb > > > On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 3:29 PM, mat branyon <mat.bran...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Potentially from VMware tools if you have them installed. Not in a place >> where I can verify. >> >> Nagios documentation might be a good place to look. >> On Oct 9, 2013 2:12 PM, "Dustin Puryear" <dpury...@puryear-it.com> wrote: >> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> --- >>> Dustin Puryear, CEO >>> My direct number: 225-304-6402 >>> Main: 225-706-8414 | Fax: 800-613-5731 | www.puryear-it.com**** >>> >>> Puryear IT, LLC - We see IT differently. >>> Baton Rouge IT >>> Support<http://www.puryear-it.com/computer-support/baton-rouge/> & >>> New Orleans IT >>> Support<http://www.puryear-it.com/computer-support/new-orleans/> >>> Cloud, Windows, Exchange, SQL Server, Linux, UNIX**** >>> >>> 2013 Honoree of the LSU 100: Fastest Growing Tiger >>> Businesses<http://www.lsu100.com/> >>> 2012 Honoree of the Silicon Bayou >>> 100<http://siliconbayounews.com/2012/12/24/2012-silicon-bayou-100-group-4/> >>> **** >>> >>> **** >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> General mailing list >>> General@brlug.net >>> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> General@brlug.net >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> > > > -- > Have Mercy & Say Yeah > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General@brlug.net > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
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