Hi Keiran, I wrote this and posted it to the list awhile ago:
https://github.com/wolfspyre/vmware_puppetfact there's been some suggestion that the source I used as a basis for this fact is slightly inaccurate, however I don't have a suite of esx servers to test on.. (it's on my list) feel free to inform me of changes that are required, and I'll happily make them. W On Oct 31, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Keiran Sweet <kei...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > I'm looking for a way to identify (if possible) the ESX/vSphere version that > a particular VMWare guest server is running on without the use of vmware > tools related commands, such as vmware-checkvm, which does seem to do the > trick from what I can gather. > > [root@server ~]# vmware-checkvm -h > VM's hw version is 4 > VMware software version 6 (good) > [root@server ~]# > > The reason behind this is that we have brought online a new site that uses > ESX5, and I'd like new VM's to be able to self classify what ESX specific > packages and services to install and manage without any admin intervention, > ie, Do I install the ESX4 tools, or the ESX5 ones. > > I have had a bit of a poke around to see if this is possible, but have so far > come up empty handed, and feel it may not be possible in a way that I can > roll it into a custom fact, so i may have to go down the route of pushing > some new values into our ENC that define the version of ESX in use at each > particular site, which isnt perfect, but will also do the job. > > Has anyone ever had to deal with this chicken/egg situation ? > And if so, did you find a solution ? > > Thanks in advance, > > K > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/0-kAK--l5IcJ. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. ________________________________ This message may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please advise us immediately and delete this message. See http://www.datapipe.com/legal/email_disclaimer/ for further information on confidentiality and the risks of non-secure electronic communication. If you cannot access these links, please notify us by reply message and we will send the contents to you. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
