NAME¶

cs_prepare_esxvm - prepare or check guest OS settings in ESX VMs

SYNOPSIS¶

cs_prepare_esxvm OPTION

DESCRIPTION¶

cs_prepare_esxvm applies configuration settings in order to optimise a (SUSE) Linux operating system as guest inside an ESX VM. Settings and checks are done according to the best practices described in several SUSE TIDs and VMware knowlegde base articles.

OPTIONS¶

Global options are:

--help show help.

--version show version.

--save save current settings, call first of all.

--list list current settings (only partly implemented yet).

--preview preview recommended settings.

--apply apply recommended settings, call only once.

EXIT STATUS¶

0 Successful program execution.
>0 Usage, syntax or execution errors.

EXAMPLES¶

# cs_prepare_esxvm --help

show help.

# cs_prepare_esxvm --save

save current settings.

# cs_prepare_esxvm --preview

show most of the settings that would be applied.

FILES¶

/usr/sbin/cs_prepare_esxvm

the program itself.

/etc/ClusterTools2/cs_prepare_esxvm

the configuration file.

/var/adm/backup/cs_prepare_esxvm-yyyymmdd-hhmmss.tgz

the backup archive.

BUGS¶

This script could apply changes only once on each VM. The preview does not show all changes. The preview needs all activated software repositories online.
Feedback is welcome, please mail to feedback@suse.com

SEE ALSO¶

supportconfig(8), cs_sum_base_config(8), cs_show_error_patterns(8), cs_show_supportconfig(8), cs_precheck_for_hana(8), ClusterTools2(7),
https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7008544 ,
https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7008844 ,
https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015964 ,
https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7015086 ,
https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7016096 ,
https://www.suse.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=3858673 ,
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1006427 ,
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006427 ,
http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/1039 ,
http://www.vmware.com/resources/techresources/10220 ,
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=340 ,
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003497 ,
http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-60470

COPYRIGHT¶

(c) 2014-2019 L.Pinne, Germany.
cs_prepare_esxvm comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
For details see the GNU General Public License at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html