Front Cover -- Scripting VMware™: Power Tools for Automating Virtual Infrastructure Administration -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Scripted Installation -- Introduction -- Setting Up the Scripted Installation -- Summary -- Chapter 2. An Introduction to ESX Native Tools and How to Use Them -- Introduction -- Esxtop -- Summary -- Chapter 3. Scripting and Programming for the Virtual Infrastructure -- Introduction -- VMware Scripting APIs -- VMware Virtual Infrastructure SDK -- Other VMware SDKs -- Summary -- Chapter 4. Building a VM -- Introduction -- Creation of Virtual Machines Utilizing Command-Line Tools -- Scripting Creation of Virtual Machines in ESX Shell -- Scripting Creation of Virtual Machines in Perl Scripts -- Modifying Scripted VM Creation with Perl -- Cloning Virtual Machines Utilizing ESX Shell Scripts -- Cloning Virtual Machines Utilizing VmPerl Scripts -- Summary -- Chapter 5. Modifying VMs -- Introduction -- The Virtual Machine VMDK File -- Virtual Machine Conversion from IDE to SCSI -- Dynamic Creation of Virtual Machines -- Summary -- Chapter 6. Instant Disk: How to P2V for Free -- Introduction -- What Is a P2V? -- P2V Techniques -- The "Big Secret" of P2V -- Instant Disk Overview -- The Bad News -- Prepping the ESX Host: Setting Up FTP on ESX Host -- Prepping the Source Machine: Install the SCSI Driver -- Continue Prepping the Source Machine: Validate -- The Linux Rescue CD -- At the Command Prompt -- Finding the Hard Drives and Storage -- Virtual Disk Files on the VMFS -- Starting the FTP Process -- Creating a New Virtual Machine and Pointing It to a New VMDK File -- Summary -- Chapter 7. Scripting Hot Backups and Recovery for Virtual Machines -- Anatomy of a VM Backup -- Hot VM Backup Sample Script -- Choosing the Target for VM Backups -- Existing VM Backup Tools -- Summary -- Chapter 8. Other Cool Tools and Tricks.

Introduction -- Configuring PowerChute Network Shutdown in ESX -- Centralized User Management for ESX Server -- Extending a Cloned (Deployed) Windows VM's Root Partition -- Deploying a Windows VM with an Expanded Root Partition -- Summary -- Appendix A. All Scripts and Program Source -- Index.