Here is my script and commands I used to install Internet Explorer 8 with a cmd script. I used this script to perform manual installation but it can also be used to deploy the package with software distribution.
IE8-WindowsXP-x86-ENU.exe /passive /nobackup /norestart
The script will install IE, without user interaction, create no uninstall package and does not reboot the system. If you want to hide the installation window add “/quiet” to it. For more information click here.
If you need to create 5 or more of Virtual Port groups on a vSwtich and you don’t want to use the VI client than logon on the service console and run the commands below.
For creating a new Virtual Port Group use:
Assigning a special VLAN to this a Virtual Port Group:
With these two simple commands I was able to push my sh script and create same “Networking” configuration on dozen of my ESX servers.
esxcfg-vswitch [options] [vswitch[:ports]]
-a|–add Add a new virtual switch.
-d|–delete Delete the virtual switch.
-l|–list List all the virtual switches.
-L|–link=pnic Set pnic as an uplink for the vswitch.
-U|–unlink=pnic Remove pnic from the uplinks for the vswitch.
-M|–add-pg-uplink Add an uplink to the list of uplinks for a portgroup
-N|–del-pg-uplink Delete an uplink from the list of uplinks for a portgroup
-p|–pg=portgroup Specify a portgroup for operation
Use ALL to set VLAN IDs on all portgroups
-v|–vlan=id Set vlan id for portgroup specified by -p
0 would disable the vlan
-c|–check Check to see if a virtual switch exists.
Program outputs a 1 if it exists, 0 otherwise.
-A|–add-pg=name Add a new portgroup to the virtual switch.
-D|–del-pg=name Delete the portgroup from the virtual switch.
-C|–check-pg=name Check to see if a portgroup exists. Program
outputs a 1 if it exists, 0 otherwise.
-B|–set-cdp Set the CDP status for a given virtual switch.
To set pass one of “down”, “listen”, “advertise”, “both”.
-b|–get-cdp Print the current CDP setting for this switch.
-m|–mtu=MTU Set MTU for the vswitch.
-r|–restore Restore all virtual switches from the configuration file
(FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY).
-h|–help Show this message.
