How do I find my vSphere UUID?

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How do I find my vSphere UUID?

Point a web browser to https:///mob, login using usual credentials, and then follow the click on RetrieveServiceContent, Invoke. See the UUID in instanceUuid returned.

How do I find my VMware VM ID?

Using vSphere Managed Object Browser to find VM-id

  1. After you type in your vCenter account information: you will see the following: Click “content”,
  2. Go to the “rootFolder”, click “group-d1 (Datacenters)”
  3. Go to “datacenter-2”, you will be able to see the VMware clusters in the “datacenter-2”.

What is UUID in VMware?

To ensure all virtual machines are identified properly, each virtual machine is automatically assigned a universal unique identifier (UUID). This new UUID is based on the physical computer’s identifier and the path to the virtual machine’s configuration file in its new location.

How do I find my VM UUID?

2 Answers. Run dmidecode and grep for UUID. This should be the same UUID assigned to the uuid. bios of the VM.

What is System UUID?

What is a UUID. Universally Unique Identifiers, or UUIDS, are 128 bit numbers, composed of 16 octets and represented as 32 base-16 characters, that can be used to identify information across a computer system. This specification was originally created by Microsoft and standardized by both the IETF and ITU.

What is VC UUID?

VMware uses two UUIDs to identify a VM. So the second identifier was introduced called Instance UUID (vc. uuid in . vmx file), which is generated by vCenter and is unique within a single vCenter (two VMs in different vCenters can have the same Instance UUID). When VMs are failed over, Instance UUIDs change.

How do I find my ESXi VM ID?

ESXi 4. x, 5. x and 6. x

  1. List the inventory ID of the virtual machine with the command: vim-cmd vmsvc/getallvms |grep
  2. Check the power state of the virtual machine with the command: vim-cmd vmsvc/power.getstate
  3. Power-on the virtual machine with the command: vim-cmd vmsvc/power.on

How do I see what services are running on ESXi?

You do have the option to see the status of other ESXi services by running the following command: # chkconfig -l.

What is a UUID used for?