Tag: automation

Check if Windows Drive exists

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In windows (yes I know) you can check if a drive exists by using

IF EXIST E:\NUL echo yep it does ..

that’s it . nJoy 😉

 

Vmware Client Automating connections

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This is a hint from Andrew Thanks..

 

 

C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\VpxClient.exe -i yes -s 10.21.68.8 -u root -p password

 

Works !

In a batch:

start “VMLauncher” /D”C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\” VpxClient.exe -i yes -s 10.21.68.8 -u root -p password”

 

Thanks nJoy 😉

 

 

Using Expect to automate an scp filetransfer

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Sometimes you know passwords but are not ion a position to use shared keys. Solution is using expect to pass the password from a script read or a comman line parameter.

** NOTE Passwords in command lines are a really bad idea since you can see them in the history / ps -ef so best is to read from stdio and pass as a parameter.

 

 

#!/usr/bin/expect
spawn scp [lindex $argv 0] root@192.168.8.117:/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/
######################
expect {
-re "Password:" {
exp_send "[lindex $argv 1]\r"
}
}
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