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Chapter 5 Using the VMware Service Console
You!can!also!find!the!device!name!linked!to!a!specific!controller!with!the!singular!
vmhba_dev!query:
$ vmkpcidivy -q vmhba_dev vmhba0:0:0
/dev/ida/c0d0
The!vmhba_dev!query!accepts!one!or!more!controller!names!as!arguments.
When You Change Storage Adapters
Whenever!you!change!storage!adapters!on!an!ESX!Server!system,!run!the!vmkpcidivy!
utility!to!ensure!proper!loading!of!the!kernel!modules.
To run the utility after changing storage adapters
1After!installing!the!new!hardware,!boot!the!ESX!Server!system!to!Linux!mode.!
2Run!vmkpcidivy!by!typing:!
vmkpcidivy -i
3 Reboot!the!ESX!Server!system.
Enabling Users to View Virtual Machines Through the
VMware Remote Console
The!default!security!setting!for!ESX!Server!is!that!users!must!have!read!(r)!and!execute!
(x)!access!permissions!to!connect!a!remote!console!to!a!virtual!machine.!To!allow!access!
to!users!with!only!read!permissions,!use!the!following!global!configuration!setting:
authd.policy.allowRCForRead = “TRUE”
Add!the!preceding!line!to!the!/etc/vmware/config!file.!This!setting!allows!users!with!
only!read!permissions!to!connect!to!a!virtual!machine!through!the!remote!console.
NOTE This!configuration! setting!affects!all!virtual!machines!on!an!ESX!Server!machine.!You!
cannot!change!this!setting!for!individual!virtual!machines.