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== Sound ==

=== Linux ===

lspci:
02:02.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 02)

To get the audio working, I had to have X loaded and a user logged in, (<s>with VMware Tools</s>)

For CentOS:
pulseaudio -D
mpg123 music.mp3

== VMware Tools ==

=== Linux ===

Ubuntu: vendor recommends using 'open-vm-tools'
apt-get install open-vm-tools

== VMware Virtual Disk Manager ===

VMware Workstation's version of vmkfstools

Create virtual disk:
# create growable 1GB VMDK:
vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -c -s 1GB -t 1 test.vmdk

Rename virtual disk:
vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -n test.vmdk newtest.vmdk

Clone disk:
vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -r test.vmdk -t 1 newtest.vmdk

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C:\>C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation\vmware-vdiskmanager.exe
VMware Virtual Disk Manager - build 5234757.
Usage: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe OPTIONS <disk-name> | <mount-point>
Offline disk manipulation utility
Operations, only one may be specified at a time:
-c : create disk. Additional creation options must
be specified. Only local virtual disks can be
created.
-d : defragment the specified virtual disk. Only
local virtual disks may be defragmented.
-k : shrink the specified virtual disk. Only local
virtual disks may be shrunk.
-n <source-disk> : rename the specified virtual disk; need to
specify destination disk-name. Only local virtual
disks may be renamed.
-p : prepare the mounted virtual disk specified by
the mount point for shrinking.
-r <source-disk> : convert the specified disk; need to specify
destination disk-type. For local destination disks
the disk type must be specified.
-x <new-capacity> : expand the disk to the specified capacity. Only
local virtual disks may be expanded.
-R : check a sparse virtual disk for consistency and attempt
to repair any errors.
-e : check for disk chain consistency.
-D : make disk deletable. This should only be used on disks
that have been copied from another product.

Other Options:
-q : do not log messages

Additional options for create and convert:
-a <adapter> : (for use with -c only) adapter type
(ide, buslogic, lsilogic). Pass lsilogic for other adapter types.
-s <size> : capacity of the virtual disk
-t <disk-type> : disk type id

Disk types:
0 : single growable virtual disk
1 : growable virtual disk split in 2GB files
2 : preallocated virtual disk
3 : preallocated virtual disk split in 2GB files
4 : preallocated ESX-type virtual disk
5 : compressed disk optimized for streaming
6 : thin provisioned virtual disk - ESX 3.x and above

The capacity can be specified in sectors, KB, MB or GB.
The acceptable ranges:
ide/scsi adapter : [1MB, 8192.0GB]
buslogic adapter : [1MB, 2040.0GB]
ex 1: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -c -s 850MB -a ide -t 0 myIdeDisk.vmdk
ex 2: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -d myDisk.vmdk
ex 3: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -r sourceDisk.vmdk -t 0 destinationDisk.vmdk
ex 4: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -x 36GB myDisk.vmdk
ex 5: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -n sourceName.vmdk destinationName.vmdk
ex 6: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -r sourceDisk.vmdk -t 4 -h esx-name.mycompany.com \
-u username -f passwordfile "[storage1]/path/to/targetDisk.vmdk"
ex 7: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -k myDisk.vmdk
ex 8: vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -p <mount-point>
(A virtual disk first needs to be mounted at <mount-point>)
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