(imported topic written by Gallus2391)
Hi All
I have just configured my first setup my first set of Win2k3 server running under VMWare. Oddly one of the VM’s isn’t reporting
the Computer Model, Manufacturer or OS level correctly
Have I missed something ?
Mike.
(imported comment written by BenKus)
Hi Mike,
Normally VMWare computers will report “VMWare” for most of the hardware properties. What are yours reporting?
Ben
(imported comment written by jcsUTSW)
Linux VM’s don’t list as having VMWare hardware.
Is there an analysis that can identify virtual machines?
(imported comment written by BenKus)
So are you saying that it is listing network card, computer manufacturer, and other hardware are blank? Or they have a different value?
Ben
(imported comment written by SystemAdmin)
Did he run the Hardware Probe for Linux Task? That would explain any blank results.
We have noticed the results returned by Windows VMs are different than what is returned by Linux / Solaris VMs. There is no common field in which to query if the BigFix client is a VM or not. 
Not to hijack this thread, but I am voting to have BigFix become VM / VirtualCenter aware!
(imported comment written by jcsUTSW)
I had the Linux Hardware Probe Analysis enabled but not yet had run task 25 so it wasn’t showing up.
Will I need to run task 25 again periodically to update hardware information? Or will the analysis take care of it?
(imported comment written by jcsUTSW)
jspanitz
Did he run the Hardware Probe for Linux Task? That would explain any blank results.
We have noticed the results returned by Windows VMs are different than what is returned by Linux / Solaris VMs. There is no common field in which to query if the BigFix client is a VM or not.
Not to hijack this thread, but I am voting to have BigFix become VM / VirtualCenter aware!
Yeah one of their larger competitors products is VM Aware. It will identify guest VM’s and then tell you which ESX host the guest is currently running on.
Hopefully BigFix will have this ability soon. For now I would just be interested in an official BigFix client for ESX 3.5.
(imported comment written by jcsUTSW)
I’m pretty close with the following…
I’ve made a property called Virtual Machine and put the below in it. I’ve got a few machines returning “Undefined” but I’m pretty close.
if name of operating system as lowercase contains “win” and exists wmi then (if string value of select “Manufacturer from Win32_ComputerSystem” of wmi contains “VMware” then “Yes” else “No”) else (if operating system as lowercase contains “linux” then (if exists lines whose (it as string contains “VMware”) of file “disks.dat” of folder “__HardwareInfo” of client folder of site “besinventory” then “Yes” else “No”) else “Not Windows or Linux”)
Maybe someone that reads this can improve upon it.