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Installing guest operating system scripts

The ISO images of the guest operating system scripts are loaded on the Virtual Storage Console for VMware vSphere server. To use them to set the storage timeouts for virtual machines, you must mount and run them from the vSphere Web Client.

Before you begin

About this task

If your environment includes multiple vCenter Servers, you must select the server that contains the virtual machines for which you want to set the storage timeout values.

Steps

  1. From the Virtual Storage Console Home page, expand Tools and click Guest OS Tools:
  2. Under Guest OS Tools, press Ctrl-C to copy the link to the ISO image for your guest operating system version to the clipboard.
    VSC provides both 60-second timeout scripts and 190-second timeout scripts for Linux, Windows, and Solaris. Select the script for your operating system that provides the timeout value you want to use.

  3. Return to the vSphere Web Client Home page and select vCenter.
  4. Select the desired virtual machine and click the Manage > VM Hardware.
  5. Select CD/DVD Drive 1 > Connect to ISO image on local disk .
  6. Paste the link you copied into the File Name field and then click Open.

    Be sure that the link you are using is from the copy of the VSC running on the vCenter Server that manages the virtual machine.

After you finish

Log in to the virtual machine and run the script to set the storage timeout values.