OK, but then how do I know which is the IP with which the new VM got
configured? I think there should be some way to communicate; something like
what Vmware provides, which seems like a general purpose mechanism to me.
Thanks.
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:: Ligesh :: http://ligesh.com
On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 10:00:09PM +0100, Steve Kemp wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 02:22:40AM -0400, Ligesh wrote:
> > How do we do the same on a windows VM? On a remote hosting setup, it is
> > always preferable to assign static ips to the virtual machines. DHCP is
> > cumbersome method to manage ip addresses.
>
> Sorry I must have missed the reference to Windows.
>
> I imagine you could write a small script in VBScrip/JScript and
> place it in the startup directory - or add a registry key to make it
> auto-run once.
>
> It has been a few years since I had to do that kind of thing on
> Windows, but I think the principle is sound. Bootup the machine once
> with the script to do the magic, then reboot it afterwards.
>
> I guess you'd need to organise yourself, so for example, you could
> have a range of IPs to be tested and do something like this:
>
> base=192.168.1.100
>
> while( 1 )
> {
> if ( ping( $base ) )
> {
> # Address is "live"
> base += 1; (Note you can't do that really!)
> }
> else
> {
> # Found an unallocated IP
> setupIP here
> reboot
> }
> }
>
> I'd recommend you look at AutoIT for your scripting language if you've
> not got a personal preference. Very nice to use, and free. (Albeit
> not "free".)
>
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