Re: Retrieve unique non-configurable host identifier from guest

[David H. <hn...@gm...>]

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Sean Dilda <se...@du...> wrote:

> David Henriksson wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 3:16 PM, Sean Dilda <se...@du...
> > <mailto:se...@du...>> wrote:
> >
> >     David Henriksson wrote:
> >      > Hi,
> >      >
> >      > I'm looking for a way of retrieving a unique identifier of the
> host
> >      > system from within a guest. Preferable an identifier that does not
> >      > change if the guest is moved by V-Motion.
> >
> >
> >     I'm not sure I follow this. A unique identifier of the host means
> each
> >     host would have a different identifier.  If you VMotion between
> hosts,
> >     that would mean the identifier for the host would *have* to change in
> >     order for it to be a unique host identifier.
> >
> > Yes you are correct.
> > I read a post in another forum that the uuid does not change when you
> > move around your guest.
> > However, the uuid is configurable.
> > I would like to have the same property as the uuid, bit it should not be
> > configurable.
> > There might not be a such value or identifier though.
> >
> > If we skip the requirement that the value should stay the same when
> > being moved around. Is there any value I can read from the host system
> > that never changes.
> >
>
> What is your end goal here?  I'm still not certain about your request.
>  You're asking for a value from the host, which is the box running ESX.
>  However, you're referring to the UUID, which is a unique value that
> each VM has.   Are you looking to uniquely identify the VM, or the host
> that its running on?
>
>
I'm sorry for the confusion. The goal is to identify the host that the guest
is running on.