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VMWare ESXi

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	While software packages may make use of pseudo random UUIDs, this article will cover only system hardware UUIDs.		While software packages may make use of pseudo random UUIDs, this article will cover only system hardware UUIDs.

	== Windows ==		==Windows==
	You may get the UUID value from PowerShell.		You may get the UUID value from PowerShell.
	{{highlight\|lang=terminal\|code=		{{highlight\|lang=terminal\|code=
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	== Linux / FreeBSD ==		==Linux / FreeBSD==
	Use the {{code\|dmidecode}} utility to get the UUID		Use the {{code\|dmidecode}} utility to get the UUID
	{{highlight\|lang=terminal\|code=		{{highlight\|lang=terminal\|code=
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	You may need to install {{code\|dmidecode}} since it usually isn't bundled with the base OS. On FreeBSD, it's available in ports at {{code\|/usr/ports/sysutils/dmidecode}}.		You may need to install {{code\|dmidecode}} since it usually isn't bundled with the base OS. On FreeBSD, it's available in ports at {{code\|/usr/ports/sysutils/dmidecode}}.

	== VMWare ESXi ==		==VMWare ESXi==
	To get the UUID of the physical machine that your ESXi server is running on, login via SSH and run:		To get the UUID of the physical machine that your ESXi server is running on, login via SSH and run:

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	[[Category:Windows]]		[[Category:Windows]]
	{{Navbox Linux}}[[Category:Linux]]		{{Navbox Linux}}
			[[Category:Linux]]
	[[Category:FreeBSD]]		[[Category:FreeBSD]]
	[[Category:VMWare ESXi]]		[[Category:VMWare ESXi]]

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	You may get the UUID value from PowerShell.		You may get the UUID value from PowerShell.
	{{highlight\|lang=terminal\|code=		{{highlight\|lang=terminal\|code=
	~~<nowiki>~~		> get-wmiobject Win32_ComputerSystemProduct {{!}} Select-Object -ExpandProperty UUID
	> get-wmiobject Win32_ComputerSystemProduct \| Select-Object -ExpandProperty UUID
	~~</nowiki>~~
	}}		}}

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	You may get the UUID value from PowerShell.		You may get the UUID value from PowerShell.
	{{highlight\|lang=terminal\|code=		{{highlight\|lang=terminal\|code=
			<nowiki>
	> get-wmiobject Win32_ComputerSystemProduct \| Select-Object -ExpandProperty UUID		> get-wmiobject Win32_ComputerSystemProduct \| Select-Object -ExpandProperty UUID
			</nowiki>
	}}		}}

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	{{highlight\|lang=terminal\|code=		{{highlight\|lang=terminal\|code=
	# esxcfg-info \|grep -i uuid		<nowiki>
			# esxcfg-info \| grep -i uuid
			</nowiki>
	}}		}}

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	{{highlight\|lang=text\|code=		{{highlight\|lang=text\|code=
			<nowiki>
	\|----System UUID..............................................5178962d-2fcf-df50-536d-000423d9985a		\|----System UUID..............................................5178962d-2fcf-df50-536d-000423d9985a
			</nowiki>
	}}		}}

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2019-09-11T22:33:46Z

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	Every system has a universally unique identifier (UUID) value set onto the system. The UUID is a 128-bit value typically displayed in lowercase hexadecimal digits in 5 groups separated by dashes. ~~For~~ example:		Every system has a universally unique identifier (UUID) value set onto the system. The UUID is a 128-bit value typically displayed in lowercase hexadecimal digits in 5 groups separated by dashes. An example UUID would look like {{code\|5178962d-2fcf-df50-536d-000423d9985a}}.
	5178962d-2fcf-df50-536d-000423d9985a

	While software packages may make use of pseudo random UUIDs, this article will cover only system hardware UUIDs.		While software packages may make use of pseudo random UUIDs, this article will cover only system hardware UUIDs.

	== Windows ==		== Windows ==

	You may get the UUID value from PowerShell.		You may get the UUID value from PowerShell.
	{{highlight\|lang=terminal\|code=		{{highlight\|lang=terminal\|code=
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	== Linux / FreeBSD ==		== Linux / FreeBSD ==
			Use the {{code\|dmidecode}} utility to get the UUID
	Use the dmidecode utility to get the UUID
	{{highlight\|lang=terminal\|code=		{{highlight\|lang=terminal\|code=
	# dmidecode -s system-uuid		# dmidecode -s system-uuid
	}}		}}

	You may need to install dmidecode since it usually isn't bundled with the base OS. On FreeBSD, it's available in ports at {{code\|/usr/ports/sysutils/dmidecode}}.		You may need to install {{code\|dmidecode}} since it usually isn't bundled with the base OS. On FreeBSD, it's available in ports at {{code\|/usr/ports/sysutils/dmidecode}}.

	== VMWare ESXi ==		== VMWare ESXi ==

	To get the UUID of the physical machine that your ESXi server is running on, login via SSH and run:		To get the UUID of the physical machine that your ESXi server is running on, login via SSH and run:


	{{highlight\|lang=terminal\|code=		{{highlight\|lang=terminal\|code=
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	\|----System UUID..............................................5178962d-2fcf-df50-536d-000423d9985a		\|----System UUID..............................................5178962d-2fcf-df50-536d-000423d9985a
	}}		}}

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	[[Category:FreeBSD]]		[[Category:FreeBSD]]
	[[Category:VMWare ESXi]]		[[Category:VMWare ESXi]]

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	[[Category:FreeBSD]]		[[Category:FreeBSD]]
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	You may get the UUID value from PowerShell.		You may get the UUID value from PowerShell.
	get-wmiobject Win32_ComputerSystemProduct \| Select-Object -ExpandProperty UUID		{{highlight\|lang=terminal\|code=
			> get-wmiobject Win32_ComputerSystemProduct \| Select-Object -ExpandProperty UUID
	~~[[Category:Windows]]~~		}}

	== Linux / FreeBSD ==		== Linux / FreeBSD ==

	Use the dmidecode utility to get the UUID		Use the dmidecode utility to get the UUID
	dmidecode -s system-uuid		{{highlight\|lang=terminal\|code=
			# dmidecode -s system-uuid
			}}

	You may need to install dmidecode since it usually isn't bundled with the base OS. On FreeBSD, it's available in ports at {{code\|/usr/ports/sysutils/dmidecode}}.		You may need to install dmidecode since it usually isn't bundled with the base OS. On FreeBSD, it's available in ports at {{code\|/usr/ports/sysutils/dmidecode}}.

	~~[[Category:Linux]]{{Navbox Linux}}~~
	~~[[Category:FreeBSD]]~~

	== VMWare ESXi ==		== VMWare ESXi ==
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	To get the UUID of the physical machine that your ESXi server is running on, login via SSH and run:		To get the UUID of the physical machine that your ESXi server is running on, login via SSH and run:

	esxcfg-info \|grep -i uuid
			{{highlight\|lang=terminal\|code=
			# esxcfg-info \|grep -i uuid
			}}

	You will see a bunch of UUIDs, most of which pertain to disks/volumes. What you are looking for is:		You will see a bunch of UUIDs, most of which pertain to disks/volumes. What you are looking for is:

			{{highlight\|lang=text\|code=
	\|----System UUID..............................................5178962d-2fcf-df50-536d-000423d9985a		\|----System UUID..............................................5178962d-2fcf-df50-536d-000423d9985a
			}}



			[[Category:Windows]]
			[[Category:Linux]]{{Navbox Linux}}
			[[Category:FreeBSD]]
	[[Category:VMWare ESXi]]		[[Category:VMWare ESXi]]

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	You may need to install dmidecode since it usually isn't bundled with the base OS. On FreeBSD, it's available in ports at {{code\|/usr/ports/sysutils/dmidecode}}.		You may need to install dmidecode since it usually isn't bundled with the base OS. On FreeBSD, it's available in ports at {{code\|/usr/ports/sysutils/dmidecode}}.

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	dmidecode -s system-uuid		dmidecode -s system-uuid

	You may need to install dmidecode since it usually isn't bundled with the base OS. On FreeBSD, it's available in ports at {{code\|/usr/ports/sysutils/dmidecode~~</code>~~.		You may need to install dmidecode since it usually isn't bundled with the base OS. On FreeBSD, it's available in ports at {{code\|/usr/ports/sysutils/dmidecode}}.

	[[Category:Linux]]		[[Category:Linux]]