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You may get the UUID value from PowerShell. | You may get the UUID value from PowerShell. | ||
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> get-wmiobject Win32_ComputerSystemProduct | Select-Object -ExpandProperty UUID | |||
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Use the dmidecode utility to get the UUID | Use the dmidecode utility to get the UUID | ||
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# dmidecode -s system-uuid | |||
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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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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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# esxcfg-info |grep -i uuid | |||
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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: | ||
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|----System UUID..............................................5178962d-2fcf-df50-536d-000423d9985a | |----System UUID..............................................5178962d-2fcf-df50-536d-000423d9985a | ||
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Revision as of 03:31, 1 September 2019
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:
5178962d-2fcf-df50-536d-000423d9985a
While software packages may make use of pseudo random UUIDs, this article will cover only system hardware UUIDs.
Windows
You may get the UUID value from PowerShell.
> get-wmiobject Win32_ComputerSystemProduct
Linux / FreeBSD
Use the dmidecode utility to get the 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 /usr/ports/sysutils/dmidecode.
VMWare ESXi
To get the UUID of the physical machine that your ESXi server is running on, login via SSH and run:
# esxcfg-info
You will see a bunch of UUIDs, most of which pertain to disks/volumes. What you are looking for is: