Release candidate for 2.0.9
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# Copy to bootbank and setup local.sh
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echo Copying unlocker.vgz to bootbank...
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cp tmp/unlocker.vgz /bootbank
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chmod +x local.sh
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cp local.sh /etc/rc.local.d/local.sh
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# Clean up
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The MIT License (MIT)
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Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Dave Parsons & Sam Bingner
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
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of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal
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in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
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to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
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furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
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all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
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OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
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THE SOFTWARE.
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Mac OS X Unlocker for VMware V2.0
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=================================
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| IMPORTANT: |
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| ========== |
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| Always uninstall the previous version of the Unlocker before using a new |
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| version. Failure to do this could render VMware unusable especially ESXi. |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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1. Introduction
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---------------
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* Workstation 11/12 on Windows and Linux
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* Player 7 & Workstation Player 12 on Windows and Linux
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* Fusion 7/8 on Mavericks and Yosemite
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* ESXi 6.0
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* Fusion 7/8 on El Capitan and Sierra
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* ESXi 6.0/6.5
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The patch code carries out the following modifications dependent on the product
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being patched:
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In all cases make sure VMware is not running, and any background guests have
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been shutdown.
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The code is now Python as it makes the Unlocker easier to run and maintain on ESXi.
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There are some challenges to write the code as ESXi has a subset of Python 2.7 which
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constrains some modules that can be used.
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The code written in Python as it makes the Unlocker easier to run and maintain on ESXi.
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2. Prerequisites
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----------------
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The code requires Python 2.7 to work. Most Linux distros, ESXi and OS X ship with a compatible
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Python interpreter and should work without requiring any additional software.
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Windows has a packaged version of the Python script using PyInstaller, and so does not
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Windows Unlocker has a packaged version of the Python script using PyInstaller, and so does not
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require Python to be installed.
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3. Limitations
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Once uploaded you will need to either use the ESXi support console or use SSH to
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run the commands. Use the unzip command to extract the files.
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<<< WARNING: use a datastore volume to run the scripts >>>
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<<< WARNING: use a datastore volume to store and run the scripts >>>
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Please note that you will need to reboot the host for the patches to become active.
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The patcher is embbedded in a shell script local.sh which is run at boot from /etc/rc.local.d.
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Note:
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1. Any changes you have made to local.sh will be lost. If you have made changes to
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that file, you will need to merge them into the supplied local.sh file.
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2. The unlocker runs at boot time to patch the relevant files and it now survives
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an upgrade or patch to ESXi as local.sh is part of the persisted local state.
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2. The unlocker needs to be re-run after an upgrade or patch is installed on the ESXi host.
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8. Thanks
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---------
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@ -127,7 +133,8 @@ Thanks to Zenith432 for originally building the C++ unlocker and Mac Son of Knif
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(MSoK) for all the testing and support.
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Thanks also to Sam B for finding the solution for ESXi 6 and helping me with
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debugging expertise. Sam also wrote the code for patching ESXi ELF files.
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debugging expertise. Sam also wrote the code for patching ESXi ELF files. He also
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modified the unlocker code to run on Python 3 in the ESXi 6.5 environment.
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