Removing support for ESXi 6.x as unreliable - 2.1.1

esxi/esxi-build.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+#set -x
+
+# Ensure we only use unmodified commands
+export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
+
+# Copy patch to local.sh
+rm -fv local.sh
+cp local-prefix.sh local.sh
+cat unlocker.py >> local.sh
+cat local-suffix.sh >> local.sh
+chmod +x local.sh

esxi/esxi-install.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+#set -x
+
+echo VMware Unlocker 2.1.0
+echo ===============================
+echo Copyright: Dave Parsons 2011-17
+
+# Ensure we only use unmodified commands
+export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
+
+VER=$(uname -r)
+if [ "$VER" == "6.0.0" ]; then
+   echo "Error - ESXi 6.0.0 is not supported!"
+elif [ "$VER" == "6.5.0" ]; then
+    # Copy patch to local.sh
+    echo Installing local.sh
+    chmod +x local.sh
+    cp local.sh /etc/rc.local.d/local.sh
+    python esxiconfig.py on
+    backup.sh 0
+    echo "Success - please now restart the server!"
+else
+   echo "Unknown ESXi version"
+fi
+
+
+
+

esxi/esxi-smctest.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+grep -il \(c\)AppleComputerInc /bin/vmx*
+vim-cmd hostsvc/hosthardware | grep smcPresent | cut -d ',' -f 1 | sed 's/^[ \t]*//'
+grep useVmxSandbox /etc/vmware/hostd/config.xml | sed 's/^[ \t]*//'

esxi/esxi-uninstall.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+#set -x
+
+echo VMware Unlocker 2.1.0
+echo ===============================
+echo Copyright: Dave Parsons 2011-17
+
+# Ensure we only use unmodified commands
+export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
+
+echo Uninstalling local.sh
+cp /etc/rc.local.d/.#local.sh /etc/rc.local.d/local.sh
+python esxiconfig.py off
+backup.sh 0
+echo Success - please now restart the server!

esxi/esxiconfig.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+This is a simple method to modify the hostd XML file
+Not using XML on ESXi Python as it does not preserve
+formatting or comments.
+
+(This could be sed but cannot find a suitable regex.)
+
+"""
+from __future__ import print_function
+import sys
+
+
+def testline(line, test):
+    sline = line.lstrip()
+    if sline == test:
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+
+def main():
+    vmsvc = '<vmsvc>\n'
+    sandbox = '<useVmxSandbox>false</useVmxSandbox>\n'
+
+    with open('/etc/vmware/hostd/config.xml', 'r+') as f:
+        data = f.readlines()
+
+        # Search for the relevant XML tags
+        i = 0
+        vmsvcindex = 0
+        sandboxindex = 0
+        for line in data:
+
+            if testline(line, vmsvc):
+                vmsvcindex = i
+
+            if testline(line, sandbox):
+                sandboxindex = i
+
+            # print(line, end='')
+            i += 1
+
+        # Simple toggle on or off depending if found
+        if sandboxindex != 0 and sys.argv[1] == 'off':
+            print('Removing useVmxSandbox')
+            del data[sandboxindex]
+        elif sandboxindex == 0 and sys.argv[1] == 'on':
+            print('Adding useVmxSandbox')
+            pad = len(data[vmsvcindex + 1]) - len(data[vmsvcindex + 1].lstrip())
+            data.insert(vmsvcindex + 1, (" " * pad) + sandbox)
+        else:
+            pass
+
+        # Rewrite the config.xml file
+        f.seek(0)
+        f.write(''.join(data))
+        f.truncate()
+        f.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()

esxi/local-prefix.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+set -x
+
+echo VMware ESXi 6.x Unlocker 2.1.0
+echo ===============================
+echo Copyright: Dave Parsons 2011-17
+
+# Ensure we only use unmodified commands
+export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
+
+# Exit if boot option specified
+if bootOption -o | grep -q 'nounlocker'; then
+    logger -t unlocker disabled via nounlocker boot option
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Make sure working files are removed
+if [ -d /unlocker ]; then
+	logger -t unlocker Removing current patches
+	rm -rfv /unlocker
+fi
+
+# Create new RAM disk and map to /unlocker
+logger -t unlocker Creating RAM disk
+mkdir /unlocker
+localcli system visorfs ramdisk add -m 200 -M 200 -n unlocker -p 0755 -t /unlocker
+logger -t unlocker Stopping hostd daemon
+/etc/init.d/hostd stop
+
+# Copy the vmx files
+logger -t unlocker Copying vmx files
+mkdir /unlocker/bin
+cp /bin/vmx /unlocker/bin/
+cp /bin/vmx-debug /unlocker/bin/
+cp /bin/vmx-stats /unlocker/bin/
+
+# Setup symlink from /bin
+logger -t unlocker Setup vmx sym links
+rm -fv /bin/vmx
+ln -s /unlocker/bin/vmx /bin/vmx
+rm -fv /bin/vmx-debug
+ln -s /unlocker/bin/vmx-debug /bin/vmx-debug
+rm -fv /bin/vmx-stats
+ln -s /unlocker/bin/vmx-stats /bin/vmx-stats
+
+# Copy the libvmkctl.so files
+logger -t unlocker Copying 32-bit lib files
+mkdir /unlocker/lib
+cp /lib/libvmkctl.so /unlocker/lib/
+logger -t unlocker Setup 32-bit lib sym links
+rm -fv /lib/libvmkctl.so
+ln -s /unlocker/lib/libvmkctl.so /lib/libvmkctl.so
+if [ -f /lib64/libvmkctl.so ]; then
+    logger -t unlocker Copying 64-bit lib files
+    mkdir /unlocker/lib64
+    cp /lib64/libvmkctl.so /unlocker/lib64/
+    logger -t unlocker Setup 64-bit lib sym links
+    rm -fv /lib64/libvmkctl.so
+    ln -s /unlocker/lib64/libvmkctl.so /lib64/libvmkctl.so
+fi
+
+# Patch the vmx files
+logger -t unlocker Patching vmx files
+python <<END

esxi/local-suffix.sh

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+END
+logger -t unlocker Starting hostd daemon
+/etc/init.d/hostd start
+exit 0

readme.txt

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ macOS Unlocker for VMware V2.1
 | ==========                                                                  |
 |                                                                             |
 | Always uninstall the previous version of the Unlocker before using a new    |
-| version. Failure to do this could render VMware unusablei.                  |
+| version. Failure to do this could render VMware unusable.                  |
 |                                                                             |
 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ macOS Unlocker for VMware V2.1
 Unlocker 2 is designed for Workstation 11/12/14, Player 7/12/14, 
 and Fusion 7/8/10.
 
-If you are using an earlier product please continue using Unlocker 1 and use
+If you are using an earlier product please continue using Unlocker 1.
-Unlocker 2.0 for ESXi 6.0
 
 Version 2 has been tested against:
 
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ and so does not require Python to be installed.
 
 If you are using VMware Player or Workstation on Windows you may get a core dump.
 
-Latest Linux and ESXi products are OK and do not show this problem.
+Latest Linux products are OK and do not show this problem.
 
 +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | IMPORTANT:                                                                  |