sending e-mail messages from ESX server 3.5

[rrivett]

30 MAR 2009
I am administering a VMware ESX 3.5 system, and I would like a simple method to send e-mail messages to either myself or a mailing list. I would like a command line method that will allow me to put things into scripts and send e-mails as needed.

I do not want to use Virtual Center unless it is absolutely necessary.

I have googled this topic and found several suggestions:

1) Install the perl module “Lite.pm” and use a perl script “smtp_send.pl”
(Where is the best WEB site to get these modules?)

2) Use rpm to install “mailx” on the service console (this is supposedly something that VMware frowns upon)


3) Try the freeware program http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/

Any suggestions?
Ronald Rivett

[David Davis]

Hi Ronald,

Thanks for your post about options for emailing VMware alerts.

Personally, I haven't tried any of the things that you are talking about but they all look like good options to explore.

Something you might look at is to use the RCLI on your PC and run whatever scripts you want to, from there. Here is a URL to an article I wrote about it:
http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid179_gci1306901_mem1,00.html

Hope that helps!

David