Как изменить серийный номер жесткого диска vmware - Исправление ошибок и поиск оптимальных решений проблем

I’m virtualizing a Rockwell AssetCentre Server and I’m looking at Disaster Recovery scenarios. This server contains a lot of other Rockwell Software like RSLinx, Logix 5000, Logix 500, and more…

Software activations for Rockwell work in a very strict manner, so much so that I’m concerned about whether its going to be viable to restore the AssetCentre server Virtual Machine to a different host in the event of a system failure.

The software activations are locked to the virtual machine using the serial number of the hard drive. You can also choose to lock it to the MAC address of the virtual machine. Are either of these two things something that can be customized and edited using VMWare? Will they automatically change if I host the virtual machine using a different Virtual Server?

I’ve looked inside the .vmx files (currently using a mix of VMWare Workstation 7 and VMware ESXi 4.1) and I didn’t see anything in either of the files that looked like a MAC addresss or a Hard Disk serial number.

asked Aug 24, 2011 at 16:00

The UUID of the disk is in the .vmdk file. For example:

# The Disk Data Base 
#DDB

ddb.toolsVersion = "8327"
ddb.adapterType = "lsilogic"
ddb.geometry.sectors = "63"
ddb.geometry.heads = "255"
ddb.geometry.cylinders = "2610"
ddb.uuid = "60 00 C2 9f e4 06 d9 4c-13 9a d8 50 77 bb 73 36"
ddb.longContentID = "72d1cd8a4fb3119ca80f3870ee90c1b0"
ddb.virtualHWVersion = "7"

The MAC address can be edited under ‘Advanced properties’ of your network adapter. It should also be in the .vmx file. I found this is mine:

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:f3:72:cc"

It’s possible that it’s only saved there once you edit it though.

If you move your VM to another location VMWare usually asks you if you moved or copied the VM when you start it. If you say you moved it then all ID’s stay the same. If you say you copied it then VMWare will change the ID’s to prevent conflicts.

answered Aug 24, 2011 at 16:08

I am also dealing with AssetCentre which we have virtualized in VMware and have bound to the disk serial number. I’ve been trying to figure out how to display the disk serial number. Thanks for the information on how to do that within FactoryTalk. I also finally found that just doing a DIR in a command prompt in any folder on that drive shows it at the top.

I just cloned our server to another Cluster and it appears that the disk serial number stayed the same. Also, Microsoft Sysinternals provides a free tool VolumeID to change the disk serial number http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897436.aspx. I tested it and it did successfully change the serial number which FactoryTalk noticed after rebooting. Based on my testing of the clone I don’t think that I will need it, but I wanted to see if it worked.

answered Jun 22, 2012 at 18:38

Can you clarify what you mean by the serial number of the disk ? How would you normally read it ?

MAC addresses for the ethernet adaptors are stored in the .vmx file as

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:39:5b:b5:e0"

So I found out that VMware changes Hard Disk serial number (8 character Alpha-Numeric code somehow bound to a Hard Drive or Volume) when you make a clone, and I haven’t found a way to manually change it back. So… using the «DISK_SERIAL_NUM» for the Host ID is a bad idea for Rockwell products running on VMware (even though they will still recommend it).

In FactoryTalk Activation Manager, if you click «Get New Activations» and then click the […] button under «Host ID Information» it will show you MAC Address and the «DISK_SERIAL_NUM» and ask you to choose a Host ID to bind your activation’s.

Since the MAC Address is the only thing I know of that you can manually configure in ESXi on a virtual machine, we reworked our activation’s and now they’re all bound to the MAC address of the primary network adapter.

Been running…
— AssetCentre
— RSLogix 500 (make sure you get the activation Node-Locked)
— RSLogix 5000
— RSLinx Classic
…with no issues since reworking the activation’s.

answered Oct 5, 2011 at 19:39

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There is a simple way around this. Clone the VM Factory Talk Activation is locked to with VirtualBox (keeps the same UUID). Launch the clone and restore/return the license. Now you have the license in the cloud in case you need it for a future recovery situation and it is still on your original VM.

answered Jul 4, 2013 at 13:13

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У всех VM которые я создаю, одинаковый hard drive serial number: 000000001 (нулей не точное количество). Возможно ли это изменить?
С реальным диском все понятно, там номер в самом железе, а здесь то все на программном уровне…

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Наверное…нет,нельзя,хотя не уверен.А в чем смысл их менять то?

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Наверное…нет,нельзя,хотя не уверен.А в чем смысл их менять то?

Есть сервер, который идентифицирует клиентов по серийным номерам жестких дисков, а если у всех VM номера одниаковые, тогда сэмулировать подключение к серверу более чем одного клиента, не представляется возможным.

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Я бы скачал,посмотрел,но интернет лимитирован,могу непотянуть размер.А что в саппорте пишут?

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How do you get a new HDD serial number for VMware (Virtual Machine)

HDD serial number, not the HDD Volume serial number, note please.

The one that changes your computer ID (CID) when you change it.
As changing that on a host computer is pretty complicated, but on a virtual machine I suppose there is a way of changing that on VMware workstation. I’ve tried getting help from the actual VMware support but they don’t want to tell me how to actually get a new one, as they belive I’m going to abuse it for trial programs, but I’m actually trying to ban evade on BYOND, an old software which is used to play SS13, lol. If you’re familiar with VMWARE, or Virtualbox on how to get a new serial number for the diskdrive please feel free to respond!

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add: disk.EnableUUID=»true» to your VMware .vmx file to enable serialnumbers

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add: disk.EnableUUID=»true» to your VMware .vmx file to enable serialnumbers

Sorry, but what does that do? Do I get a new HDD serial number everytime I launch the VM or does it use my host HDD, which I dont want it to do? Please explain further if you wish!

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Sorry, but what does that do? Do I get a new HDD serial number everytime I launch the VM or does it use my host HDD, which I dont want it to do? Please explain further if you wish!

wait no sorry misread thought you were asking how to get your serial number

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wait no sorry misread thought you were asking how to get your serial number

Cheers, but do you know how to get a new virtual HDD serial number?

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also mac

ethernet0.generatedAddress = «00:0c:29:f3:72:cc»

https://serverfault.com/a/304569

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also mac

ethernet0.generatedAddress = «00:0c:29:f3:72:cc»

https://serverfault.com/a/304569

I’ve already tried this mate, it changes the UUID and mac adress which isn’t a problem for me. BYOND, the place where I’m trying to ban evade bans your computer ID, which only can be changed by changing the HDD hard coded serial number. I’m trying to find a way to change the HDD hard coded serial number of a virtual machine in VMware workstation.

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Not tested, just googled it like you should do

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Use kvm and you’ll be much better off

KVM dosen’t support 3d acc, so it’s useless to me.

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/…mber-in-vmware

Not tested, just googled it like you should do

I already got a serial number, I’m trying to get a new one. The post you sent is not related to my problem.

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KVM dosen’t support 3d acc, so it’s useless to me.

I already got a serial number, I’m trying to get a new one. The post you sent is not related to my problem.

GPU passthrough is better than using vmware

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Originally Posted by pepelito

KVM dosen’t support 3d acc, so it’s useless to me.
I already got a serial number, I’m trying to get a new one. The post you sent is not related to my problem.

If I suggest you to patch something like GetVolumeInformation/DeviceIoControl will that solve your problem? I do not know anything about your game, but even many protectors use this function to generate HWID.

[UPDATED]
I think Frostiest wasright, but the problem is misunderstanding. What do you mean saying «HDD hard coded serial number». Show it please at the screenshot.

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I think Frostiest wasright, but the problem is misunderstanding. What do you mean saying «HDD hard coded serial number». Show it please at the screenshot.

If you type «wmic diskdrive get serialnumber» thats the one I’m trying to change, not the volumeID serial number. They are two different things.

The hard codeded serial number looks like this, which is what I want to change:
JR000XGVBUKEANUEO
70035B3AAA900AOA

While the volumeID serial number looks like this, which is irrelevant to my thread.:
3af21-ada395
5021-a3203

Do you understand now what I mean?

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Originally Posted by pepelito

If you type «wmic diskdrive get serialnumber» thats the one I’m trying to change, not the volumeID serial number. They are two different things.

The hard codeded serial number looks like this, which is what I want to change:
JR000XGVBUKEANUEO
70035B3AAA900AOA

While the volumeID serial number looks like this, which is irrelevant to my thread.:
3af21-ada395
5021-a3203

Do you understand now what I mean?

I understand. The problem is you do not know exactly how does your game receiving serialnumber. You even do not sure if the problem related to serialnumber.
There are different ways to get serial number for the application. One I gave you above (patching DeviceIOControl), but you ignored it. I bet your game does not directly execute «wmic diskdrive get Model, Name, InterfaceType, SerialNumber» and parse it.
Another way is here. But you again need to know what to patch.

BTW, using «wmic diskdrive get serialnumber» from VmWAre and from the native system is giving the same result?

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