v2.7.2 (2014-01-02), final version: - replaced mkisofs binary by a newer version (3.01a16) that has the UEFI bug fixed - added checks for Windows versions 8 and 8.1 resp. Server 2012 (R2) - added checks for "(" and ")" in package file name (would make the script fail). - moved version check script to vibsdepot.v-front.de v2.7.1 (2012-07-15): - fixed "Dell" bug (% in host profile xml name, QFE270001) - minor code changes to adapt to upcoming minor update releases of ESXi 5 (5.x) v2.7 (2012-02-21): - moved TGZ2VIB5.cmd tool to the new package "ESXi 5 Community Packaging Tools" (see http://esxi5-cpt.v-front.de) - replaced the "Advanced Edit" feature with more flexible choices for TGZ repackaging - when adding an Offline bundle zip file have addition of each contained VIB file confirmed - Added *Deprecated* warning when adding TGZ file to ESXi 5.0 - replaced some UnxUtils tools with busybox calls v2.6.2 (2011-12-13): - now really fixed the bug with VIB handling resulting in error messages like this one: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tardisks/net-e100.v01' v2.6.1 (2011-12-04): - fixed a bug with VIB handling resulting in error messages like this one: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tardisks/net-e100.v01' - Updated TGZ2VIB5.cmd to version 1.0.1: fixes "Advanced edit mode" v2.6 (2011-11-17): - added option to create (U)EFI-bootable ISO for ESXi 5.0 - warn if a ESXi 4.x OEM.tgz file is to be added to an ESXi 5.0 ISO (the top support issue ...) - added developer tool script TGZ2VIB5.cmd to convert an OEM.tgz-style ESXi 5.0 driver package into vib-format v2.5 (2011-09-29): - added support for adding VIB files and Offline bundles (zip-format) to ESXi 5.0 - Fixed UAC-related issues/bugs when customizing ESXi 4.1 - Fixed bug with unpacking OEM.tgz files - Force re-packaging of OEM.tgz-files to fix broken files - Changed logging to be less verbose on console v2.0 (2011-08-25): - added support for customizing ESXi 5.0 with standard OEM.tgz files. For ESXi 5.0 customizations Windows XP is the minimum OS requirement and administrative rights are not needed. - tools\getparams.exe: Network shares will no longer be accepted for the working dir, because the script only supports local hard drives that are NTFS formatted. - Enable more Windows-like script interaction by using message boxes - tools\mksiofs.exe: reverted back to cdrtools-3.0, because mkisofs-3.01a05 builds ISOs that 7zip cannot extract - changed distribution format to a signed self-extracting archive created with 7-zip v1.2 (2011-08-10): - Finally fixed OEM.tgz re-packaging in advanced edit mode (now using Windows-port of busybox) - fixed wget timeout settings for update check v1.1 (2011-07-28): - Changed OEM.tgz re-packaging in advanced edit mode (using 7zip.exe results in ESXi installation errors) - added update check feature to inform users about newer versions of the script - added README.txt to installation directory - launch explorer.exe in advanced-edit mode - tools\mksiofs.exe: updated to cdrtools-3.01a05 to enable building ISOs with efi-boot support (needed for ESXi 5.0) - tools\getparams.exe: fixed URL typo in window title, set default workdir if not defined, get updateCheck flag v1.0 (2011-07-25): - first release