Cron jobs in VMware

# stolen from http://kb.gtkc.net/adding-a-cron-job-to-vmware-esxi/

#  add these lines to /etc/rc.local.d/local.sh
# killing cron process
/bin/kill $(cat /var/run/crond.pid)

# adding schedule string to crontab. BTW, excellent cron calc situates here: https://crontab.guru/
/bin/echo '30 1 * * * /vmfs/volumes/datastore2/hp/check_disk.sh > /dev/null 2>&1' >> /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root

# starting crond
/usr/lib/vmware/busybox/bin/busybox crond