I install my ESXi servers with a pre-compiled version with ESXi with SSH access already enabled. But for the people who don’t, this is how you enable (unsupported!) SSH access to ESXi. Logon to the console (you don’t have SSH access, so this is the only option) Press ALT-F1 andRead More →
I ran into a problem with one virtual machine, when creating a snapshot for backup (Veeam and/or VMware datarecovery) : After some troubleshooting i found that stopping the following services did the job : Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider” and “Volume Shadow Copy” The specific server is an webserver soRead More →
This is just a quick note to describe how you can easily change the vlan ID of the service console in ESX. To remove the vlan id completely, just set it to 0 (in case you have set it by accident on an access port) esxcfg-vswitch vSwitch0 -v 0 -pRead More →
I’ve got this question several times from customers, friends, co-workers etc. Suppose now it’s time to make a small blogpost of it. (Also handy for VCP/VCDX exams) A WWPN (World Wide Port Name) is physically assigned to a part in a Fibre Channel device, such as a FC HBA or SAN.Read More →
When using several VMFS 3 datastores, there is no need to use the VMFS 2 driver. You can unload the driver with the following command : vmkload_mod -u vmfs2 Also, if you are not using (or planning to use) NFS datastores, you can also unload the NFS driver with theRead More →
I found here information about running ONTAP 8.0.7. on ESX. (mirror : Use Ontap807 on ESX)Read More →
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Gabe has a good blog post with VMware vSphere 4 default settings. Don’t agree with all settings although… read it hereRead More →
Check it out at : http://xtravirt.com/vsphere-client-rdp-plug-inRead More →
Searching for a way to backup ESXi (free version), vRanger doesn’t seem to work. Found this document : Using_Windows_Services_for_Unix_NFS_Sever_to_backup_VMWare_ESXi_Virtual_Machines Read More →