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Adding second service console via CLI

Written on 15 Mar, 2010 at 4:12 in Server Virtualization | viewed 110 views times | 2 Comments
Adding second service console via CLI

Service Console commands. In the last series I explained how to change the IP address of the Service console (SC), which is an interface called vswif . You can see all the configured vswif interfaces with this command: esxcfg-vswif -l Normaly the first... (Continue reading)

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Disable web access on VMware vCenter

Written on 9 Mar, 2010 at 1:57 in Server Virtualization | viewed 197 views times | 2 Comments
Disable web access on VMware vCenter

Disable or Enable the VMware vSphere Web Access Service. Why would you want to disable Web Access service? Well, it’s another entry point to your vCenter and you might want to secure that as much as possible, right? Disable the vSphere Web... (Continue reading)

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VMware ESX – Configuration of Service console via CLI

Written on 8 Mar, 2010 at 5:15 in Server Virtualization | viewed 361 views times | 3 Comments
VMware ESX - Configuration of Service console via CLI

Configure Service Console via CLI. To manage VMware ESX server you must have an access via a special network interface called Service Console. SC. This network interface is called “vswif”. You can have several SC configured on your ESX server (It’s... (Continue reading)

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Basic VMware ESX CLI networking commands

Written on 6 Mar, 2010 at 7:12 in Server Virtualization | viewed 659 views times | 6 Comments
Basic VMware ESX CLI networking commands

Some basic CLI commands for configuring the network, vSwitches and portgroups from command line.. This is not an exhausted list of commands, just few of them. While working through putty session you need to know them. At first the root access... (Continue reading)

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How to change the default location of updates in vCenter

Written on 27 Feb, 2010 at 4:50 in Server Virtualization | viewed 185 views times | 2 Comments
How to change the default location of updates in vCenter

Change the default path for updates and patches. For the updates: It can be useful many times when after you install vCenter your realize after some time, that you don’t have much space left on your C drive. And you might need... (Continue reading)

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Did you know that ESX 3.5 general support will end in less than 90 days?

Written on 24 Feb, 2010 at 2:17 in Server Virtualization | viewed 621 views times | 6 Comments
Did you know that ESX 3.5 general support will end in less than 90 days?

Time to upgrade your Virtual Infrastructure? Yes, that’s true. As you can see on this graphic below taken from VMware Website, the general support for VMware VI 3.5 will end the 21st of May 2010. It’s the same for the 2... (Continue reading)

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Starwind iSCSI HA Connection to ESX Server

Written on 22 Feb, 2010 at 3:54 in Server Virtualization | viewed 370 views times | 2 Comments
Starwind iSCSI HA Connection to ESX Server

Part 3 – ESX server configuration In my last article I was explaining how and why setup Starwind High Availability feature to protect you virtual infrastructure data from materiel failure. The article series would not have sense if I would not... (Continue reading)

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See a list of Storage Array Type Plugins on ESX Server

Written on 18 Feb, 2010 at 6:32 in Server Virtualization | viewed 323 views times | 0 Comments
See a list of Storage Array Type Plugins on ESX Server

Configuring ALUA – Asymetric Logical Unit Access I was configufing a mutlipath for a Eternus DX 60 storage SAN and there is a section there on configuring ALUA. (Asymetric Logical Unit Access). Asymmetric Logical Unit Access (ALUA) is a standard-based method for... (Continue reading)

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New whitepaper released on PVSCSI

Written on 17 Feb, 2010 at 1:44 in Server Virtualization | viewed 317 views times | 3 Comments
New whitepaper released on PVSCSI

New test of PVSCSI adapter compared to LSI Logic SAS. Few weeks back I pointed out a VMware KB article surrounding a question when to use PVSCSI. If it’s good idea or not using it for VMs with lower load or... (Continue reading)

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