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VMware API Explorer Is a Free Built-in Utility in VCSA

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 15, 2022

VMware API Explorer Utility

VMware bundles a tool along with vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA). Update: Also for Windows-based vCenter. If you have followed our blog over time you know that we have published quite a few posts about what’s new within vCSA 6.5, what’s has been added (Backup of vCSA DB and config, vCSA HA, but also the whole […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: VMware API Explorer

Increase Inactivity Timeout on VMware ESXi Host Client

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 23, 2017

Increase inactivity timeout vmware esxi host client

One of the challenges when working with individual ESXi hosts not managed via vCenter server might be the Inactivity timeout interval. VMware ESXi host client has a default inactivity interval pretty low so after 15 minutes of inactivity you’ll find yourself locked out and you have to reidentify again. There is a simple way of […]

| Filed Under: How To, Server Virtualization Tagged With: Inactivity Timeout on VMware ESXi Host Client

Increase Boot Delay to Edit the BIOS of a VM

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 20, 2017

Increase Boot Delay to Edit the BIOS of a VM

This is a quick tip to Increase Startup Delay to Edit the BIOS of a VM. We will show you that it can be done different ways as we have multiple tools from VMware for managing their virtual infrastructure. A very easy tip everyone knows already, for this Friday. Check our Tips or How-to categories for other […]

| Filed Under: How To, Tips Tagged With: Increase Boot Delay to Edit the BIOS of a VM

Top 5 Backup Features for VMware and Hyper-V Infrastructures

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 19, 2017

Backup Copy Job

In this post, we’ll explore and think of few things when it comes to backup software, their features. What are the main benefits or features you can’t live without, or what are Top 5 Backup Features for VMware and Hyper-V Infrastructures? There is a number of choices of backup software. Backup software for VMware is historical, one […]

| Filed Under: Backup Tagged With: Top 5 Backup Features for VMware and Hyper-V

VMware Transparent Page Sharing (TPS) Explained

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 18, 2017

VMware Transparent Page Sharing

This post is another addition to our Tips category. Today we’ll tackle another VMware vSphere Memory Management topic called VMware Transparent Page Sharing (TPS). VMware ESXi hypervisor is capable of tracking identical memory pages within VMs with the same OS. ESXi assigns a hash value to pages and compares them in details, bit by bit. […]

| Filed Under: Tips Tagged With: VMware Transparent Page Sharing

What is VMware Memory Ballooning?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 18, 2017

VMware Memory Ballooning

This post will detail and explains some basic concept about ESXi memory reclamation technique called ballooning. What is VMware Memory Ballooning is the name of today’s post. We’ll put it again in our Tips Category. You might already pass your VCP exam and (or) you might know this topic well. We can understand that. This topic […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: VMware Memory Ballooning

Free Cisco CCNA Lab Guide PDF from Neil Anderson

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 24, 2017

Free Cisco CCNA Lab Guide

Neil Anderson is a fellow blogger and our readers know him for his Free How-To Guide To Build Your Own NetApp ONTAP 9 Lab. Today he contacted me about another project which he just finished, and it is also useful for a virtualization admins. This time he is focusing on networking, and especially on Cisco […]

| Filed Under: Free Stuff Tagged With: Free Cisco CCNA Lab Guide PDF

What is VMware vSphere Update Manager?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 3, 2019

VMware vSphere Update Manager - Create a baseline

Today’s topic is another good one which covers VMware technology, and particularly the patching and upgrades. We’ll learn What is VMware vSphere Update Manager and some basic principles to use this free tool, which is part of vCenter. As you know, patching and upgrades are not always the most favorite occupation of any VMware admin. Things […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization, Tips Tagged With: What is VMware vSphere Update Manager

What is VMware VMFS Locking Mechanism?

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 25, 2017

Shared VMFS Datastore lab

Today we’ll learn What is VMware VMFS Locking Mechanism. It is another post within our Tips category, so if you know your way, just skip. New people coming to learn VMware technology usually need this information to understand how VMFS locking works within the shared storage environment. And it is especially for those people that we’re […]

| Filed Under: Tips Tagged With: What is VMware VMFS Locking Mechanism

LPAR2RRD – Free Monitoring Software Review

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 15, 2017

Lpar2rrd main dashboard

Today we write about another Czech company called Xorux and their Free performance monitoring software for VMware and IBM Power Systems. Their product’s name is LPAR2RRD. The same virtual appliance for VMware has a second product built-in called STOR2RRD which does performance monitoring for enterprise storage systems of almost all vendors They do not sell the product […]

| Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: LPAR2RRD Free Monitoring Software

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