Free ESXi host backup and restore utility allows backup and restore ESXi configuration. The backup/restore could be done only throug PowerCLI with commandlets Get-VMHostFirmware and Set-VMHostFirmware, but this utility called simply Host Backup & Restore GUI utility simplifies the process a bit. The utility tests if the host is a valid host and if maintenance mode […]
How-to delete orphaned Horizon View replica
After reinstalling composer server in my lab I was left with some orphaned replicas in the lab. While I was able to delete the virtual desktop VMs it was not possible to delete those replicas VM from within the vSphere client as the option is grayed out. The replica VM has some strange name as you […]
Zerto 3.5 Integrates Offsite Backup To The Replication Capabilities
Zerto Virtual Replication product gets more robust with more features for VMware administrators wanting to protect their workflows by replicating to the DR sites. Zerto 3.5 Integrates Offsite Backup To The Replication Capabilities which shows that it’s possible to protect workflows different ways. The offsite backup feature of Zerto 3.5 is one of many enhancements of Zerto’s product. […]
How-to restart VMware VDP webservices if you can’t login to web configuration interface
The other day I played with VMware vSphere Data Protection (VDP) in my lab and in one moment I wasn’t able to connect into the appliance via the web interface configuration address. You need to know how-to restart VDP webservices. By default the connection URL looks something like this: https://<your_vdp_ip_adress>:8543/vdp-configure/ The appliance was showing corectly the IP […]
How-to Create Multiboot USB stick by using awesome freeware called YUMI
Multiboot USB stick with bootable Linux Distributions, Acronis recovery bootable images or other tools can be easily created by using freeware application called YUMI. Having multiple distros on USB gives you not only option to run it as a live CD, but also the option to install a distro from the USB stick. You could possibly […]
vSphere Virtual Machine Management – detailed vSphere book focusing on VMs
vSphere Virtual Machine Management – This book focuces in depth on VM management in vSphere. It’s a very detailed book which was written by Rebecca Fitzhugh (@RebeccaFitzhug) and has over 300 pages. Quick look at the content shows you that you’ll get everything you need to know to create and manage VMs on vSphere with detailed […]
How-to Change or disable vCenter Operations Manager default timeout session
I recently installed the latest VMware vCenter Operations Manager (VCOPS). Nice product but the quite anoying for me was the default timeout session limit which is by default fixed only to 30 min. It means that every time when you want to check VCOPS dashboard you basically have to log back in as you’re logged […]
Free utility – Horizon View Event Notifier
Horizon View Event Notifier is a new free tool produced by VMware labs enables to establish a DB connection to one or more Horizon view DB and allows to get alerted on events. The types of alerts are customizable (fail, warning, error or informational) and are delivered via e-mail. Horizon View Event Notifier can be installed […]
VSAN and VM storage policy – first impressions
Since I’m running my test home-brewed VSAN installation, every day I’m able to discover how this solution is actually working and what’s possible and what’s not. You could already read my article how to create your first VM storage policy, as after VSAN’s activation this is the second step – By default VSAN does not show any […]
Large Memory Pages settings configuration options in VMware vSphere
Are you thinking to configure large memory pages in VMware vSphere? There are few things that one has to keep in mind. Large memory pages will not be shared because chances of finding 2MB memory pages that are identical are much lower. Transparent page sharing kicks in only when there is a memory contention. Transparent page sharing […]
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