This is a lab deployment of VMware vCSA 6.7. As you might notice, a few days ago we had a series of posts on VMware vSphere 6.7 which has just been announced and released the same day (a miracle?). Yeah, we downloaded the bits so it’s a lab time today to put things in works. vSphere […]
VMware Tools Offline VIB for ESXi Host – Bundle Download and Install
It’s been a few years now since VMware tools “split” and so it’s individual updates are available as a separate download. What we just found out is the fact that there is also a VIB package which you can download. As you know, VIB stands for VMware Installation Bundle. We have detailed How to install VIB […]
Setup Faster and more secure DNS Resolution With CloudFlare
If you don’t know CloudFlare you’re missing out. I’m using their service for years for my ESX Virtualization blog. They provide with DNS resolution, caching, security, SSL, analytics. Tons of services (free and paid). Today we’ll talk about how to Setup Faster DNS Resolution With CloudFlare. In fact, they just rolled out a 1.1.1.1 DNS which […]
How To Install Kali Linux on Windows 10
If you’re using Windows, but at the same time you’d like to have Linux distribution on hand, you have several choices. Previously, if you were VMware administrator, you’d simply install a VM on your ESXi, or when running a desktop computer, you’d install a VMware Workstation or Player and install a new Linux VM there. […]
What is VMware vSphere On-Disk Metadata Analyzer – VOMA
VMware vSphere and ESXi has a very solid storage system. You might be interested in a fact, that there is a tool, similar to Windows chkdsk, which can check and identify incidents on metadata corruption which might affect file systems or underlying logical volumes. During such situations, you might want to run VMware vSphere On-Disk Metadata Analyzer […]
Top 5 Useful VMware ESXi CLI Commands
When working with VMware ESXi and vSphere, there is a time when you have to go into the CLI and fix problems, look for details which you don’t get through the UI or those details would be many clicks away. During those times you might appreciate to know and learn our selection of Top 5 Useful VMware […]
Patch vCenter Server Appliance configured with High Availability (HA)
One of the questions I received recently from a reader was a question concerning how to patch vCenter Server Appliance configured with High Availability (HA). If you’re still on Windows based vCenter, on an older version of VMware vsphere (5.5 or 6.0) then you might listen up. As you know, the latest VMware vCenter Server […]
Increase Inactivity Timeout on 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 […]
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 […]
VMware Virtual Hardware Performance Optimization Tips
This post will try to outline some performance optimization tips for virtual hardware within VMware infrastructure. Performance is one of the topics which is crucial. How far can you go to optimize each and every VM within your infrastructure? There are few guidelines from VMware, we’ll focus on optimization of Virtual machine hardware, the VM’s […]