I’m sure that everyone knows about this tip anyway, but…. You know, folks working with other hypervisors or the ones which do not manage VMware ESXi and vSphere on daily basis, do not know about it so they need help. In this post, we will learn How To Disable Timeout on your ESXi Host Client – […]
Chocolatey is a cool package manager for Windows
If you don’t know and use chocolatey, you’re probably missing out. Chocolatey is a cool package manager for Windows. It is built on the NuGet infrastructure and it uses PowerShell. It basically delivers packages from online distributions onto your desktops. Chocolatey packages do everything via encapsulation. It does encapsulate everything that is necessary to manage a particular […]
How-To Create a Training Class Through Ravello Training Platform
Today we’ll have a look at How-To Create a Training Class Through Ravello Training Platform. If you’re a regular reader of our blog you already know that Ravello/Oracle Cloud Platform allows you not only to set up a cloud lab but also to run enterprise cloud applications as their recent upgrade allows you to run […]
Upgrade ESXi 6.x to 6.7 via CLI – Two methods
After yesterday’s upgrade ESXi 6.x to 6.7 via ISO, which is the easiest method, today we’ll explore two other ones of upgrade ESXi 6.x to 6.7 via CLI. One of the methods will use directly the Internet so you’ll need an Internet connection on the host you’ll want to upgrade. The second method will use […]
How To Upgrade ESXi 6.x to 6.7 via ISO
Today a quick lab post which shows how simple is to upgrade VMware ESXi 6.x to 6.7 via ISO image. There are several ways of upgrading standalone ESXi hosts, and via the ISO image it’s just so simple that I wanted to show this for the newcomers and people who just starting with VMware technology. […]
Install and Configure VMware vCSA 6.7
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 […]