How to install downloadable vSphere Web Client help file. local help file for vSphere Web client. By default the vSphere web client does goes and check the latest help file on the internet. If you do use the vSphere web client in isolated environment without Internet access, you can still download the help file ahead and install […]
vSphere Client – SSH Auto Connect to ESXi
vSphere Client – SSH AutoConnect plugin for avoiding entering root password every time. This plugin is for vSphere client and its provided and maintained by a french collegue blogger VMDude.fr and enables you to connect to your ESXi hosts without leaving your vSphere client (the Windows one). There is also the possibility to setup per-host […]
VMware vSphere 5.1 Networking Backup and Restore Video
vSphere Distributed Switch 5.1 can be backed up, or restored. Not only the vDS and Port groups configuration can be backed up and restored in case of vCenter DB corruption, but we can imagine scenarios of deployment of network configurations on remote labs, or isolated environments. The network config backup is exported into a ZIP […]
How-to increase the default timeout value of vSphere Web Client
Timeout value of vSphere Web Client – how to change. The vSphere Web Client will become the main client for managing the VMware vSphere Infrastructures. There is a default timeout value which is 30 min, but it’s configurable. Think twice if you have a real reason, in production environment, to change this value. In my lab […]
vSphere Data Protection (VDP) – backup and master
vSphere Data Protection – configuring your first backup. In the first part of vSphere Data Protection (VDP) – install, configure, manage – you have learned on how to architect this solution and prepare for deployment. In this part we will configure some backups. When you first connect to your vCenter through the web client, you […]
ESXi Free – how to upgrade to ESXi 5.1
If you’re running the free version of ESXi 5.0 in your homelab or testing it at work, you might be wondering what’s the easy way to upgrade existing ESXi 5.0 installation to the latest ESXi 5.1 without much effort and without breaking your existing installation, without re-installing everything. Your existing VMs won’t be affected. I’ve already […]
Unable to install VMware Tools message
Unable to Install VMware Tools – The problem can occur in some cases when wanting to upgrade previous versions of VMware Tools. How to get rid off that error and why actually this error is happening. It’s usually because of the previous installation of VMware tools. The installer cannot remove the previous versions of VMware […]
How to reset admin password in vMA 5
How to reset admin password in vMA 5 vMA – vSphere Management Assistant. Since the introduction of ESXi version of VMware Hypervizor, there is plenty of different ways to manage and configure ESXi hosts after the RedHat linux console is gone. This console was part of the ESX classic version and many VMware users had […]
How to patch ESXi 5 without vCenter
How to patch ESXi 5 from command line. Usually the patching of VMware vSphere Cluster is done through vSphere Update Manager (VUM), but for this you need vCenter. In case you’re managing single ESXi host without vCenter, you might be interested to know how to patch the ESXi host from the command line. No need to […]
How to install nano in vMA 5
How to install nano in vMA 5 The VMware vMA 5 (vSphere Management Assistant). It allows administrators and developers to run scripts and installs agents to manage ESXi hosts and vCenter Server systems. vMA is a virtual machine that includes prepackaged software, a logging component, and an authentication component that supports non-interactive login. The vMA 5 comes […]
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