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How to configure vMA as a destination of ESXi log files

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 26, 2013

ESXi 4.1 does not store log files locally. How to configure vMA as a destination of ESXi log files. It’s recommended to configure syslog and get the log files persistent. You have to configure ESXi to send the logs somewhere, because they are not stored locally. Because if you need to reboot your ESXi host, the logs […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: configuring vMA as a syslog server, How to configure vMA as a destination of ESXi log files, how to configure vma as a destination of syslog, syslog with vMA

How to backup ESXi configuration

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: February 15, 2017

How-to backup ESXi4.1 configuration

One of those questions you might be asking yourself is the one on How to backup ESXi configuration. You might be saying why backup if the re-installation of an ESXi takes just few minutes, but wait. There is not only the installation of ESXi, but there are all the configuration files concerning virtual switches and […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: backup and restore ESXi 4.1 configuration files, ESXi 4.1 configuration backup, How to backup ESXi 4.1 configuration files

Installation Openfiler 2.99 and configuring NFS share

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: November 1, 2014

Installation of Openfiler 2.99 for my VMware vSphere Lab

Today’s article I’ll show you the Installation and configuration of the latest Openfiler. In fact, few days ago, a new build – 2.99 has been released. This is after very long period where no updates to Openfiler were made. I did again choose NFS as an access protocol, since in my earlier post with FreeNAS […]

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| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: connect Openfiler NFS share ESX, ESX Openfiler, NFS Openfiler VMware ESX, Openfiler nfs

Can’t access via SSH After upgrade to ESX 4.1

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 22, 2022

You might experience this issue after upgrading to ESX 4.1. But, fortunately there is plenty of information on the web, where you can find the answers how to easily re-enable SSH. One of those places are VMware KB. The KB explaining what to do when you’re in situation like this. After the upgrade, only the […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Service Console SSH access, SSH root ESX 4.1, upgrade to ESX 4.1 SSH

My ESXi 4 Whitebox

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: September 23, 2016

My One (at the moment) ESXi 4.1 whitebox runs with some SATA and SSD drives. UPDATE: You can access directly my ESXi Homelab Page Here. I’m preparing a series of articles about the evolution of my homelab, but I just realized that I haven’t blogged about my actual setup. I evolved with my home lab […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: ESXi 4.1 whitebox, ESXi Whitebox, Vladan.fr

20% and 25 % Discount on VMware Workstation and Fusion 3.1

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: October 31, 2017

You can get 20% discount for VMware Workstation and 25% discount for VMware Fusion 3.1 by using coupon codes below. Please note that the codes might not be active when I publish this post. In this case, come back later (or the next day). Enjoy… Save 20% on VMware Workstation 7.1! Offer Expires: 1st of […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Coupon Code VMware Fusion, VMware fusion promo

New product from Xangati called VDI dashboard

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 4, 2018

Xangati VDI dashboard has been released. Real time monitoring with Xangati for ESX gives you the drill down possibility to look and find which part of your virtual infrastructure is suffering from slowdowns and for which reason. Xangati now goes even further and announcing a new product called Xangati VDI dashboard. As you can see […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Xangati for VDI, Xangati VDI dashboard

Virtualization Management Suite from VMTurbo now available

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: August 18, 2020

Virtualization Management Suite is available. The product announcements were made the 15the of February, but only now the immediate download Free Community Edition. Personally I haven’t tested the product yet, but some screenshots I saw on the VMturbo’s blog can give you an idea what’s possible. The Virtualization Management Suite has four components: – Monitor […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Virtualization Management Suite, VMturbo Management Suite

Free training with VMware vSphere Essentials kits

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: April 26, 2025

Free training with VMware vSphere essentials

With this new promo you get Free On Line training from VMware when you buy vSphere Essentials or vSphere Essentials Plus. There is a new offer on VMware Website concerning free training offer. You can get Free Training when you purchase OnLine or through a reseller. This offer is only for VMware vSphere Essentials and […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: Free training with VMware vSphere Essentials, Free training with vSphere Essentials Plus, VMware Free training

How to update the ESXi 4.1 free version to ESXi 4.1 Update 1

By Vladan SEGET | Last Updated: December 17, 2020

How to update vSphere 4.1 Free hypervizor to 4.1 Update 1

UPdate ESXi 4.1 without Vmware Update Manager. If you’re using the free version of VMware Hypervisor you might want to know how to upgrade to the latest version if you don’t have VMware Update Manager.  I’ll show you the exact steps which are necessary to be able to update ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 4.1 update […]

| Filed Under: Server Virtualization Tagged With: ESXi 4.1 Free, Update ESXi 4.1 to 4.1 U1

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