VMware

  • bootbank01

    Expecting 2 bootbanks found 0 VMware ESXi 6

    I ran into a pesky issue yesterday when rolling through a slew of host updates in a few production clusters. ย I had one host that presented with some odd issues during the update manager remediation phase. ย After rebooting the particular…

  • v6u2_03

    Update manager Upgrade VMware ESXi 6.0 update 2

    Below are the simple and easy steps to get your ESXi 6.0 u1 or earlier installation to update 2 (3620759) version. ย Using update manager the process is very simple. ย Make sure before updating your hosts that you have updated your…

  • hostui01a

    VMware ESXi 6.0 Update 2 Host Client

    With the release of ESXi 6.0 Update 2, one of the cool things with this release is VMware has included as RTM the Host Client which is written in HTML5 and allows administrators to have quick and easy access to…

  • unmap01

    ESXi 6 Equallogic reclaim free space

    If you are thin provisioning VMs in your environment with an Equallogic SAN attached to your cluster, you may find that you start receiving warning from SAN HQ or your group manager alerting which states [ID: 4.2] Caution: % In-use…

  • esxiperf01

    How to tweak performance ESXi 6.0

    We might not think about tweaking of the ESXi hosts themselves for performance. ย While there are other major areas of performance consideration in a vSphere cluster such as your storage IOPs, memory, and CPU resources, there are a few little…

  • pcli6r3

    Create Linked Clone using PowerCLI ESXi 6

    Guys, just wanted to write up a quick post on how to spin up a linked clone in ESXi 6.0 using only PowerCLI, this may come in handy if you are testing in a lab environment or have the need…

  • vrealizelicense01

    Exclude hosts from vRealize Operations manager license

    For those of you running vRealize Operations Manager, you may have a license for say only 6 sockets to monitor your environment. ย However, you may want to add hosts from your DEV or TEST environments to that same vCenter environment,…

  • vrealize_pass01

    vRealize Operations Manager Reset Admin password can’t login

    Recently, in working with vRealize Operations Manager, I was prompted to change theย adminย password while logging into the console. ย Using the prompts at the console of the vApp, I was able to successfully set the password. ย However, after that point, access…

  • vsphere_error01-1

    Connecting to Virtual Center server is not supported by this client

    Lately, I have been trying to get my Windows 10 VM up and running with a lot of the management tools that I use on a daily basis. ย After loaded the vSphere client from one of my ESXi hosts, I…

  • vrealize_offline

    Change vRealize Operations Manager 6.01 appliance IP Address

    Recently in upgrading a production vSphere 5.5 environment to 6.0, I have been working through the individual infrastructure pieces left over to upgrade. ย I spun up a new vRealize Operations Manager Appliance to take the place of the current vCenter…