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Tag: commandline

VMware ESXi Commandline Get CPU and Memory Information
VMware

VMware ESXi Commandline Get CPU and Memory Information

There are times with your virtual infrastructure running on top of VMware vSphere that you need to gather information about the physical servers you are running on. Have you ever…

by Brandon LeeSeptember 30, 2019January 11, 2021
Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Containers
Windows Containers

Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Containers

Containers are certainly all the rage in the world of virtualization and are the next evolution in how businesses deploy and host applications and perform development. Containers offer several advantages…

by Brandon LeeAugust 13, 2018January 11, 2021
Selected host is an external witness for another vSAN Stretched cluster
vSAN

Selected host is an external witness for another vSAN Stretched cluster

As VHT readers have seen lately, I have been doing a lot of home lab work with VMware vSAN and thoroughly enjoying it.  The advancements that have been made in…

by Brandon LeeFebruary 12, 2018January 11, 2021
Delete VMware Distributed Virtual Switch The Resource Is In Use
VMware

Delete VMware Distributed Virtual Switch The Resource Is In Use

Recently, in working with the home lab environment, moving hosts around, playing around with various networking, etc, I ran into an issue with a distributed virtual switch (DVS) I had…

by Brandon LeeJanuary 12, 2018January 11, 2021
Upgrading VMware ESXi to 6.5 update 1 with commandline
vSphere 6.5

Upgrading VMware ESXi to 6.5 update 1 with commandline

We have looked at upgrading ESXi hosts to 6.5 update 1 using the vSphere Update Manager. Today however, we want to look at upgrading VMware ESXi to 6.5 update 1…

by Brandon LeeAugust 1, 2017March 28, 2024
Add iSCSI target Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Core
Windows Server 2016

Add iSCSI target Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Core

Working with Windows Server 2016 Server Core is a bit more difficult than working with the GUI enabled version of Windows Server. Also, with Windows Server 2016 Microsoft has removed…

by Brandon LeeMarch 21, 2017January 11, 2021
Find storage driver version update VMware ESXi
VMware

Find storage driver version update VMware ESXi

There may be times when you need to update a storage driver in VMware ESXi if you are troubleshooting or ruling out hardware issues. Especially if you install the general…

by Brandon LeeNovember 4, 2016November 23, 2023
Set Audit Policy Powershell
Windows

Set Audit Policy Powershell

Scripting mundane setup tasks is essential in today’s world of server/workstation provisioning in the fast paced Virtualization environments we as system administrators manage.  If you are like me, you may…

by Brandon LeeJuly 11, 2016January 11, 2021
Windows Server Technical Preview 2 No GUI
Windows Server 2016

Windows Server Technical Preview 2 No GUI

For those of you like me who jumped on the opportunity to snag a copy of the new Server Technical preview which is most likely going to be Windows Server…

by Brandon LeeMay 5, 2015March 12, 2024
How to update an ESXi 6.0 host from commandline
vSphere 6

How to update an ESXi 6.0 host from commandline

The process of updating an ESXi 6.0 host from commandline is a very painless operation.  Especially if you have a standalone host and don’t have access to VUM for updates, this procedure…

by Brandon LeeApril 17, 2015January 11, 2021

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