Creating a persistent scratch location for ESXi
You can configure persistent scratch space for ESXi using the vSphere Client: Connect to vCenter Server or the ESXi host using the vSphere Client. Select the ESXi host in the inventory. Click the...
View ArticleCreating snapshots in a different location than default virtual machine...
In ESX/ESXi 3.x and 4.x, all files comprising snapshots are created in the virtual machine’s working directory. By default, the working directory is the same directory as the virtual machine’s (.vmx)...
View ArticleVMware Release & Build Info
Whilst doing some research today based around release/build numbers for several VMware products I discovered a site with all the necessary information in one place. Great news so I thought I would...
View ArticleChange root password on all (or some) vSphere hosts
As part of a security audit I needed a quick way to change the ESXi root passwords without having to go on to each server. I was looking for a script that would automate at least some of the work for...
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Installing vSphere Client 5.1 fails
When installing the vSphere 5.1 client you may encounter the following error message “Failed to install hcmon“, if you look at the vminst.log file (which is normally located in the %TEMP% area) you...
View ArticleAdding the ESX/ESXi host to an Active Directory domain fails with the error...
When adding a 4.1 ESX/ESXi host to an Active Directory domain it fails or whilst adding you receive an error “Errors in Active Directory operations“. If you have netlogond enabled on the host, you can...
View ArticleHP Customised VMware ESXi Images
The new Proliant Gen8 servers require you to use a customised image for the installation of ESXi to be a success. The network and storage drivers are combined in the HP customised image and therefore...
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VMware Tools for Nested ESXi
This VIB package provides a VMware Tools service (vmtoolsd) for running inside a nested ESXi virtual machine. The following capabilities are exposed through VMware Tools: Provides guest OS information...
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Enable SSH on VMware ESXi 5.5 via vSphere Client
To enable SSH on your VMware ESXi 5.5 host you can do this directly on the host or alternatively you can do this using the VMware vSphere Client. Using the vSphere client click on the “Configuration...
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