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[[Main_Page|Home]] > [[VMWare platform]] > [[VMWare vSphere or ESXi]] | |||
==Hardware or driver related notes== | |||
*[[Identify correct driver for ESXi host hardware component]] | *[[Identify correct driver for ESXi host hardware component]] | ||
*[[Raw device mapping (RDM)]] | *[[Raw device mapping (RDM)]] | ||
*[[Enabling Realtek NIC on VMWare ESXi6.5]] | *[[Enabling Realtek NIC on VMWare ESXi6.5]] | ||
*[[Recognize new virtual disks added to Linux VMs without reboot]] | *[[Recognize new virtual disks added to Linux VMs without reboot]] | ||
*[[Install latest ESXi on older unsupported hardware]] | *[[Install latest ESXi on older unsupported hardware]] | ||
*[[Configure VMFS filesystem on USB disk and mount it as datastore on ESXi host]] | |||
*[[Install ESXi patch via depot zip file]] | |||
*[[ESXi boot issues]] | |||
==ESXi configuration related notes== | |||
*[[ESXi host configuration backup and restore]] | |||
*[[Disable ESXi coredump and delete coredump file]] | |||
*[[ESXi persistent scratch location esp. for VSAN nodes]] | |||
*[[Disable password complexity in ESXi 6.5]] | |||
*[[ESXi host time settings]] | |||
*[[Create standard port-group for trunking all VLANs to VM]] | *[[Create standard port-group for trunking all VLANs to VM]] | ||
*[[Best practices for using snapshots in vsphere environment]] | |||
*[[Configure VM with paravirtual adapter for better queue depth]] | |||
*[[Renaming VM or template storage folder name]] | |||
*[[Downgrade virtual machine hardware version]] | |||
*[[Copy sparse or thin VM disks from one ESXi host or one datastore to another]] | |||
*[[Configure ESXi host to use multiple network ports for iSCSI multipathing]] | |||
*[[Find mapping between VMWare virtual disk and Harddisk inside Windows VM]] | |||
*[[Configure NTP from cli or UI]] | |||
*[[Steps to Get MAC Address from VMs in ESXi]] | |||
==ESXi host troubleshooting notes== | |||
*[[Reset ESXi root password]] | |||
*[[Datastore corruption issue resolution]] | |||
*[[Unregister invalid VMs using ESXi command-line]] | |||
*[[Solving VMs stuck on poweron or poweroff or reboot non-cancel able operations]] | |||
*[[Enable SSH or SCP from one ESXi host to another]] | |||
*[[ESXi host fails to enter maintenance mode without any error]] | |||
*[[ESXi losses all vmkernel or ip configuration]] | |||
*[[Test connectivity when using multiple tcp/ip stacks]] | |||
*[[Monitor esxi resource utilization via esxtop command]] | |||
*[[Unable to login into ESXi host web UI or SSH]] | |||
*[[Resolving VFAT_CORRUPTION_ERROR During vSAN/ESXi 8.0.3 Upgrade]] | |||
*[[Handling Dependency Errors During ESXi Upgrade (7.x → 8.x)]] | |||
==Nested ESXi related notes== | |||
*[[Install nested ESXi on top of ESXi in a VM]] | |||
*[[Install nested ESXi on top of KVM in a VM]] | |||
*[[Create template of nested ESXi for cloning and repeat use]] | |||
*[[Create nested ESXi for vSAN experiments with SSD disk]] | |||
[[Main_Page|Home]] > [[VMWare platform]] > [[VMWare vSphere or ESXi]] | |||
Latest revision as of 06:44, 10 October 2025
Home > VMWare platform > VMWare vSphere or ESXi
- Identify correct driver for ESXi host hardware component
- Raw device mapping (RDM)
- Enabling Realtek NIC on VMWare ESXi6.5
- Recognize new virtual disks added to Linux VMs without reboot
- Install latest ESXi on older unsupported hardware
- Configure VMFS filesystem on USB disk and mount it as datastore on ESXi host
- Install ESXi patch via depot zip file
- ESXi boot issues
- ESXi host configuration backup and restore
- Disable ESXi coredump and delete coredump file
- ESXi persistent scratch location esp. for VSAN nodes
- Disable password complexity in ESXi 6.5
- ESXi host time settings
- Create standard port-group for trunking all VLANs to VM
- Best practices for using snapshots in vsphere environment
- Configure VM with paravirtual adapter for better queue depth
- Renaming VM or template storage folder name
- Downgrade virtual machine hardware version
- Copy sparse or thin VM disks from one ESXi host or one datastore to another
- Configure ESXi host to use multiple network ports for iSCSI multipathing
- Find mapping between VMWare virtual disk and Harddisk inside Windows VM
- Configure NTP from cli or UI
- Steps to Get MAC Address from VMs in ESXi
ESXi host troubleshooting notes
- Reset ESXi root password
- Datastore corruption issue resolution
- Unregister invalid VMs using ESXi command-line
- Solving VMs stuck on poweron or poweroff or reboot non-cancel able operations
- Enable SSH or SCP from one ESXi host to another
- ESXi host fails to enter maintenance mode without any error
- ESXi losses all vmkernel or ip configuration
- Test connectivity when using multiple tcp/ip stacks
- Monitor esxi resource utilization via esxtop command
- Unable to login into ESXi host web UI or SSH
- Resolving VFAT_CORRUPTION_ERROR During vSAN/ESXi 8.0.3 Upgrade
- Handling Dependency Errors During ESXi Upgrade (7.x → 8.x)
- Install nested ESXi on top of ESXi in a VM
- Install nested ESXi on top of KVM in a VM
- Create template of nested ESXi for cloning and repeat use
- Create nested ESXi for vSAN experiments with SSD disk
