Difference between revisions of "VMWare vSphere or ESXi"
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*[[Configure ESXi host to use multiple network ports for iSCSI multipathing]] | *[[Configure ESXi host to use multiple network ports for iSCSI multipathing]] | ||
*[[Find mapping between VMWare virtual disk and Harddisk inside Windows VM]] | *[[Find mapping between VMWare virtual disk and Harddisk inside Windows VM]] | ||
*[[Configure NTP from cli or UI]] | |||
==ESXi host troubleshooting notes== | ==ESXi host troubleshooting notes== | ||
*[[Reset ESXi root password]] | |||
*[[Datastore corruption issue resolution]] | |||
*[[Unregister invalid VMs using ESXi command-line]] | *[[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]] | *[[Enable SSH or SCP from one ESXi host to another]] | ||
*[[ESXi host fails to enter maintenance mode without any error]] | *[[ESXi host fails to enter maintenance mode without any error]] | ||
*[[ESXi losses all vmkernel or ip configuration]] | *[[ESXi losses all vmkernel or ip configuration]] | ||
*[[Test connectivity when using multiple tcp/ip stacks]] | *[[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]] | |||
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*[[Create template of nested ESXi for cloning and repeat use]] | *[[Create template of nested ESXi for cloning and repeat use]] | ||
*[[Create nested ESXi for vSAN experiments with SSD disk]] | *[[Create nested ESXi for vSAN experiments with SSD disk]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:17, 26 February 2024
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- 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
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
- 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
