Tweet Someone once likened esxtop to windows task manager on steroids. When you have a look at the monitoring options available you can see why someone would think that. Esxtop is based on the ‘nix top system tool, used to monitor running applications, services and system processes. It is an interactive task manager that can be [...]
Tweet 1. Check for a scratch partition in the Software Advanced Settings in the Configuration tab of the vSphere Client. If one doesn’t exist configure one and reboot the host before proceeding with the upgrade. (See here for more info) 2. Download and install the VMware vSphere command line interface. (vSphere CLI) 3. Download the [...]
Tweet Powerchute Network Shutdown version 3.0.0 software for ESXi is now free when you purchase a network shutdown management card from the APC website. 1. Download VMA (vSphere Management Assistant) 1. Highlight VM Host> File> Deploy OVF Template> Browse to VMA Folder and Select the OVF> Next> Accept Licence> Next> Keep Default Disk Configuration> [...]
Tweet 01:On a Windows box, download the patch bundle directly from VMware. This will be .zip file. 02:On a Windows box with the vSphere client installed, download and install FastSCP. Create a folder called updates in the var file and copy the upgrade files into the Updates on the ESX host. 03::Obtain local console access, [...]
Tweet vMA or virtual management assistant provides a way to manage a ESX(i) host or vCenter server through the command line. Remote commands are vicfg rather than esxcfg like on a local ESX host. Using vicfg allows you to manage ESXi hosts through the command line as direct console access is not available like on [...]
