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Using the partedUtil command line utility on ESXi and ESX (1036609) | VMware KB
Reminder to self when checking “new” disks to see what partitions they contain before formatting them as VMFS. There is a truckload information at [WayBack] Using the partedUtil command line utility on...
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ESXi 6.5: change the automatic startup/shutdown of guest VMs
One more article about differences between the old C# Windows vSphere Client and “new” vSphere HTML5 Web Client in ESXi 6.5 and up. This time about changing the startup/shutdown sequence. In the old C#...
View ArticleVMware ESXi 6.5.0 Patch History
Interesting way to keep your ESXi rug up to date: [WayBack] Keep track of VMware ESXi patches, subscribe by RSS, Twitter and E-Mail! – Brought to you by @VFrontDe: VMware ESXi 6.5.0 Patch History....
View ArticleESXi 6.5.0a hang after “balloonVMCI loaded successfully”
No Google results for “balloonVMCI loaded successfully”. I had this when booting from a USB installation of ESXi 6.5.0.a. It got resolved with ESXi 6.5.0 Update 1. Apparently the first version has...
View ArticleHow to passthrough SATA drives directly on VMWare ESXI 6.5 as RDMs
I’m surely going to need this gist one day: [WayBack] How to passthrough SATA drives directly on VMWare ESXI 6.5 as RDMs –jeroen
View Articlessh from Mac OS X to ESXi: “WARNING: terminal is not fully functional”
When connecting from my Mac to my ESXi rig, some commands (especially less) show this output: WARNING: terminal is not fully functional So I created this alias to connect from my Mac to the internal...
View ArticleESXi 6.5: mount a datastore that does not automount; esxcfg-volume to the rescue
I had a 1.5 TB SATA disk with VMFS5 created on ESXi 5.1 that would not want to mount on ESXi 6.5 automatically, not even after a rescan, or fresh boot, so I did this: [root@ESXi-X10SRH-CF:~]...
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“ESXi 6.5”“vSphere Web Client”“VMware Tools”– how to install/upgrade
This got me zero good hits in the top 10: “ESXi 6.5” “vSphere Web Client” “VMware Tools” – Google Search Since how to install/upgrade moved, here is a screenshot how to install or upgrade the VMware...
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Research list ESXi 6.5 and up vSphere Web Client: change Guest OS Version to...
There is a very odd thing in the “new” vSphere Web Client that’s mandatory as of ESXi 6.5: when you want to change the Guest OS Version to the recommended one, it’s not in the list. Recommended: “The...
View ArticleKeeping your root visorfs clean: point the path to your own binaries stored...
Some interesting commands derived from [WayBack] ESXi/ESX error: No free space left on device (1007638) | VMware KB: finding large files: find / -path "/vmfs" -prune -o -type f -size +50000k -exec ls...
View Articlelamw/ghettoVCB: ghettoVCB
I found out that I had some very old draft notes below, but since then the source has moved to github: lamw/ghettoVCB: ghettoVCB. Since I find VIB easier to use than the Offline Bundle (for differences...
View Articlebash – aliasing cd to pushd – is it a good idea? – Unix & Linux Stack Exchange
On my research list: [WayBack] bash – aliasing cd to pushd – is it a good idea? – Unix & Linux Stack Exchange It has a nice discussion on complements to pushd/popd/cd/dirs including a very nice set...
View ArticleShow SCSI / HBA modules in ESXi 6.5 with file and version information
A small script I made: Show SCSI / HBA modules in ESXi 6.5 with file and version information: MODULES=`esxcfg-scsidevs --hbas | awk 'FNR > 0 {print $2}'` for MODULE in $MODULES ; do # echo "Probing...
View ArticleMy LSI adapters and ESXi 6.5
So I won’t forget: LSI – MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i: [WayBack/Archive.is] VMware Compatibility Guide – I/O Device Search – LSI – MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i: lsi-mr3 [WayBack/Archive.is] MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i LSI –...
View ArticleTrying to temporarily lower the ESXi acceptance level when installing VIBs
This is an interesting question at [WayBack] How can I lower the ESXI acceptance level when a forced install has been done? – Server Fault. The default level on ESXi 6.5 is this: # esxcli software...
View ArticleESXi: console commands to digging through your hba/disk/datastore configuration
Two posts with interesting commands to help digging through your hba/disk/datastore configurations from the console: [Archive.is] Some Useful Storage Commands | Welcome to VMware KB Blog [Archive.is]...
View ArticleVMFS metadata files
For my own ference: disk space under VMFS-3 is organized according to four resource types. They are : blocks, sub-blocks, pointer blocks, and file descriptors. Resources are grouped into clusters,...
View ArticleSome wizardry: vmkfstools | virtualhobbit
Some wizardry: [WayBack] vmkfstools | virtualhobbit. This includes: finding which VMFS partitions are there the hard way initialising partitions from known good data vmkfstools -V (yes, capital V is...
View ArticleSome links and notes on ESXi and virtualised NAS systems
For my own memory: sixdimensionalarray/esxidown: A shell script to shutdown VMware ESXi host servers https://github.com/sixdimensionalarray/esxidown/blob/master/async.sh (unused, but shows nohup on...
View ArticleDetermining the ESXi installation type (2014558) | VMware KB
Via [WayBack] Determining the ESXi installation type (2014558) | VMware KB # esxcfg-info -e boot type: visor-usb That’s on my X10SRH-CF system which runs from USB. Values you can get: visor-pxe...
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