esxi 6
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vSphere 6
Lost access to volume due to connectivity issues
Recently, I ran into an issue with a host where performance would tank from the client side. ย VM consoles and RDP sessions would disconnect as well as the host would become unresponsive to any types of commands within the vCenter…
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vSphere 6
Can you Install VMware ESXi on 4kn Drives
The answer to the question posed in the post title is – yes you can INSTALL ESXi on 4kn drives. However as I tested recently, the problem you will run into is being able to add a datastore. Let’s take…
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VMware
ESXi 6 Configure Management Network Greyed out
The other day when playing around “rather hard” with distributed switches and NSX, I broke my distributed switch implementation on one of my lab ESXi 6 hosts. ย I couldn’t ping the host, and also even worse, couldn’t get to the…
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vSphere 6
Create Linked Clone using PowerCLI ESXi 6
Guys, just wanted to write up a quick post on how to spin up a linked clone in ESXi 6.0 using only PowerCLI, this may come in handy if you are testing in a lab environment or have the need…
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vSphere 6
Upgrade ESXi 5.5 Dell Server cluster to ESXi 6 with VUM
In the post today I would like to go through the process to update a Dell ESXi 5.5 cluster to 6.0 using VUM. ย Updating a Dell Server cluster running ESXi 5.5 to version 6 is really no different that updating…
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vSphere 6
FreeNAS Change IP Address on iSCSI target VMware ESXi 6
FreeNAS is one of the easiest and coolest virtual SAN appliances out there for use with VMware and other Hypervisor labs. ย If you have FreeNAS already setup and running with a VMware lab, you may at some point due to…
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vSphere 6
How to update an ESXi 6.0 host from commandline
The processย of updating anย ESXi 6.0 host from commandline is a very painless operation. ย Especially if you have a standalone host and don’t have access to VUM for updates, this procedure works well for me to get the latest updates, and…