VMware ESXi – Monitoring Tasks VIA CLI
The following post details how to view task information via CLI on an ESXi host. Task details such as: Snapshot operations, for example create/delete/consolidate Clone operations As can be seen […]
vCenter Server Scalability Enhancements 6.7 vs 7.0
vSphere 6.7 compared to vSphere 7 (Maximums) Reference: configmax.vmware.com
VMware VCSA 6.7 – Clear Cache
If for some reason you are experiencing name resolution issues in your vSphere environment one useful troubleshooting task is to perform a flush of the local DNS cache on the […]
VVD on VxRail – VMware vCSA 6.5->6.7 Upgrade
For each VVD Region there exists 4x vCSA appliances, this includes a load balanced pair of PSC’s and 2x vCenter’s per Region. The two vCenters are deployed to the first […]
VMware vCSA 6.7 – Schedule Backup
A very cool feature available from within the vCSA VAMI is the capability to schedule file-level backups (v.important admin task imo). This procedure can be used with both embedded vCenter […]
VMware vCSA – Health Status
VAMI Login to the VAMI https://vcsa_ip:5480 as root and click on Summary to get an overall health status: Click on Monitor and Disks tab:
VMware ESXi – How to Determine Build Number via CLI
One quick method to discover your ESXi build number and version is to connect via ssh and run the following command from the ESXi console: vmware -vl The output displays […]
Deploying VCSA 6.0 with External PSC (New Site Joining Existing SSO Domain)
The following provides a step-by-step walkthrough for deploying an external PSC Appliance into a new site, while joining an existing SSO Domain, followed by the installation of VCSA 6.0. This scenario […]
VMware VCSA 6.x – Lookup SSO Domain Name & Site Name
Begin by SSH to your platform services controller (PSC). Run the following command to discover your SSO Domain Name: /usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vmafd-cli get-domain-name –server-name localhost
Disassociate Host From vCenter Server
Disassociate Host From vCenter Server There maybe many reasons to perform such an action, but mine was due to not removing ESXi 6.0 hosts from a Lab vCenter before destroying […]
EXSi 5.5 to 6.0 Upgrade: Remove Mellanox Conflicting VIBs
We encountered the following “Conflicting VIBs” blocker, while upgrading ESXi 5.5 hosts to 6.0: The Mellanox driver is required for infiniBand, as we do not have a requirement for infiniBand […]
Cisco UCS – Determining ESXi FNIC&ENIC via PowerCLI
The following script allows the user to retrieve a listing of Network (ENIC) & Storage (FNIC) firmware drivers installed on Cisco UCS blades at a per vSphere cluster level. You may download the ‘Cisco_FNIC_ENIC.ps1‘ script here: […]
ESXi 6.x -Restart Mgmt Agents via CLI
Experiencing issues connecting to an ESXi host from vCenter Server? A good place to start your troubleshooting is by restarting the ESXi management agents. The following method uses the CLI […]
VMware PowerCLI – Enable/Disable SSH Per vSphere Cluster
The following script allows the user to Enable/Disable SSH at a per vSphere cluster level. You may download the ‘SSH.ps1‘ script here: SSH.ps1 (Remove the .doc extension). The script will begin by prompting you to […]
vSphere – Migrating A VM To A New VMFS Datastore (CLI: VMKFSTOOLS)
You may encounter a scenario where a vCenter server is not part of a solution and SVMotion is not an option to migrate a VM from one VMFS datastore to […]
VMware PowerCLI – MS Windows Guest VM ‘IP&DNS’ Modification
The following script allows the user to modify an MS Windows Guest VM IP and DNS configuration. You may download the ‘IP&DNS_Modification.ps1‘ script HERE (Remove the .doc extension). Begin by […]
VMware vSphere Host Path Limit
The VMware vSphere Host storage path limit as of vSphere 5.5 is 1024 and the maximum LUNs per host is 256. Maximum LUNS PER ESXi HOST = 256 Maximum FC […]
VMware PowerCLI – Adding RDM Disk’s
See also: VMware PowerCLI – Adding VMFS Datastore’s After creating the required LUN’s on your storage array and mapped the LUN’s to your ESXi hosts then you may use PowerCLI […]
VMware PowerCLI – Adding VMFS Datastore’s
Thank you Cliff, Steve and Luc for helping me out with this task. After you have created the required LUN’s on your storage array and mapped the LUN’s to your ESXi hosts, at this stage you may use PowerCLI to add these new LUNs as VMFS datastore’s. 1. Connect to vCenter: Connect-VIServer -Server “vcenter_IP” -User UserName -Password Password If you […]
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