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Using ESXCLI to manage host configurations is one of the objectives detailed in the VCAP5-DCA blueprint. I’ve covered using esxcli to display and modify host configurations in several posts in…

There are a number of iSCSI related esxcli commands, all accessed using the ‘esxcli iscsi’ namespace: ~ # esxcli iscsi Usage: esxcli iscsi {cmd} [cmd options] Available Namespaces: adapter Operations…

This VCAP-DCA objective appears to be to do with storage hardware such as HBAs and the drivers/modules that ESXi uses to interface with them. To start with, you can list…

This post will look at the ‘esxcli storage‘ namespace, with a focus on troubleshooting. I’ve written previously, in the course of covering the VCAP-DCA objectives, about using ESXCLI to w0rk…

On occasion, you may have need to generate new certificates for an ESXi host, typically if there has been a change of host name or if the original certificates have…

In the course of covering the VCAP-DCA objectives, I have written about ESXi Active Directory integration. When you log on to an ESXi host using AD credentials, those credentials are…

You can configure ESXi hosts to use Active Directory, which can then be used to manage users and groups. You can join a host to the domain using an AD…

Port mirroring is a feature of a dvSwitch that allows you to mirror a port’s traffic to another dvswitch port or physical switchport. It is available on distributed switches that…

If you care having problems connecting to an ESXi host, your first port of call should be to check the host’s configuration. Things to check include: Physical connectivity IP/subnet mask…

This post is intended to cover the VCAP-DCA objective around troubleshooting the vCenter Server service. I’ll cover some of the general steps used to troubleshoot the vCenter service, as it…