Working with Snapshots on the ESXi CLI
Recently, I had the need to remove some snapshots from a virtual machine using the CLI as there were issues with network connectivity. The CLI tool to do this is…
Recently, I had the need to remove some snapshots from a virtual machine using the CLI as there were issues with network connectivity. The CLI tool to do this is…
You can use the vscsiStats tool to gather storage performance data for VMFS and NFS datastores. The tool is now available on a default install of ESXi, and is located…
ESXTOP and RESXTOP are tools used to monitor and gather performance data from an ESXi host. Esxtop is a command-line tool that gives real-time information about resource usage in a vSphere…
I’ve had a requirement recently to create a small XenServer 6.2 test/demo environment. I decided to use a Windows 2008 R2 host as an NFS server to provide shared storage…
This is all covered in the vSphere Storage Guide which I will aim to summarise here. ESXi uses storage APIs known as the Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA) to manage storage…
Details on the path selection policies can be found in the vSphere Storage Guide, but are summarised below: The three default path selection policies (PSPs) are: MRU (Most Recently Used).…
I’ve been posting a few articles on using partedUtil and vmkfstools as part of my VCAP-DCA studies. One of the articles I’ve come across a few times is this one…
There are a number of VMFS filesystem related tasks you can run using vmkfstools. Query a VMFS Volume You can get information on a VMFS volume by running the following…
First of all, what is a slot size? The Host Failures Cluster Tolerates admission control policy uses the slot size calculation to determine how many virtual machines can be powered…
If you are troubleshooting a network issue from an ESXi host it may be necessary for you to check the host’s arp cache. Running ‘arp’ doesn’t work on ESXi, instead…
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