admin

There are a few ways to troubleshoot network/VLAN configuration from a command line, using tools such as ESXCLI and vicfg/esxcfg either locally on the ESXi host or remotely using vCLI…

VMware-cmd is a command line utility that can be run from a vMA, which allows you to perform various virtual machine operations. There are a number of options available when running…

The vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) is a virtual appliance which “allows administrators and developers to run scripts and agents to manage ESXi hosts and vCenter Server systems. vMA is a…

When raising incidents with VMware technical support it is likely that you will need to generate log bundles to aid the investigation. Generating Log Bundles for ESXi and vCenter Using…

vCenter Server Log files vCenter Server 5.x on Windows Server 2003: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Logs\ vCenter Server 5.x on Windows Server 2008: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\Logs\ vCenter Server 5.x Linux Virtual Appliance: /var/log/vmware/vpx/…

When you install ESXi 5 the firewall is enabled by default, with it only allowing the essential traffic, and denying the rest. You can manage the firewall using the vSphere…

vSphere Host Profiles is a feature that allows an administrator to copy the configuration of one host, then apply that configuration to other hosts or clusters. This helps by reducing…

There are a couple of ways in which you can assign license keys to hosts that you can provisioned with Auto Deploy. You can use the traditional method of assigning…

Once you have your Auto Deploy Server infrastructure configured, and you have your customised image profile, the next step is to create your deployment rules. Deployment rules are used to…

Image Builder A set of Image Builder cmdlets are included in PowerCLI for vSphere 5. These cmdlets allow you to create custom ESXi images which can include updates, vendor software…