Random ESXi 5 CLI Tips and Shortcuts #2
One task that crops up often when working with ESXi host storage from the command line is how to match up VMFS datastores to the storage device they live on.…
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One task that crops up often when working with ESXi host storage from the command line is how to match up VMFS datastores to the storage device they live on.…
Following on from my recent post on the VCP-NV certification objectives, I thought the best place to start would be to provide links to the VMware NSX download and supporting…
I’ve started this post as a way to track any ESXi CLI tips, tricks/shortcuts that I think may be useful for the VCAP-DCA exam, though should also be of use…
I’ve posted a number of articles on vMA administration in the course of writing about the VCAP5-DCA objectives, including information on configuring fast path authentication, however I didn’t spend a…
The VIFS tool, available on vMA or vCLI, allows you to perform remote file management operations on ESXi hosts. I’ve written previously about using the vMA to manage hosts and…
I’ve been spending a fair bit of time recently looking at, and writing about, Auto Deploy as part of my VCAP5-DCA preparations. Having written the following posts: AutoDeploy Stateless Caching…
I’ve created some ESXTOP flashcards previously, which had some positive feedback, so in the same vein, this post will look at presenting virtual machine configuration maximums as flashcards for those…
ESXi 5.5 has a new CLI tool for capturing network traffic, which can be used instead of tcpdump-uw. The new tool, pckcap-uw, can capture traffic from uplinks, virtual ports, and…
Following on from writing about the VCAP5-DCA objectives, I intend to cover a few scenarios based on some of those objectives, particularly those that I feel the need to go…
I’ve written about deploying ESXi hosts using AutoDeploy whilst covering the VCAP5-DCA objectives, but I didn’t go into stateful deployments or stateless caching. By default, a host provisioned using AutoDeploy…
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