You may have deployed an OVA or OVF file in your VMware environment before. Many do not realize there is a command line tool to work with these files in…
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Raw Disk Mapping (RDM) is a feature that can be used to provide various functionality in a virtualized environment, like VMware vSphere. But what is Raw Disk Mapping? Traditionally, the…
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In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, preserving the integrity and availability of data is paramount. If you are using VMware vSphere, ensuring you are protecting your ESXi hosts by backing…
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One essential command in mastering ESXI administration is the esxcli command. This guide will cover how to utilize this and other necessary ESXCLI commands and also methods to restart ESXi…
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You may have seen the message, “Virtual machine disk consolidation is needed.” It’s a message that many VI admins are familiar with. However, many may not have seen the error…
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Today we will talk about some of the features of time configuration on virtualized domain controllers. Typically, the time synchronization scheme in the Active Directory domain is as follows: The…
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The reason why the Administrator can start to look for a solution on disk conversion from Thick to Thin on VMware ESXi is that thick virtual disks are taking up…
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RVTools is a free tool widely known in the VMware community and is a great resource for VMware administrators. It is a Windows-based utility allowing easy interaction with your vSphere…
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In some cases, it may be necessary to share the same virtual disk (VMDK or RMD) between 2 (or more) virtual machines (VMs) running on VMWare ESXi hosts. This configuration…
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By default, virtual machines located on VMWare ESXi (Free Hypervisor) or VMWare Workstation are not starting automatically at the host boot. It means that after the ESXi/Workstation host reboot (planned…
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