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Useful Networking Commands In Vmware ESX CLI

The VI Client is excellent, however when you cannot connect to the ESX host,  its time to go to the CLI. A few useful commands shown below; Network Card information: ifconfig Display the network cards...

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How To Install Vmware VSphere ESX 4 From USB Flash Drive

In case the server  has no DVD/optial drive or  you have an iso but no DVD-r available.  It is possible to install ESX 4 using a USB flash drive. 1.  Use a bootloader application such as  Unetbootinto...

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Checked Builds Of Windows 2008 BSOD STOP: 0x0000008E Error With Vmware

When creating a Vmware Virtual Machine guest,  running a  Windows Server 2008 checked build from sources such as technet, or MSDN, a blue screen of death may occur ( ie  STOP:0x0000008E). This is...

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Place an ESX Host into maintenance mode using the command line.

To enter maintenance mode using the command line interface, vimsh -n -e /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter To exit maintenance mode use vimsh -n -e /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_exit

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Inconsistent Virtual Machine folders after renaming a machine.

When a virtual machine is renamed ,  the underlying datastore folder is unchanged.    This can cause confusion in various scenarios. To overcome this quickly and easily,  simply migrate the virtual...

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Enable the Root user SSH access in vSphere ESX 4

As a security meaure,  SSH access to the service console  using the Root account is disabled by default on vSPhere ESX 4.   Although not best practice,  there are times you may wish to enable access to...

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Add static route to VMware ESX 4 Host

In a infrastructure with multiple networks,  it can be necessary to configure the routing on the ESX hosts rather than at the router. This is  achieved using the below command route add – net...

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Install VMware vCenter On 64 Bit Windows Server

The vCenter server role is a critical component of a vSphere deployment.   The role requires a database  such as SQL or Oracle.   To install the vCentre a 32 bit ODBC connection is required.  When...

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How to reset a forgotten or lost Root password on VMware vSphere ESX 4

In the event the root password is unknown,  connect to the ESX host console and restart the machine. 1. When the ESX host boots to the grub menu, hit the “a” key. 2. Add the command  “single” to the...

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Disable Copy & Paste in a VMware guest Virtual machine

VMware tools provides a copy and paste function between the machine running the vSphere client and the guest virtual machine. In some production environments this maybe inappropriate. It is possible to...

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