VMWare

VMware vSphere Hypervisor is a free, powerful and reliable hardware hypervisor for server and workstation virtualization. The article tells how to install and configure free VMware Hypervisor (ESXi), create a…

From time to time in the vSphere Client interface I come across the notification: Your password will expire in xx days. I decided to learn how to manage password policies…

In the VMWare vSphere Client interface you can search virtual machines by their names only. But in some cases it is necessary to find the specific VMWare virtual machine by…

I faced a strange problem when trying to copy (upload) any file (ISO, vmdk, OVA/OVF, etc.) to the VMFS Datastore in VMware vSphere (6.7). When I click on the “Upload…

When you install VMware ESXi to an SD card or USB stick (or when using Boot from SAN), the yellow exclamation mark icon is displayed next to the host name…

Sometimes I see that a certain virtual machine on the VMWare ESXi host freezes and it’s impossible to turn off or restart it from vSphere console by any means. Rebooting…

During the migration of virtual machines files from an old HP MSA 2000 storage to a new storage system Dell EMC Unity (both connected to ESXi hosts over SAN) I…

When deploying new ESXi hosts on HPE ProLiant BL660c Gen9 servers in the HP BLc7000 enclosure, I came across a very strange problem. After installing VMWare ESXi 6.0 on my…

In this article, we’ll consider how to add (inject) drivers into the ESXi 6.7 installation ISO image. Despite VMWare ESXi image is certified (supported) for most popular server models, it…

The warning ‘Virtual Machine disks consolidation is needed’ in the Summary tab of a virtual machine in the VMware vSphere console means that when deleting a snapshot (using the option…