Virtualization

In this article, we’ll consider how to add (inject) drivers into the VMware ESXi installation ISO image (6.7 or 7.0). The ESXi installation image supports (certified) the most popular server…

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

Remote access to the command prompt (server console) via SSH is disabled by default on VMware ESXi hosts. So, when connecting to an ESXi host over SSH, you will get…

If your virtual machine running on Hyper-V is stuck for some reason, stopped responding, and doesn’t start/stop/reset after clicking the corresponding buttons in the Hyper-V Manager console, you can force-stop…

Let’s look at the issue when your VMFS datastore attached to an ESXi host/vSphere is deleted, lost, or damaged. It may happen, for example, due to a human error when…

Let’s look at several ways to access data stored on the datastore with the VMFS file system of the ESXi host (these are configuration files, data files, and snapshots of…

This article describes how to manually install updates on a VMware ESXi host from the command line using the esxcli tool. You can only install security patches, perform in-release upgrades,…

By default, inactivity timeouts are configured in ESXi Host Client or vSphere Web Client management interfaces. Inactivity timeouts cause user sessions to automatically close if users have not opened a…

Microsoft released a set of hardware requirements to install Windows 11 on a device. In particular, your computer must have a built-in TPM module (chip), a pretty modern CPU, UEFI…

This article is about managing Hyper-V virtual machines from the PowerShell console. We’ll look at how to create virtual switches and virtual machines, change VM settings, and manage VMs. You…