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…
Virtualization
- LinuxVMWareWindows Server 2022
How to Access VMFS Datastore from Linux, Windows, or ESXi
March 11, 2024Let’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,…
- VirtualizationVMWare
How to Change or Disable Session Timeout in VMware vSphere (ESXi) Client
June 8, 2023By 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…
- Hyper-VPowerShellVirtualizationWindows 10Windows Server 2019
Managing Hyper-V Virtual Machines with PowerShell
June 8, 2023This 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…
In each new ESXi release, VMware updates the version of the virtual machine and the virtual hardware. In new versions of the VMware VMs, new functionality appears, new virtual devices…
- Hyper-VPowerShellVirtualizationWindows Server 2019
Configure SR-IOV for Hyper-V Virtual Machines on Windows Server
March 29, 2022SR-IOV (Single Root Input/Output Virtualization) is a host hardware device virtualization technology that allows virtual machines to have direct access to host devices. It can virtualize different types of devices,…
I saw a strange error: Errno 28 “No space left on device” when trying to manually update a VMWare ESXi version on a standalone host:
- Hyper-VVMWareWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
Windows Cannot Find the Microsoft Software License Terms
April 19, 2023The error “Windows cannot find the Microsoft Software License Terms” may appear when installing the Windows 10/11 or Windows Server 2022/2019/2016 operating system on a bare-metal computer/server or on a…