Backing up your VMware ESXi host configuration is critical for disaster recovery. If hardware fails or settings are accidentally changed, a backup allows you to quickly restore the host to its ...

DNS has always been a critical component or VMware server-based virtualization. When an ESX or ESXi cluster came into the mix, its criticality increased exponentially. One of the big differences ...

First, let us talk about VMware Workstation Pro. It has the AutoStart feature that allows the machine to start when the Windows host machine starts. Now, you need to open the VMware Workstation, then ...

To take advantage of new and updated features in vSphere 6.5, I recently needed to update one of my lab systems from ESXi 6.0 to ESXi 6.5. As the system was co-located, I decided to update it from the ...

For those of you running ESXi hosts with 10Gbit NICs, how many do you have per server and how do you have them configured (some dedicated to storage? vMotion/FT? etc.)? Up until now, we have only used ...

So let's say I have an ESX 4.1 cluster with various luns attached to the hosts through iSCSI, all formatted as VMFS to store VMs. You know, a normal config. Can I have a separate ESX host _not_part_of ...

If you are a VMware virtualization administrator and haven’t been indoctrinated yet into the use of “flings,” perhaps it’s time you climbed on board. There is a community repository filled with golden ...