The tail command displays last 10 lines of a file and with the –f (follow) parameter you can see the data appended to it. So, if you want to see what is going on in the vmkernel of your ESX host: Login to you ESX host Type: #tail –f /var/log/vmkernel Watch for new events to appear [...]
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Monitor VMkernel activity with the tail command.
Posted in ESX 3.5, ESX 4, Uncategorized, VMware on 18 June 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Great VM network config!
Posted in Uncategorized on 9 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A few days ago I was visiting a customer to troubleshoot some network issues on their virtual environment. I was amazed when I looked at the network configuration of their ESX servers. Look at the picture below and judge for yourself. The guy who configured it must be a real VMware guru!
Setting IP address on a APC UPS from command prompt.
Posted in Uncategorized on 16 April 2009 | 4 Comments »
If you can’t set the IP address on a APC Management Card using the IP Configuration wizard, you can follow these steps to set it manually. For example, you want to set the IP address 192.168.1.10 on a Management Card with 00-a1-b2-c3-d4-e5 MAC address. On your Windows machine, start command prompt and type: C:\>arp -s 192.168.1.10 00-a1-b2-c3-d4-e5 [...]
Default Reasoning – Blogging started!
Posted in Uncategorized on 11 April 2009 |
Construction of sensible guesses when some useful information is lacking and no contradictory evidence is present.


