“Turn off what you do not need” is my motto . So, if you are not using the VMFS-2 (which you probably aren’t using since ESX 3.x) and/or NFSClient in you environment than you can safely unload these modules from your ESX host. You can list currently loaded modules with #esxcfg-module –q and if you [...]
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Unload unnecessary modules from your ESX host.
Posted in ESX 3.5, ESX 4, VMware on 21 June 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Monitor VMkernel activity with the tail command.
Posted in ESX 3.5, ESX 4, Uncategorized, VMware on 18 June 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Kill an unresponsive VM on an ESX server.
Posted in ESX 3.5, ESX 4, VMware on 11 February 2010 | 1 Comment »
If you want to kill an unresponsive VM on an ESX server and it cannot be turned off with the vmware-cmd stop hard command then try the following: Logon the ESX server as Root and type: #vm-support –x to find the VMID of the unresponsive VM. Next, type: #vm-support –X <VMID> to kill the VM. [...]
503 Service Unavailable when logging in on ESX server through Web Access.
Posted in ESX 3.5, ESX 4, VMware on 24 September 2009 | 4 Comments »
I have encountered this error after a clean installation of ESX 4 server on a new HP DL 380 G6. When you access your ESX server through web interface and you try to log in by clicking on the “Log in to Web Access” link, you get the “503 Service Unavailable” error in your web [...]
Start/stop a VM from the CLI.
Posted in ESX 3.5, ESX 4, VMware on 11 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Follow these steps to start or stop a VM from the CLI of your ESX server: First, find the full path to your virtual machine by typing: #vmware-cmd -l To start a VM type: #vmware-cmd <path to your VM> start To stop a VM type: #vmware-cmd <path to your VM> stop (hard). This option is [...]
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