ESX 3.5
Unload unnecessary modules from your ESX host.
“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 […]
ESX 3.5
ESX 3.5
Monitor VMkernel activity with the tail command.
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 […]
ESX 3.5
Kill an unresponsive VM on an ESX server.
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 3.5
503 Service Unavailable when logging in on ESX server through Web Access.
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 […]
ESX 3.5
Start/stop a VM from the CLI.
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 […]
ESX 3.5
Grant the Root user SSH access.
Granting SSH access to the Root user is not recommended from the security point of view. But, when you are in a secured environment you can safely enable the SSH […]