ESXi 4
How to: Backup and restore ESXi configuration using vMA
A quick blog post about backing up and restoring the configuration of your ESXi hosts. It will shorten your recovery time when something goes wrong during an upgrade or in […]
ESXi 4
ESXi 4
Troubleshooting IP-Hash load balancing on a NFS storage network.
When configuring a NFS storage network at one of our customers some time ago, I noticed that the ESXi host wasn’t utilizing all NICs assigned to the NIC team for […]
Dell
Install Dell OpenManage on ESXi 4.1 using vSphere CLI or vMA.
Here is a quick step-by-step guide on how to install the Dell OpenManage software on an ESXi host using the VMware vSphere Command Line interface (vSphere CLI) or the VMware […]
Dell
Dell PowerEdge R710 BIOS settings for VMware vSphere 4.x.
Recently, I was involved in a big infrastructure refreshment project for one of our customers across different locations in Europe. The old hosts were replaced with the brand new Dell […]
ESXi 4
Boot ESX 4 from SAN on a failover LUN – Lessons learned.
Is it possible to boot an ESX 4 host from a LUN that has been “failed over” to another physical location? Yes, it is possible but there are some serious […]