Deploy vCenter 8
Kad Run the installer from your computer which has access to your esxi host VMware-VCSA-all-8.0.3-24022515.iso Click install Click next Accept agreement and click next Enter the ESXi host ip details and…
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ESXi powercli script – testing flapping nic with vmnic1 interface up and down every 30 seconds in a loop
Connect-VIserver -Server vcenter1.vmware.local -User "administrator@vsphere.local" -Password "VMware1!" $esxiHost = "esxi-1.vmware.local" $vmnic = "vmnic1" $host1 = Get-VMHost -Name $esxiHost $esxcli = Get-EsxCli -VMHost $host1 -V2 while ($true) { $esxcli.network.nic.down.Invoke(@{nicname=$vmnic}) Start-Sleep -Seconds…
Useful command for KMS vCenter for ESXi hosts
#Verify that the ESXi host is in TPM mode esxcli system settings encryption get #If the Mode appears as NONE, you must enable the TPM in the firmware of the…
VMRC client (VMware Remote Console)- allow copy and paste from your desktop to a virtual machine
Power off virtual machineedit settings of virtual machineclick vm options tabexpand advancednext to configuration parameters click edit configurationadd the following Click ok and power on virtual machine Done
KMS Server for vCenter (Not Native Key Provider)
The following has two different ways to have a KMS server for vCenter and not the native key provider on vCenter. I used this for testing purposes. One is with…
Export and Import vCenter alarms on powershell
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vCenter Upgrade
Ray Recently installed vCenter 8, and while poking around, I noticed the vCenter upgrade and noticed few nice features for vCenter upgrade in the UI Select available update. The new pop-up…
vCenter 8 – patch, minor upgrade, update
I am upgrading from vCenter 8.0.0.10200 to 8.0.1.00300 ‘8.0u1c’ so going to update 1 version of vCenter 8. Remember to backup your vCenter and have a window as it will…
Setting up vCenter High Availability (vcha) on vSAN
In this blog I am going through setting up vCenter HA on a 4 vSAN hosts cluster and testing failure by powering off the ESXi host with the primary vCenter…
Stun time for a virtual machine during vMotion
The stun time for example is when you vmotion a virtual machine from one host to another. This is the time when memory is completely copied over to the new…