Boot VMware ESXi from a USB Flash Drive
I came cross this idea early this morning when I saw a post in the forum I am usually on. One guy mentioned that the ESXi serve he’s running has no hard drives at all, instead it boots from a USB key...
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How To Boot Virtual Machine from Bootable USB Device in VMware
There are 2 hurdles I needed to jump over. First of all, I need to find an easy and reliable way to access VM’s BIOS to change the boot sequence. I can press F2 during the normal VM boot process but I...
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Fixing VM’s Network Disconnect Issue in VMware Workstation
I had been trying VMware Workstation for quite a bit and when the evaluation period ran out I decided to buy the license for it as I am quite happy about the features that are existed in free version...
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Free Virtualization Tool: RVTools
RVTools is a windows .NET 2.0 application which uses the VI SDK to display information about your virtual machines and ESX hosts. Interacting with VirtualCenter 2.5, ESX Server 3.5, ESX Server 3i,...
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The VMware vSphere Virtual Machine Encryption Whitepaper
VMware vSphere virtual machine encryption (VM encryption) is a feature introduced in vSphere 6.5 to enable the encryption of virtual machines. VM encryption provides security to VMDK data by encrypting...
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4 Ways to Mount a VMDK Image File in Windows
If you have a VMDK file that hosts one or more VM partitions, here are 4 ways to get it mounted in Windows as a disk drive. Windows Explorer Supporting VMDK seems to be a feature built right into the...
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How To Monitor SSD Health Status on VMware ESXi Host
With more SSD drives added into the VMware host, I need to find a way to monitor the health status of these drives before it’s too late. Here is what I gathered so far: First of all, enable SSH...
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Fixing the Famous 503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to Endpoint)...
If you are using VMware’s vCenter to manage your virtualization environment, the chances that you encounter this famous 503 Service Unavailable message are pretty high. 503 Service Unavailable (Failed...
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