Drunk on technology https://wiki.nerdydrunk.com/ 2026-04-05T18:17:51+00:00 https://wiki.nerdydrunk.com/ https://wiki.nerdydrunk.com/_media/wiki:favicon.ico text/html 2022-07-21T10:41:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.nerdydrunk.com/vmware:esxi-backup?rev=1658400099&do=diff VMware ESXi Backup and Restore vmware esxi PowerCLI Backup PowerCLI C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI> Connect-VIServer -server matx01vmvh01 Name Port User ---- ---- ---- matx01vmvh01 443 root PowerCLI C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphere PowerCLI> Get-VMHostFirmware -vmhost matx01vmvh01 -backupconfiguration -destinationpath C:\users\tingalls\Desktop Host Data… text/html 2022-07-21T10:41:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.nerdydrunk.com/vmware:esxi-general?rev=1658400099&do=diff VMware ESXi General vmware esxi SNMP [root@vmh1:~] esxcli system snmp set --communities community1 [root@vmh1:~] esxcli system snmp set --port 161 [root@vmh1:~] esxcli system snmp set --enable true Ping The ++netstack option will allow you to use alternative TCP/IP stacks. text/html 2022-07-21T10:41:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.nerdydrunk.com/vmware:esxi-update?rev=1658400099&do=diff VMware ESXi Update vmware esxi I have done manual updates for quite a long time, but I would suggest looking at VMware Update Manage for simplifying your updates. With any reboot of a host I would suggest performing a host configuration backup before rebooting. I do the following actions for each host when updating. I have found obtaining a host configuration backup before a reboot can be very important for a small environment. text/html 2022-07-21T10:41:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.nerdydrunk.com/vmware:horizon-view-general?rev=1658400099&do=diff VMware Horizon View General vmware horizon view windows VMware Horizon View requires KMS for Windows licensing. To work around this so MAK licensing can be used for lab environments the registry can be editing to skip license activation as a requirement of composing a desktop. text/html 2022-07-21T10:41:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.nerdydrunk.com/vmware:snapshots?rev=1658400099&do=diff VMware Snapshots vmware esxi Snapshot Timeout * Power off VM * Edit VM advanced configuration parameters snapshot.maxConsolidateTime = 30 snapshot.asyncConsolidate.forceSync = TRUE Locate Snapshots [root@MATX01LIMO01 ~]# ssh-keygen [root@MATX01LIMO01 ~]# cat /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh root@matx01vmvh01.nerdydrunk.net 'cat >> /etc/ssh/keys-root/authorized_keys' [root@MATX01LIMO01 ~]# cat /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh root@matx01vmvh02.nerdydrunk.net 'cat >> /etc/ssh/keys-root/authori… text/html 2022-07-21T10:41:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.nerdydrunk.com/vmware:upgrade-order?rev=1658400099&do=diff VMware Upgrade Order vmware Through person experience I have found that upgrading VMWare products should be done in a specific order. If you are not able to upgrade the higher level items, such as backups, you want to wait on performing the upgrade until the higher level items support the version you are planning on upgrading too. Also make sure you review the text/html 2022-07-21T10:41:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.nerdydrunk.com/vmware:vcenter-server-general?rev=1658400099&do=diff vCenter Server General vmware Update Manager is quite simple to install and to upgrade. And with 6.0u2 it is accessible within the vSphere web interface. The only requirement is that you have a Windows server to install it on. ---------- Enable shell. text/html 2022-07-21T10:41:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.nerdydrunk.com/vmware:vcsa-migrate-ext-psc?rev=1658400099&do=diff vCSA Migrate to External PSC vmware Migrating from single vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) with embedded Platform Services Controller (PSC) to vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) with external Platform Services Controller (PSC). Enable shell and find SSO domain site name of vCSA. text/html 2022-07-21T10:41:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.nerdydrunk.com/vmware:vdp?rev=1658400099&do=diff VMware Data Protect vmware These commands are much easier if you copy your SSH key to the VDP appliance Single run ssh admin@matx01vmda01.nerdydrunk.net 'mccli activity show' Multiple run via loop sleep=1 while :; do date > /var/www/html/vdpa.txt echo -e "\n" ssh admin@matx01vmda01.nerdydrunk.net 'mccli activity show' >> /var/www/html/vdpa.txt cat /var/www/html/vdpa.txt for i in {1..60}; do echo -en "$i "; sleep "$sleep"s; done; done ;; text/html 2022-07-21T10:41:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.nerdydrunk.com/vmware:vmfs-restore?rev=1658400099&do=diff VMware VMFS Restore vmware linux I used the process below to access VM files (VMDK, VMX) that were located in a binary image file of an EqualLogic LUN that contained a VMFS partition. The binary image files were located on NTFS formatted USB drives. This process can work for binary image files that contain other partition formats. You will need to make sure that NTFS-3G and VMFS-TOOLS are installed. text/html 2022-07-21T10:41:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.nerdydrunk.com/vmware:vsan-flag-ssd?rev=1658400099&do=diff VMware vSAN Flag SSD vmware vsan If you are using vSAN on ESXi 5.5 you will need to manually flag your SSD's via esxcli. If you are using vSAN on ESXi 6.0 or above you can do this via the vSphere web client. This ability alone might be a good reason to upgrade to ESXi 6.0 or later, pending your hardware is on the text/html 2022-07-21T10:41:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.nerdydrunk.com/vmware:vsan-general?rev=1658400099&do=diff VMware vSAN General Notes vmware vsan RVC Access the RVC # rvc administrator@vsphere.local:PASSWORD@localhost RVC VSAN sync operations > vsan.resync_dashboard localhost/DATACENTER/computers/CLUSTER/ ---------- VSAN 6.1 Auto Unmount If you are using slow disks on VSAN 6.1 it might be helpful to disable slow device unmounting or device monitoring. The default for both of these is enabled or text/html 2022-07-21T10:41:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.nerdydrunk.com/vmware:vsan-multicast?rev=1658400099&do=diff VMware vSAN Multicast vmware vsan Types of vSAN multicast setups that I have tested. These tests we done on my HP v1910-24G switches. I have also done some testing on a pair of VDX 6740 switches, but need to clean up any client info before being added to this list.