Removing “esx.problem.hyperthreading.unmitigated” Message
This message appears if your ESXi > 6.x host has hyperthreading enabled and is vulnerable to the…
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Running A Nested Cross VCenter NSX-V 6.4 Lab
During the COVID-19 lockdown I’ve had some time to finally learn and build a cross site “routed”…
How to Run ESXi 7.0 on Unsupported CPU’s
Recently VMware released ESXi 7.0 and finally deprecated support for 1st generation Intel CPUs (Westmere). This is…
There was an error identifying the validity of the server: VMware Horizon View Composer Upgrade
Last week I had the task to update our VMware View environment from 7.0 to 7.11, a…
Troubleshooting VMware lost access to volume errors
Recently we have been seeing heaps of these types of errors fill up our VMware ESXi logs:…
Renaming a vSwitch in VMWare ESXi
At the ESX Console, log in and hit Alt-F1 then type unsupported and hit Enter. You won’t…
Configure iSCSI Port Binding using ESXCLI
1. Enable SSH console from the management settings > troubleshooting options on the ESXi console. 2. Bring…
VMware ESXi Setting iphash load balancing via CLI
I recently setup x2 new ESXi 6.7u1 servers without access to each hosts LAN. I needed to…
Cannot extend datastore through vCenter Server
Today on the random VMware “feature” list – extended a datastore. So on the EMC SAN side…
Error 29702 upgrading VMware VCenter 5.5 to 6.0
Like most enterprise IT shops, we have a significant VMware investment. One of the requirements of upgrading…