How to use the Serial Console and Special Administration Console (SAC) for VMware vSphere Windows Virtual Machines
When managing Windows virtual machines in VMware vSphere, mostly we can rely on RDP or vSphere Console for access. But…
Back up VMware VMs with Azure Backup Server
Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS) provides enterprise-level data protection for VMware environments, ensuring reliable backup and recovery of virtual machines in…
Mastering vSphere Lifecycle Management (vLCM)
The vSphere Lifecycle Management (vLCM), a powerful feature designed to simplify and streamline the lifecycle management of your vSphere environments….
How to replace the ESXi Certificate with a Custom Certificate
By default, ESXi hosts use certificates issued by the VMware Certificate Authority (VMCA), which are self-signed and trusted within the…
How to determine which Uplink (physical NIC) a Virtual Machine is using finally to send Uplink Traffic in vSphere
In order to troubleshoot network issues for a specific virtual machine running in vSphere, it is crucial to first determine…
The vMotion interface is not configured (or is misconfigured) on the Source Host
I was running into this error when trying to migrate a running virtual machine to another ESXi host and datastore….
Using USB Hard Disk Drives for Datastores in vSphere
Because I am running out of storage in my vSphere lab environment, I wanted to extend the storage quickly and…
VMware ESXi/vCenter change /etc/hosts by using the ESXCLI
Because of changing the IP addresses of my ESXi Hosts and the vCenter appliance, I also wanted to adjust the…
How to deploy a vSphere Distributed Switch in vCenter
In this post I want to show step by step how we can deploy a vSphere Distributed Switch in vCenter….
Regenerate Self-Signed ESXi Host Certificates after changing Hostname
By default the self-signed certificates on your ESXi hosts will have a common name of localhost.localdomain. So after changing the…
