VMware ESXi 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….
Restore/Register a VM or VM Template in vSphere
In case you lost a VM or VM template in vSphere when rebuilding the vCenter server from the scratch or…
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…
Upgrade the VMware vSphere Environment from Version 7 to 8 – Part 2 – Upgrade ESXi Hosts
In this post we will see how we can upgrade our ESXi Hosts from version 7.0.3 to 8.0.2 by using…
Upgrade the VMware vSphere Environment from Version 7 to 8 – Part 1 – Upgrade vCenter Server Appliance
In this post we will see how we can upgrade our vSphere environment (vCenter Server Appliance and ESXi Hosts) from…
How to set up Arc-enabled VMware vSphere
In this post I want to show step by step how you can onboard your on-premise VMware vSphere infrastructure to…
Best Practice for vCenter Server Version and ESXi Host Version
In general the vCenter version should be always greater or equal to the ESXi Host version. Nevertheless connecting an ESXi…
vSphere Linux Virtual Machines – Extend Disks, LVM Logical Volumes and the File System
In this post I want to show how you can extend the virtual hard disks for a virtual machine running…
Extend ESXi Host Trial (Evaluation) License Expiration
By default the ESXi host evaluation license is valid for 60 days. You can use evaluation mode to explore a…
