Access ESX Host When Root Login is Disabled
VMware Security best practices are to not allow PermitRootLogin to an ESX host. Enabling root SSH login on an ESX host. I could not SSH into a newly provisioned host. The server would not allow root …
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I was battling with a piece of IBM hardware last week during the install of a new ESX host. I had installed a new server, IBM x3650 M3 with 2 Intel Dual Port Server Adapters, and the damn thing would …
Installing the UBER VNX (NFS) v1 - 1st Steps
Ever since EMC released the the VNX I have been itching to get my hands on a simulator to try it out. Now seeing that Chad and Nick are not ones to leave us hanging for long, I started to ask for it …
Xangati for ESX - And it's Free!!
The new version of Xangati for ESX was designed specifically to make the installation process as simple as possible and provides VI administrators with the following benefits and features: A new and …
The Datacenter - in a Few Years From Now
I recently participated in writing a short piece on the question, “Is the Hypervisor a Commodity Nowadays?” on TechTarget. The consensus there was split 50/50. I would like to explain a …
vSphere 4.1 Update 1 released
Thanks to a tweet from vConsult I learned that a new vCenter and vSphere update was released. As always test before deployment!! What’s New The following information describes some of the …
Cannot start a Virtual Machine
I was presented with an issue yesterday regarding a VM that I was not able to start I went through KB Article 10051, step by step, until I got to: I did not want to reboot the host, seriously… just …
My Android Phone as a USB stick
A few days ago, I was presented with a situation that I had a failed ESX Server which needed to be re-installed. How and what happened is another tory for another time though. I wanted to get some …
New Patch released - VMSA-2010-0016
This was just released. KB 1027027 (ESX) and KB 1027753 (ESXi) I wanted to point out that is should deal with several issues that include a patch to solve this Host crash because of ESX Active …
Incorrect NFS Datastore mount
I was contacted the other day with an issue where someone was trying to create a cluster in a box, and they were running into an issue. When trying to power on the VM with the shared, …