Category: ESXi host
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So, you want to use PowerCLI to do some things with VMware vSphere and you are just getting started. Maybe it’s to run some basic cmdlets and poke around vSphere, for maybe you want to search for attached ISO’s on VM’s, or maybe it’s to run a script to count cores and TiBs for VCF…
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Latency sensitivity of a virtual machine can be changed to optimize the scheduling delay for latency sensitive applications and workloads. This feature was rolled out with vSphere 5.5, and the feature is still available as of right now in vSphere 7U3o and vSphere 8.x. As a sysadmin and/or user of vSphere… what does this really…
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Using host profiles with ESXi hosts with version 7 So…why would I want to use host profiles? The answer is, easier administration, easier management, and easier troubleshooting and avoidance of configuration drift. Many times in my career, I have seen examples of misconfiguration of incomplete host configurations with items like NTP. Miss one of those…
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Here’s a good one for y’all…I’m going to walk thought how to update the location for VMware Tools (a.k.a. the Product Locker) and change/update it, without rebooting your ESXi host. You may ask, “why would you want to do that??” Well, the main use case would be to centralize the repository and installation files of…
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Continuing from the previous blog about using esxtop to monitor ESXi processes, let’s take a look at how to export esxtop logs to CSV. Here’s the official KB on how to use and leverage export logs to CSV: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1004953 If you’re wondering how to view syntax and commands, it’s easy, just type “esxtop -h” to…
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Using the top utility is pretty awesome. I’ve used top for years on *nix boxes, both at home and on the job to monitor and troubleshoot system performance and issues. What’s really cool, is that ESXi has it’s own version of top installed called “esxtop”. Here’s a link to the official doc on how to…
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Recently I was asked how to list out all the VIB/drivers installed on an ESXi 7.0 host. This can be easily done with the “esxcli software vib” command. But first, you may ask “what is a VIB?” It’s one of VMware’s many TLA’s (three-letter-acronyms) that stands for vSphere Installation Bundle. Think of it like a…