Quick Tip - Monitoring ESXi remote syslog forwarding
When an ESXi host is unable to forward its logs to a remote syslog server, a VMkernel Observation (VOB) is automatically raised by the host and it can be used to proactively alert administrators, which...
View ArticleUseful NVMe Tiering reporting using vSphere 8.0 Update 3 APIs
After successfully enabling the NVMe Tiering feature, which was introduced in vSphere 8.0 Update 3, you can find some useful details about your NVMe Tiering configuration by navigating to a specific...
View ArticleUpdated Dashboard for VMware Community Homelabs using Dashimo
While working on some data analysis for an internal project, I was looking for a better way to summarize and provide some visualizations of the raw data for better consumption. I also wanted to...
View ArticleQuick Tip - Using PowerCLI to query VMware Tools Configuration at scale
One of the most powerful and versatile VM management capability in vSphere is the Guest Operations API, providing a rich set of operations from transferring files to/from the guest to running commands...
View ArticleQuick Tip - SSH Server, Client & Authorized Key Configurations for ESXi 7.0...
The general best practice is to disable SSH on your ESXi host by default and if/when you need access, you can turn it on temporarily and disable it when you have completed your task. For users that...
View ArticleESXi on ASUS NUC 14 Performance (Scorpion Canyon)
In addition to the ASUS NUC 14 Pro (which I recently reviewed), ASUS has also released the ASUS NUC 14 Performance (formally known as Scorpion Canyon) as part of their Intel 14th Generation (Meteor...
View ArticleQuick Tip - Retrieving vSAN File Share Network Permissions using vSAN API &...
When creating a new vSAN File Share, which is powered by vSAN File Services, additional network access controls (no access, allow access from any IP or custom) can be configured. To view the...
View ArticleRecovering ESXi 7.x & 8.x host after forgetting or losing root password
The general guidance and quickest way to recover an ESXi host if you have forgotten or lost the root password is to reset using vSphere Host Profiles if it was managed by vCenter Server or simply...
View ArticleInteresting VMware Homelab Kits for 2024
Where did 2024 go!? I can not believe there is only a few more months left before the end of the year! During VMware Explore US, I had several folks ask whether I was going to publish a 2024 edition of...
View ArticleNew ESXi-Arm Fling based on 8.0 Update 3b
I am very happy to share that the ESXi-Arm team has just released a brand new version of the popular ESXi-Arm Fling (v2.0), which is now based on ESXi 8.x codebase and specifically using the latest...
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