Your Beginner’s Guide to VMware
In our customer environment, we use templates for VM deployments and sometimes leverage VMware PowerCLI to automate the creation of multiple VMs at once. This PowerShell script is tailored to our needs. It connects to …
When you deploy a vCenter Server in a vDS-only environment during Stage 1 of the VCSA upgrade, you won’t see any Standard Switch port group options on the network configuration page. That’s expected: in a vDS-only …
VMware ESXi 8.0 Update 3j (P09) is worth applying, especially if you run Secure Boot-enabled VMs. This patch, released on 27 May 2026 as ISO Build 25429389, includes a key fix that …
This was supposed to be boring. A classic hardware case: one faulty M.2 disk, a RAID-1 mirror, ESXi booting happily from a virtual disk. The kind of thing you expect …
This is a straightforward, step-by-step guide on how to upgrade ESXi from version 7.x to 8.x using esxcli.I used this method when one of the hosts in the cluster got …
I ran into an interesting issue today while helping a customer upgrade their ESXi farm to the latest 8.x version (8.0.3, 24674464). One thing I had overlooked was the presence …
You probably know that changing a VM’s name in vCenter is easy, but that doesn’t actually rename its files or VMDKs. Normally, you’d use Storage vMotion to move and rename …
This post is a straight-to-the-point guide on how to reset a locked root account in ESXi using the DCUI and shell access.Let’s jump right in. Step 1. Access the ESXi …
This one’s a quick tip on how to reset a lost ESXi root password using the vCenter Host Profiles. Step 1. Extract the Host Profile Start by logging into vCenter …
This one’s a quick tip I thought I’d share. It’s a simple PowerCLI script I’ve used during daily operations, especially when working on multiple projects. It helped me create snapshots …