Categorie: ESXI

When hosting a Linux server at Strato? And Ubuntu 20.04.4 won’t update? Edit the /etc/apt/sources.list # vim /etc/apt/sources.list And ad the following lines to the file:   deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal main restricted universe multiverse deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse […]

Datastore ‘{name}’ is not accessible. “No connected and accessible host is attached to the datastore.” At a client’s we encountered a rather classical error, a dismounted datastore that couldn’t be removed/distroyed. So the customer just deleted the LUN from the storagebox expecting the datastore to disappear from the inventory. That didn’t happen. Neither did the […]

Log in to ESXI as root and check the version running. In our case we running 6.5.0 (Build 4564106) Go to manage, services and enable ( start ) SSH When SSH is running, you can upload the offline bundle installer in to the ESXI host. Install FileZilla and start FileZilla, and upload the offline installer […]

Where to download VMWare tools.     https://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/index.html    

Resetting root password in vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 / 6.7 / 7.x (2147144) Last Updated: 4/5/2021Categories: TroubleshootingTotal Views: 485950 172Language:Chinese (Simplified)JapaneseEnglishGerman subscribe Skyline Health Diagnostics (SHD) is a tool that analyses log files to detect known issues and recommend solutions/KBs. Benefits include: Instant resolution to known issues that occur in your vCenter/vSphere environment Significant reduction of time and efforts in resolving issues […]

Use ILO to logon to the server, The password will not be locked out when you logon to the cli on the host. ALT+F1 = Switches to the console. ALT+F2 = Switches to the DCUI. ALT+F11 = Returns to the banner screen. ALT+F12 = Displays the VMkernel log on the console. Start the command prompt, and type the following. […]

Inflate thin disk A virtual disk in thin format uses only as much space on the datastore as needed. This means that, if you create a 10 GB virtual disk and place 3 GB of data in it, only the 3 GB of space on the datastore will be used, but the performance will not […]