Posted by jpluimers on 2015/12/22
Interesting stuff to play with the next few weeks:
This version of the ESXi Embedded Host Client is written purely in HTML and JavaScript, and is served directly from your ESXi host and should perform much better than any of the existing solutions.
Thanks Paul Braren for sharing this.
Source: ESXi Embedded Host Client – VMware Labs
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2015/11/27
Via G+ Paul Braren:
Great new video by Alex López (VCA6, and moderator at http://tonymacx86.com), all kinds of great info in this video, check it out!
Create a Custom ESXi Image with ESXi-Customizer-PS Script – YouTube
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2015/11/13
Funny: about 5 years ago, the virtualization products became so good that you cannot reliably detect if you are running under virtualization or not: Programming Comments – How not to detect virtualization.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2015/10/31
Interesting: VMware Tools 10.0.0 Release Notes
Source: VMware Front Experience: The great VMware Tools dilemma
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2015/08/14
You can specify the ESXi ciphers used to serve the vSphere Client. You can do this both ways: either extend them (make it less secure, but more compatible, for instance to server vSphere Client on Windows Server 2003 / Windows XP), or restrict them to make it more secure.
VMware recommends the cipherList ALL to make it more compatible: VMware KB: vSphere Client and vSphere PowerCLI may fail to connect to vCenter Server 5.0, 5.1 and 5.5 due to a Handshake failure.
However, ALL is far too wide to be secure. Since cipherList uses the standard cipher list format documented at ciphers – SSL cipher display and cipher list tool.
You can use the cipher lists from Strong SSL Security on nginx – Raymii.org:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2015/08/14
Interesting: ESXi Embedded Host Client – VMware Labs.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2015/08/10
Need to figure out if VMware KB: VMware ESXi 5.1, Patch ESXi510-Update02: ESXi 5.1 Complete Update 2 indeed solved the issue below as it seems to beVMware KB: VMware ESXi 5.x host experiences a purple diagnostic screen mentioning E1000PollRxRing and E1000DevRx:
VMware ESXi 5.1.0 [Releasebuild-1065491 x86_64] Exception 14 in world 8194:idle2 IP 0x418017779c226 addr 0x0 ... PTEs:0xnnnnnnnn;0xnnnnnnnn;0x0; 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]E1000PollRxRing@vmkernel#nover+ 0xdb9 stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]E1000DevRx@vmkernel#nover+0x18a stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]IOChain_Resume@vmkernel#nover+0x247 stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]PortOutput@vmkernel#nover+0xe3 stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]EtherswitchForwardLeafPortsQuick@#+0xd6 stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]EtherswitchPortDispatch@#+0x13bb stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]Port_InputResume@vmkernel#nover+0x146 stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]Port_Input_Committed@vmkernel#nover+0x29 stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]E1000DevAsyncTx@vmkernel#nover+0x190 stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]NetWorldletPerVMCB@vmkernel#nover+0xae stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn:[0xnnnnnnnnnnnn]WorldletProcessQueue@vmkernel#nover+0x486 stack: 0xnnnnnnnnnnnn Debugger waiting(world 8194) -- no port for remote debugger. "Escape" for local debugger.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2015/05/16
Interesting: Sneak Preview – Build your own vSphere 6 home datacenter in about an hour – YouTube.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2015/04/27
Edit 20210727:
- A lot of the links below have died due to link rot (sometimes even the domains have gone), but most of the WayBack machine links marked [Wayback] still work.
- The same stop [Wayback] stop
0x0000007Bcan happen when converting a physical machine to VMware (I will schedule a separate post about this):Windows XP Virtual Machine failing with stop 0x0000007B
Steps:
0x0000007B (usually because of SATA/AHCI/IDE or other MassStorage controller driver issues), then read [Wayback] Jon’s Project Blog » disk2vhd using [Wayback] UBCD for Windows to solve the issue as there is no BIOS screen in Hyper-V that allows you to switch from AHCI to SATA and back.Some links that helped me get at these steps:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2015/04/03
A really long time I wrote about Increasing your Windows XP NTFS disk size under VMware Workstation 7.
I totally forgot that article also included a link to do the same on ESXi the old fashioned style. The tool you needed back then (and still works) there is vmkfstools (the ESXi version, not the vCLI version), and use it like this to extend the VMDK disk to 60 gigabyte:
vmkfstools --extendvirtualdisk 60G /vmfs/volumes/datastore_name/vm_name/disk_name.vmdk
You can replace --extendvirtualdisk with -X.
However, nowadays you can do the same from the vSphere Client as explained by David Davis at How to Extend a vSphere Windows VM Disk Volume.
After that you follow the steps in the original article to increase the partition size inside Windows.
As of Windows Vista, this has become much easier, so there you go.
–jeroen
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