Introduction In the previous article, I have shared a working algorithm on replacing the ESXi SSL certificate with a self-signed one, but, as you know well, there’s always room for perfection. So, I have been practicing with a more universal scenario that could also work with a domain infrastructure and domain certificate services. That’s what I […]
This is a template outline I have used several times and am very happy with it. It should work great for you and if not then let me know. I did this with vSphere 6.0 U2a and Windows 2016. I also used the vSphere Web Client as you will see in the screenshots. I will […]
In this article we will show you how to enable SNMP on your VMware ESXi host, configure SNMP Community string and configure your ESXi firewall to allow or block access to the SNMP service from specific host(s) or network(s). Enabling SNMP service on a VMware ESXi host is considered mandatory in any production environment as it allows a Network Monitoring System (NMS) access and monitor the ESXi host(s) and obtain valuable information such as CPU, RAM and Storage usage, vmnic (network) utilization and much more. Furthermore, […]
Occasionally there is a need to patch an ESXi host without using Update Manager. It may be that Update Manager isn’t installed, or that there are network restrictions in place or that the host is standalone and not connected to vCenter. I recently had to patch such a host, so thought I’d run through the […]
When you copy or move the data store location of an existing VM running on VMware vSphere you will be presented with a message box (as seen below) in the vCenter Client asking if your VM has either been ‘moved’ or ‘copied’. As you can see the message box also mentions “msg.uuid.altered: This virtual machine […]