Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesThe upgrade from ESX to ESXi hosts can be difficult; no current tools convert hosts for you and you can’t preserve manual configurations. But there are ways to ease the process. By Eric Siebert The next release of vSphere won’t include VMware ESX, so you may be unsure how to upgrade your ESX hosts to ESXi hosts. Unfortunately there is
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesBacking up and properly restoring VMs are essential tasks for workload protection. Use a command-line interface, such as vSphere CLI or PowerCLI, to back up and restore the ESXi host. By Stephen J. Bigelow VMware administrators can back up an ESXi host using one of two command-line scripting interfaces: vSphere CLI and PowerCLI. After creating the ESXi host backup, those
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesA forgotten ESXi root password can stop you in your tracks. Avoid dodgy quick fixes and learn the proper way to recover a root password for vCenter-connected and stand-alone hosts. By Stuart Burns Everyone forgets a password once in a while. If you forget your ESXi root password, you can find many quick fixes online, but many of these options
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesWhen your ESXi host abruptly reboots, you can use logs to track the potential causes, whether they are planned, environmental or hardware-related. By Vladan Seget Sometimes an ESXi host reboots unexpectedly, often during a power outage if the uninterrupted power supply doesn’t last, but sometimes as a result of a core dump or faulty hardware. This can cause your ESXi
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesWith access to logs, you can troubleshoot your ESXi host and track issues as they crop up. You can access your logs via the console or a web browser with only a few simple steps. By Vladan Seget You can troubleshoot an ESXi host in a few different ways. The exact method depends on which version of ESXi you’re trying
Reading Time-approximately: 7 minutesUnderstand, communicate, monitor, check logs, ask for support. Follow these guidelines, and make troubleshooting server problems quick and easy. By Adam Fowler Server troubleshooting is a fine art, but there are some quick and easy methods and tips to get things running smoothly. ITIL methodology delves into how to troubleshoot a server or a related issue more deeply, but the general
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesResearch reveals the impact of Covid-19 on the digital workplace, and how technology will enable new ways of working. By Joe O’Halloran With the new normal rapidly becoming just the normal, employee welfare productivity, especially among remote workers, is increasingly becoming more important. Companies are now having to spin up new digital workplaces where remote workers both have the right
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesLooking at historical data has hampered businesses’ attempts to move forward effectively during the pandemic By Cliff Saran The coronavirus has illustrated how fragile global supplies are, and how easily disruptions in other parts of the world can halt production lines and prevent supermarkets from keeping shelves stocked. Speaking at the recent Reuters Supply Chain Europe 2020 event, Oscar de Bok, CEO
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesWhen it comes to managing KVM, admins should do their homework and research common questions to better understand the technology and ensure peak performance. By Stefani Muñoz KVM is a popular and well-known hypervisor for Linux distributions that is not only free to use, but also offers admins remote access to software and VMs, network flexibility and scalability. IT administrators
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesFrequently testing a disaster recovery plan is one reliable way to ensure that a virtual recovery will go smoothly and not set an organization back. By Stuart Burns Virtual disaster recovery is one of those things that must work right the first time. It is often the last resort to quickly restore services before going to tape recovery. While tape
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