The Book - virtualization:vmware:67

bios_timeout

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-13T17:03:08+00:00

Accessing the BIOS when the POST screen clears too quickly To make it easier to access the BIOS setup screen, edit the configuration (.vmx) of the virtual machine and add or edit one of these options: bios.forceSetupOnce = "TRUE" This forces entry to the BIOS setup at startup.

dcui_01

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-10-10T06:45:57+00:00

How to access DCUI/Console of ESXi using ALT+F Keys After you enable the ESXi Shell in the direct console, you can use these below combination of ALT + Function keys to access the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) of an ESXi 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.

intro

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-20T09:09:42+00:00

VMware 6.7 * Enable SNMP * Total loss of ESXi Management Network Settings * Recreating a missing VMFS datastore partition * How to passthrough SATA drives directly on VMWare EXSI 6.7 as RDMs * How to access DCUI/Console of ESXi using ALT+F Keys * Remove and recreate Management Network VM Kernel interface [vmk0], using ESXi CLI * Managing network from ESXi CLI * Accessing the BIOS when the POST screen clears too quickly * Mount VMFS Datastore – via CLI

missing_datastore

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-10-08T17:01:45+00:00

Recreating a missing VMFS datastore partition

mngmt_nw_lost

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-10-08T16:57:35+00:00

Total loss of ESXi Management Network Settings Solution: Per commandline we created a new vSwitch. Then a dedicated pNIC (vmnic0) was added to the new vSwitch and a portgroup (Management Network), too. The last step was to set the IP address/Subnet.

mount_datastore

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2020-02-20T09:15:05+00:00

Mount VMFS Datastore – via CLI List the names of the VMFS datastores and their UUIDs. esxcfg-volume -l Scanning for VMFS-3/VMFS-5 host activity (512 bytes/HB, 2048 HBs). VMFS UUID/label: 56fab8a0-35277bdd-7efd-002590149f36/white-DS1 Can mount: Yes Can resignature: Yes Extent name: naa.50014ee20af17487:1 range: 0 - 1907455 (MB)

netw_cli_01

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-10-25T05:14:46+00:00

Managing Networking from ESXi CLI Vmkernel IP interfaces esxcli network ip interface list Remove /add vmk0 interface esxcli network ip interface remove --interface-name=vmk0 esxcli network ip interface add --interface-name=vmk0 --dvs-name=DVSWITCHNAME --dvport-id=PORT_ID

sata_passthrough

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-10-09T08:24:13+00:00

How to passthrough SATA drives directly on VMWare EXSI 6.5 as RDMs

snmp_ena

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-10-04T07:11:57+00:00

Configure SNMP on ESXi Login into VMware host using SSH and root credentials, then set community string that you are going to use, and enable SNMP service. esxcli system snmp set --communities YOUR_COMMUNITY_STRING esxcli system snmp set --enable true

vmk0_01

Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) — 2019-10-12T08:39:24+00:00

Remove and recreate Management Network VM Kernel interface [vmk0], using ESXi CLI As you may know, ESXi Management interface (aka vmk0) is created during installation. By default that interface will inherit MAC address of one of the physical NIC cards. Now, this is not a problem at all in most cases, but sometimes it can create problems.