1. Make sure SSH service is running on the ESXi hostNavigate to configuration -> security profile -> services -> Click
Category: VMWare
Backing up ESXi host configuration
vCli, or Virtual command Line Interface is a free tool from VMware, and it’s 25+ cmdlets that allows you to
Replacing Default Server Certificates with Self-Signed Certificates
VMware recommends that you replace default certificates with those signed by commercial certificate authority. Make sure to deploy new certificate
Replacing Default Vcenter Server Certificates with signed by a CCA
VMware recommends that you replace default certificates with those signed by commercial certificate authority. Make sure to deploy new certificate
Updating VMware Tools fails with the error , Editing vmx file
You may receive error during VMware tool update, The reason for this is that upgrading VMware tools within guest is
Reinitializing the vCenter Server database ; vCenter slow or does not start
If the vCenter service is in a stopped state (when it should be started or vCenter Server does not start.
Virtual Center server randomly loses its connection to ESXi servers; Restarting management network
If ESXi console does not respond at all after logging in or you Unable to restart the management agents on
Network redundancy message (This host currently has no management network redundancy)
After configuring a vSphere cluster for High Availability you might see this message on the summary page of your hosts
ESXi Log Files
ESXi Log Files · /var/log/auth.log: ESXi Shell authentication success and failure attempts. · /var/log/dhclient.log: DHCP client log. · /var/log/esxupdate.log: ESXi
Installing ODBC for VCenter Components on Windows Server 2012
In this part we will create the DSNs.The three vCenter components which are using databases are Single Sign On, vCenter