Category: VMWare

Increasing RDM Disk Size for a Windows VM

Increasing the size of the RDM disk is a very simple process 1. Login to the Storage Manager and Increase the LUN which is presented to the VM as RDM 2. Increasing of the LUN can be done online with the VM in Running state 3. Login to the vCenter and Select a Rescan on…

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vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 administrator password recovery

Recover administrator@vsphere.local password on a Windows server: 1. Log in to the  server where the vCenter Single Sign-On is installed. 2. Open an elevated command prompt. 3. Navigate to the vmdird directory with this command: c:\>cd Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\VMware\CIS\vmdird 4. Open the vdcadmintool service tool with this command: c:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\VMware\CIS\vmdird>vdcadmintool.exe. The following console loads: =============================== Please…

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Lost ESXi root password? Here is a way to restore it…

I lost my root password for a LAB ESXi 5.5 & ESXi 6.0 host. VMware KB said we have to reinstall the ESXi as there is no standard way to recover it. Below is tutorial to show you how to reset lost ESXi root password. You need a Linux Live CD to perform this action….

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Configuring Active Directory as Identity Source for use with SSO 6.0

Configuring Active Directory as Identity Source for use with SSO 6.0 can be done in 2 ways a. Use the Machine Account(Any AD Account) b. Use with Service Principal Name The below is the step-by-step procedure for configuring via Service Principal Name Prerequisite: 1. A domain account with domain administrator privileges is required when assigning…

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vCenter Server(5.5) Install with a Remote Database Server(SQL-2012)

VMware vCenter Server: It is  the management system for your VMware vSphere private cloud. It’s used to manage your clusters of ESXi servers, configure HA, DRS and vMotion, manage your virtual networks and their interfaces to the physical network. Its also used to provision storage (maybe even integrated with your SAN) and create virtual machines, including…

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VMWare vSphere – Network Teaming Policy

Route Based on Originating Port ID This is the load balancing method that is used by default on vSphere Standard and Distributed Switches. When this policy is in effect, only one VMNIC (physical NIC) is used per virtual NIC or VMkernel port. If a NIC’s link goes down, the virtual NICs and VMkernel ports are…

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Upgrading ESXi 5.0 to ESXi 5.1 via Offline bundle & cli

Connect to the esxi via console / connect to vCenter 2. Enable the SSH for the server 3. Connect to the ESXi 5.0 host via putty. 4. Validate the ESXi version via command #vmware -v 5. Download the ESXi 5.5 offline bundle from VMWare website and move it to any datastore. 6. Run the following…

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Extending a Windows Server 2003 Cluster Disk running on VMware

Pre-Requisites: 1. Thick Provision Eagered Zeroed should be the format for all MS Cluster disks 2. The VM’s should be shutdown before we extend the Cluster disk. 3. Cluster disks in VMware can be extended via cli only Procedure : 1. Enable “SSH” on the host where the VM is running. 2. Shutdown the VM’s…

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Extending a Thick Disk (eagered Zero) using “DISKPART”

1. Shutdown the VM 2. Note down the VMDK disk Name & Location 3. Increase the disk size of the disk using CLI command 4. Disk size increase will be completed 5. Power ON the VM and open DISK MANAGEMENT. You can see the increased size as “UNALLOCATED” 6. Open Command Line & run the…

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Installing VMWare vSphere ESXi 5.1

Vmware vSphere 5 : – vSphere 5_1 includes ESXi Hypervisor – No more ESX server. – ESXi is a type 1 hypervisor – Components : ESXi, vCenter, vSphere Client, vShield Zones,vMotion etc… – Packaging : vSphere Std, Enterprise & Enterprise+ – vSphere Licensing – Per CPU socket & vRAM entitlement. Requirements Installing ESXi : Hardware:…

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