L-Minus, thanks for the comment! You can backup the ESXi configuration using PowerCLI (VMware's module for PowerShell) using the following: Get-VMHostFirmware -VMHost $host -BackupConfiguration -DestinationPath C:\HostBackups For vCenter Server, you can setup automated backups for your config there, by navigating to the VAMI interface (port 5480) and then navigating to the Backups menu. It will allow you to target FTP, SFTP, and other options for automatically backing up your VCSA appliance on a regular basis.
Every vSphere host in any shop / Lab / Enterprise I work I enable "ShareForceSalting = 0" and "Mem.ShareScanTime = 20" This setting pretty much dedeuplicates used memory blocks and give you the ability to run more VMs without swapping. And checks memory blocks every 20 min. These can be set in the advanced system settings.
esxi time NTP settings do not always work well... Depends on the OS running and clients, there can be time delays (up 5 seconds differences) between domain and clients, and in some cases client not getting updated at all.. Perhaps that is why this option should be kept enabled????
Hello Brandon Lee, thank you for your great videos and detailed information. A question: I want to run a script or "esxcli" command during each ESXi boot. What's the best way to do that?
Great content, thank you! I would suggest applying a high pass filter to your mic in post, perhaps around 80-100 Hz. I'm listening on in-ear headphones and there is a fairly loud bump occasionally. It probably doesn't come through if editing on a laptop.
i hope you are there ! in good health, So, how to backup a " VM's" as i make in VirtualBox in Windows 8.1 ? i wanted to baukup (forexample ) windows XP or 7 or even 11 . BUT i was thinking to backup any of these VM's to use them to install windows to another Computer !! do you get my idea ?
I have an Intel RAID for my PCIe optane drives (RAID10) But my ESXI 8 cannot see it. I've been scouring the internet to see how I can get them to see it, looked on VMWare's Compatible RAID controllers, and it mentioned that Intel VMD is the only solution for NVMe RAID. The BIOS sees the RAID 10, but not ESXi 8. Are there tutorials for this? Direct me in the right direction?
Thanks for this video. I'm getting prepared to help upgrade an environment that has lots of ESXi patches listed as Critical. I'm hoping to take the best approach possible.
Hi, where did u obtain that update link? Only think I found is a downloadable zip. Would be nice to show not just copy paste an leave the question unanswerd. Thanks.
Daniel, you can use the following: ## Open ESXi host firewall to allow the host to connect to the Internet esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient ## Get your current profile esxcli software sources profile list -d ##Enter maintenance mode on the host - vim-cmd /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter ##Run the command to update your host: esxcli software profile update -d hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml -p ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard A site I have had bookmarked for years now is the following: Virten.net...he keeps the latest profiles listed so it makes running the command above easy as you just replace the profile name after the -p with the profile listed here: www.virten.net/vmware/vmware-esxi-image-profiles/
Some of the latest syslog services (ie. Splunk) benefit from receiving traffic on a specific/non-standard port (ie. not the default port 514). Is there a way from cli or gui to designate a custom port with the IP address, and match that in the firewall settings ?
This tutorial rocked right up until the point where I tried to setup the new ports for vMotion (15:00 Min) my setup doesn't use VLans and the VLan field doesn't populate and thereby fails... still working on a solution but overall thanks for the help from this vid, helped me get my home lab to another level!
Thank you for this effort, I am a newbie , I was wondering if you can tell us how to access our servers from outside network , your teacher method is great , I would love to learn more
Justin, thanks for your comment! Yes, many of these types of processes and procedures can be accomplished with tools like PowerCLI or Ansible. Also, there is a mechanism in vSphere called a "Host profile" that allows applying almost "template like" settings to ESXi hosts.
Followed your guide to do an upgrade and worked great. Thanks. The video is good but on my system there was a sync issue between audio and video, which I find very distracting. Not sure if it my system or the video.
I haven't been in a VM environment since V5, but back then during the install routine we would make changes to the partitions sizes- do people still do this?
CPU UK, I have to say not much. I usually just create a reasonable sized partition for ESXi (needs to be disks now instead of removable media as of vSphere 7 due to logging changes) but other than that, don't worry too much about disk sizes per se...hope this helps!
Maybe someone can help me figure out what I’m doing wrong. I just started using Vsphere, I have the VMDK size set as preallocated. However, inside of Vsphere, the storage shows the correct amount but the datastore is only 16gb. I’ve tried expanding the datastore of creating a new one with no success
@@VirtualizationHowto thanks for replying, after some digging I found that at least inside of a VM, ESXi reserves 119gb for whatever reason. I just created a second VHD and it works perfectly.
lost in the details , and yet , nobody explains what is going on at a fundamental level. I do understand that most of the details occur on vmware servers , and that what you have esxi installed on is almost irrelevant.
What about backing up vCenter and the ESXi host configs?
L-Minus, thanks for the comment! You can backup the ESXi configuration using PowerCLI (VMware's module for PowerShell) using the following:
Get-VMHostFirmware -VMHost $host -BackupConfiguration -DestinationPath C:\HostBackups
For vCenter Server, you can setup automated backups for your config there, by navigating to the VAMI interface (port 5480) and then navigating to the Backups menu. It will allow you to target FTP, SFTP, and other options for automatically backing up your VCSA appliance on a regular basis.
Every vSphere host in any shop / Lab / Enterprise I work I enable "ShareForceSalting = 0" and "Mem.ShareScanTime = 20" This setting pretty much dedeuplicates used memory blocks and give you the ability to run more VMs without swapping. And checks memory blocks every 20 min. These can be set in the advanced system settings.
Thanks for sharing
you need restart host after changed these configurations?
This was disabled by default due to security reasons I believe so just think about the workload first.
esxi time NTP settings do not always work well... Depends on the OS running and clients, there can be time delays (up 5 seconds differences) between domain and clients, and in some cases client not getting updated at all.. Perhaps that is why this option should be kept enabled????
can you do a video on how to show the FQDN in vCenter instead of the ip address, without a active directory server
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Hello Brandon Lee,
thank you for your great videos and detailed information.
A question: I want to run a script or "esxcli" command during each ESXi boot. What's the best way to do that?
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So, in other words, you just set it up?
Great content, thank you!
I would suggest applying a high pass filter to your mic in post, perhaps around 80-100 Hz.
I'm listening on in-ear headphones and there is a fairly loud bump occasionally.
It probably doesn't come through if editing on a laptop.
i hope you are there ! in good health, So, how to backup a " VM's" as i make in VirtualBox in Windows 8.1 ? i wanted to baukup (forexample ) windows XP or 7 or even 11 . BUT i was thinking to backup any of these VM's to use them to install windows to another Computer !! do you get my idea ?
I have an Intel RAID for my PCIe optane drives (RAID10) But my ESXI 8 cannot see it. I've been scouring the internet to see how I can get them to see it, looked on VMWare's Compatible RAID controllers, and it mentioned that Intel VMD is the only solution for NVMe RAID. The BIOS sees the RAID 10, but not ESXi 8. Are there tutorials for this? Direct me in the right direction?
Clear and Precise. Just the way I like it. Thank you for sharing your time and expertise with us. Much appreciated.
I appreciate that!
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Thanks for this video. I'm getting prepared to help upgrade an environment that has lots of ESXi patches listed as Critical. I'm hoping to take the best approach possible.
Just completed the watch, moving on to implementing all of the steps on my test host. Thanks for your thorough and clear howto video!
hi, I'm emulating esxi in vmware, if I want to add vm's to the esxi how many resourses should I give to my esxi? I'm running everything in my laptop
Hi, where did u obtain that update link? Only think I found is a downloadable zip. Would be nice to show not just copy paste an leave the question unanswerd. Thanks.
Hi, Can i clone the entire VMware ESXi server to the new SSD? If so how? Thx in advance.
Showing error amd-v/rvi is not supported on this platform, please tell me the solutions
can you please add the text command for patching hosts Thanks
Daniel, you can use the following:
## Open ESXi host firewall to allow the host to connect to the Internet
esxcli network firewall ruleset set -e true -r httpClient
## Get your current profile
esxcli software sources profile list -d
##Enter maintenance mode on the host
- vim-cmd /hostsvc/maintenance_mode_enter
##Run the command to update your host:
esxcli software profile update -d hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml -p ESXi-8.0.0-20513097-standard
A site I have had bookmarked for years now is the following: Virten.net...he keeps the latest profiles listed so it makes running the command above easy as you just replace the profile name after the -p with the profile listed here: www.virten.net/vmware/vmware-esxi-image-profiles/
Can anyone help me resetting root password for esxi 7 ? Vcenter is not configured .
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If that syslog setting is going to work, you need open syslog ports on the firewall.
Tim, great shout on that front. You are right that is required. I missed that in the vid.
Some of the latest syslog services (ie. Splunk) benefit from receiving traffic on a specific/non-standard port (ie. not the default port 514). Is there a way from cli or gui to designate a custom port with the IP address, and match that in the firewall settings ?
Really helpful video covers all operational build tasks
перед как посрать я делаю эти вещи: встаю с дивана, захожу в туалет, закрываю дверь и т.д.
This tutorial rocked right up until the point where I tried to setup the new ports for vMotion (15:00 Min) my setup doesn't use VLans and the VLan field doesn't populate and thereby fails... still working on a solution but overall thanks for the help from this vid, helped me get my home lab to another level!
Can you help me
Thank you for explaining, it helped a lot.
Thank you so much Clear content and professional way of explaining
Thanks
Hi, what can we do with VM backup+restore in ESXi (free)?
Is it only available with 3rd party tools?
Can we schedule the task?
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AWESOME Awesome content, some of these things are really good practices !! Good work Brandon.
I often wonder why, after 20+ years, such a fundamental and very important service such as NTP is disabled and unset by default.
M, yes exactly!
Thank you for this effort, I am a newbie , I was wondering if you can tell us how to access our servers from outside network , your teacher method is great , I would love to learn more
Thank you so much for the excellent information.
If there are a lot of ESXi host, maybe there is something like automation script to manage all of systems at once.
Or vCenter Server?
Justin, thanks for your comment! Yes, many of these types of processes and procedures can be accomplished with tools like PowerCLI or Ansible. Also, there is a mechanism in vSphere called a "Host profile" that allows applying almost "template like" settings to ESXi hosts.
This was absolutely phenomenal... Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Very nice, thanks.
You mentioned licensing methods. Do you have a video that shows what is includes the Vmug Advantage Licensing offerings?
See here: www.vmug.com/membership/vmug-advantage-membership/
Followed your guide to do an upgrade and worked great. Thanks.
The video is good but on my system there was a sync issue between audio and video, which I find very distracting. Not sure if it my system or the video.
I haven't been in a VM environment since V5, but back then during the install routine we would make changes to the partitions sizes- do people still do this?
CPU UK, I have to say not much. I usually just create a reasonable sized partition for ESXi (needs to be disks now instead of removable media as of vSphere 7 due to logging changes) but other than that, don't worry too much about disk sizes per se...hope this helps!
Maybe someone can help me figure out what I’m doing wrong. I just started using Vsphere, I have the VMDK size set as preallocated. However, inside of Vsphere, the storage shows the correct amount but the datastore is only 16gb. I’ve tried expanding the datastore of creating a new one with no success
Daniel, what type of storage are you using?
@@VirtualizationHowto thanks for replying, after some digging I found that at least inside of a VM, ESXi reserves 119gb for whatever reason. I just created a second VHD and it works perfectly.
That was a really awesome video! Thank you very much! 👍😁
thanks
Realy Helpful video
Excellent VMware lesson
some really useful info, thank you for creating and sharing.
Glad it was helpful!
Hi, great video.
Thanks for watching!
lost in the details , and yet , nobody explains what is going on at a fundamental level. I do understand that most of the details occur on vmware servers , and that what you have esxi installed on is almost irrelevant.