“ESX/vSphere CPU compatibility with vMotion (EVC)”
If you dont know what EVC is will you are eventually going to find out. This feature is required for vMotion to be used in an environment with a mixture of CPU. For the Past few years I had all my ESX server using CPU’s in the same family but [...]

Why would I want to do this you ask?… well for testing duh! To be more specific for testing the upgrade from ESX 3.5 to vSphere.
After looking at a few “how-to’s” I found one that is simple and works.
http://www.vmadmin.co.uk/index.php/resources/35-esxserver/88-esxinworkstation

If your in IT you know coffee is almost as important as the air we breath. Show [...]

Esxcfg-firewall
Description: Configures the service console firewall ports
Syntax: esxcfg-firewall <options>
Options:

-q
Lists current settings

-q <service>
Lists settings for the specified service

-q incoming|outgoing
Lists settings for non-required incoming/outgoing ports

-s
Lists known services

-l
Loads current settings

-r
Resets all options to defaults

-e <service>
Allows specified service through the firewall (enables)

-d <service>
Blocks [...]

This will allow the root user access via ssh which is disabled by default.
1. Go to the service console on the physical server and log in as root
2. type “vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config” (with quotes of course)
*if you dont know “vi” look it up before going any further.
3. Change [...]

so you spent days perfecting a virtual machine in workstation and saved the vmdk file somewhere for future use and then the time comes to pull it out to find that your esx server does not even see it. You cant use the converter or the importer because it is looking for a config file [...]

I personally don’t understand why you would want to do this seeing that you would need a very large pen drive and the performance from running anything on USB especially is horrible running a virtual OS, at least to me, doesn’t make sense. But anyways here you go.
First you need to install linux onto a [...]

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Details

This article provides steps for increasing the maximum video resolution supported in the guest operating system.

Solution

Overview
To add additional video resolutions, several changes must be made to the virtual machine. Not all changes are required for all products and guests. The changes required are indicated by this article.

Add additional video memory to the [...]

OK the other day i faced this issue under snapshot manager i am not able to see any snapshot but yes but when i do a ls on my VM directory i see those delta disks , so if you are in this situation then follow these ….
Create a new snapshot and delete it. The [...]

These steps can be followed to achive the solution
. In the VMware Infrastructure Client (VI Client), you will notice a Scheduled Tasks button on the main toolbar click that one.
. Click New to create a new scheduled task.
. This will bring up the Schedule a Task window now choose the Make a Snapshot of a [...]

To back up host configuration data
Start the Remote CLI (or SSH) and log in.
You do not need to type the password on the command line. If no password is specified, the tool prompts you for the password without echoing the output to the terminal. This means the password you type is not visible in the [...]