ESX Archive

Location of ESX log files You can see ESX logs: From the Service Console From the vSphere Client connected directly to the ESX host (click Home > Administration > System Logs) From the VMware Infrastructure Client connected directly to...

After troubleshooting some problems with snapshots I ran in to an article on the VMware Knowledge base with some good info. See document ID 1025279 at http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=1025279 This is the article. Purpose This article provides best practice information for snapshots. It...

When I was renaming some virtual machines in my test lab, I discovered that the file names are not renamed with the virtual machine. In the future this may be causing some problems so I was looking for a...

Purpose There are several methods to upgrade ESX/ESXi. This article outlines the available upgrade paths.   Note: This is not a comprehensive guide on how to upgrade ESX/ESXi. For more information on performing an upgrade, see the links in this article. Resolution...

Today VMware released a new version of their virtualization product VMware vSphere 4.1. There are a lot of new things and features in this product. Eric Siebert has created a good article with all the new stuff that comes...