How to remove vSAN inaccessible objects
Introduction The other day we were finding us in the position to completely re-install a couple of vSphere ESXi hosts which were once part of…
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Analyze ESXi network captures remotely using Wireshark
In my previous post I explained how to quickly interpret a network capture on ESXi by using pktcap-uw and tcpdump-uw. This works great to get…
Fast packet interpretation on ESXi using pktcap-uw and pipes – updated
As a vSphere admin you are sometimes tasked with investigating network issues. You don't always have VM access so you need to diagnose at the…
How to quickly find NSX-V KB85070 affected ESXi hosts
Introduction If you have worked or are working with NSX for vSphere (NSX-V) like me you are probably aware of the known bug that is…
How to fix VUM not updating ESXi hosts due to old UserVars advanced settings
Introduction Today we have something different from the ever growing VMware Cloud Director (VCD) blogposts on our blog! The other day I was upgrading a…
Using pcap filters with pktcap-uw on ESXi
A feature that was introduced in vSphere 7 is the ability to use pcap (tcpdump) filters with pktcap-uw. One of the use cases where this…
Check ESXi installation date using Powershell
Have you ever found yourself wondering when a certain ESXi server was installed? In this case VMware GSS has your back. Check out KB 2144905…
Nested ESXi 7 interoperability with ESXi 6.7
The nested ESXi appliances that William Lam provides to the community are great resources for testing. But what about interoperability? Can you run a nested…
How to recover from deleted VM files
Recently I found my self having to recover a VM that had most of it's files deleted. They were removed by a script that was…
Using Runecast to fix missing NIC in ESXi
The problem In my homelab I'm using a server which contains both Gigabit and 10GbE NICs. When I first deployed ESXi version 7.0U1 the list…