VMware has made an important feature of the latest and greatest ESXi (a.k.a. the vSphere hypervisor) -- the command-line environment or tech-support mode -- a bit complex to access. (Tech-support mode ...

VMware vSphere can scale higher than previous versions, supporting more CPU cores and more RAM for hosts and virtual machine (VM) guests (see Figure 1). For example, ESX/ESXi 4.0.0 now support VMs ...

In a previous article, I discussed the release of VMware's ESXi on Arm Fling. In this article, I will give an overview of my experience installing it. The ESXi on Arm Fling site has a list of ...

The Xangati for ESX deploys as a virtual appliance (.OVF format) on any ESX/ESXi server. It sees all communications across the vSwitches inside the ESX host. Xangati shows every communication from ...

The best way to learn about virtualization is with your own lab. When most people think of a lab, they picture a closet housing a group of servers that cost several thousand dollars. While there are ...

A significant part of navigating the complex realm of cyber threats is addressing the vulnerabilities inherent in ESXi hypervisors, a cornerstone of modern IT infrastructure and virtualization. ESXi ...

How to install VMware’s ESXi hypervisor on bare-metal hardware Your email has been sent This walk-through will show you how to install VMware's ESXi hypervisor on ...

VMware’s ESXi was all the rage in the home server ecosystem a decade ago, with a large chunk of the tinkering community using the hypervisor to manage their virtualization projects. But over the years ...

Backing up your VMware ESXi host configuration is critical for disaster recovery. If hardware fails or settings are accidentally changed, a backup allows you to quickly restore the host to its ...

VMware’s vSphere virtualization platform is known for its reliability and offers built-in features like High Availability (HA) to ensure that physical server failures have only minor effects on ...