ESX Commands – esxcfg-module
After the last two entries being somewhat boring and not useful at least in my opinion. I am glad this command has a little more to it. [root@esx1 root]# esxcfg-module -hUsage: esxcfg-module...
View ArticleRescan All Hba’s Where are you?
So I was updating some of my blog posts on the esxcfg-* commands with any changes in ESX 4. I wrote earlier I did not know much about the esxcfg-advcfg command. Since writing that post at the end of...
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ESX Commands – esxcfg-mpath
It has been almost 1 year since I started looking at the esxcfg-* commands. It initially came as a look at the first part of the Enterprise Administration Exam’s Blueprint very first bullet point. In...
View ArticleESX Commands – esxcfg-nas
esxcfg-nas Standard use of this command is to add or list your NFS mounts. List: esxcfg-nas –l Add: esxcfg-nas –a –o <host> -s <share> <name> Not much more I can say. A little more...
View ArticleESX Commands: esxcfg-pciid,rescan,resgrp,swiscsi,upgrade, vmhbadevs
I have been writing on ESX command line stuff for far too long now. I just need to finish it before ESX 5 comes out with no command line support and my year long series is rendered obsolete before it...
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ESX Commands: esxcfg-vswitch
This is a command I use the most often. It is big when I configure Equalogic and MPIO in vSphere. Additionally, many times I show up on site and the network is not configured prior to my arrival. Even...
View ArticleESX Commands: esxcfg-vmknic
You need to have VMkernel ports to do VMotion, Software iSCSI and Fault Tolerance. These ports can be easy to create and manage from the command line. I generally can be found adding them for vSphere...
View ArticleESX Commands: esxcfg-vswif
The esxcfg-vswif command allows you to create and modify Service Console ports and their IP information. Many times I have to change stuff after the install process is complete and the only place is...
View ArticleMy Fun with the VMware Enterprise Administration and Design Exams
Sorry I have been missing for a few weeks. I know many were quite worried why I hadn’t blogged for a couple weeks (not really). Back in February I sat for the Enterprise Administration Exam at PEX in...
View ArticleVCAP-DCA Study
I found over the years that I don’t really know something until I can teach it to someone else. I plan on writing some new posts inspired by the VCAP-DCA blue print. Here is some good resources based...
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