VMware

• https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/downloads/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsan/6_7#custom_iso|Download Link for ESXi

• Useful VMware command line commands
• Cloning a virtual machine using the command line
• vSphere Client auto username & password Login
• configuring VLANs through the command line interface
• Expand Windows Primary Disk
• Enable SSH from ESXi
• Enabling Copy and Paste
• Vmware - windows 7 unidentified network issue
• vReference
• http://mylearn.vmware.com/register.cfm?course=73276
• VMWare Technical Resource Centre
• Running Nested ESXi (ESXi within an ESXi) - LAB use only!
  • Shut down the virtual ESXi5 VM
  • Click Edit Settings (of that VM)
  • Click the Options tab
  • Click Advanced / General / Configuration Parameters…
  • Click Add Row
  • For the Name/Value enter: monitor_control.restrict_backdoor / TRUE
    

• VCP 4 lab
• VCP 4 docs
• VMware SNMP
• Vmware ESXi 4.1 Clipboard Copy and Paste Not working?
• Using Rsync on ESXi

VMware vSphere Clients

** How to copy a VM from ESXi 'A' to ESXi 'B'

• Enable SSH on ESXi Server A
• Enable SSH on ESXi Server A
• Make sure SSH client FW security profile is enabled on Server A (so you can ssh from Server A to Server B)
• The below command will copy the complete VM folder from Server A to Server B
• Use Datastore GUI iunterface on vSphere to add VM to the inventory

NOTE: Enable SSH Client on Firewall on Server A, so it is allowed out!!!

scp -r "/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/<VM Folder>" root@<ipaddress of esxiB>:/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/

Make sure SSH is enabled on both Make sure SSH client FW security profile is enabled on Source Server

https://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/replication
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/cloud-systems-management/prime-collaboration/white-paper-c11-735844.html
http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-replication-60/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-replication-60-admin.pdf

if you only have a single Datastore - how do you migrate from VMFS 5 to 6

1. Copy all VMs off VMFS5 to another Machine (or delete!)
2. Disable Swamp
3. Change Scratch Config to use “/tmp” folder
4. Deactivate Core Dump File - https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.vsphere.storage.doc/GUID-0734F24A-C019-4F56-A183-BB58AA1A1390.html

Error:

<MISSING_DEPENDENCY_VIBS ERROR: Found=['EMU_bootbank_scsi_be2iscsi_12.0.1108.0-10EM.600.0.0.2494585']

[root@MYESXISERVER:~] esxcli software vib list | egrep iscsi
ima-be2iscsi                   12.0.1108.0-1OEM.600.0.0.2494585      EMU          VMwareCertified   2019-08-16
scsi-be2iscsi                  12.0.1108.0-1OEM.600.0.0.2494585      EMU          VMwareCertified   2019-08-16

[root@MYESXISERVER:~] esxcli software vib remove -n scsi-be2iscsi
Removal Result
   Message: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective.
   Reboot Required: true
   VIBs Installed:
   VIBs Removed: EMU_bootbank_scsi-be2iscsi_12.0.1108.0-1OEM.600.0.0.2494585
   VIBs Skipped:

• https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.esxi.upgrade.doc/GUID-340F35BB-E98A-4A39-AE89-667917FCE537.html
• https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/76294 
• https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.upgrade.doc%2FGUID-F0FE86AB-70B1-4E7E-A209-E5C5E0A4E57A.html

• Make sure no VMs reference the datastore as CD/DVD drive
• Unregister all VMs from the Datastore
• Move all these VMs to a different Datastore
• Unmount the Datastore
• Recreate the Datastore as VMFS 6

• https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/downloads/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/6_0
• https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/downloads/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/6_5
• https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/downloads/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/6_7
• https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/downloads/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/7_0

• https://www.virtuallyshane.com/posts/vmware-security-announcement-vmsa-2020-0023-critical-update-cvssv3-score-of-9-8
• https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/76372
• https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/rn/esxi670-202010001.html

• Download the latest bundle patch from VMware for your specific build, e.g. ESXi 6.7
• Upload this zip file using Web Client to a specific folder on a datastore (note you can also host on the Web Server - if doing many servers - this would be quicker - see reference below on using a URL for an upgrade command line).
• SSH to the host and run the update (not install) command line as per the below example.

esxcli software vib update -d "/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/VMwarePatch/ESXi670-202010001.zip"

• https://www.vladan.fr/how-to-install-vib-on-vmware-esxi/
• https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2008939