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 ...

Free Tripwire ConfigCheck tool sifts through the hundreds of configuration settings within VMware's ESX Server, identifies possible problems, and provides guidelines on how to fix them. Tripwire and ...

VMware ESXi is an enterprise-class, type-1 hypervisor developed by VMware for deploying and serving virtual computers by integrating vital OS components, such as a kernel; since as a type-1 hypervisor ...

There are various reasons why you may want to reflect the actual hardware the VM is running on rather than as a VM; by adding these three lines to the VMware configuration file, you can easily reflect ...

VMware Workstation can perform a PXE boot over the local network, as version 4.5. PXE stands for "Pre-boot eXecution Environment" and is a standard developed by Intel to allow a device with PXE ...

What are the key steps in Dell EqualLogic configuration for an iSCSI SAN in a VMware virtual server environment? The first thing to have in mind during the Dell EqualLogic configuration process is ...

On the rare instance you'll need exclusive access to a PCI device, you can isolate it via VMDirectPath HBA. There are so many vSphere features that are new, it's sometimes difficult to keep up with ...

I've got several VMs with a network issue I can't figure out. After a reboot or a vMotion, the NIC in the VM does not get back on the network. If I console into the VM and look at the Network ...

VMware can install a guest operating system either from a physical disc drive or an international standard for organization image, which is also referred to as a disc ...