ESX(i)
February 13th, 2010
Common
- Killing a VM from the console
- Understanding the files that make up a VMware virtual machine
- ESX 4 man pages
- Killing a frozen VM on a vSphere ESX host
- Restarting the Management agents on an ESX or ESXi Server
- PXE Booting VMware ESXi
- Three ways to kill a frozen vSphere ESXi host virtual machine
- 10 Reasons why VMware ESXi 4 is perfect for the SMB
- 10 Steps to Install and Use the Free VMware ESXi 4
- ESX vs ESXi
- vSphere Memory Hot Add/CPU Hot Plug
- Antivirus software on the VMware ESX Service Console?
- VMware VMDirectPath I/O
- ESX firewall diagram
- ESXi the past and the future
- ESXi 4 IS the Standard now
- VMware ESX Configuration Maximums Comparison
- Why run VMware ESXi from a memory stick or SD Card
- Why Should I Install ESXi instead of ESX?
CPU
- VMware vSphere CPU scheduler
- vSphere CPU scheduler
- Virtual Machine Monitor Execution Modes
- Ready Times explaned
- Change the vCPU to a vCore
- Determining if Intel-VT or AMD-V is enabled in the BIOS without rebooting
- ESX Monitor Modes
- Four Things You Should Know About ESX 4′s Scheduler
Memory
- Impact of memory reservation
- Diagram ESX memory management and monitoring
- RAM allocated to the Service Console
Command line
Installation
- Installing VMware ESX 4 in Text Mode
- ESX 4 Quick Install Guide
- Partitioning your ESX host (part 1)
- Partitioning your ESX host (part 2)
- vSphere Service Console Partitioning
- Service console memory
- Creating USB based boot media for ESX 4 installs
- Automating vSphere ESX4 host installations
- Best Practices for vSphere (ESX 4) Service Console Partitions
- Installing VMware ESXi 4.0 on a USB Memory Stick “The Official Way”
- Create an ESXi 4 USB key
- VMware ESXi 4: SD Flash in BL460c G6
- ESXi installation – Flash memory vs Hard disk
- Video Installing ESX 4
- Best Practices for vSphere (ESX 4) Service Console Partitions
- ESX partitioning a lost art form in ESXi
Configuration
- Configuring the Net-SNMP Agent on ESX Hosts
- How to enable ssh on ESXi
- ESXi lockdown mode
- How to Reset the Root Password in VMware ESX 4
- Resetting the Root Password on VMware ESX 4.0
- Saving Power with Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS)
- Tame Electrical and Heating Costs with CPU Power Management
- How to change teh ESXi DCUI banner
- Service Console Directory Listing Text Color in PuTTY
Security
Resources
- Using limits instead of downscaling
- Memory overcommit in production, yes or no
- Understanding memory resources management in Vmware ESX server
- Memory Behavior when VM Limits are Set
Performance
- ESXTOP values thresholds
- Max amout of VMs per host
- ESXtop precis
- Performance Best Practices for VMware vSphere 4.0
- VMware vSphere 4 Performance with Extreme I/O Workloads
- Interpreting esxtop Statistics
- A sneak peek at vSphere 4 I/O goodness (and world records)
- vSphere Virtual Machine Performance Counters Integration into Perfmon
- Understanding Ready Time
- Understanding ESXTOP
- CPU counters
- ESXTop precis (vreference.com)
Troubleshooting