Viewing ESXI Host messages Navigate to: https://10.96.4.231/host/messages (using the example of the support server, substitute IP addres...

Disable "old" physical NIC in machines that have been virtualized  Follow these steps to sort it out:

How to upgrade the firmware without the paid products The primary way to manage an ESXi system is via Windows. To this end, you will nee...

Enable Jumbo Frames for VMware vSphere ESXi 4.x Credit goes to Marc Kean: 1.    Logon to the vSphere client > Inventory > Conf...

There's a registry hack that will also enable windows backup... From http://support.microsoft.com/ kb/958662 : To register the Hyp...

Make VMware Virtual NICs part of an "identified network" to avoid firewall issues on running VMs When you add VMware workstatio...

Using a Netgear ReadyNAS as a datastore for ESX/I There are two methods of connecting the ReadyNAS via ESX to use as a datastore. Fir...

I found this in a newsgroup posting: have not tried it yet but it seems an elegant solution. The excerpt below is from a posting by Steen K...

I was asked to do this the other day and it can cause you a lot of headaches. So hats off to Steve Graegert who has a nice solution in his ...