1) Run ‘esxcli storage nmp device list | grep ^naa.’ to list the current connected storages. 2) Run ‘esxcli storage nmp device set –d <DEVICE_ ID> –P <PSP_NAME>’ to change the path selection policy. e.g. esxcli storage nmp device set -d naa.60050768028081713c0000000000003a -P VMW_PSP_RR 3) Additionally, you can run ‘esxcli storage nmp satp list’ to … Continue reading ESXi 5.0 Command: Change Storage Path Selection
Setup BgInfo in Windows 2008 R2
1) Download BgInfo, and unzip the file to C:\Windows 2) Open BgInfo and adjust the configuration to meet you needs, then save it to C:\windows\bg.bgi 3) Create a bat script file C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\bginfo.cmd @ECHO OFF %systemroot%\bginfo /i%systemroot%\bg.bgi /timer:0 /nolicprompt /silent
Invalid Virtual Machine in vCenter
If you see a virtual machine shows invalid in the vCenter VM inventory, it means this VM failed to get registered against vCenter. You have to manually remove it from the inventory and go to the datastore, then find the virtual machine .vmx file and manually add it to the vCenter inventory. If you have … Continue reading Invalid Virtual Machine in vCenter
TSM 6.3: The Server Is Disabled
If you see such message ‘The server is disabled’ when you run the TSM BA client, it means for some reasons your TSM server blocks the node’s session. In the log, you should see ‘Session rejected: TCP/IP connection failure’. The fix is to enable the session by running ‘enable session all’ in the TSM server.
ESXi 5.0 Command: Create Standard Switch
Here is a example of using esxi command to create a virtual standard switch, and add the vMotion port group (vlan 100). ##Standard vSwitch Settings esxcli network vswitch standard add -v vSwitch1 esxcli network vswitch standard uplink add -v vSwitch1 -u vmnic3 esxcli network vswitch standard uplink add -v vSwitch1 -u vmnic4esxcli network vswitch standard … Continue reading ESXi 5.0 Command: Create Standard Switch
