Normally if you can not power on a suspended virtual machine, you need to empty the sched.swap.derivedName and checkpoint.vmState values in the .vmx file (according to VMware KB). This will change the power state of the VM to off, and lose everything in the memory. But this did not work when I troubleshot a VM … Continue reading Failed to power on suspended virtual machine →

A fancy vCenter plugin allowing user to run esxcli command remotely without DCUI or SSH. http://www.v-front.de/2013/01/release-esxcli-plugin-to-run-arbitrary.html

There has been a discussion on whether should install ESXi image in USB device. Per my personal experience, I do not recommend it. I heard that a certain type of HP blade servers have issues of installing ESXi in the USB device a while ago. And I personally experienced a couple times in IBM HX5 … Continue reading USB Device Detached From ESXi Host →