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Convert VMWare Disk from Thick to Thin Provisioned

1 May 202617 March 2023 by Andrew Armstrong

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I’ve had a few Virtual Machines (VMs) which had thick provisioned disks instead of thin, as thick is the default this is quite easy to do. If you have the paid version of vSphere and two or more hosts managed by vCenter you can simply do a storage vMotion and change the destination disk to … Read more

VMWare ESXi ESXCLI Commands to Update Host DNS Servers

1 May 20267 April 2021 by Andrew Armstrong

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Problem You have a requirement to update host DNS servers IP addresses on a VMWare ESXi host. However, because Adobe Flash Player is no longer available and the option is not in the newer HTML5 version, you have to make the changes using an SSH connection to your VMWare host. Resolution Connect to your VMWare … Read more