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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 thin. I, like most people …
Convert VMWare Disk from Thick to Thin Provisioned Read MoreProblem You have a requirement to change the DNS server 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 host using PuTTy and login …
VMWare ESXi ESXCLI Commands to Update Host DNS Servers Read MoreWe have been trying to set up a new virtual host using VMWare ESXi 5.5.0 Update 1 with an Atheros AR8161 network card. As this is one of the unsupported network cards, it kept failing upon the bootup setup process – as expected of course. As most of you will know, you can “inject” network card drivers into the ISO …
VMWare ESXi 5.5 – Adding RealTek and Atheros Network Card Drivers Read More
