Updating a standalone ESXi 5.1 host
I have just built a fresh standalone ESXi 5.1 host so naturally the first I want to do is patch it. As it’s standalone, and not managed by a vCenter Server, I’ll need to do it using the CLI. It…
Export a list of virtual machines to Excel or CSV
If, like me, you have a requirement to export a list of your VMs then this is rather easy to do in just a few steps: 1. Log in to vSphere Client 2. Highlight the desired data centre or host…
Creating a Resource Pool
A Resource Pool is a pool of CPU and memory resources. The resources are allocated based on the CPU and memory shares that are defined and creating one is optional. Why create a Resource Pool? Because it allows you…
Upgrade ESXi 5.0 to 5.1
My home ESXi host is currently running version 5.0 but I want to create a Windows 2012 VM and this isn’t support by version 5.0. So, it’s time to upgrade to 5.1. I’ve downloaded the ISO for 5.1 and burned…
Enable clipboard copy and paste using the remote console
As of vSphere 4.1 the copy and paste functionality in the remote console window have been disabled for security reasons. Until now, I didn’t know I could turn this feature back on. There are two ways of doing this: Option…