Configuring virtual machine startup and shutdown
I have just discovered that I am able to configure virtual machines to automatically power on when ESXi starts up. This can be very useful if I reboot the ESXi server and have several virtual machines to bring back up….
How to clone a VM from another powered off VM in vSphere Client
1. Log into vSphere Client and ensure that you are in the VMs and Templates view 2. Locate the desired VM to clone. Right-click this VM and choose Clone 3. Enter a name for the new VM and choose an…
Cloning a VMware ESXi thick disk to a thin disk
Up until now I’ve been building all of my virtual servers with thick provisioned disks. In order to better utilise the available disk, I have decided use thin provisioned disks instead. This is easy enough for new servers but if, like me,…
How to enable SSH on a VMWare ESXi server
SSH is disabled on ESXi servers by default. I’d like to have access to the command-line tools available using SSH so have enabled it on my server. Here’s how I did it: 1. On the ESXi server administration window (where…
Creating a new virtual machine
The first virtual sever I’ll be creating on my ESXi host will be a Windows 2008 domain controller. It will have 4GB RAM, 1vCPU and 40GB disk allocated. Here’s how I created the virtual machine using the vSphere client: 1.