The VMware vSphere Virtual Machine Encryption Whitepaper
VMware vSphere virtual machine encryption (VM encryption) is a feature introduced in vSphere 6.5 to enable the encryption of virtual machines. VM encryption provides security to VMDK data by encrypting...
View Article4 Ways to Mount a VMDK Image File in Windows
If you have a VMDK file that hosts one or more VM partitions, here are 4 ways to get it mounted in Windows as a disk drive. Windows Explorer Supporting VMDK seems to be a feature built right into the...
View ArticleWhitepaper: What’s New in VMware vSphere 6.5
VMware vSphere® 6.5 is the next-generation infrastructure for next-generation applications. It provides a powerful, flexible, and secure foundation for business agility that accelerates the digital...
View ArticleHow To Monitor SSD Health Status on VMware ESXi Host
With more SSD drives added into the VMware host, I need to find a way to monitor the health status of these drives before it’s too late. Here is what I gathered so far: First of all, enable SSH...
View ArticleResetting vCenter Server Appliance Root and Single Sign-on Password
Set up a new vCenter Server a while back and didn’t write down the password. Guess what happened next, trying to find a way to reset both of them. Here is what I managed to do. First of all, reset the...
View ArticleFixing the Famous 503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to Endpoint)...
If you are using VMware’s vCenter to manage your virtualization environment, the chances that you encounter this famous 503 Service Unavailable message are pretty high. 503 Service Unavailable (Failed...
View ArticleDownload Large VMDK Files Faster from VMware Host Faster
I have a few very large obsolete VM files that I need to get off from the Host to save storage spaces for other things. Downloading the files directly from vCenter doesn’t seem to work because, based...
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