In my home lab I used the vCenter Server Appliance all the times and l due to limited resources I need to change the NSX Controller memory and cpu settings. This is not possible by default because these VMs are protected. In order to remove the protection you need to delete some entries from the […]
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Remove PernixFVP: can’t remove device or resource busy
I found myself fighting to unistall PernixFVP VIB on some hosts and I using the command : esxcli software vib remove –maintenance-mode -n “pernixcore-vSphere5.5.0” -f I was getting the following error “Output: rm: can’t remove ‘/tardisks/pernixco.v00′: Device or resource busy’ Daemon wasn’t running: however some processes were still running: Checking the Pernix unistall script at […]
Read More →Update ESXi hosts time with PowerCLI
Time synchronization is always very critical on ESXi and normally setting up the NTP servers is enough pretty much for any environment. But when it comes to nested environments I normally suspend the vESXi as a result the time freeze. Now, after the vESXi is resumed you need to fix the time manually using the vSphere Client and […]
Read More →Additional interfaces on vCenter 5.5 Appliance
The problem Have you ever needed to add additional interfaces to your vCenter Server Appliance? Well I have 🙂 A simple use case? I needed two additional vNICs to talk to their respective subnets without constantly crossing the L3 router.
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