Looking for VMware Tools?

Looking for VMware Tools? Look no further than your ESX host under /vmimages/tools-isoimages. There you’ll find the .iso files that mount as images into the virtual CD-ROM tray when the “Install/Upgrade VMware Tools” command is passed to the ESX host for a VM. Under the floppies folder you’ll find vmscsi-1.2.0.2.flp which is the optimized BusLogic SCSI driver for legacy Windows guests.
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VMbook

VMbook: Practical Guide to Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery with VMware Infrastructure featuring Hardware and Software Solutions from:
AMD, Cisco, Dell, Emulex, Intel, NetApp, Sun Microsystems

Once you have VI installed, this is a fantastic 230 page manual for jumpstarting your VI BCP/DR planning and execution.

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/practical_guide_bcdr_vmb.pdf
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su command

At the ESX Service Console, use the su command to change users. su is short for substitute user or switch user and is typically used for the elevation of privileges. I liken it much to Windows Fast User Switching. The bottom line is that su provides a method for admins to log on with their own accounts and to use su - for root privileges when needed, while providing an audit trial. It's a good security measure.
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VMware vSphere 4.0

What's New in VMware vSphere 4.0
Power Management — ESX/ESXi 4.0 supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® and Enhanced AMD PowerNow! CPU power management technologies. With dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS), ESX/ESXi can save power consumed by ESX hosts when they are not operating at maximum capacity. See the vSphere Resource Management Guide http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_resource_mgmt.pdf
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Clearing The Air On Shares

Clearing The Air On Shares

Share values are a method of allocating CPU and memory resources to VMs with preference in an over commit situation. Shares can be assigned individually in the VM configuration, or more globally at the resource pool level. What's often forgotten is that shares only come into play when a shortage of CPU or memory actually occurs. Outside of a resource shortage, shares don't do a darned thing.
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Fence A Configuration

Lab Manager: When To Fence A Configuration?

-You have a configuration with one or more servers and you anticipate cloning the configuration numerous times
-You have a configuration involving a difficult and complex setup, and cloning the configuration is an easier solution than repeating the setup process
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Performance Overview Plug-In

Installing the Performance Overview Plug-In in vCenter 2.5 Update 4

VirtualCenter 2.5 Update 4 introduced new Performance Overview charts which resemble the old vmkusage/vmktree of the ESX2 days. However, the plugin is not installed automatically. Follow the KB below for the many required steps. Fortunately, the new charts are installed automatically in vSphere with no manual steps.

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1008296
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