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VMWare ESXi is an installable/embeddable virtualization platform based around the ESXi Hypervisor.

VMWare ESXi is a type 1 hypervisor based virtualization platform that installs on bare hardware (no host OS required) that allows running multiple guest virtual machines simultaneously.

ESXi is available freely with basic single-server functionality, but more advanced functionality requires licensing commercial versions of VMWare vSphere (formerly known as VMWare Infrastructure prior to version 4.0). ESXi lacks the linux-based service console included with VMWare ESX, further reducing install footprint and attack surface.

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GRUB "USB lock" for Linux Full Disk Encryption

Hy everyone. I'm investigating the possibility of using something like USB hardware locking dongles (like these ones used for software locking and licensing) to provide the key that Grub asks for when booting a linux server with full disk…
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Daisy Chain HP D2600 HDD Array

So I've searched to see if anyone's tried this and it doesn't seem like they have (if they have they haven't documented it) Setup 2 X HP ProLiant DL380 Gen 9 that share a HP MSA2040 SAS Dual controller. Running ESXi 6.0 U2. What I want to do is add…
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ILO Update : Which version should we select?

We have a HP ProLiant DL160 Gen 8 server, with VMWare ESXi 6.0.0 actually installed on it. We started to update it to VMWare ESXi 6.5, but the upgrade stopped, stating that we need to update the HP ILO before going forward. Our current HP ILO is…
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VMDK file size much larger than allocated

I have a bunch of disks attached to a virtual machine that hosts backups for other servers around our client networks. I was looking at datastore usage recently and found that all of the disks are significantly larger in the datastore than the disk…
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How can I disable ping in esxi 6 host

I have an esxi6 host on public ip. All other VMs are behind pfsense firewall, so no issues. I can't put esxi behind that because I don't want to get locked out. So far I have disabled ssh access to esxi host. Now for other security I just want to…
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Mount EXT4 partition inside ESXi to use virtual machines

Can I plug an old HDD (EXT4 partitions) in a new EXSi server and load all the existing virtual machines from there? Is this is even possible? (mount my old EXT4 partition inside ESXi 6.5 and load virtual machines from there). Or is it really…
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How to update Dell customized VMWare ESXi 5.5 hosts

We've got two Dell R720 hosts running the Dell customized version of ESXi 5.5 they were installed with in 2014. I'd like to get these up to the latest patch level but am unsure how to do so. We are strictly a Linux environment, so are not able to…
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vmware esxi + pfsense + 2 subnets with hetzner

I have a root server at hetzner, where I got the following setup: Main IP (VMWare box): 78.xxx.xxx.107 WAN IP (PFSense WAN interface): 78.xxx.xxx.121 Subnet 5.xxx.xxx.144/29 Current setup of PFSense is the following: Interfaces: WAN -…
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ESXi on 1 hard drive swapped between servers? Possible?

I've come into owning multiple HP DL380's All with no harddrives. I want to purchase a single ssd and load up ESXi and throw a couple virtual machines on the hard drive. If I install ESXi/VMs then swap the drive to a different server will each…
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How can i access a postgres database without having root access on my local machine?

I do not have root access on the host machine. (no php installed) I have a guest virtual machine running a local server and database. (I do not have any login access to this machine) I need to access the guest machine database from the host machine.
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NAS as (direct) datastore for esxi host

I'm using a NAS box as a datastore for my esxi host. The NAS and esxi host are connected to each other via a switch. I want to experiment a little and was thinking of ways to connect the NAS box to the host directly, and was wandering if it even…
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VMWare Host Processor Status persistent

We have a new Host that we just added and put a new VM on. There is a red exclamation point with the error Host processor status. It says to check the Hardware status tab for more details but there is not much there. This is a Dell PowerEdge R730.…
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Updating ESXi isn't updating the image profile

I'm attempting to update my ESXi server (free installation) and I'm not sure if I'm doing this correctly. I've been reading up on how to use the esxcli software profile update command to get updates, but after applying the profile my system still…
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Stop Linux VM LVM LV add from expanding thin provisioned disk?

I have the following environment VMware ESXi 5.5 U3 free, with datastore using VAAI Linux VM CentOS 6.8, 2 thin provisioned disks (PVSCSI thin VMDK's) 1st disk has reference OS partitioning (partition for boot, then LVM with regular root/home/swap…
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ESXi vSphere client, ssh, web gui all stops accepting the password, but I can login to the physical machine

Version is ESXi 6. (Sorry I didn't mention that) I am unable to log back into my web gui, ssh, and client. They all keep saying it's the incorrect password when I know it is the right password. I verified this by logging into the physical machine…
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