The “ESXi” blog category focuses on VMware ESXi, a bare-metal hypervisor provided by VMware. This specific category offers an in-depth look at ESXi, with an emphasis on ESXCLI commands, ESXCLI Mindmap, and VMware Tools version mapping with Release Notes. The content includes detailed guides and tutorials for using ESXCLI commands, essential for efficient management and troubleshooting in ESXi environments. It also features illustrative ESXCLI Mindmaps, helping users better understand and navigate the complex structure of ESXCLI. The section on mapping VMware Tools versions with Release Notes provides useful information about different versions of VMware Tools and their specific features and enhancements.
21 ESXi advanced and kernel settings William Lam recommends for labs and consumer hardware, each with the exact esxcli command, the version it was written for, what changed since, and a deep link to the vDan ESXi settings explorer.
PSOD #GP Exception 13 in world vmotionRecvH during vMotion on ESX 9.1 (KB 455306): the PSOD screen text, why more than 16 stream helpers crash the host, and the workaround.
iSCSI port binding with esxcli: list, add and remove network portals, what --force does, and how to clear active iSCSI sessions safely.
My NVIDIA Tesla P40 in ESXi passthrough suddenly vanished from the VM: nvidia-smi could not talk to the driver and a VM reboot did not help. What the logs show, why only a host reboot fixes it, and how to make a homelab P40 stable (KB 418517).
Why an ESXi host stops at VMware Hypervisor Recovery or No hypervisor found, and how to fix it: KB 324877, Shift+R rollback, repair install.
The ESXi shell commands admins really run over SSH, grouped by task: esxcli, vim-cmd, vmkping, esxtop and agent restarts, checked for ESXi 8 and ESX 9.
ESX 9.0 adds 27 ESXCLI commands and drops 11 vs 8.0 U3 (SLP, WBEM/CIM); 9.1 adds 27 more incl. memtier. Full tables from Broadcom's reference.
Use nConnect in ESXi 8.0 U1+ for several TCP connections per NFSv3 datastore: esxcli syntax, limits (4/8/256), runtime changes in 8.0 U2 and how to check.
NVMe Memory Tiering across vSphere 8.0 U3, ESX 9.0 and 9.1: versions, requirements, DRAM:NVMe ratio, tierdevice and memtier ESXCLI commands.
lsdoctor fails with IndexError in _getVersion when /etc/issue holds a custom banner. Restore the default text, run lsdoctor, revert (KB 320837).
