Exploring the vSphere environment, I’ve found that configuring a large Host Cache with VMFS Datastore can significantly extend reboot times.
It’s a delicate balance of performance gains versus system availability. For an in-depth look at my findings and the impact on your VMware setup, stay tuned.
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.
