Some have noticed that the password requirements for ESXi 4.0 logins have become more stringent. In some cases, it may be desirable to edit those settings to make the password standards for ESXi 4.0 either stronger or weaker. Password requirements for ESXi are controlled by the file /etc/pam.d/common-password. Changes to this file will take effect immediately and will not require a reboot. The sticky bit for the file is enabled, so...

ESXi 40 does ship with the ability to run SSH, but this is disabled by default (and is not supported). If you just need to access the console of ESXi, then you only need to perform steps 1 – 3. 1) At the console of the ESXi host, press ALT-F1 to access the console window. 2) Enter unsupported in the console and then press Enter. You will not see the text you type in. 3) If you typed in unsupported correctly, you will see the Tech...

Some people are experiencing issues mounting ISO files to VMs after performing a vSphere 4.0 to 4.1 upgrade.  Symptom includes receiving the error message “The remote device on VMNAME connected to PathToISOFile is disconnected.”  after attempting to mount an ISO file from within the vSphere client.  This issue appears to be a client incompatibility issue related to co-existance of vSphere Client 4.0 and 4.1 on the same ...

In the VMWare Infrastructure Client select VM -> Install/Upgrade VMware Tools In the CLI type the following mkdir /media/cdrom mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom rpm -Uhv /media/cdrom/VMwareTools-3.5.0-{version}.i386.rpm SuSEconfig vmware-config-tools.pl ( If you’re getting gcc error’s check this post ) /etc/init.d/network stop rmmod pcnet32 rmmod vmxnet depmod -ae modprobe vmxnet /etc/init.d/network...

After installing SLES 11 SP1 under VMWare I wanted to install the VMWare Tools. After the install you’ll have to run vmware-config-tools.pl Running that gave me the following error. None of the prebuilt vmmemctl modules for VMware Tools is suitable for your running kernel. Do you want this program to try to build the vmmemctl module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes] Solution: Press Y to...

I have two DL385 G5 HP servers with quad core AMD processors. When I edit the settings for the cluster the servers show as “Incompatible Hardware” for EVC. This hardware should be compatible so I started some research.Then I found this on the internet. I just enabled the No-Execute Page-Protection on the advanced CPU settings and the hosts are no longer...