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Resize Photon Root Disk
I use the Photon minimal distribution quite extensively. It does come with a tiny disk size of 8GB. This is a writeup of the detailed instructions of this original post: https://communities.vmware.com
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Force Removal of Folders on VSAN
When folder deletion fails in the UI, you can fall back to the CLI and force deletion. SSH into your ESXi instance and use the osfs-rmdir utility. This type of error can also occur due to connectivity
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Deploying New Photon VM From Template and Docker Up
I’ve prepared a Photon micro image as a VSphere Template. I use this to get a tiny Linux host for hosting Docker. Change the default root passwordDefault password for root is “changeme” and must be c
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Increase Photon System Disk
I use the minimal Photon distribution and it seems the system disk is only around 8GB. That fills up quickly when installing some humongous Docker containers :/ List usage1df -h Check available space
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Configure 2-Node VSAN on ESXi Free Using CLI Without VCenter
I’ve tried many different types of shared storage in my HomeLab, however I’ve never really found the “one”. The vSAN feature of vSphere has been high on the list for a long time and when I finally upg
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Connect a ESXi 6.5 Host to a UPS Connected to a Synology NAS
If you have a consumer UPS that connects via USB, you need to use this workaround to expose the UPS to the ESXi host. I use the built in NUT server on a Synology NAS to expose the UPS to the ESXi usin
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Mount ESXi Datastore Snapshot/replica via CLI
Often used during DR situations ;) List available volumes1esxcfg-volume -l Persistently mount using labelUsing the capital ‘M’ switch will make the mount survive reboots. 1esxcfg-volume -M dsHumle_D
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Upgrade ESXi to 6.5 Using Offline Bundle
The prerequisities are having SSH enabled, copy the Offline Bundles to a datastore and enter Maintenance mode. Although the last one is optional. Download HP Custom ESXi 6.5 installsI’m using the HP
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Passthrough USB Keyboard and Mouse to VM on ESXi
My kids are still pretty young-ish so we make do with a mix of laptops and ipads. I do have a couple Windows VMs that are setup as gaming machines with dedicated GPUs via hardware passthrough. The iss
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Enable UPS via USB Support on ESXi 5 and 6 and Synology DSM
An updated version for ESXi 6.5 including the Synology side is located here. This HOWTO is possible thanks to Renes work. The original story and program is here: http://rene.margar.fr/2012/05/client-n