A full VMware datastore can be unsettling—especially when the virtual machine contains a large disk, Snapshot Manager shows nothing, and ESXi reports that consolidation is needed. That was the situation in this recovery scenario. A thin-provisioned virtual disk and a large snapshot delta had consumed nearly all available datastore space. The VM’s current data depended … Read more
Now this is really cool! What’s NFR? A Not-For-Resale (NFR) license is a license that can be used in a test environment or home lab for product demos and trainings. NFR for Veeam solutions is a cut above most regular trial keys because it has a 1-year retention period, instead of just 30 days. Here’s … Read more
How to Backup the ESXi Configuration (https://graspingtech.com/backup-vmware-esxi-6-5-configuration/) First of all, since this tutorial will be using the ESXi command line, you will need to connect to the host using SSH. If you don’t know how to enable SSH, you can learn how in the following post: How to Connect to an ESXi 6.5 Host using … Read more