ESXCLI+PowerCLI: Perfect fusion for ESXi

Hello Everyone, In this post I will discuss about managing ESXi hosts using ESXCLI and PowerCLI. Yes, You got it right. ESXCLI is one of the widely used command line interface for ESXi whereas PowerCLI is a PowerShell based snap-in for VMware. ESXCLI is intended to provide a single set of commands to perform host …

Resource Pool – Conclusion

In my previous posts about resource pool I have stressed on Resource Pool hierarchy. I have also highlighted one tip related to resource pool hierarchy, If you have not noticed that then below is the tip once again- Tips: It is best practice to not allow VMs and resource pools to be siblings with each …

Miscellaneous

What is vApp? A vApp is a container object which contains set of pre-configured VMs. Applications can be packaged to run directly on top of VMware vSphere. The format of how the applications are packaged and managed is called vSphere vApp.  

Resource Pool- Part 2

Hello Everyone! In my first post I have explained about resource management and little bit about resource pool, Share, Limits and Reservations. I would highly recommend you to visit that post "Resource Pool - Part 1" if you have not done yet. In this section I will talk about- Resource Pool Hierarchy  Create a resource …