From time to time you may have a requirement to rename a VMware ESX host, although this is quite straight forward to do in ESXi via the Direct Console User Interface (DCUI) there are a few more steps involved in making this change in ESX via the service console (SC). The following post will take you through the steps to make this host name change in ESX. The first thing to do before going any further is to remove the ESX host (whose name you want to change) from any cluster within vCenter … [Read more...]
Upgrading VMware ESX or ESXi using vSphere Host Update Utility
The vSphere Host Update Utility 4.0 is something of an overlooked utility for small business and lab environments wanting to patch or upgrade their ESX/ESXi hosts. In this basic ‘how to’ post I’m going to run through the steps in upgrading a VMware ESXi 4.0 host to ESXi 4.0 Update 1 using the utility. The first thing I should mention is that the checking for updates and patching part of the utility is for ESXi and not ESX use, though the upgrading (eg: v3.5 –> v4.0) can be used by both … [Read more...]