I really wanted copy and paste between Windows and VMs running in ESX. This is what finally worked for me. Note this was for ESX “6.0.0 Update 3 (Build 5050593)”. I was using VMware Workstation 16 Player “16.1.2 build-17966106” on … Continue reading
Category Archives: ESXi
By default an ESX server doesn’t allow you to ssh to it or ssh from it to another host. Being able to ssh to an ESX host can be very useful to do base unix functions including moving files around … Continue reading
MythTV is the best Open Source media recording application MythTV Wiki This article follows the path I traveled when setting up a new MythTV server running on CentOS 7. The setup I followed in setting up the host is detailed … Continue reading
I have two primary servers I use all the time, the first is the WordPress VM which run the Zoyinc website and secondly a VM that runs MythTV. Both are currently running Fedora – WordPress is on F18 and MythTV … Continue reading
I had a Windows 10 VM, running inside VMware ESXi 6.0, which I needed to connect to the laptop as shown in the above diagram. In addition I needed both the laptop and VM to be on an isolated LAN … Continue reading
I use ESXi on a small number of VMs at home and recently moved to some newer hardware. Not really new, they are Lenovo M58 (7479CTO) small form factor. In regards to ESX the biggest factor is the CPU is: … Continue reading
I have running VMware ESXi servers for years, sometimes at work on servers but recently at home on a whole bunch of older desktop machines. Not too many problems and when I did have problems it was usually about an … Continue reading
I have an ESX server on my LAN and I want to connect it to the DMZ on my SonicWALL using a VLAN as the ESX server only has one network adaptor. The SonicWALL is a TZ 205w which is … Continue reading
I have a couple of ESXi servers at home that I boot from USB keys – see the post Running ESXi 5.1 from a USB key. The problem is that using a USB imaging tool doesn’t seem to work. When I … Continue reading
Overview There are quite a lot of postings on the web about upgrading to ESXi 5.1 and running from a USB key but this post is more about my experience and basically a note to myself about what I did … Continue reading