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Delete a disk partition in VMWare ESXI

March 4, 2019 by Yujin Boby

To delete a partition in VMWare ESXI, you can use command partedUtil First find out all disks available on your server using command ls /vmfs/devices/disks/ On my server, it show following [root@ns3048991:~] ls /vmfs/devices/disks/ t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________ vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:1 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:1 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:2 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:2 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:3 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:3 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:5 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:5 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:6 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:6 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:7 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:7 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:8 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:8 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3T44Y____________:9 vml.01000000004e34473354343459202020202020202020202020484753542048:9 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3TSMY____________ vml.01000000004e34473354534d59202020202020202020202020484753542048 t10.ATA_____HGST_HUS726020ALA610____________________N4G3TSMY____________:1 … Read more

VMWare ESXI Commands

March 2, 2019 by Yujin Boby

To find vmware version, run vmware -l vmware -v Example [root@dedi-ams-116581:~] vmware -l VMware ESXi 6.5.0 GA [root@dedi-ams-116581:~] vmware -v VMware ESXi 6.5.0 build-4887370 [root@dedi-ams-116581:~] To find IP address, run [root@dedi-ams-116581:~] hostname -i 51.15.0.152 [root@dedi-ams-116581:~] See VMWare esxcli

Create Virtual Machine in VMware ESXi Server

December 31, 2018 by Yujin Boby

To create Virtual Machine, login to VMware ESXi, click on “Create/Register VM” link on top. On next page, it ask you to “Select creation type”. Select “Create a new virtual machine”. Click next. On next page, you need to “Select a name and guest OS”. It ask for datastore, select the datastore you need to … Read more

Finding Information on VMware ESXi Host

March 19, 2023September 16, 2018 by Yujin Boby

You can run esxcfg-info In VMware ESXi host SSH terminal. You can also see this information by going to URL https://SERVER_IP/cgi-bin/esxcfg-info.cgi This will ask for your user name and password. Normally default user name is root. Once you logged in you will see something like https://gist.github.com/serverok/b173106275a5d1d593ae73c40b1828c7