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How to enable Virtual Guest Tagging(VGT) in ESXi 6.5

Looking at the ESXi 6.5 http GUI the same selections are not available. Basically I want to set up a portgroup on the vSwitch0 to be of type VGT so that the guest VM get’s to handle the VLAN tagging itself. The guest VM in this case is

VMware ESXi: How to reset ESXi evaluation license

This guide will give you the steps needed to reset the license file so that you can apply the evaluation license back to your ESXi host. WARNING: This is for education/informational testing/development purposes only, and should not be used on a production server. To reset your expired ESX

VMware ESXi Patch Tracker

https://esxi-patches.v-front.de/ESXi-5.5.0.html Below VMware patch files can help to update 5.5.0 u3b server 2017-09-14 Imageprofile ESXi-5.5.0-20170904001-standard (Build 6480324) includes the following updated VIBs: Name Version Vendor Summary Category Severity Bulletin esx-base 5.5.0-3.106.6480324 VMware Updates the ESX

Recovering / reinstalling SRM (Site Recovery Manager) 4.1.1 after suffering a host failure

I’ve been meaning to write a post about recovering / reinstalling SRM 4.1 after having to rebuild one when a client suffered a host failure but never got the chance to until this weekend. The incident happened during a planned datacenter move a few weeks ago where the environment

VMware ESX Disable VAAI

To disable VAAI in ESXi/ESX, you must modify these advanced configuration settings: * HardwareAcceleratedMove * HardwareAcceleratedInit * HardwareAcceleratedLocking You can modify these settings using the vSphere Client, vSphere CLI, or a console connection to the ESXi/ESX host. Disabling VAAI using the vSphere Client To disable VAAI using the vSphere Client: 1.