Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Jun 17
Year of free #HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in #VMware rivalry
At #HPEDiscover, HPE announced customers could use its “HPE Morpheus Software—#VMEssentials” offering for free for “up to one year." HPE’s website describes its #virtualization platform as a “VMware alternative.” It includes a hardware virtual machine (HVM) hypervisor and unified management and lets users “manage VMware #ESXi and HVM clusters from one console and migrate when you’re ready.”
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/06/hpe-tempts-vmware-users-partners-with-year-of-free-virtualization-software/
Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in VMware rivalry

Partner tells Ars that HPE should be giving out more free VM Essentials licenses.

Ars Technica
Andrew ArmstrongJun 17
Convert VMWare Disk from Thick to Thin Provisioned | https://techygeekshome.info/convert-vmware-disk-from-thick-to-thin-provisioned/?fsp_sid=46241 | #ESXCLI #ESXi #Guide #refresh #VMWare 
https://techygeekshome.info/convert-vmware-disk-from-thick-to-thin-provisioned/?fsp_sid=46241
Sajal ChoudharyJun 16

Ucs Changing Mtu Value Results in Esxi Not Booting and Other Issues

Related to the following bug:
Cisco Link

📖 Read more: https://sajalchoudhary.net/til/ucs-changing-mtu-value-results-in-esxi-not-booting-and-other-issues/

#esxi #cisco #ucs

Ucs Changing Mtu Value Results in Esxi Not Booting and Other Issues - Til

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Sajal ChoudharyJun 15

ESX Update Fails With Error 15

Check in /var/run/log/esxupdate.log file, better to run the following and let it write the logs to a temporary file.

📖 Read more: https://sajalchoudhary.net/til/esx-update-fails-with-error-15/

#vmware #esxi

ESX Update Fails With Error 15 - Til

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Sajal ChoudharyJun 15

List Vmfs Volumes Along With Naa Id

This commands lists naa id, vmfs id and datastore name. We can grep to search for a particular vmfs volume.

📖 Read more: https://sajalchoudhary.net/til/list-vmfs-volumes-along-with-naa-id/

#vmware #esxi #esxcli

List Vmfs Volumes Along With Naa Id - Til

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Sajal ChoudharyJun 15

Update Esxi With Required Version of Vmware Tools

By default each esxi release come bundled with a specific vmware tools release. Automatic upgrade option for VMs checks against this version.

📖 Read more: https://sajalchoudhary.net/til/update-esxi-with-required-version-of-vmware-tools/

#vmware #esxi #vmwaretools

Update Esxi With Required Version of Vmware Tools - Til

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Sajal ChoudharyJun 15

ESXi Install Fails With Run Time Error - Disk Device Does Not Support Osdata

If the disk is too small, then this issue can come.

📖 Read more: https://sajalchoudhary.net/til/esxi-install-fails-with-run-time-error-disk-device-does-not-support-osdata/

#vmware #esxi

ESXi Install Fails With Run Time Error - Disk Device Does Not Support Osdata - Til

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Sajal ChoudharyJun 15

ESXi Firmware Upgrade Baseline Fails to Apply With Incompatible Message

In the message, it will show the list of VIBs that are causing problems.

📖 Read more: https://sajalchoudhary.net/til/esxi-firmware-upgrade-baseline-fails-to-apply-with-incompatible-message/

#vmware #esxi

ESXi Firmware Upgrade Baseline Fails to Apply With Incompatible Message - Til

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Sajal ChoudharyJun 15

ESX Update Fails With Error 15

Check in /var/run/log/esxupdate.log file, better to run the following and let it write the logs to a temporary file.

📖 Read more: https://sajalchoudhary.net/til/esx-update-fails-with-error-15/

#vmware #esxi

ESX Update Fails With Error 15 - Til

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Sajal ChoudharyJun 15

List Vmfs Volumes Along With Naa Id

This commands lists naa id, vmfs id and datastore name. We can grep to search for a particular vmfs volume.

📖 Read more: https://sajalchoudhary.net/til/list-vmfs-volumes-along-with-naa-id/

#vmware #esxi #esxcli

List Vmfs Volumes Along With Naa Id - Til

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