ESXi Hints and Tips

Some useful information for using ESXi

Its worth finding out about and installing vMA

• Use vicfg-cfgbackup to save the configuration of a host. This backup can then be used if it is necessary to restore the host at a later point in time.
• To view the log files of a host, simply point your browser at https://hostname.vmware.com/host
• To view the datastore files of a host, simply point your browser at https://hostname.vmware.com/folder
• Us the vCLI command vifs to transfer files to/from ESXi hosts
• The command esxcli is used for multi-pathing module management
• It is not possible to have persistent HA logs either by using a datastore or syslog server as they are only stored locally on the server.

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