VMware vSphere

Networking

• An In-depth Look at SR-IOV NIC Passthrough
• Updating NIC Drivers with VMware Update Manager
• Updating NIC Drivers in ESXi from the CLI
• Identifying NICs based on PCI VID and DID
• Debunking the VM Link Speed Myth
• VM Network Performance and CPU Scheduling
• VMXNET3 RX Ring Buffer Exhaustion and Packet Loss
• Beacon Probing Deep Dive

Software and VIBs

• ipmitool 1.18.11 vib for ESXi

Storage

• Properly Removing a LUN/Datastore in vSphere
• Using SDelete and vmkfstools to Reclaim Thin VMDK Space
• Certificate Error During Datastore Upload

vCenter Server, ESXi and Management

• vCenter VAMI Login Fails Due to Expired Password
• Scheduling Tasks in ESXi Using Cron
• vCenter 7 Upgrade Error Due to Expired Password
• Console Mouse Not Working in Windows VMs
• USB Passthrough and vMotion
• Memory Usage Alarm with PCI Passthrough VMs
• Boosting vSphere 6.0 Web Client Performance in ‘Tiny’ Deployments
• VUM Challenges During vCenter 6.5 Upgrade

News and Misc

• PSOD and Connectivity Problems with VMware Tools 10.3.0
• VMware Tools 10.3.2 Now Available