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Fixing the Famous 503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to Endpoint) Error When Trying to Connect to vCenter Web Portal

March 29, 2021January 24, 2023 Kent ChenVMware

If you are using VMware’s vCenter to manage your virtualization environment, the chances that you encounter this famous 503 Service Unavailable message are pretty high. 503 Service Unavailable (Failed to connect to endpoint: [N7Vmacore4Http20NamedPipeServiceSpecE:0x00007fd8c00155b0] _serverNamespace = / action = Allow _pipeName =/var/run/vmware/vpxd-webserver-pipe) Most of the time, a restart would get you going again. But today, a simple restart won’t cut […]

How To Monitor SSD Health Status on VMware ESXi Host

August 21, 2019January 24, 2023 Kent ChenVMware

With more SSD drives added into the VMware host, I need to find a way to monitor the health status of these drives before it’s too late. Here is what I gathered so far: First of all, enable SSH service so you can tune in through SSH to perform the commands. To get the list of storage devices installed on […]

4 Ways to Mount a VMDK Image File in Windows

November 25, 2016January 24, 2023 Kent ChenMicrosoft, VMware

If you have a VMDK file that hosts one or more VM partitions, here are 4 ways to get it mounted in Windows as a disk drive. Windows Explorer Supporting VMDK seems to be a feature built right into the Windows system. If you are using a system that runs Windows 7 or above, you may be able to map […]

The VMware vSphere Virtual Machine Encryption Whitepaper

November 23, 2016January 24, 2023 Kent ChenVMware

VMware vSphere virtual machine encryption (VM encryption) is a feature introduced in vSphere 6.5 to enable the encryption of virtual machines. VM encryption provides security to VMDK data by encrypting I/Os from a virtual machine (which has the VM encryption feature enabled) before it gets stored in the VMDK. Concerning about the performance impact that might be? Check out the VM […]

Free Virtualization Tool: RVTools

April 16, 2016January 24, 2023 Kent ChenMicrosoft

RVTools is a windows .NET 2.0 application which uses the VI SDK to display information about your virtual machines and ESX hosts. Interacting with VirtualCenter 2.5, ESX Server 3.5, ESX Server 3i, VirtualCenter 4.x, ESX Server 4.x, VirtualCenter 5.0, VirtualCenter Appliance, ESX Server 5.0, VirtualCenter 5.1, ESX Server 5.1,VirtualCenter 5.5, ESX Server 5.5, VirtualCenter 6.0 and ESX Server 6.0. RVTools […]

Fixing VM’s Network Disconnect Issue in VMware Workstation

October 22, 2013January 24, 2023 Kent ChenMicrosoft

I had been trying VMware Workstation for quite a bit and when the evaluation period ran out I decided to buy the license for it as I am quite happy about the features that are existed in free version of VMware Player. But after I bought the license and registered my evaluation copy, all my VMs that ran fine before […]

How To Boot Virtual Machine from Bootable USB Device in VMware

October 8, 2013January 24, 2023 Kent ChenTips & Tricks

There are 2 hurdles I needed to jump over. First of all, I need to find an easy and reliable way to access VM’s BIOS to change the boot sequence. I can press F2 during the normal VM boot process but I have to be quick and I have to be inside the VM window to be able to do […]

Boot VMware ESXi from a USB Flash Drive

October 24, 2008January 24, 2023 Kent ChenMicrosoft

I came cross this idea early this morning when I saw a post in the forum I am usually on.Â One guy mentioned that the ESXi serve he’s running has no hard drives at all, instead it boots from a USB key and links to the SAN afterwards.Â Very good idea.Â I wasn’t aware of such option as ESX server […]