Does the server have light-out mgmt? You can upgrade the BIOS via that. That takes care of the host. ESXi updates can be done through a vCenter.

SSL certificates took on an important role in vSphere 5.1, and managing the certificates that the vSphere environment required became another challenge that vSphere administrators needed to tackle.

The VMware vSphere ecosystem has spawned a lot of interesting tools, some being very expensive, and others being free. In this article I look at how to access and use one of the free -- and more ...

How to install VMware’s ESXi hypervisor on bare-metal hardware Your email has been sent This walk-through will show you how to install VMware's ESXi hypervisor on ...

VMware ESXi is an enterprise-class, type-1 hypervisor developed by VMware for deploying and serving virtual computers by integrating vital OS components, such as a kernel; since as a type-1 hypervisor ...

While nesting a VMware ESXi hypervisor inside another VMware product like Workstation, Fusion, or vSphere may be possible, doing so in a production environment probably isn’t the best solution (that’s ...

You might see Invalid credentials, delaying next attempt in VMware ESXi when the virtual machine loses connection. To fix it, ...