- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Introduction
- Installing vSphere
6
- Downloading the ESXi installer media
- Installing,
Enabling, and Disabling ESXi
- USB key or SD memory card installation
- Overview - Dell NUMA Fault Resilient Memory
- Enabling Dell NUMA Fault Resilient Memory
- Overview - Dell Fault Resilient Memory
- Enabling Dell Fault Resilient Memory
- Installing ESXi on flash media
- Installing ESXi on the hard disk drive
- Enabling or Disabling flash storage device
- Configuring one-time boot to ESXi
- Configuring boot sequence to ESXi
- Downloading the patches and updates for ESXi
- Creating the vCenter Server installation media
- Installing vCenter Server
- Deploying vSphere 6
- Configuration back up and restore procedures
- Licensing information
- Troubleshooting
ESXi
- ESXi installation
- Frequently Asked
Questions
- What is the minimum RAM required to install VMware ESXi on Dell PowerEdge servers?
- Why are network adapters not detected during ESXi installation on PowerEdge servers?
- Why are target devices not available in the Disk Selection wizard of ESXi installer?
- Why does ESXi display the number of processors incorrectly with the Intel Xeon processors in the Dell 13th generation BIOS settings?
- Why are keyboard inputs not received by ESXi installer?
- Getting help
VMware ESXi 6 for Dell PowerEdge Systems Installation Instructions and Important Information Guide
Configuration back up and restore procedures
- NOTE: Dell recommends that you back up your VMware ESXi configuration after you complete the initial setup on a routine schedule that fits your datacenter environment. Backing up your configuration captures the license code (host serial number).
To back up or restore the configuration information,
use the VMware vSphere CLI. The vSphere CLI is available in:
- vSphere CLI package — vSphere CLI package can be installed on either Linux or on Microsoft Windows operating systems.
- vSphere Management Assistant (vMA) — vMA can be deployed on an ESXi host.
Both of these software are available for download from vmware.com. For more information on setting up and running the vSphere CLI, see the VMware vSphere Command-Line Interface Installation and Reference Guide and VMware ESXi Embedded and vCenter Server Setup Guide at vmware.com/support/pubs.
The back
up and restore steps are given in this section considering that:
- You have already imported the vSphere CLI to a system other than the one you want to back up or restore.
- You have installed the Windows or Linux management Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).
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