Windows 10: How to Backup VMware ESXi Host Configuration

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Backing up your VMware ESXi host configuration is critical for disaster recovery. If hardware fails or settings are accidentally changed, a backup allows you to quickly restore the host to its original state. In this post, we are going to see how you can take a backup of VMware ESXi Host Configuration and how to restore the […]

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Solution- February 14, 2023—KB5022842 (OS Build 20348.1547) breaks secure boot for Windows Server 2022 hosted on VMware ESXi 7.x or lower

Issue: February 14, 2023—KB5022842 (OS Build 20348.1547) breaks secure boot for Windows Server 2022 hosted on VMware ESXi 7.x or lower

Workaround:

1. Upgrade the ESXi Host where the virtual machine in question is running to vSphere ESXi 8.0 OR
   
2. For ESXi 7.x apply VMware ESXi 7.0 Update 3k OR
   
3. Disable "Secure Boot" on the VMs.
   

Note: Uninstalling the KB5022842 patch will not resolve the issue. If the Virtual machine has already been updated, please follow the above workaround.

Refer to the links below:

Virtual Machine with Windows Server 2022 KB5022842 (OS Build 20348.1547) configured with secure boot enabled not booting up (90947) (vmware.com)

February 14, 2023—KB5022842 (OS Build 20348.1547) - Microsoft Support

 

Esxi - Linux VM itself running VMWare Workstation

Hi there
@johnnyZ

Here's a screenshot of an Arch Linux system running as a VM on ESXI 5.7 (Esxi is the HOST OS) with the arch linux kernel at 5.3.11 and this VM running VMWare workstation -- so in theory your VM's could easily use any VMWare VM images from USB devices while the ESXI system could be run from a USB drive.

The response time of the VMWare workstation VM on the Esxi Host with the arch linux VM isn't too bad at all -- the top level VM (i.e the VM installed under the ESXI response time blows away any of the other Virtual machine options I've tried. It's a bit fiffly though to get it working -- I'm still trying a few experiments --but the POC (proof of concept) that you CAN run VMWARE workstation on a VM created under ESXi ) works just OK -- easiest is to use Arch Linux for testing as a simple command yay vmware-workstation will do all the hard bits for you !!!





Now I'm going to try some Windows VM's -- should also be able to get Windows VM with HYPER-V working too on Esxi although why I would need that I don't know -- maybe to try it just because it could be possible.


Once I'm satisfied and got all the glitches out I'll do a full blown tutorial.

One thing having trouble with --RDP from a windows laptop to the Esxi VM allows me to logon but then just shows blank screen even though I've installed xrdp on the main host and started the service -- I might need to connect / export the screen -- need to do more research. The web interface works OK though although resolution 1920 X 1080 is missing -- not a showstopper - especially if you have larger 4K monitors available and you use the VM as a server.

Seems VMWare with Esxi have finally got their act together --this stuff could work big time !!! I like the idea of the main HYPERVISOR being a miniscule OS. I think also though the default networking configuration must be bridged / external as the ifconfig output from the (top level) VM is 192.168.1.8 which is a physical address obviously rather than a virtual subnet etc.

Samba etc works on it (the top level VM under ESXI --100% connection to and from rest of Lan

Hundur -- this machine (Windows 10 on separate laptop, Hestur is a separate NAS Linux machine and Wulf is a VM under Esxi running on another physical machine with Esxi as the Host system Interconnection all ways from the 3 systems






I haven't tested the 2nd level VM's created on it with VMWare workstation yet that's a story for another day -- pub time now !!!!-- Done enough computing for today.

Cheers
jimbo

 

Windows 10 on VMware

We need to run Windows 10 Pro on VMware esxi 6.5. Which licence do we need to install this? It will be running on a three host cluster and we do move VMs around for maintainance. Each host is already licenced to run Server 2016.

Many thanks,

Stephen.