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Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI – how to set energy settings on a VMware ESXi host

Sonntag, November 16th, 2025

To set energy settings on a VMware ESXi host using Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI use the onecli.exe config set command with the appropriate UEFI or BMC setting name such as PowerPlatform.PowerBias or Processors.DeterminismSlider to adjust the power profile. You must run OneCLI from a Windows command prompt as an administrator with administrator privileges and have the necessary credentials to connect to the ESXi host

onecli.exe config set Processors.DeterminismSlider Power –esxi <userid>:<password>@<ESXiHostIP@>

Common Energy Settings
Processors.CStates (e.g., Legacy or Enabled)
Processors.CPUPstateControl (e.g., Legacy or Enabled)
Processors.TurboMode (e.g., Enabled or Disabled)

You may need to explore the specific setting names for your exact server model using onecli.exe config show command to list all available configuration options and their current values

onecli.exe config show –esxi <userid>:<password>@<ESXiHostIP@>

After changing a UEFI/BMC setting a server reboot is required for the changes to take effect

Tuning UEFI Settings for Performance and Energy Efficiency on 5th Gen AMD EPYC Processor-Based ThinkSystem Servers

Tuning UEFI Settings for Performance and Energy Efficiency on 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processor-Based ThinkSystem Servers

Lenovo XClarity Essentials OneCLI – how to remotely collect system inventory and the First Failure Data Capture (FFDC) inventory from VMware ESXi

Sonntag, November 16th, 2025

VMware Tools 12.5.4 | 29 SEP 2025 | Build No 24964629 – this release resolves CVE-2025-41244 and CVE-2025-41246

Freitag, Oktober 3rd, 2025

VMware Tools 12.5.4 Release Notes

 

VMware Tools 13.0.5.0 | 29 SEP 2025 | Build No 24915695 – this release resolves CVE-2025-41244 and CVE-2025-41246

Freitag, Oktober 3rd, 2025

VMware Tools 13.0.5.0 Release Notes

 

Thomas-Krenn.AG – Virtualisierung im Vergleich Proxmox VE Microsoft VMware by Broadcom

Freitag, August 15th, 2025

VMware Tools 13.0.0 | 17 JUN 2025 | Build No 24696409 – release notes

Donnerstag, Juni 19th, 2025

VMware Tools 13.0.0 Release Notes

 

VMware Tools 12.5.2 | 12 MAY 2025 | Build No 24697584 – release notes

Donnerstag, Mai 15th, 2025

VMware Tools 12.5.2 Release Notes

 

RVTools 4.7.1 – the best practice health analyzer for VMware vSphere

Mittwoch, April 30th, 2025

VMware ESXi 8.0U3e – is back with a free version

Dienstag, April 15th, 2025

Broadcom makes available the VMware vSphere Hypervisor Version 8 an entry-level hypervisor but no Broadcom support is available for this offering and it is for non-production use and cannot connect to vCenter and therefore cannot be centrally managed. You can remotely manage individual vSphere Hypervisor hosts by using the VMware Host Client and the vSphere Hypervisor supports a maximum of 8 virtual CPUs per virtual machine you can download it free of charge from the Broadcom Support Portal


VMware PowerCLI 13.3.0 – is a command line and scripting tool built on PowerShell

Samstag, April 12th, 2025

VMware PowerCLI  – installation comes with PowerShell commands that are particular to VMware allowing users to interact with VMware environments

 

1. Find the module.

Find-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI

Version Name Repository Description
——- —- ———- ———–
13.3.0…. VMware.PowerCLI PSGallery This Windows PowerShell module contains VMware.P…

2.1 Install modules for all users (install the latest version by default).

Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI

2.2 Install for the current user without admin privileges.

Install-Module -Name VMware.PowerCLI -Scope CurrentUser

2.3 Check the version after installation.

Get-PowerCLIVersion

3. Whether to participate in VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program.

No: Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP $false
Yes: Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP $true

3. List all cmdlets.

Get-Command -Module *VMWare*

VMware ESXi 8.0U3e – free edition available again and how to download it

Samstag, April 12th, 2025

VMware ESXi 8.0U3e – in a massive turn of events with the release of VMware 8.0U3e Broadcom is making free VMware ESXi available for download

https://support.broadcom.com/group/ecx/free-downloads

VMware by Broadcom – has published a security advisory to warn of three zero day vulnerabilities CVE-2025-22224 CVE-2025-22225 and CVE-2025-22226) that have already been exploited in the wild

Dienstag, März 11th, 2025

VMware ESXi – a search for the Germany found around 2,800 unpatched  servers as of March 4, 2025

VMware by Broadcom – has published a security advisory to warn of three zero day vulnerabilities CVE-2025-22224 CVE-2025-22225 and CVE-2025-22226) that have already been exploited in the wild

Mittwoch, März 5th, 2025

The vulnerabilities affect VMware ESXi Workstation and Fusion

VMware to XenServer Migration Guide – the best combination of methods or tools will depend on what you are migrating

Sonntag, November 17th, 2024

VMware by Broadcom – vSphere Standard and vSphere Enterprise Plus licenses back

Donnerstag, Oktober 31st, 2024