ESXi 5.0 question
Hi guys . Is there a way to determine is my ESXi 5.0 free edition or not-free edition ? I have 3 standalone cisco UCS-C220 servers with esxi5.0 , they with from Cisco 3 years ago, and I need to upgrade...
View ArticleVirtual machine with snapshots that are not showing in snapshot manager
Hello, I have a virtual machine with a 100 plus snapshots on it probably taken by some backup appliance. These snapshots do not appear in snapshot manager and disk consolidation fails due to file...
View ArticleHelp, slow and freezing ESXi 6.5 network
Environment : DELL PowerEdge T330 server machine https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER04457723M/1/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.5.0.update01-5969303.x86_64-DellEMC_Customized-A00.iso The server has a PERC...
View ArticleESXI - AMD Threadripper Testing - Having Issues.
Hi All, I have been playing with a new Threadripper 1950X build and was thinking about seeing if I could get ESXi working. So far I haven't been having much luck and my build keeps getting stuck at the...
View ArticleSetting up ESXi 6.5 update1 only single host
Hi, [It's initial setup]!!! Trying to configure Networking on single host.Currently has default name (VM Network and MGMT vswitch0). Do I need to create new/another port-group for VMs or use the...
View ArticleVM customization wizard in WebClient
Hi community,I want to deploy a new VM from a template with guest customization. When I do this over the C# Client, I have the possibility to adjust the specifications for this deployment (see...
View ArticleNPIV support for fcoe?
Hi Guys, NPIV supports on FC as we create multiple VPORT on physical HBA. I just want to know, will NPIV work on FCOE or CNA interface. can we create multiple VPORT on CNA interface/FCOE regardsVinay
View ArticleConsolidation failure
We have been trialing Dell Rapid-Recovery for ESXi backups, and occasionally experience consolidation failures. Any advice on how to track down why, so that we can fix it? This server is running ESXi...
View ArticleESXi Host and Persistent Mac
Hi all; Major..Major...rude awakening today. Something I was NOT expecting. nor should have been? Issue. I needed to make some updates and network changes. Going from ESXi 5.1 to v6.0.0 and in doing...
View ArticleUSB Devices not detected on ESXI 6.5 Host
I am unable to add a USB device (RDX Quikstor drive) to a VM. When I go to add a host USB device, it says "No USB Devices Available". I have confirmed that the USB device works on another ESXi host....
View ArticleNVMe SSD Fast, but SATA SSD slow !
Hi, I have a Supermicro X10SDV-8C-TLN4F (Xeon D1541 3Ghz 8 Core, 16 Threads) with 64Gb RAM running ESXI 6.5 U1. 1x SATA DOM for ESXi4x SATA hard disks of various sizes1x Samsung SATA SSD 850 PRO 2TB1x...
View Articleover provisioned vms
hello, I am looking for a software or script which can give me over provisioned vms in my environment.i dont have vrealize and operation manager installed. so anything else ?
View ArticleSystem logs on non-persistent storage
Hello. I am receiving an alert that states "System logs on host are stored on non-persistent storage." This is on an ESXi 6 host. I have moved my scratch space to an iSCSI datastore and the system logs...
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System continuously restarting
Hi All I have build a new home lab server with ESXi 6.5.Whenever I boot my system up, it runs well for about 2 hours. After that it starts rebooting every 5 mins or so.I have tried to look through the...
View ArticleCall "HostDatastoreSystem.CreateVmfsDatastore" for object...
Hai, Some specs ESXi 4.1, Dell Perc 5/i met 2x 500Gb Samsung SATA disks. When creating storage i get the error below.Call "HostDatastoreSystem.CreateVmfsDatastore" for object "ha-datastoresystem" on...
View Articlelocal storage with ESXi
hello, I have around 2-4TB drives available with each of mine 4 nodes. We bought it for vsan but that project never finish because of vsan price and some other problems. is there any free software...
View ArticleiSCSI with JumboFrames
Hi allI do not want to start a discussion about "to JumboFrame or not" but if you go for JumboFrames on an iSCSI storage Network I have my concerns about VMwares best practice.In all papers I found,...
View ArticleESXi freezes when storage over ISCSI to Synology times out during high load
Hello, I have a Fujitsu RX 300 S7 with ESXi 6.0 U3 and a Synology RS2416+ containing a RAID 10 with 4x 4 TB WD Red HDDs. I have created a file-based LUN on the Synology and I have connected the Target...
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vMotion disk to another lun
HI There, We have a server that outgrew its LUN.This VM has multiple drives and as a temp solution we are thinking to vMotion one of the drives to a neighboring LUN on the same SAN.What are the...
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