KVM without EPT on ESXi 6.5?
Hello, I would like to ask, if it would be somehow possible to enable nested virtualization on my server that has old Xeon E5440 and doesn't support EPT (VT-X with EPT).. Of course, if I try to "expose...
View Articleunable to reach vmkernal ips
Hello team, We are using esxi 6.5u1. we are facing intermittent connectivity issue with vmkernal ips. we can see arp request going out and it reaching the same to the devices, but esxi not able to see...
View ArticleHow to utilize Cpu/RAM on ESXi 6.5U1
Hi, What's the best way to manage/calculate/guide of CPU/RAM. Hardware: HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9processor type Intel Xeon CPU E5-2640 v4 @ 2.40GHz2-Sockets 10-Cores per sockets40-logical processors...
View ArticleBackup Exec 15 slow backups
I've recently moved our main backup system from Backup Exec 2014 to Backup Exec 15. It has gone horribly. (Not my idea to use Backup Exec. I was very familiar with it, and hadn't had too many issues...
View ArticleHigh memory usage alert after upgrading to vSphere 6
Last night I upgraded my last ESX host from vSphere 5.5 to vSphere 6 update 2 + patches. Ever since updating the VMware tools on my SQL server VM, I have been getting a "high virtual machine memory...
View ArticleHow to configure automatic restart of /etc/init.d/hostd in ESX 5.5
Hi people, Could you help me to configure automatic restart of management agent ( hostd + vpxa ) in my ESX 5.5 i already do that manually but i don't know how to schedule it, because sometime it crash...
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ESXi 5.5 will not show VMFS datastore in vSphere client after RAID rebuild
Someone recently brought a Dell PE-R720 to me after a "crash" and having someone else replace a failed hard drive. From what I have been told, it was a simple drive failure and replacement. However,...
View ArticleVMware vSphere 6 Essentials Small Infrastructure
Hi hall, I'm going to upgrade my old small infrastructure. I've bought:1 -VMware vSphere 6 Essentials Kit for 3 hosts (Max 2 processors per host)6- VMware vSphere 6 Essentials for 1 processor1- VMware...
View ArticleRan out of PTR blocks, can't create new VMs on datastore
We are experiencing an issue creating any new VMs (and sometimes powering on existing VMs) on a particular datastore. We have enough space, close to 1TB and the VMs are much smaller (40-100GB). When...
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 ArticleVM Networking: Back to Basics :(
Hi All, Looking for some help with understanding . I dont have access to a lab at the moment to test unfortunately. I have: -A cluster of 4 ESXi Servers and VCSA. Both 6.5-Ent+ -Shared Storage all...
View ArticleRandom PSOD
Greetings All, I keep getting random psod once every 7-14 days, othertimes during random times like rebooting. I know it is hardware related but I am no expert at reading the dump files. At first...
View ArticleProblem with Microsoft Failover Cluster Shared Disks
Weird one. Well, weird to me. I have a 2 node MS cluster. Tried both 2008 R2 and now 2012. ESX 5.1 on 2 hosts, 5 others still on 4.1. 4.1 hosts are out of scope for now (pretty sure!). 2 individual...
View Articlepowershell script to document the vmware environment ?
Where can I find a powershell script to document the VMware environment ? Including host model, memory, cpu, bios, firmware, drivers & hardware I thought there was a session on this at VMworld...
View ArticlevCenter > host > configuration > health monitoring > storage Supported RAID...
With the major manufacturer's (HP, Dell, etc) you can expect excellent out-of-the-box support with vSphere. That includes a wealth of sensors for health monitoring. Right now, the smaller SMB company...
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What happens when I register ESXi?
Hello everyone,I was wondering what's going to happen when I register ESXi with the free code? I only have one server with 3 VMs, stand-alone and not managed by vSphere. It's only accessed using the...
View ArticleError: No Image profile when using esxcli
Hi all, we are on updating the package HPutils (vib) of all our ESXi 5.5 Hosts (mostly HP380-G6, G7 and G8).On most hosts it works fine.But some throw an error when using the "esxcli software vib...
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Missing physical NIC in dashboard, but present in CLI
I have a problem with vmware esxi 6.5. i can see the intel PRO/1000 dual card in cli, but they don't appear in dashboard (i can't attach them to VMs)the server was upgraded from esxi 6 (it used to work...
View ArticleCannot boot -> ESXi 6.5 NOT_IMPLEMENTED bora/vmkernel/core/bootModule.c:492
Hi all, can you help me? After reinstall ESXI it works correctly, no problems....but after few days (1, sometimes 2) it is not possible to start. After user loaded successfully, it crash and display...
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