VCSA fails after moving due to host update
Hi,We are running the latest version of VSphere 6.5In order to update the VCSA's host we migrated VCSA to another host, however the migration appears to be unsuccessful. It refused any web connections...
View ArticleCannot mount VMFS datastore without format after Raid5 rebuild
Hello gents, I have a little tricky issue.After my Raid5 crash (now is working), ESXi (4.1) cannot mount this raid. I see it on Devices sheet, but when I tried to add this datastore, the only one...
View ArticleESXi web client crashing a lot
Hi,I have a lab machine that crashed a lot when using webclient. It was ESXi 6.0 U2. I have upgraded to 6.5, but the problem persist, even on a clean system. Cause: Error: [$rootScope:inprog]...
View ArticleVMware Alarms -- are the dumbest on the planet. Someone needs to be fired for...
I have been using ESXi servers for a decade now. This was a problem at the beginning and has gotten worse, if that is possible. Why would ANYONE go through the trouble to create an alarm and warning...
View ArticleConfigure network management Grayed
Hi Guys, I am fresh with esxi 5.5 and I did by mistake restore network setting and I couldn't change the IP address and all network options are grayed..how to solve this issue. Thanks for all Mohammad
View ArticleVMNIC in Unused or Standby for iSCSI Port Group
I came across this question of configuration because of fault alerts in my vCenter Operations manager. The alerts were saying that I had no network redundancy for one of my vSwitches. The vSwitch it...
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Weasel error deploying from usb to SD card
Hi I'm trying to build a esxi host from a usb stick using a customised KS.cfg file. It works on some hosts but on a few I get an error. On the hosts that fails there is already an install of esxi. Any...
View ArticleDeploying ESXi 6.0 OVA on ESXi 5.5 physical server
Hello Experts, We have a requirement to deploy ESXi 6.0 on ESX 5.5 Physical server. Is this possible. I read that there is a VM hardware version requirements to be met. Please help.
View ArticleExport a list of VM's in 6.5u1 html5 client
Hi, I know how to export a list of vms to a csv file in the flash version but can't quite seem to find out how to do it in the html5 client. Any ideas? I know there is a power cli way to do it, but...
View ArticleAfter upgrading host from 6.0 to 6.5 shared datastore (SAN) does not...
After upgrading vCenter to 6.5 I went to upgrade the first host of a two-node HA cluster with a shared SAN from 6.0 to 6.5. After the upgrade the host showed local storage but did not show the SAN as...
View ArticleWindows Server 2016 Containers on VMware
Does anyone know if the Containers role in Windows Server 2016 is supported to run on VMware? It works on our environment unless we try to change the graph/data-root config to another drive other than...
View ArticleEVC question on vSphere 6.0
Our VCSA and 3 esxi hosts are all at 6.0. We have EVC set at Westmere because of one older host. We're getting ready to replace that host, so we will have 2 Haswell hosts (Xeon E5-2660v3) and one...
View ArticleUBUNTU 16.4 (client) fails
I followed this guide to install ubuntu. (basic ubuntu 16.4 install) with 4GB of memory, 25gb of HDD. After the install, my VM freezes like on the video at around 12:45. I follow the advice of the...
View ArticleError on trying to expand data store on iSCSI volume
Hi, I have ESXi 6.5 running using a data set on a SYNOLOGY iSCSI Disk. I expanded the iSCSI disk, but can not get the data set to expand. ESXi sees the extra space, but I can't expand the current...
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Can't get VMWare tools to work after upgrade from 6.0 to 6.5
I have a esxi install 6.5 install on a USB 64GB flash drive on a mac mini that uses iSCSI as a data store on a synology NAS. My scratch files and swap files (in VM directories) are stored on the...
View ArticleSamsung 960 Pro not showing on ESX 6.5 install
Hi All, I was wanting to do some testing on the new virtual nvme controller at the VM level On the ESX 6.5 installer the 960 pro NVME drive was showing as an install option, however the server (DL380...
View ArticlevSphere client, firewall activate, can´t access
Hello, I have a ESXi with a firewall activate under configuration -> security profile -> firewall I activate vSphere Client firewall in order to access with vSphere Client from one IP only. Now I...
View ArticleCant VMotion, Will HA succeed when host fail ?
So I have a cluster with 3 hosts licensed with essential plus. But the problem is that i have a differrent proccessor type. host 1 : proc E5-2640 v2host 2 : proc E5-2640 v2 (master)host 3 : proc...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 host goes out of network after NIC driver and firmware upgrade
I am upgrading bnx2x driver and firmware to versions 2.713.30.v60.5 and FFV10.00.15 bc 7.14.5 respectively. The host's management vmkernel is part of vDS. After driver and firmware upgrade, the host...
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NFS 4.1 export mounts as read-only (RECLAIM_COMPLETE FS failed)
Seems to be the case that when mounting NFS 4.1 using Windows Server 2012 R2 as the endpoint people are getting the following error: 2015-08-15T13:55:59.460Z cpu0:34075 opID=e5c595d5)NFS41:...
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