NTP Servers for vSphere 6 Host ?
Hi, What is the NTP Servers recommended by VMWare for setting up vSphere Host ? Should we usex.vmware.pool.ntp.org ORx.oceania.pool.ntp.org Thanks
View Articlereclaim space for 3par
I'm using 3par virtual volumes, with thin dedup technology, as datastores and now several datastore has no vm because they deleted.3Par storage continues to see the same disk space altough vm have been...
View ArticleESXI 5.1 purple screen
Dear All, My ESXI 5.1 server suddenly have purple screen as attachment. Anyone can guide me to view this error screen? The system crash is it related with VM "system01"? Thank you. Simon
View ArticlePower Supply Alert
I am using VMware ESXi 5.1 and in vSphere client I am getting a "Power Supply 1 PSU1 Status 0: Power Supply AC lost - Assert" even though both of my power supplies are working. I reset the sensors and...
View ArticleESXI 6.0 purple screen
Dear All, My ESXI 6.0 server have purple screen once every 2-3 weeks. Anyone can guide me to view this error screen? Thanks.
View ArticleDRS Cluster Affinity Rule Question
I have a 6 host DRS cluster configured. I want to create an affinity rule set for a group of VMs to run on 3 of the 6 hosts in the DRS cluster. If 1 of the 3 hosts in my affinity rule set fails, does...
View ArticleQuiesced Snapshots Option Removed?
I have a server that has been failing to snapshot while quiescing the file system during it's backup.I think I have fixed the issue on a clone of the server but I'm having trouble testing the process....
View Articlebackup solution for standalone esxi host
what is recommended backup solution for a single host esxi? create snapshots and delete them weekly? I dont have third party solution or budget
View ArticleRamdisk is full, no space left on root
itHi all, I have been spending several days to figure out the issue, but I gave up and decided to ask the community to help me. So, there is a standard error: no space left on device vdf...
View ArticleESXi 5.5 Deleting Linked Clones
For some reason, deleting linked clones on our ESXi 5.5 server also deletes the parent's VMDK (we're creating linked clones via the API by specifying createNewChildDiskBacking and pointing to a...
View ArticleProblems running esxi 6.0u3 on supermicro X10DRL-i
Hello, We have been running into problems with 2 hosts running esxi 6.0u3 with the following hardware:X10DRL-i supermicro boardXeon E5-2630 v4The problem we see is that the system will lock up, no...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 U1 - host and vms are not responding
Im running ESXi 6.5 U1 on Fujitsu PRIMERGY rx2530 m4 with the latest Fujitsu custom image for PRIMERGY servers. The problem is that, one or two times of day the vms and host are no responding and i...
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...
View ArticleShutdown-VMGuest does not work with machines with fault tolerance activated
Good morning We are trying to make a script with Powercli to turn off our virtual machines The virtual machines are in an HA cluster and some of them have fault tolerance enabled we are running the...
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vSphere Client console only showing part of VM screen
I saw a similar thread, but no answer that has helped.ESXi6 build 2494585 / vCenter 6 build 3634793 Windows versionWeb Client is borked due to DNS issue, and I'm trying to fix the AD/DNS server which...
View Article"A required disk image was missing" error when importing VMDK
Client version 1.21.0Client build number: 5724747ESXi version: 6.5.0ESXi build number: 6765664 Built an Oracle 7.4 server base configuration, successfully exported it and used the files to import and...
View ArticleESX, LLDP and DCB informational message with Intel X710
I have a server with ESX 6.0 update 2 that has Intel X710 NIC card and ESXi states that the LLDP is not available on this adapter. Does anyone know if DCB or LLDP will work in ESX for the X710 NIC? Is...
View ArticleESXi 6.5u1 > MegaRAID 9361 health monitoring
We have a new server with a LSI MegaRAID 9361 controller. I would like to be able to monitor the RAID volume's member disk status from vCenter & and the HTML5 client. I'm currently using the...
View ArticleSeveral problems with isolated networks under ESXi 6.5
Hi all, I have installed an ESXi 6.5 Update1 Build 6765664 host to do some tests with isolated environments. To accomplish this, I have setup the following vswitches: [root@scotland:~] esxcfg-vswitch...
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Netqueue on ESxi
Can anybody clarify the use of netqueue and how it works by default? I understand it is enabled on the host by default but I see no further configuration for the drivers. I have read everything I can...
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