ESXi 6 lost access to volume due to ISCSI connectivity issues with thecus...
Hi all, I'm now encountering a weird issue that the host lost connection persistently to the data store. I really need help for this issue. The whole system is mentioned as follows. -ESXi 6.0.0-DL380...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 Routing with freesco
Hello Everyone, I have a problem while using freesco router on esxi. I have a DELL Server with three VM's running on it but all the VM's are old and have pre defined IP address (different subnets) I...
View ArticleWhat EVC mode to choose for these specific CPUs
Hi, Can anyone please tell me what EVC mode should I choose for the below CPUs ? ESXI Running version: 5.5.0, 4345813I have these 4 host in a cluster. Wanted to Enable EVC without any trouble. vmesx1...
View Article64-bit VirtualBox inside a VM
I need to setup a Windows 8.1 64-bit VM on my VMWare environment. Inside it I need to run a 64-bit VM with VirtualBox. I've installed Windows on the VM and installed VirtualBox, however, I can't get...
View ArticleConnect HP SAS Tape Drive to ESX 6.5
Hi, I've got 1 HP DL380 Gen9 + HP H241 HBA + HP Ultrium 3000 SAS and installed ESX 6.5Is it possible to connect that Tape Drive to a Windows VM and use it with Veeam for Backups? If yes, how can I do...
View ArticleHow to change disk from thin to thick provisioning in ESXi 6.5.0 Web UI?
Hello, I'm trying to convert a virtual disk from thin provisioning to thick provisioning using the VMWare ESXI 6.5.0 Web UI. I found the following article: Convert a Virtual Disk from Thin to Thick in...
View ArticleVMtools error in Application events on server 2016
Hi,we have faulting application errors every ~5-10 minutes on our 2016 servers with vm tools:Faulting application name: WmiApSrv.exe, version: 10.0.14393.0, time stamp: 0x57899ac8Faulting module name:...
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Disable smart detection for specific drives
Hello, I am trying to disable smart detection for the internal usb thumb drive ESXI has been installed to, as well as for the HP SmartArray Controller, as syslog reports both drivers not to be smart...
View ArticleAMD FirePro S7150x2 on ESXi 6.0u3 on Dell R730; Can't get it working
I am having big problems getting an AMD FirePro S7150x2 to work on an ESXi 6.0u3 box. The box is a Dell R730. I am finding that once I installed the drivers, the box purple screens on the next reboot....
View ArticleESX/Vcenter Server performance degradation
I see several times that at some points any task stats to take longer than usual.Even simple tasks like reconfigure VM can take minutes to finish. Maybe important to note that the ESX host has a lot of...
View ArticleDell R910
I am looking to purchase a monster dell power edge R910 Rack server with 4x E7 10 core processors and 256gb of ram among other bits but I have noticed it’s not on VMware compatibility list for version...
View ArticleHow to "Launch VM Console" from command prompt?
I am able to start the application using " " in command prompt: start "vSphere Client" "C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\VpxClient.exe" -s 10.x.x.x...
View ArticleEXSi 5.5 Cli Upgrade Error
Hi All, Iam in progress of EXSi 5.5 patch upgrade via CLI getting as # esxcli software vib update -d "/vmfs/volumes/584ef5b6-e4f48537-8433-0cc47a0a4344/ESXi550-201608001.zip" [DependencyError] VIB...
View ArticleCPU % ready question
I am trying to right-size a vm.i have one vm running 8vcpus in my host.My host has other workloads and has dual 12 core cpus. For this VM, ESXTOP shows a value of 5 - 8 for %rdy which is above what...
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Solaris 10 to ESXi 6.0 Impossible?
I've done some digging on this and found some old info which may have been for VMware WS 4.0. Having trouble booting in ESXi6. Here's what I done so far: The source Solaris disk layout (2 disks sda...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 guest system time changing
I have Windows Server 2008 running as a virtual guest on a VMWare ESXi 6.5 host. Every few days the time on the server seems to change to a different time zone - it skips 2 hours backwards. For example...
View Articleupgrade esxi from 6.0 to 6.5,VM can't power on
Hi,I was used VCSA6.5's update manager upupgrade esxi from 6.0 to 6.5 succeessful, but all VM did't power on,the error as follow:Failed to power on virtual machine 2k3dc01. Transport (VMDB) error -45:...
View ArticlevSphere ESXi 6.5.0 Hardware Sensors
Hello Everyone, I have a Q170 based motherboard and have successfully loaded ESXi 6.5.0. However, ESXi does not display any Hardware Sensor Data and reports "No Sensor Data Available". Does ESXi...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 - Device Passthrough
Hello all, I'm an ESXi beginner trying to get my graphics cards to passthrough my VM. In ESXi under Host>Manage> under the "hardware tab">PCI Devices, it states the device is not capable for...
View Articleesxi6 - Bootbank cannot be found at path '/bootbank' host disconnect from vcsa
Hi All, I experiencing an issue, a esxi 6 host was disconnected from my VCSA 6.0, but all VM in that host are working fine. DUCI was hang and I have not enable ssh. so I am no way just reboot esxi...
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