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Integrity issue when deploying an OVF
Hi, I have a very strange issue that cannot solve today.I am using ESXi 6.5 u1 with two datastore : datastore1 is SSD (samsung 840 1Tb), datastore 2 is 4Tb (WD sata). ESXi is installed on same disk as...
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Raw Device Mapping not working
Hi, I am trying to attach my existing disk with data on my Microserver Gen8 to Esxi 6.5 using RDM. [root@localhost:~] ls -l /vmfs/devices/disks-rw------- 1 root root 3000559427584 Nov 19...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 Slow vms, High "average response time"
I am running esxi 6.5 with the latest patches and vmware tools 10.1.5 I am having very inconsistent performance issues with both of my hosts. Basically the windows 2016/windows 10 guests are sluggish...
View ArticleCompatible PCIe Serial Card?
I have a DL 360 G7 that I need to increase the serial ports on. Ideally I would like to drop in a PCIe card that would add 4 more serial ports to the ESXi host. My plan is to then pass through 5 serial...
View Article"File - failed to get objectId" in hostd logs
I've been looking though the logs on my ESXi 6.5 servers with vRealize Log Insight and I noticed that two of my hosts (of 16 total) show errors like the following for different VMs a few times a day....
View ArticleVsphere 6.5 U1 update on Windows fails
Installation of component VCSServiceManager failed with error code '1603'. Check the logs for more detailsI tried to turn on all dot net
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we use 5.5 u2 esxi and one vm has co-stop on cpu but cpu ready doesnt seem. vm has 12 vcpu. we see read I/O latency on vrealize . what is problem ?
View ArticleFCOE with Intel X710 CNA and ESXi6.5U1
Hi, I tried to create a software FCOE adapter with my Intel X710 CNA on an Dell R740 Server (ESXi6.5U1).The server is connected to a Cisco Nexus 5548UP. But I get the the following error message:...
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Cant extend my Datastore
Hello, First of all i will share some system information, so its easy to understand the issue We have 1 V-Center server, controlling 1 ESXi 6 U2 server, with 2 local datastores and 1 iSCSI based...
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Curious if others have noticed problems with Hardware Health readings since...
Wondering if other folks on other Xeon systems have noticed this issue that I've explained/fixed here:How to fix inaccurate Xeon D Hardware Health sensor readings on VMware ESXi 6.5, since sfcbd CIM...
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Petition VMware to Open Source ESXi Thick Client
It's been almost 3 years (1189 days to be exact) since kgottleib openly complained about the web client: vSphere Web Client SUCKs so bad that my experience managing and supporting VMware has turn to...
View ArticleAdd a second screen in 1920 * 1080
Hello I would like to have 2 screens, in my vm hosted in an ESX version 6, with a resolution of 1920 * 1080 for each of the screens. For the moment, I find myself limited to 1600 * 1200 on the second....
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 ArticleReading/modifying VM tags using the SDK?
I'm trying to read/edit tags associated with a virtual machine by using the vsphere sdk (with pyvmomi cause I prefer python, our VSphere has version 5.1). The vm object has a field "tag" which should...
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Cannot add USB device to VM ESXi 6.5
I have a USB SATA Dock that I would like to connect to a VM. I plug the USB Dock into my host. It shows up when I do a "lsusb" I have added the USB 2.0 controller to the VM and the USB Controller...
View ArticleWhat if you consolidated before deleting snapshot - is this a problem
Hello, I recently consolidated a virtual machine before I deleted the snapshot - so if I delete the snapshot now, would I be causing any grief for myself?
View ArticleCall "HostDatastoreSystem.CreateVmfsDatastore" for object...
Hi Community,i ran into a problem with Netapp iSCSI Targets on vSphere 6U2.I have installed the following systems:- Two Supermicro Server, complete vSphere 6 certified- Two Netgear 24-port 10Gb / s...
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vSphere Web Client SUCKs so bad that my experience managing and supporting...
Purpose of this post is simple and obvious... bring back development to thick client. THANKS!
View ArticleESXi 5.5 ASUS H97M Plus, Intel I218-V "No Network Adapters" Error
Hello all! I'm experimenting with ESXi on my home computer, but keep running into the "No Network Adapters" error, which I understand is because the 5.5 default drivers don't support the Intel I218-V...
View ArticleNeed help to build Veracrypt on latest ESXi 6.5
Hi, I wanna build veracrypt to directly encrypt disk from ESXi. I have downloaded "VMware-TOOLCHAIN-ODP" and "VMware-ESXI-650-ODP" iso. Follow instruction in them, with some errors fixed myself, I had...
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