USB 3.0 not accessible
Hi All, I am using Vmware 6.0, on a HP Pro Server with 2 virtual Machines in that. i attached External HDD USB 3.0 physically on the server, and add xHCI driver on host, still I am not able to access...
View Articlepenalty on throughput cloning VMs with snapshots on blockbased storage
Hi everybody, we are running still a vSphere 4.1 U2 infrastructure with both static server-/desktop-virtualization and View 4.6 implemented on two different VCs on a total of 32 hosts (ESX for static...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 B120i (hpvsa) HP Microserver Gen8 Low performance
I performed a clean install of ESXi 6.5 on HP Microserver Gen8 with provided HP image (VMware-ESXi-6.5.0-OS-Release-4564106-HPE-650.9.6.0.28-Nov2016). I have the datastore on a Raid 1 logical disk in...
View ArticleESXi 6.0 installation error No Network Adapters
Hi, Right now i am trying to install ESXi 6.0, but they are having an error while installation process.Also I would like to mention here, that i have two machines with exactly the same configurations...
View ArticleUpgrade ESXI 5.0 to 6.5
Hi is it possible to upgrade directly from 5.0 to 6.5? Or, is it better to upgrade to some version in between before going to 6.5? Thank you
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Unexpeted, repeated shutdowns of EXSi server
From about two weeks my Esxi server on HP Proliant DL 380 G5 shutdown unexpetedly every two days.After that I must manually restart it.If I see on the vSphere dashboard the only alert message is...
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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SSD showing drive type non ssd in vsphere web
We have installed esxi 6.5 (6.5.0 Update 1 Build 6765664) evaluation, Image Profile : Lenovo_ESXi6.5u1-6765664_20171120 (Lenovo) On over physical server Lenovo system x3850 x6 also configured hardware...
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esxi 6.5: Windows 2012/2016 "A media driver your computer needs is missing"
Today I installed a fresh homelab with esxi 6.5. All with default settings.After created successfully an Ubuntu server and Windows 10 workstation I was ready to setup a new Windows 2016 server. Right...
View ArticleLoading ESXi installer issue " Relocating modules and starting up the kernel"
Hello Everyone, We are trying to install ESXi 5.0 on one of our server We are booting from CD, In "Loading ESXi Installer " screen when everything loads we get a message at the end " Relocating modules...
View ArticlePowercli script to replace DRS
Dear All, I am trying to find a powercli code which we can use to distribute vm's across all hosts in a cluster. Basically we are looking for and second option of DRS whereas an script will be used to...
View ArticleCannot add VMFS datastore to ESXi host
Hello all, I have an issue with 1 FC LUN that can be seen as a device through multiple paths on all 10 hosts in a cluster but it only appear as a VMFS datastore on 6 of the hosts. Other LUNs from the...
View ArticleLost VM after datastore full for snapshot
Hello,I've an host ESXi 6.5 with a big problem. I think something's gone wrong with Veeam Replica since 14 days and all the snanpshot haven't been removed.So the datastore collapse and become full....
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ESXi 6.5 - How to make second Port Group available to add to Virtual Machine...
I'm new to VMWare/vSphere/ESXi so struggling getting this initial configuration complete. I have installed ESXi 6.5, and have been able to complete most of the configuration on the host. I installed a...
View ArticleFirewall issiues on ESXi 6 (DVS)
I am having an issue getting my ESXi servers to add to my DVS. At first I thought it was a DVS issue, but I turned the firewall off and they will add just fine. I have a locked down environment (Feds)...
View ArticlevSphere 6 and ProLiant G9 -- no snmp through iLO
Hey all, I have a ProLiant DL360 G7 running vSphere Client v6.0.0. I'm trying to get snmp to connect through the iLO connection but it's not working. I can pull information through snmp just fine on...
View ArticleDisable 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 Articlehow to troubleshoot: all physical network interfaces stop responding
Running ESXi 6.0.0 2494585 on a Dell PowerEdge R610. The problem I have with this machine is that, every so often, about once a month, but sometimes more frequently like once a week, I will lose all...
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how to troubleshoot: VM fails to come up after reboot
See this discussion which may or may not be related: how to troubleshoot: all physical network interfaces stop responding In summary, sometimes I have to do a hard reboot of my physical machine because...
View ArticleESXi 5 doesn't recognize raid storage array - raid controller problem
Hello everyone! I'm very fresh in ESXi. I've been trying to solve my problem for a while, no solution found, so I've decided to post it here: my setup: 1. motherboard: ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 890GX...
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