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Second NIC not connected to kernel port
On my ESXi host on vSphere 6.5 I have 2 physical NIC's configured with nic teaming. They're configured to the switch as:-Nic teaming (Route based on originating port ID).-vmnic0 Uplink1, vmnic1 Uplink2...
View ArticleS.M.A.R.T test on ESXI 6.5 - CANNOT open device
Hi, I want to launch a S.M.A.R.T test on my harddrive disk.I found this code : esxcli storage core device list | grep ' Display Name:'| cut -d'(' -f2 | cut -d')' -f1 |while read DISKdo...
View ArticleGuest VBS Support
Hi, I can't find any information on if VBS is supported on any ESXi version, does anyone know?I've found out that "Guest VBS Support" has been added for Workstation/Fusion 14. Am I therefor right to...
View ArticleSlow snapshot CREATION. Stun + 8 seconds
Dear all, When I create a snapshot for VMs with many disks, the machines are paused (stunned) for up to 10 seconds depending on how many disks they have. I know that consolidating a snapshot may take...
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link down
HI.If I look to physical NICs on my ESXi 6.4 server, I see the second network card (added to my Fujitsu PRIMERGY TX150 s7server) all the time as link down even if the network cable is attached to it...
View ArticleLSI and ESXi 6.5
Looking for a solution to have my ESXi host report failed drives to me. I have tried the Avago MSM. I cant get it to send out Emails. I do not know of a service that it works with.Also this app...
View ArticleRAID is not detected during ESXi 5.1 installation
It is required to install ESXi 5.1 on an HP DL320 G6. The server has 4 disks of 250 GB and the possibilities of RAID are: RAID 1 + 0 or RAID 0. The option RAID 1 + 0 is chosen. During the installation...
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Configuration won't save, /bootbank No space left on device
Noticed that my ESXi host (5.1.0) wasn't saving any of my configuration changes after a reboot. I dug around a little, and tried to manual backup the config but get the below errors. Any idea how to...
View ArticleMount a ISO file in multiple VM's concurrently.
Hi, I found i can mount the same ISO file to 8 VM's virtual CD-ROM at the same time, but failed with the ninth VM. Is there any limitation about it ? Thank you.
View ArticleHow to disable ESXi Passthrough my findings
There is no easy way to do it, it seems. So I wanted to say that I couldn't afford to do an upgrade on my server and my service provider wanted $30 for IPMI access. I have searched countless forums on...
View ArticleVMICTimeProvider?
I'm investigating a time shift issue with several 2008 R2 guests on vSphere 4.0. Time synch between guest and ESX has been disabled in VMTools but one of the customers engineers has asked me to...
View ArticleLicense
HELLO guys ! URGENTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!! i have added vSOM license and attached them to my ESXi hosts but now i am not able to find them and when i try to add them it says " unable to add liecense...
View ArticleDeleted parent file, need to recover a file from a snapshot
One of my guys deleted a vm that had a parent vmdk attached to it. I only have the snapshot files that were left over, and I need to recover a file from the snapshot. How can I get the snapshot...
View ArticleNo 'UPGRADE option available after failed installation of ESXi 6.0 on a...
Dear All, I have a stand-alone ESXi 5.0 host which I was trying to install 6.0 on. The installation failed due to missing drivers of NIC card r8168. Anyways, I have created a new ISO using ESXi...
View ArticleESXi650-201712001 not listed in...
Need to upgrade our VMWARE Hosts to ESXi650-201712001 -standard for PCi-DSS compliancy Performed the following:esxcli software sources profile list -d...
View ArticleESXi 6.5.0 Update 1 (Build 5969303) / Reboot
Hi everybody, I come to appeal to your knowledge for a problem encountered today.My ESX server to restart this day for no reason at first (well it seems to me). I got the logs vmkernel and syslog but I...
View ArticlePerformance impact of enabling Memory (not CPU) hot plug?
Looking around online, the questions surrounding CPU hot add seem very well answered. What I haven't been able to find is a similar discussion on enabling memory hot plug. Here are the basic questions...
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This virtual machine failed to become vSphere HA Protected and HA may not...
Hello We are getting this error for only one guest i a 4 node HA cluster: This virtual machine failed to become vSphere HA Protected and HA may not attempt to restart it after a failure. The 4 host...
View Articlegateway ESX6
Home lab. Single host with vcenter. ESX6 I want to have 2 vswitches each going to a different router with different IP subnets. No vm will connect to both. I do not want them to see each other. Is...
View ArticleEsxi 6.5.0U1 and LSI SMIS Providers
Hi,does anybody had success working with LSI megaraid SMIS Providers into Esxi 6.5.0U1?I successfull installed the latest vib file downloaded from LSI web site (00.66.V0.02), but I cannot connect from...
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