ESXi 5.5 bad Hard disk
I'm using vmware 5.5 u2 Free to test and learning.One of disks are bad (SMART), and I'm trying copy/move VMs to a new disk, but a .vmdk is giving error. I got to try to move the following message on...
View ArticleSSO Domain vs SSO Site
Hi All, I must upgrade my farm vSphere 5.5 to 6.0. I have some doubts about my current topology and the steps for the upgrade. My first question is this: which are the difference about SSO Domain name...
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Domain auth with domain controller on ESXi host
I am wondering if I can/should enable domain auth for my ESXi 6.5 free since my domain controller is on my ESXi host. Would I run into any issues with this potentially? Also is there say a backup login...
View ArticleFailing while doing Esx 6.5 patch update via cli.
[root@localhost:~] esxcli software vib update -d /vmfs/volumes/paul\/ESXi650-201712001.zip [StatelessError] The transaction is not supported: VIB VMW_bootbank_nmlx4-core_3.16.0.0-1vmw.650.0.0.4564106...
View Articlerestart virtual machine alone
Hi there,I use vmware converter to convert a physical server under windows 2003 to a virtual machine on ESX .It seems working fine but sometimes the virtual machine restart alone ! Please help...
View ArticleUnable to create VMFS partition on external USB hard drive
Hello there! I want to create a datastore on an external 500GB USB hard drive with the following guide: USB Devices as VMFS Datastore in vSphere ESXi 6.0 | Virten.netIt all worked fine until step nine...
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Tried to install ESXi on Asrock Q1900B-ITX
Hi Everyone out there, and thanks in advance for the comments & assistance. I'm trying to setup my home lab by installing ESXi 6.5 (standard iso, generated with the script) on an Asrock Q1900B-ITX...
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RSS issues at Windows 2012 R2 with VMXNET3 and 10.2.0 VM Tools - still not...
Hi, I try to enable RSS on Windows 2012 R2 servers running VMXNET3. The case is that I have 5 servers where I want to enable RSS on. All vm's are more or less the same spec. (+-vCPU, Memory). All of...
View ArticleHyper-V 2 VMware keep mac address
Hi, At this moment I'm busy to migrate servers from Hyper-V to a VMware cluster, this is no problem with the vCenter standalone software, untill now 40 succesfull migrations.For the next migrations,...
View Articlevmdk was not found when creating a VM
Hello! Yesterday I tried creating a VM using a Linux Server ISO and was successful but later decided to delete the VM and start over in order to tweak the settings but now receive the following error:...
View ArticleFailed to create Virtual Machine VM. VMDK file exist.
Hello, I am creating a VM, but when I give a brand new name, it says vmdk file exist with that name. How can I resolve this issue? Can you please take a look at that attachment? I tried on multiple...
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High memory usage alert after upgrading to vSphere 6
Last night I upgraded my last ESX host from vSphere 5.5 to vSphere 6 update 2 + patches. Ever since updating the VMware tools on my SQL server VM, I have been getting a "high virtual machine memory...
View ArticleESXI 6.0 patching
Hi Guys, In my infra i have ESXI 6.0 with below build..ESXi 6.0 Update 3a (Patch 5)ESXi600-2017060012017-06-065572656My question is how can i update it to ESXi 6.0...
View ArticleWhy RSS Capable is False on VMXNET3?
Hello, I have VM with VMXNET3 and Windows Server 2016 Receive Side Scaling is Enabled: PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-NetAdapterRss Name :...
View ArticleInstall ESXi 5.5 on HPE ProLiant 380 Gen10 Server
Hi@all,we have the challange to temporarily install VMware ESXi 5.5 on a brand new HP DL380 Gen10 Server (because of installed VMware Horizon 6.0.1 limitation).All support matrixes and QuickSpecs are...
View ArticleVMs intermittent loses network connectivity.
Hi, We have a strange problem/bug in our new VMware cluster. Environment BL460 gen10 with HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB AdapterHPE C7000 chassis vSphere 6.0 (build 6775062)ESX01,ESX03 and ESX03 are...
View Article(ESXi 6.5) Cloning a .vmdk to NFS share works with NFS v3 only, using NFS v4...
Hi all, I hope somebody could bring some light on this - I posted here to help others that may end up in the same situation: ESXi 6.5 --> Datastore1: iSCSI Qnap (main VM datastore) -->...
View ArticleUsing a USB drive to backup VM in ESXi 6.5
Hi all! I'm using an ESXi 6.5 with some virtual machines to conduct some use case at university. I do not have a full structure nor the ESXi is a production machine (this means I can stop the service...
View ArticleConsole Sessions
This is freaking me out. I just installed VMware ESXI 6.5 nd has a guest OS of Windows 2016. After a while that the guest OS is powered on, there will be a pop up message on the top of the screen that...
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