Slow cold migration over 10GB network
Hi there, I've been troubleshooting a bunch of servers that have a single 10GB connection each, as when moving VMs around using cold migration, the transfer speeds are between 400-500mbit. I've got...
View ArticleHP 460 gen9 serer loses all network adapters after going to build 7618464
after applying 7618464. I am losing lal network adapters on a HP gen9 server. any idea?
View ArticleESXi pci passthrough device limits
Hello, I have an esxi 5.1.0 with 8 pci passthrough configured devices:- 2 go to one particular VM- 4 to another- 1 to a 3rd one and- 1 to the 4th one.According to...
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 ArticleAlligning VMware Tools among ESXi hosts
A vSphere 5.5 infrastructure is based on several ESXi 5.5 servers running version ESXi 5.5.0, 2068190.A new ESXi host was added running ESXi 5.5.0 2403361.When a VM is moved to the new host the VMware...
View ArticleNeed script to fetch esxi 6.0/6.5 hardware information
Hi, If someone guide me for script to fetch the hardware info python pyvmomi and pywbem or using powercli. If anyone already tried and using it, please share the flow. -A
View ArticleUnable to expand ESXi 6.5 primary VMFS datastore
I have ESXi 6.5 installed on a Dell R420 server. I was running 2x240GB SSD's in RAID 1 through my H710 RAID controller as my boot drive. Using the online data expansion capability of the RAID...
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VMtools 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:...
View ArticleEsxi-Host Automated Installation
Is there a script available to do Esxi 6.5 installation automatically?
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...
View Articletroubleshooting esxi host to join domain
I am trying to troubleshooting why a host is not able to join an AD domain All necessary ports from this kb has been openedhttps://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1026538VMware Knowledge Base but its failing...
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USB controller Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB...
Hello,I'm trying to get the USB3 device above to be available to my VM's... and Im not getting anywhere.This error may be the sum of my problem. I dont seem to be able to get the xHCI module to...
View Articlemove VM using ovftool
I am trying to move VM from standalone esxi host to VCenter having three hosts in cluster. I can do it using VCenter convertor standalone as V2V. but I am assuming ovftool will do faster for larger...
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install ESXi, stop on "Relocating modules and starting up the kernel"
My computer is Intel NUC5PPYH, the processor is a 14nm Pentium n3700.Hardware: Intel® NUC Kit NUC5PPYH SpecificationsAccording to the official website of the information, VT-x/VT-d are supported. but i...
View ArticleHPE BL460c Gen9 - SD-CARD -...
Hello together, hopefully one of you have an Idea whats going on with this blade: HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 - 32 GB SD-CARD - try to install with the following isos:...
View ArticleRun Script for monitor_control.enable_softResetClearTSC only for a Specific...
This is the script found here: VMware Knowledge Base I want to execute this without running on ALL VMs. How would i add a " Get-Content $ChangeMonitorcontrol | ForEach-Object " to the script below...
View Articleesxcli comand Connect to localhost failed: Connection failure via host ssh shell
My host dropped out of vcenter again, firewall crash suspected, but the comand is just not comming up. ~ # esxcli network firewall getConnect to localhost failed: Connection failure I have seen this...
View ArticleESXi 5.5 SSH problems
HiI have an issue with a ESXi 5.5 Host.From vSphere looking into the settings, SSH access should be enabled. However when trying to SSH from PuTTy or Bitvise. Error message from Bitvise:The SSH2...
View ArticleNIC speed 100mbps instead of 1000mbps
I have two HP DL380G6 servers running ESX4i. These servers are equipped with four 1-gigabit NICs. On Server1 all 4NICs are configured and running at 1000mbps. However, Server2 indicates that one of...
View ArticleFailed: H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data
On my ESXi 5.5 U3 servers, I'm seeing regular messages in /var/log/vmkernel about failed valid sense data: 2017-02-23T14:08:16.307Z cpu2:34366)NMP: nmp_ThrottleLogForDevice:2458: Cmd 0x85...
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