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ESXi 6.5.0 (build number: 5969303) - point(.) in the VM name
Why I cannot type the point(.) in the VM name???
View ArticlePromiscuous mode configuration support in SRIOV physical and virtual functions
Hi All, Does ESXi 6.5 hypervisor support promiscuous mode on PF of Intel XL710 NICs? It is observed that, when two VFs belonging to same PF are assigned to two VMs and multicast traffic is sent from...
View ArticleHP Proliant Smart Array P440ar is showing alarm
Hey all, I have an ESXi 5.5.0u3 with HPE image installed on HP Proliant DL360 Gen9. ESXi showed me a warning on Smart Array P440ar regarding firmware version. So I installed latest version 4.52. Now I...
View ArticleESXi EVC MODE
vcenter 6.0 / esxi 6.0 u3 I have a v2 cpu and v4 version cpu model server Servers with v2 cpu are running v4 cpu model installed on the new server I want to migrate to v4 server Empty one v2 cpu model...
View ArticleDell precision t3620 esxi
I am looking at buying something like this for my esxi lab Dell Official Outlet Refurbished Laptops, Desktops, Servers & Monitors Precision T3620Tech SpecsProcessor: Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5...
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Can anyone suggest a PCIE USB3 controller that is compatible with esxi?
I'm relatively new to esxi and this is for personal use, not any kind of production environment. Running esxi 6.5. The HCL is a bit hard to follow....is it only for chipsets instead of products? I do...
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...
View ArticleCIM Service does not startup automatically in ESXi 6.5
Hi together, it seems that the CIM Service does not startup automatically in ESXi 6.5. For sure, I can start it through the GUI or cli with "/etc/init.d/sfcbd-watchdog start" but I use Auto Deploy. I'm...
View ArticlevSphere 6.5 U1 - Driver for Dell PERC H710 Mini
I just upgraded my Dell PowerEdge R320 to 6.5 U1. When I go into the Host - Monitor - Hardware - Storage, I get the message "The Small Footprint CIM Broker Daemon (SFCBD) is running, but no data has...
View Article/bin/sfcbd crashed problem ESXi 6.5u1 with LSI CIM provider
I installed a new ESXi 6.5u1 on Friday 25.08 and until now the sdcbd service crashed three times. I am using a LSI 9271-8i Raid Controller and installed the "lsiprovider cim 500.04.V0.66-0002" to...
View Articleerror: enumInstances No data received from server
Hi, I'm getting the following error when running the below command: [root@esxi:~] /usr/lib/vmware/vm-support/bin/swfw.shSoftware and Firmware versioning info from CIM Providers. error: enumInstances No...
View ArticleCIM programming guide in JAVA
Hi, I want to develop a JAVA application which would monitor a server through CIM.Basically, I would like the JAVA application to subscribe to the CIM broker (present on the server) so that in case of...
View ArticleError - "An application (/sbin/sfcbd) running on esxi host has crashed..."
Get alot of this error on my hosts, "An application (/sbin/sfcbd) running on esxi host has crashed...". Cant find any helpful kb, seems like sfcbd has something to do with hardware health monitoring....
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The Small Footprint CIM Broker Daemon (SFCBD) is running, but no data has...
I have one T620 DELL server with vmware6.5 in my hardware storage monitoring have problem
View ArticleCannot VMotion some VMs despite EVC being enabled
I have a cluster of three hosts of varying ages, running ESXi 5.1 update 2 with EVC set to Nehalem, to which I added a brand new host with ESXi 5.1 update 3 and Xeon E5-v4 CPUs. I VMotioned some VMs to...
View Articlei7 8700 on ESXi 6.5
Hello fellow IT admins,I am currently building server for my personal needs (Storing Files, Monthly backups of PC's, Nested Virtualization through Hyper-V, Streaming Media with Plex Media Server,...
View ArticleBluescreen 0xc000021a Windows Server 2016 Installation
Hi, I am trying to install Windows Server 2016 Standard with GUI to a ESXi 6.5 Host. After installing the VM trys to boot but get stuck every time with a bluescreen.The Stopcode is 0xc000021a. I tried...
View ArticleOVF deployment problems after upgrading to 6.5
I have a Win7 box with VMware Workstation 12.5 installed where I build all of the OVFs required by my team. Recently I upgraded from vSphere 6 to 6.5 and that comes of course with the pain point made...
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Failed to power on virtual machine . The attempted operation cannot be...
Hi All, we created Windows Server 2016 VM on ESXi 6.5 U1. We can power on the VM and operate it. But when we shutdown the VM. We cannot power on it anymore. The message is "Failed to power on virtual...
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