Install ESXi 6.5 on R730 with Intel X710
Hello All, After install ESXi 6.0 via "VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.0.0.update02-4192238.x86_64-Dell_Customized-A04" on Dell PowerEdge R730, everything is okay !!! But, if I try to install ESXi 6.5 via...
View ArticleESXI 6.0 with a MNPA19-XTR installed in passthrough. I can see it in a...
I've been experimenting with FreeNAS and installed it in a VM along with a HBA and a Mellanox MNPA19-XTR (Connectex-2) 10 GB card both in passthrough mode. I can see the HBA, but not the Mellanox card....
View ArticleSG220-26P - ESXi 6.5 VLAN Configuration
Good afternoon. This is probably an easy fix, so here it goes. I have a requirement to have separate VLANS in my ESXi 6.5 environment that have to communicate with separate PCs on the outside. I...
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number of cores vs virtual sockets on 6.0 and 6.5
All, We have always increased the number of virtual sockets instead of cores per socket. That has been the recommendation. I came across the following article which states to do the apposite. Has...
View ArticlePhysical access via USB to datastore in Host
Case Scenario: - A Virtual Machine (VM) currently running on EXSi fails (e.g. system hacked, internal corruption, use your imagination...)- A perfect backup of said VM is standing by in an external USB...
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ESXi 6.5.0 hangs during uploads of ISO to Datastore
Brand new R330PERC H7305 X Disk SAS 931GB RAID 5 (Datastore1)32GB USB Internal (ESXi)32GB RAM Very Typical small business setup. Fresh ESXi 6.5.0 installed yesterday to internal USB drive, setup...
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vSphere 6.5 HA Orchestrated
Hello, I would have a question about vSphere 6.5 HA Orchestrated. I have a 2-node cluster. The vcenter is a vm (vcsa).In case of failure of both nodes at the same time the vm re start according to the...
View ArticleFinding the correct install disk for my kickstart file
Hi, we are going to install some Dell T330 which have internal harddisk and a SD Card module. Our goal is to install ESXi6.5 on the SD Card with a pxe installation and a ks.cfg file.One big problem is...
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double character typing
I have ESXI 6.5. I am experiencing the double character issue. I have tried the following changes Repeated characters when typing in Vmware remote console VMware Knowledge BaseRepeated characters when...
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route domain name to virtual machine
Hello, I have two months searching information, but don't find the right answer. I have ESXI now, but maybe this doesn't is the software need, and somebody can guide what is the solutions. This...
View ArticleCan't backup VM through Veeam while Gust OS running
We can't backup VM through Veeam(Third part tool) while running Gust OS. I got the following error, Failed to get file...
View ArticleESXi upgrade from 5.1 to 5.5 storage question
Is it still best practice to remove the SAN LUNs when doing an inplace upgrade or was that just for the initial installs? I'm using update manage to do the upgrade if that matters. It's been awhile...
View ArticleAndyg
Hi I need to set 2 new firewall rules on the esx server 6.5 they are TCP rules port 135 and 445 but the web client does not let me add these rules and they are not in the predefined rules ? can anyone...
View ArticleLinux Host Memory Consumption Lower Than ESXi Reporting Used
ESXi is reporting 8GiB used, however top is showing about 3.2ish GiB used.
View ArticleBootable Custom ESXi iso works in fusion, but not vSphere...
So little weirded out here. I created a custom ESXi 6.5U1 iso w/ a KS.CFG and modified BOOT.CFG using the below command:mkisofs -relaxed-filenames -J -R -o ~/Desktop/esxi65u1auto.iso -b ISOLINUX.BIN...
View ArticleBest Practices for Horizon 7 with NSX
We are preparing for a new implementation for Horizon on top of NSX. and also we are working on the design phase.So we are collecting and finding all best practices and advice. Please advice,
View ArticleWindows 2016 failover cluster on ESXi 6.0
Hi, I'm trying to setup a new windows 2016 failover cluster but when I validate my cluster i get some errors/warnings. ESXi 6.0u2RDMs (3par 7000)Windows 2016 VMs Error/Warning message :List Disks To Be...
View ArticleRequired config parameter [amqp_password] is missing
hi sir, please advise why this happen ,after install vmware tools Centos 6.7 ,64bit, vmware 6.0 3382124 , only this version have this problem %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S,542[1480]: CommAmqpListener:...
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