How to reset HP Proliant memory sensor?
Hi all, several weeks ago, on one of my HP servers I found a hardware problem with one of installed memory basket. After replacement, I tried to reset HP hardware sensor within ESXi (via vSphere...
View ArticleVMKDump basics
After setting up vRealize operations and seeing my first alert, a datastore alert about timing remaining bla bla.. Since there was only 1 VM built I just had to see what this was about.. sure enough,...
View ArticleUsing SNMP to query a vCenter 5.5 server from an Ubuntu server
I need to query a vCenter 5.5 server member of a vSphere 5.5 infrastructure via SNMP from an Ubuntu server on the same LAN.I enabled Reciever 2 for the IP of the vCenter server for port 162 and...
View ArticleUSB Error
Hi I have a strange issue. I have an USB license key. I have added the USB device to the virtual machine and then added the UBS key to the VM. When i log into the machine through vSphere i can use the...
View ArticleShutdown ESXi 6.0 by APC UPS
Dear Community, as per specs, APC PCNS only works up to VS 5.5. Has anyone tried it with VS 6? Or is there any other way to gracefully shutdown an ESXi 6 Host through an UPS? Thank you an best...
View ArticleProblemas de reconhecimento do driver HBA SAS Dell com vSphere ESXi
Fala galera! Estou com um problema e já tentei várias coisas para solucionar. Usamos um servidor Dell R620 e instalamos uma HBA SAS nele para conexão direta com o storage.A BIOS Dell consegue ver a...
View ArticleIBM IMM settings through ESXi5
I have an IBM x3500M3 running ESXi 5.0 (474610) that seems to have lost it's IMM IP address. The server is at a remote location so it's not easy to get in to check the settings in the BIOS. After some...
View ArticleWhat's the best way to Moving VM's from old datacenter to new datacenter...
Hello Team,We need to mover about 11 Prod VM's to new datacenter. What's the best way? Thank youImran
View ArticleESXi 6.5 AMD 1800X Support?
Does anyone have information on an update to ESXi to support the new AMD CPUs? I have an 1800X crying to run ESXi. At this point I am forced to run VMware Workstation Pro on it due to incompatibility...
View ArticleFC storage adapter disappears in ESX 6.0 and 6.5
For my vSphere cluster I have a set of HPE bl460c blades each with the FlexFabric 536flb adapter in the LOM slot which does double duty as both network adapter and FC adapter via FCoE. This has worked...
View Articlerequest hardware support
I upgraded to vmware 6.5 and found out that my once fully supported hardware is no longer on the HCL. How do I request that my hardware be put back on the HCL?
View ArticleHow to get ESXi CPU model through command line??
Hello, Does anyone know how to collect the ESXi host CPU model through command line? I do not want to use Get-VM or PowerCLI. I need it to be via esxcli or something similar. Thanks in advance. Victor...
View ArticleGuest Windows VM needs iSCSI SAN that is on a VLAN - can't get networking to...
Hi,What needs to be done in the "Network" section of the hypervisor host in order to allow my guest Windows vm access ISCSI SAN that is on a VLAN? Thanks in advance,
View ArticleVM-LAB
Hi,Setting up VM-Lab. Does any one have full license key for vSphere? Not the Evaluation (60 days remaining)? Thank you in Advanced.
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Cant extend my Datastore
Hello, First of all i will share some system information, so its easy to understand the issue We have 1 V-Center server, controlling 1 ESXi 6 U2 server, with 2 local datastores and 1 iSCSI based...
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...
View ArticleUnable to delete datastore because it is in use
Hello,I took delivery of a brand new Dell T430 server today. It came with 2 x SD Cards and a pre-configured RAID 6 (5 x 1.2TB drives). ESXi had already been installed on the SD Card, so when I booted...
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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...
View ArticleSIOControlFlag1 flipflopping between values on one host at a time
I'm seeing a curious thing in my vmkernel.log files. It doesn't appear to be causing me any problems besides taking up log space and potentially making other messages harder to spot amongst the noise,...
View Articleunable to create snapshot - File is larger than the maximum size supported by...
I am unable to create a snapshot on a VM that has a 2TB HArd disk 2. This is running on ESXi 5.1 any idea how I can get around this?
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