Uploading VMDK files to datastore
Hi,We are migrating relatively small workload from hyper-v to VMware.For reasons I won't get into here, we have ended up with a bunch of VMDKs, which we need to upload to a datastore.The environment is...
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vConverter speeds extremely slow
Hi,We are migrating a small workload of 6 guests currently running on vSphere and Hyper-v, across the internet via a VPN and into a vSphere cluster of two hosts, direct attached storage running...
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ESXi 6.5 - How to make second Port Group available to add to Virtual Machine...
I'm new to VMWare/vSphere/ESXi so struggling getting this initial configuration complete. I have installed ESXi 6.5, and have been able to complete most of the configuration on the host. I installed a...
View Articlevmtools timeout
Virtual machine can ping, unable to open the console, Vmtools display "not running"; After the virtual machine is restarted, the virtual machine is running normally, and the Vmtools response time...
View ArticleUnable to take quiesced snapshot
After a reboot of a server, it can happen that it is not possible to take a quiesced snapshot.It happened after an update to 6U1 from 6.0. Before the update there were no problems. We did the following...
View Article0xc000014c Error after Disk Resize
Hi All, Looking for some assistance please. A critical resize of a disk was required, we shut the VM down and resized to 1.5TB from 1TB. When trying to boot, it fails with the error: Windows Failed to...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 - Used cli to add a port group fine, however the web ui or vcenter...
Hi all, on Esxi 6.0/6.5 I used the following cli fine, and esxcfg-vswitch -l show everything was added correctly. However the web ui from the esxi host or vcenter web ui doesn't show the port group....
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Erro Visualizar MV - Virtual Machine Console
Boa tarde, Pessoal, preciso de ajuda com meu Virtual Machine Console, ou seja, o console das MVs estão cortadas, não consigo visualizar a tela inteira das mvs, no caso da imagen numa instalação do...
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ESXi 6.5.0 crash (kernel panic?)
Hello, We have an HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8 server.In the last couple of days, we have had hangs on our VMs, nothing was respoding. We logged in into the console the see the crashdump you see on the...
View Articlevcenter 6.0.0 patch
what is the best way to patch vcenter 6.0.0 2559268 (windows +SQL Express) I can see a lot of KBs about appliance but not able to find on windows vcenter. thanks in advance.
View ArticleHow to automatically check if devices in datastore are RDM or not ?
Hi, I'm working on 2 ESXi 5.5 U3 which have the same datastore attached. Some VM are on the first and some on the second. Sometimes i need to migrate from one to another. For my configuration (to...
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Memory overhead not shown in ESXi 6.0 - Known bug?
Hi, I just realized that memory overhead in all my VM's hosted inside an ESXi 6.0.0.3568940 (ESXi 6.0 U1b Express Patch 5) is not shown. I mean when I inspect every VM via vSphere client, in the...
View ArticleHow to identify exact drive VMDK from The VM
Hello All, If we are increasing VMDK of windows VM OS End C Drive 60GB D Drive 100GB E Drive 100Gb F Drive 100Gb I want to increase E Drive to 150GB, My question is how to identify exact E drive VMDK...
View ArticlePreferred path not available Update 3
Hi all, Since I updated some of my ESXi hosts to 6.0 Update 3 I'm unable to change Preferred path for my LUNs.It still works on all hosts which are on Update 2 I've also update vCenter server to U3....
View ArticleVMtools 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 Articlevmkfstools -k , vm not booting
hi i need your help im facing a problemthe c (boot) drive in the vm is thin provisionedit got bigger so i used sdelete -z c:turned off the vmissued vmkfstools -k <vm drive>.vmdk (not the one with...
View ArticleAny connections made from 10Gb physical ports don't work
We've recently upgraded our network equipment, so we can now make use of the 10Gb ports on our servers. Two servers have Cisco VIC 1227 cards, and the other two have Intel x520 (both are dual 10Gb...
View ArticleStormagic version
Hi Can someone help me to get command to collect stormagic appliance firmware version via script.I tried search in google,but no luck.Please share your ideas if anyone have details. Regards Sen
View ArticleMounting USB flash thumb drive to guest.
On my Dell 7010 and running ESXI client to connect to ESXI 5.5 host. I have a guest running and can't connect a USB flash drive when the quest is powered on. I install a USB 3.0 express card by Renesas...
View ArticleESXi 6.0 mouse and keyboard passthrough
Can someone please help with a problem: i have a host proliant ML350 - ESXi 6.0 installed - also with a NVidia K2200 graphics card. This works in pass-though mode to a monitor - easy no issue. However,...
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