About host memory - does maxing = crashing?
Say a host has 64GB of memory and vms are using up to 60GB for example. Does it mean I can still use the rest of the 4GB? What I mean is, does the host take what ever it needs and what ever is left is...
View ArticleVmotion a virtual machine failed with error: Failed to resume on the...
Hello, I have a question for Vmotion a virtual machine failed. The vmvare.log reported: Failed to resume on the destination: Failure. Exiting... The vmkernel.log :2017-07-20T07:19:24.315Z...
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Migration of VM's from vsphere 4.x to vsphere 6.5
Hi, I am planning to migrate [V2V] VM's from vsphere 4.x to 6.5, I would like to know the process/best practices/ expected behavior, if any one did it in past. Thank you,Vkmr.
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NFS 4.1 on ESXi 6.5: unable to browse datastore
I mounted a NFS 4.1 share on ESXi 6.5a (single host, no vcenter). This is the CLI command, but I can also mount it via web interface: esxcli storage nfs41 add -a AUTH_SYS -H 192.168.98.4 -v MyLinuxNFS...
View ArticleVMware guests CTRL-F function not opening search function box
Hi, I have an issue with the windows shortcut Ctrl-F which is not working on a few guests on a VMware Vsphere 5.5. Initally the CMD regsvr32 oleacc.dll was able to bring up the search function...
View ArticleFirmware Support Raid-Controller Lenovo ServeRaid M5210
Hello We are not sure if our ServerRAID M5210 and the newest stable Firmware (4.620.00-8080) is supportet or not by esxi 6.5: Model :ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller ReleaseDevice DriverFirmware...
View ArticleHow to determine ESXI host UUID
Hi,How to determine ESXI host UUID, either by vClient or CLI?
View ArticleOptimizing physical adapters
Imagine 3 VMware ESXi 5.5 servers members of a vSphere infrastructure.Each server is confngured with:1 physical adapter associated with FT and Management Network1 physical adapter associated with...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 and Intel 750 400 GB problems
I installed an Intel 750 GB PCIe SSD last week, in order to get some of my VM's better disk performance. After running without problems for almost 7 days straight, something happened. All VM's that had...
View Articleethernet0.pciSlotNumber silently resets
How do you set ethernet0.pciSlotNumber? Every time I try to set it back to 33 from 192 it resets itself back to 192. (I had removed and replaced the NIC card to change it from E1000E to VMXNET3.)
View ArticleVC has lots of alert : alarm.HostConnectionStateAlarm event: host connection...
Hi, Yesterday we entounter an issue that VC has lots of alert about host . events shows that host connecion lost not respond. but restored normall immediately. we first thought that if has a short...
View ArticleESXi shutdown via USV
Ich möchte, dass der ESXi-Server wie die VM`s von der USV heruntergefahren wird. Die USV ist per Netzwerkkabel mit dem ESXi-Server verbunden.Bei der USV handelt es sich um eine Eaton 9px6000. Es ist...
View ArticlevSphere ESXi 6.5.0 Hardware Sensors
Hello Everyone, I have a Q170 based motherboard and have successfully loaded ESXi 6.5.0. However, ESXi does not display any Hardware Sensor Data and reports "No Sensor Data Available". Does ESXi...
View ArticleError creating a ISCSI QNAP datastore
I'm trying to configure a datastore on an ISCSI LUN from a QNAP .I've created the LUN on the QNAP and I can see it as available in the new datastore wizard , however when I try to create it , it fails...
View ArticleProblem with PXE boot
Hello. In our network I have a curious problem.We have three hosts with vsphere 6.0 Update 2.We're using XenDesktop 7.14 with PVS 7.14.For the moment we're preparing Win7 x64 Prof. SP1 machines. The...
View ArticleESXi 6.0 U2, Passthrough Video Card, Hang/Freeze
Hi, I'm trying to build an ESXi home white box for gaming, but one of my requirement is to have a board with IPMI KVM for remote administration. Right now i have this setup: MB: Asrock Rack EPC602D8A...
View ArticleCore file in Home folder after installing VMware tools on Linux Mint 18.2
Fresh installs of Linux Mint 18.2 (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS)After installing VMWare Tools and rebooting a core (program crash data) file is found in the Home Folder. This is happening on VM's on both ESXi...
View Articlevmware deploy from template with guest customization error
customizon of a new vm from template goes in error in the events of the vm i see : "An error occureed while setting up network properties of the guest Os. See log file...
View ArticleStuck temporary snapshot (created by Veeam Quick Migration) - how to get rid...
This past weekend, I ran the VEEAM Quick migrate utility moving the VM from an NFS datastore to a local datastore. It got stuck at 99% but appeared to create the new VM machine. I started the VM and it...
View ArticlePatch ESXi : Host is not changed.
Hi all of youwhen patch an esxi, i got after esxcli software profile update -d, Message: host not changed. Reboot Required: falsethat proof the vib exist already
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