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After Restarting, ESXi Host becomes Disconnected. After Connect, VMs become...
Hi, We apply the latest patch to ESXi 6 Update 3 Host. The remediation stops at 25% and status is disconnected. Then we connect the ESXi to Cluster. However, there are a number of stopped VM becomes...
View ArticleESXi 6.0 boot from iSCSI
I'm trying to figure out the big picture steps for doing boot from iSCSI. I don't need anything fancy as this for study purposes (VCP). My hardware does not support iSCSI so I figured I would use an...
View Articlevmw_ahci I/O errors and corruption - 6.5 whitebox
I upgraded to 6.5 on my whitebox hypervisor system (Intel Sandy Bridge), I had been running a Marvel HBA storage adapter on community drivers, but looked forward to the return of native AHCI drivers in...
View ArticleUnable to backup Windows AD Server with VMware Tools installed
Hi Folks We have some Windows Server 2012 R2 VMs running in DMZ environment. An easy way to backup them is using the integrated Windows Server backup functionality. We recently updated our VMware Tools...
View ArticleESX 6.0 - Firewall with Dynamic IP (Dynamic DNS)
Hi all, is it possible im vmware esx 6.0 to point the firewall to a hostname instead an ip?At home I have a dynamic IP and i use my own DynDNS-Service, making myself reachable via DNS (every 5min the...
View Articlepatching esxi using CLI
hello, I have been trying to patch my ESXi 5.1 server using Cli I keep getting errors. here is my command.. c:\program files (x86)\VMWAre\VMWare vSphere CLI>esxcli --server=xxx.xxx.xxx...
View ArticleESXi 5.5 Datastore Corruption...
Hello, Looking for some guidance here. It appears my RAID controller experienced a fatal error and reset itself multiple times over the weekend. Today, all the VMs on my ESXi 5.5 host are now...
View ArticleSetting up two sites for SRM
Hello, In ESXI 6.0, I have two cluster-sites at separate data centers and I wanted to get some guidance on how to properly set them up for SRM. Right now both sites are being managed by 1 vCenter...
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3ware 9650SE - not supported in ESXi 6?
From what information I can gather, the RAID-card "3ware 9650SE" is not supported in ESXi 6. Does anyone know if this is correct? Does anyone know if it will be supported or if this card is obsolete...
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 ArticleESXi says wrong password till i restart management agents?
Hello, My problem goes like this, i've installed ESXi 6.0.0 to a server, created my virtual servers and everything is working fine. I wanted to login to esxi today via vsphere client but gotten an...
View Articlelocal storage with ESXi
hello, I have around 2-4TB drives available with each of mine 4 nodes. We bought it for vsan but that project never finish because of vsan price and some other problems. is there any free software...
View Articleproblem with changing virtual machine network name.
hello,I have problem with changing virtual machine name.when I change vm name, It's ok, but in esxcli network vm list, it showes me pervious name and It doesn't change without restart virtual machine....
View ArticleCannot add network adapter to ESXi 6.5 VM?
I have a fresh install of ESXi 6.5 on a very vanilla Dell server, default Broadcom networking, etc. In VMware Network config, I have a very ordinary networking setup - one management network, one data...
View ArticleVMWare official best practices for this use case
I've been tasked with getting official recommendations for how to handle our specific circumstances, and I have not been able to find anything. VMWare tech support has been near silent in the ticket I...
View ArticleDoes Digi's AnywhereUSB work well with ESXi 6.0?
We're about to P2V a few servers that currently require license dongles for its software. I was wondering if anybody has had any issues working with AnwhereUSB by Digi.
View ArticleDatastore getting low
HiIn production datastore running out of space. I found folder as patch (Name:update-from-esxi6.0-6.0_update01.zip size:688,024,90kb path:[Datastore]patch Modified:9/28/2015. Would be safe to delete...
View ArticleESXI6.5U1
Hi, I need to setup ESXi 6.5u1 host on HP proliant DL360. HPE has following options.1. HPE customize ESXi image.2. HPE ESXi Offline Bundels.3. Build your own custom ESXi image. Thank you
View ArticleAny tools for getting detailed hardware info&warns for troubleshooting in ESXi
esxcli hardware sel list can make some system event logs based on BMC but it's not enough or detailed shown.Is there other better tools to share for hardware info&warns for troubleshooting?
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