I crwated a RAID 1 using 1 SSD disks on a Dell r640. createa vmfs datastore but shows as non ssd in vsphere
any idea why?
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ssd mirror raid shows as non ssd vmfs datastore
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Strange thing : User dcui@127.0.0.1 logged in and out messages flooding in event list
In ESXi's hot web page's event list, nearly every minutes, there are messages saying "User dcui@127.0.0.1 logged in as" and immediately "User dcui@127.0.0.1 logged out". Even if I reboot the host, the messages continues. What does the message come from? 127.0.0.1 seems it comes from the host itself, why? What it is doing?
ESXi: 6.0.0 Update 3 (Build 5050593)
And, I inspected /var/log/hostd.log, it has more details:
Want to know the reason. And what is sub=Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr? is Vimsvc.ha-eventmgr related to High Availablity?
Thanks a lot!
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VCenter 6.5 U1 Console over RDP
Hi,
We can't access vcenter directly (security policy), so we have to establish RDP connection to jump host and than connect to vcenter. But over RDP vmware guest console is unusable, it eats characters some characters are unavailable and so on.
Without vmware tools (clean install) it is totally unusable, after tools it work better but still bad. Is there any workaround or solution for given situation?
Thanks
Dubravko
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Configuring a building environment for ESXi 6.7
Hi,
Many people already followed these (temp.vm-help.com - View topic - ESXI 5.x Drivers Part 1: Making a Build Environment ) instructions to build an environment for compiling drivers for ESXi.
I wonder if anyone had successfully built their environment for ESXi 6.7U.
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Difference between "vmkload_mod xxxxx" and "esxcfg-module xxxxx"
I have found some articles talking about essentially the same thing except the command. One talks about using the command
vmkload_mod xxxxx
while the other one talks about using the command
esxcfg-module xxxxx
where xxxxx is the name of one module. Both commands talk about the same module.
So, what is the difference?
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ESXi 6.5 hangs every 2 months
ESXi 6.5 hangs every 2 months.
Stops and does not respond to any action.
The last logs are as follows:
vmkernel.log -
2019-11-16T03:00:03.924Z cpu8:65745)lsi_mr3: MR_PopulateDrvRaidMap:344: ldCount 1
2019-11-16T03:00:03.924Z cpu8:65745)lsi_mr3: MR_PopulateDrvRaidMap:345: Max. VD supported 256
2019-11-16T03:00:03.924Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: mfiReadMaxEvents:384: Event:From SeqNum 3938 to 3940. Count 3
2019-11-16T03:00:03.924Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: megasas_hotplug_work:488: event code: 0x27.
2019-11-16T03:00:03.924Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: megasas_hotplug_work:488: event code: 0x14b.
2019-11-16T03:00:03.924Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: megasas_hotplug_work:488: event code: 0x42.
2019-11-16T03:00:14.203Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: mfiReadMaxEvents:384: Event:From SeqNum 3941 to 3941. Count 1
2019-11-16T03:00:14.203Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: megasas_hotplug_work:488: event code: 0x14b.
2019-11-16T03:00:14.660Z cpu8:66244)lsi_mr3: MR_PopulateDrvRaidMap:344: ldCount 1
2019-11-16T03:00:14.660Z cpu8:66244)lsi_mr3: MR_PopulateDrvRaidMap:345: Max. VD supported 256
2019-11-16T03:00:59.879Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: mfiReadMaxEvents:384: Event:From SeqNum 3942 to 3942. Count 1
2019-11-16T03:00:59.879Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: megasas_hotplug_work:488: event code: 0x41.
2019-11-16T03:01:52.368Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: mfiReadMaxEvents:384: Event:From SeqNum 3943 to 3943. Count 1
2019-11-16T03:01:52.368Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: megasas_hotplug_work:488: event code: 0x41.
2019-11-16T03:02:46.082Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: mfiReadMaxEvents:384: Event:From SeqNum 3944 to 3944. Count 1
...
2019-11-16T04:19:53.552Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: mfiReadMaxEvents:384: Event:From SeqNum 4029 to 4029. Count 1
2019-11-16T04:19:53.552Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: megasas_hotplug_work:488: event code: 0x41.
2019-11-16T04:21:08.570Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: mfiReadMaxEvents:384: Event:From SeqNum 4030 to 4030. Count 1
2019-11-16T04:21:08.570Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: megasas_hotplug_work:488: event code: 0x41.
2019-11-16T04:22:24.473Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: mfiReadMaxEvents:384: Event:From SeqNum 4031 to 4031. Count 1
2019-11-16T04:22:24.473Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: megasas_hotplug_work:488: event code: 0x41.
VMB: 112: mbMagic: 2badb002, mbInfo 0x101c44
VMB: 56: flags a6d
VMB: 59: cmdline: /jumpstrt.gz vmbTrustedBoot=false tboot=0x101b000 installerDiskDumpSlotSize=2560 no-auto-partition bootUUID=70b2409fea7a44289c7ed59c6bc79416
VMB: 64: 186 boot modules @ 0x101084
VMB: 71: mmap_addr 0x101cb8 (280b)
VMB: 77: VBE Mode: 0x122
VMB: 78: VBE Mode Info Block: 0x101fd8
VMB: 79: VBE Control Info Block: 0x101dd8
VMB: 82: VBE PMI 0:0 (0)
VMB: 89: Changing PAT MSR on PCPU 0 from 0x7040600070406 to 0x7010600070106
VMB_ACPI: 448: No SPCR table found.
...
| lsi-mr3 | Avago Native MegaRAID SAS driver for vmkernel | 7.707.11.00-1OEM.650.0.0.4598673 |
Earlier there was a driver of the older version and also hung.
Help, please!
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Mount USB Hard Drive
I have a standalone ESXi 6.7 server which is running the free edition.
Trying to just plugin a USB hard drive to copy vm's from drive to host and vice versa.
I have read on-line about stopping the usbarbitrator service which I have done and then plugged in the drive.
From what I have read the drive should be mounted and an entry appears in /vmfs/volumes but I'm not seeing anything.
I can see in /dev/disks new entries appear for the usb drive.
How can I mount the drive so I can access the storage on the drive either by shell or WinSCP?
The Mount command doesn't appear to be included in 6.7.
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install display driver on esxi
hello
I have an HP server DL360 G7 , i'm installed Graphics card GeForce 710 GT on server
and Virtualizer installed on server is esxi 6.0
How do I install graphics card drivers on esxi ?
Can I install nvidia display drivers on version esxi 6 ?
Do I need to install a higher version?
Please tell me the full tutorial on installing graphics card drivers step by step
thanks
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Lenovo ST250 ESXi VM Disappearing when host reboots
I also logged a message on the Lenovo Forums and have not had any response or suggestions, surely I cannot be the only person in the world with this problem?
The machine has had the latest firmware applied to the devices.
Configuration (NEW) Server
Lenovo ThinkSystem ST250 Standalone ESXi 6.7U3 Host, (free license) single VM, Small Customer Second Site.
I have the Lenovo 32GB M.2 SSD as the Boot Drive for ESXi on the standard SATA Onboard Controller
I have 2 X 900GB SATA SSD on Thinksystem RAID 930-8i (RAID1)
The VM is a MS Windows Server 2019 Std this phenomena was also happening on the 2016 Std VM I had on the same data store
Everytime the host restarts the VM disappears, I have to go into the DataStore Browser and register the VM and power up manually.
After the restart the Datastore is in tact, the datastore is there, however the VM disappears from the inventory
I also have a similar setup on which this DOES NOT Happen
Configuration (EXISTING) - I have restarted the Host many times and the VM starts up no problems
Lenovo ThinkSystem ST250 Standalone ESXi 6.7 Host, (free license) single VM, Small Customer Primary Site. (No Updates)
2 X 600GB SAS drives (RAID1) on Thinksystem RAID 930-8i as the Boot Drive for ESXi (different to problem host)
2 X 900GB SATA SSD on Thinksystem RAID 930-8i (RAID1) Same as other System
The VM is a MS Windows Server 2016 Std
The difference between the systems seems to be:
ESXi boot drive = 32GB SSD M.2 onboard SATA raid controller
ESXi 6.7U3 on this system, where the old sysem has ESXi 6.7
Someone please provide suggestions on the possible solution, as I can't handover to the customer in this state
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Intermitted freeze of 6.7.0U3 ESXI host
Hi,
Having build a new lab server with:
Gigabyte C246M-WU4 Motherboard
Fresh install of ESXI 6.7.0 Update 3 (free version)
I often experience that the host completely freezes with the black/white screen also frozen. No VM's are running, no ping/login to host. Num Lock doesn't work. F2 doesn't work. Everything has freezed.
I know that only the chipset + CPU are on the compatbility list, but I figured that if ESXI could run off an old HP laptop, then why not this machine.
Any suggestions to, how to find the root cause of the freezes? I'd really hate having to change to virtualbox
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ESXi 6.5 - How to make second Port Group available to add to Virtual Machine Network Adapter?
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 new Virtual Machine from an OVA file, and that went well.
Now, we have two networks. A management network, and a data network. These are two completely isolated networks. I was able to configure the Host to connect to the two networks, and I created a new Port Group/vSwitch/VLAN on the Host. I want to add that Network to the VM, but then I edit the Virtual Machine and add the Network Adapter and attempt to assign the second Port Group, it is not available in the drop down list. How to I make that available to assign the the 3rd Network Adapter.
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Tools for monitoring Esxi & vCenter
Hi All,
Please suggest good open source monitoring tools which can use Vmware API to monitoring. i used check_mk API. Need a more better tool though, Any suggestions Please . Thanks
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ESXi 6.0 - suddenly no more USB devices recognized
Hi everyone.
We use ESXI 6.0 on a HP ProLiant DL380G6. A newer version of ESXi doesn't match to the hardware.
After install of ESXI 6.0 and the virtual machines all usb devices were recognized in every virtual machine.
Suddenly the same usb devices are not recognized now. The usb arbitrator service is running.
The passtrough is activated for all USB entries on the host but we can't add a new usb device although the usb controller is installed in the virtual machines yet.
We have this scenario on all virtual machines (several with Windows 7 - one with Windows Server 2016)
Do we have to repair or reinstall the esxi 6.0?
Kind regards
Karsten
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Change ESXI 6.5 Syslog level from debug to info
Hi,
I have configured syslog logging for my ESXI 6.5 hosts.
I have configured loglevel info for all syslog/vxa related entries in advanced settings.
My syslog server is filled up with crap (approx 100k messages a day from 1 host!)
I know I can edit the RHTTPPROXY config file and change it from verbose to info, but I cant find anything related to the HOSTD (and it should not be necessary to change the xml config files for something like this)...
Has anyone seen this before?
Thanks,
| 2018-06-21 20:28:10 | Informational (6) | HOSTD info hostd[EB81B70] [Originator@6876 sub=SysCommandPosix opID=AdvancedSystemSettingsEditResolver-apply-3798598-ngc:70208014-83-9a-1ff6 user=vpxuser:vpxuser] ForkExec(/sbin/localcli) 23017300 | |
| 2018-06-21 20:28:10 | Informational (6) | HOSTD info hostd[EB81B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Hostsvc.SyslogConfigProvider opID=AdvancedSystemSettingsEditResolver-apply-3798598-ngc:70208014-83-9a-1ff6 user=vpxuser:vpxuser] Set called with key 'Syslog.global.logHost', value '""' | |
| 2018-06-21 20:28:10 | Debugging (7) | HOSTD verbose hostd[EB81B70] [Originator@6876 sub=PropertyProvider opID=AdvancedSystemSettingsEditResolver-apply-3798598-ngc:70208014-83-9a-1ff6 user=vpxuser:vpxuser] RecordOp ASSIGN: info, haTask-ha-host-vim.option.OptionManager.updateValues-201918470. Applied change to temp map. | |
| 2018-06-21 20:28:10 | Debugging (7) | HOSTD verbose hostd[10C85B70] [Originator@6876 sub=PropertyProvider opID=AdvancedSystemSettingsEditResolver-apply-3798598-ngc:70208014-83-9a-1ff6 user=vpxuser:vpxuser] RecordOp ADD: recentTask["haTask-ha-host-vim.option.OptionManager.updateValues-201918470"], ha-taskmgr. Applied change to temp map. | |
| 2018-06-21 20:28:10 | Debugging (7) | HOSTD verbose hostd[10C85B70] [Originator@6876 sub=PropertyProvider opID=AdvancedSystemSettingsEditResolver-apply-3798598-ngc:70208014-83-9a-1ff6 user=vpxuser:vpxuser] RecordOp ADD: recentTask["haTask-ha-host-vim.option.OptionManager.updateValues-201918470"], ha-host. Sent notification immediately. | |
| 2018-06-21 20:28:10 | Informational (6) | HOSTD info hostd[10C85B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vimsvc.TaskManager opID=AdvancedSystemSettingsEditResolver-apply-3798598-ngc:70208014-83-9a-1ff6 user=vpxuser:vpxuser] Task Created : haTask-ha-host-vim.option.OptionManager.updateValues-201918470 | |
| 2018-06-21 20:28:10 | Informational (6) | VPXA info vpxa[12154B70] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxLro opID=AdvancedSystemSettingsEditResolver-apply-3798598-ngc:70208014-83-9a] [VpxLRO] -- BEGIN lro-342507 -- EsxHostAdvSettings -- vim.option.OptionManager.updateValues -- 52fcbb75-4be2-f795-2d0f-deb30f1ecbf4 | |
| 2018-06-21 20:28:10 | Debugging (7) | RHTTPPROXY verbose rhttpproxy[8CC2B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Proxy Req 39098] Resolved endpoint : [N7Vmacore4Http16LocalServiceSpecE:0x08502dd8] _serverNamespace = /vpxa action = Allow _port = 8089 | |
| 2018-06-21 20:28:10 | Debugging (7) | RHTTPPROXY verbose rhttpproxy[8C81B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Proxy Req 39082] Resolved endpoint : [N7Vmacore4Http16LocalServiceSpecE:0x08502dd8] _serverNamespace = /vpxa action = Allow _port = 8089 | |
| 2018-06-21 20:28:10 | Debugging (7) | RHTTPPROXY verbose rhttpproxy[8912B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Proxy Req 00008] Resolved endpoint : [N7Vmacore4Http16LocalServiceSpecE:0x08502cc0] _serverNamespace = /sdk action = Redirect _port = 8307 | |
| 2018-06-21 20:28:10 | Debugging (7) | HOSTD verbose hostd[EB81B70] [Originator@6876 sub=PropertyProvider opID=b1971ff2 user=root] RecordOp ASSIGN: info, haTask--vim.AuthorizationManager.retrieveAllPermissions-201918469. Applied change to temp map. | |
| 2018-06-21 20:28:10 | Debugging (7) | HOSTD verbose hostd[EB81B70] [Originator@6876 sub=PropertyProvider opID=b1971ff2 user=root] RecordOp ASSIGN: info, haTask--vim.AuthorizationManager.retrieveAllPermissions-201918469. Applied change to temp map. | |
| 2018-06-21 20:28:10 | Debugging (7) | RHTTPPROXY verbose rhttpproxy[8890B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Proxy Req 00008] Resolved endpoint : [N7Vmacore4Http16LocalServiceSpecE:0x08502cc0] _serverNamespace = /sdk action = Redirect _port = 8307 |
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ESXI 6.0 patch update directly to the latest one ( 2018 to 2019, November patch )
Hi VM Expert,
I need your inputs. We have a VMware ESXi, 6.0.0, 7504637, last update patch was ESXi600-201801402-BG ( 2018 Patch ) can I update it directly to the latest one ( ESXi600-201911401-BG and ESXi600-201911402-BG) or best practice is to install missing patches? I appreciate your help.
To Summarize:
1. Can I update old patches 2018 directly to the latest one without installing succeeding update\patches 2019?
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Cannot download Vsphere Hypervisor 6 (free) - download link does not work
This has been happening since at least Saturday, and others have reported this as well (in the regular Hypervisor forums).
https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi6
Neither the "manually download" nor the "Download Manager" links do anything.
I've tried 6 different computers (Windows XP and Windows 7 Home and Windows 7 Enterprise), 4 different web browsers (IE10, IE11, Firefox, chrome), and 3 different ISP (Verizon FIOS, Road Runner, and whoever supplies our Corporate LAN--AT&T or something).
I'm not sure VMware is even aware that there's an issue.
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Yellow status on LSI 2108 RAID after ESXi update
I updated my ESXi 6.5 host to 20191104001 (build 14990892), and now my LSI 2108 RAID controller is showing yellow status:
vmhba2
Status Yellow
Additional information
- vmhba2-firmware-version :
- vmhba2-driver-version : Version 6.603.55.00.2vmw, Build: 4564106, Interface: 9.2 Built on: Oct 26 2016
- vmhba2-driver-name : megaraid_sas
- vmhba2-pci-address : 0000:02:00.0
- vmhba2-device-name : 500304801C1A8101
- vmhba2-product-name :
- vmhba2-serial-number :
- vmhba2-part-number : LSI 2108 MegaRAID
- vmhba2-hw-version :
Any ideas what's causing this? The controller's firmware is the latest one (12.15.0-0239 / 2.130.403-4660).
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The system cannot find the file specified Unable to enumerate all disks.
Hi All pls help! Can`t start VM
The system cannot find the file specified Unable to enumerate all disks.
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Updating DEll 2950 on VSphere 5.5 Essential to 6.5 Essentials
Hello. I have task to update a Essentials cluster for 3 2 socket servers. The 2950's support VSphere 6.5 so that is my goal, since 6.7 is not officially supported.
In starting we are freeing up one host in cluster as it only houses test vm's.
We run the vsphere virtual applicance
It is my understanding I first need to upgrade VSPhere to 6.0 or 6.5 as it can mange down to 5.5
After that I was going to do a fresh install fo 6.5 on the free 2 socket server and then migrate vm's over to it and then upgrade the other 2 servers, one at a time, coying VM's from the 5.5 to the 6.5 host.
Is there a problem with my upgrading vsphere from 5.5 to 6.5 or should I goto 6.0 first?
We backup all our vm's using Unittrends . I will of course backup the vpshere vm appliance before attempting any of this.
Any thing I need to be aware of before trying this? I will be checking Dell for a Dell specific install of VSPhere 6.0 and 6.5 just in case before I start.
Regards,
Lou
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Does a 6.0U3 iso from 2018 really need a patch from 2015?
If VMware-ESXi-6.0.0-Update3-9313334-HPE-preGen9-600.9.8.5.4-Sep2018.iso is used to new install a new host, does it still need ESXi600-201511001.zip ?
The patch appears to be needed for kb2136854:
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2136854
Normally I would assume such patches too old to apply to a late iso build, but it was mentioned for the current release of Backup Exec:
You'll see this mentioned when you search for KB 2137545, 2136854.
Perhaps Veritas mentions it in case a host is using a really old build from 2015?
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