Can't clone the USB stick wher I've installed ESXI 7: hypervisor not found error
Hello. At the beginning I have installed esxi 7.0 on a 64 GB USB stick. Wnen I tried to upgrade esxi 7,it stopped the procedure telling that there is not enough space on the disk. Then I have cloned...
View Articlewhat's the meaning of release editions about ESXI P0,EP,U1, U2b, U2C ?
hello, I knew the os release about GA, Stable, RC, Bete, Update.and from VMware Knowledge Base ,what's the meaning of P0,EP,U1, U2b, U2C ?If anybodys knew this, please let me know, thanks.
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VM Can't Boot After Increasing Disk Size
Hello All, I ran into a bit of a problem. I had a machine with 64GB disk space available, on which Windows 10 Pro was running. 64GB However proved to be slightly too short of what I required it to be....
View ArticleStorage Adapters
There are too many vmhba 32,33,34 etc under the storage adapter. what do these mean? why do i see so much could this be a problem do i need to delete ?
View Articlewhy does windows guest reboot upon profiling with performance counters enabled
why does windows 7 32 bit guest reboot upon profiling with performance counters enabled on VMware ESXi, 6.7.0, 14320388 the same profiler works instead in windows 2012 server R2 guest, even with...
View ArticleESXI6.0 Ask for help if you encounter a problem
The content of the following screen content text is extracted as follows：VMuare ESXi 6.0.0 [ Re leasebui ld-3620759 x86 64]# GP Exception 13 in world 36494 : vmm0 : NET-044 @...
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Esxi 6.5, PCI.IDS and PCI passthrough with pci bridge
Hi, i am trying to configure an ESXI 6.5 to use some National Instrument PCI cards in a virtualized environment. I had a lot of problems so far, caused by the design of my system: The computer on which...
View ArticleMibs ESXI
I am using ESXI7.0 and I can't find a mib that gives me comulative usage of memory and CPU , I have downloaded official mibs and all
View ArticleESXI 6.7 UI not allowing me to login
I've run into a problem as follows: The ESXI 6.7 UI is not allowing me to login from any pc or any browser. I've tried 4 different browsers to no avail. I am using the correct credentials but the...
View ArticleHA Failover if a Uplink fails
Dear community The environment:- vCenter 6.7- two ESXi 6.7 in a HA Cluster- Network connectivity: Host1 (one Uplink)<-> Switch1 <-> DestinationHost2 (one Uplink)<-> Switch2 <->...
View ArticleVMware license changed to evaluation mode after upgrading from 6.7 to 7.0
Hi All, VMware license changed to evaluation mode after upgrading from 6.7 to 7.0 I already have Essentials kit 6 license and tried to apply it but no luck please advise
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How to find the package/vib that helps to recognize the sensor category
Hi All, I looking for a way to find which package/vib to install in order to the sensor to recognize the disk's category as Storage in ESXi-6.7.0-8169922-standard it is not detect but in...
View ArticleDatastores not visible
I have 3 Esxi 6.7 hosts on Essentials Plus licensing. Using standard switche. All connextend to shared NAS storage. only one of the three hosts successfully connects via iSCSI own connection. The...
View Article'OSError: [Errno 38] Function not implemented' for python command...
Hi,I do not know if this is a bug or such a feature of ESXi 6.5, but I decided to write on the forum. The bottom line is that on ESXi 6.5, if you run the following commands in python, we get an...
View ArticleESXi on rPi Temperature
Hi there, I've got the ESXi on ARM fling running on a Raspberry Pi 4 (8GB) and it runs fine but I wanted to be able to see what temperature it is running at. Is there an easy way of doing this?
View ArticleDisplay problem while RDP in Windows server hosted on a VMware ESXi 7.0
Hello,Im having a weird issue on which I already lost a lots of time and I can't seems to find anything online about that.Here is my issue:I have 15 Windows (Windows 10, Windows server 2016 and Windows...
View Articlevswitch does NOT appear as a network adapter
I've currently got 2 vswitches working in my environment for connectivity to seperate LANs. I'd like to create a 3rd/4th. I've configured the vswitch, same as the original 2; however, when I go to...
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ESXi 7.0.1 'DevicePowerOn' power on failed with Nvidia Quadro P400 passthrough
I've updated from 6.7.0u2 to 7.0.1(HPE-ESXi-6.7.0-Update2 to (Updated) HPE-Custom-AddOn_701.0.0.10.6.0-40)In an attempt to be able to pass through an Nvidia Quadro P400 to Linux guest.In 6.7.0u2, Linux...
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nic driver install
we use nic ixgben 1.7.1.16 driver on esxi 6.7 u3 host but vmware says we must use ixgbe version 4.4.1 driver. How do I install this new driver, do I need to delete the old driver. how should the steps...
View Articleclone Vm with snapshot
I need to clone VM but I have to keep all snapshots in vCenter 6.0 (ESXi 6.0) environment, so I thought to create new datastore where I'll copy all content from source datastore.But when I add to...
View ArticleUEFI SD Card boots but no splash screen
I was able to boot the “Raspberry Pi 4 EEPROM boot recovery” and then built the UEFI SD card but it never boots to the Raspberry Pi splash screen – my keyboard is wireless – do I need a physical...
View ArticleESXi 5.x flash memory recovery tool and guide.
Hello everyone, I would appreciate any help with documents and guidelines on how to recover flash memory VMware ESXi 5.x server running in the Mother-board on IBM x-series servers.Haven looked up some...
View ArticleVMware-ESXI 7.0 Limit number of logins from the same user
How can i limit number of logins(sessions) from the same user? I'm using VMware host client.Basically i just want user to login once and from one device only.
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root account chmod Operation not permitted on ESXi 7
for my ESXi 7 host[root@localhost:/tmp] chmod 755 /etc/init.d/xorgchmod: /etc/init.d/xorg: Operation not permitted it looks like a new security feature on ESXi 7, since i can chmod on ESXi 6.7my...
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VMware ESXi 6.7 | Ubuntu 18.04 32-bit | Web Server Application becomes...
My company distributes a local web server that runs on an Ubuntu 18.04 32-bit VM. One client has this running on VMware ESXi 6.7 and our software goes down periodically (every couple of weeks - hard to...
View ArticleESXI 5.5 - Esxtop version 5.5 - network statistics
Hi All, Been searching via google but, can't seem to find anything that specifically states what types of packets PKTTX/s MbTX/s PKTRX/s MbRX/s %DRPTX %DRPRX consist of. I would...
View ArticleVMware ESXI Genshin Impact with Windows 10 OS (Hide virtualization from guest...
As the title says I'm trying to get Genshin Impact to run on a Windows 10 VM on VMware ESXI version 6.7. It's taken quite a long time but so far I've managed to set up a VM with a NVidia Geforce 2070...
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MegaRAID SAS 9341-4i incompatible with ESXI 7.0 U1?
I'm setting up a new server right now, my main controller (Broadcom 9440-8i) was detected automatically by ESXI and the NVMe RAID is working fine. However, Broadcom 9341-4i is not detected. I checked...
View ArticleOnBoard Raid
I am using 6.7.0 Update 2 and have a second machine with an msi z490-a motherboard. I am currently running windows 2016 server on this and thinking about installing VMware Will VMware recognize the...
View ArticleESXi5.5 bild 1892794
Good afternoon, dear administrators. Please tell me the reasons for the blue screen, I suffer for a very long time. !!! It appears in different time periods approximately once 40-60 days. Intel...
View ArticleKeyboard input not being detected when trying to access UEFI settings.
So I'm following the Fling for Raspiberry Pi instructions downloaded from the ESXi Arm Edition | VMware Flings site.I've updated the Pi's EEPROM through the PI OS update process and have copied over...
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ESXi 7.0 - Free vs Paid Licenses
I've installed HPE Customized Image ESXi 7.0.0 (version 700.0.0.10.5.5 released on June 2020 and based on VMware ESXi 7.0.0) and have been using it in evaluation mode for a while. I want to learn if I...
View ArticlevSphere HA FDM VIB
Hi, I have read the documentation (ESXi-Arm-Fling-Doc.pdf) regarding adding the Raspi4 nodes with ESXi for ARM installed to a vCenter and enable HA.I could add the nodes to a cluster in vCenter, but i...
View ArticleAre there any hardware changes that a ESXi reinstall is recommended?
I know changing a system board with windows, its recommended to fresh install the os. Are there any hardware changes with ESXi that a reinstall would be recommended?
View ArticlePatching HP Proliant servers
I have HP Proliant DL380 Gen9 hosts with HP custom imaged installed (VMware ESXi, 6.7.0, 15160138). I want to patch with this build 16075168. Do i need to grab another custom hp image or can i just...
View ArticleFailed to create VMFS datastore - Cannot change the host configuration
I try to add a LUN as a new Datastore, provided from a HPE MSA 2040 SAS, using a HPE 241 SAS HBA to a vSphere 6.7 System.The HW is a HPE Proliant 380 Gen9 Server. The MSA2040 is direct attached using...
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ESXi Windows 10 VM boot with UEFI BIOS
I'm trying to enable virtualization on my Windows 10 VM so I can use Docker WSL2.Docker gives me this error:"Please enable the Virtual Machine Platform Windows feature and ensure virtualization is...
View ArticleThe VM Configuration Was Rejected
I am having an issue creating VMs on an iSCSI LUN that I have connected to my Raspberry Pi (8GB). I am getting the error that "the VM Configuration was rejected", but I don't see any other information...
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USB datastore disappears after trying to create VM
I built an ESXi instance on an 8GB Raspberry Pi using a 256Gb USB stick (plugged directly into the USB 3.0 port on the Pi). I did a SHIFT+O at boot and enabled AutoPartition. It automatically created...
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How to add a Hard disk drive direct to VM on ESXi?
Hi guys,I installed ESXi 7.0U1 on Dell R630 server. My hardware:- CPU E5 2680 v4 (2 CPUs)- RAM 128 GB DDR4 2400 MHz ECC Reg (16 GB x8)- SSD 240GB x2 (RAID 1) for ESXi installing- SSD 960GB x5 (RAID5 +1...
View ArticlePanic requested by another PCPU caused by Win Server 2019 on boot
We have a long running ESXi instance (6.7.0 Update 2) that has been running a Win Server 2019 for over a year. Upon a recent reboot, we are getting a red screen of death reading:"Panic requested by...
View ArticleVM Pause disk issues
Hi, Have setup a VM server and resources. Sufficent disk space etc...suddenly out the blue it pauses the VM saying need to free up space on the DS?! The DS has 440GB disk space, the VM is only 400GB...
View ArticleTrying to delete Dumpfile
I am trying to delete my dumpfile and unable to I am SSH in the correct Host [root@localhost:~] esxcli system coredump file listPath...
View ArticleESXi 6.7 loses config after reboot
Hi everyone, I searched all over the web for two days, but I still haven't found anything that helped to solve my case. I have ESXi 6.7 installed on a USB drive running on a DELL Poweredge R710. I know...
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moving VM Disks to new SCSI ID
I currently have a bunch of fisks on the same SCSI(0) ID like Disk 0 SCSI(0:0)Disk 1 SCSI(0:1)DISK2 SCSI(0:2)DISK3 SCSI(0:3) etc.... noticing lot of write/read latency Will it imprive performance if...
View ArticleEsxi 6.5 does not start black screen
Esxi 6.5 does not start black joke. I installed it on a usb key and I find the partitions present. how do i recover partitions or mount devie on storage?
View ArticleESXi Licensing Problem
I may have downloaded the wrong installation binary, but my VM went down yesterday from a licensing problem: "Your evaluation license for ESXi has expired.". I only want ESXi and no other features, but...
View Articlevsphere down
By mistake I have tried to change the esxi certificate, it gave me an error: the certificate cannot be installed. Then the console has been blocked and now it does not respond by ip.
View ArticleESXI 7 network serial port licence level
What level licence do I need to be able to add a network serial port to a VM, "telnet://192.168.1.1:4001" for example. It seemed to work in the evaluation but since I have applied my Essentials licence...
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