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Good UPS for ESXi 6.5?
Hi, As the title says any good options?Found good deal on this model APC Power-Saving Back-UPS Pro 1000 - APC - United StatesAnd was wondering if its a good choice and possibly if it will work shutting...
View ArticleVMware vSphere Client log in problem
I can't access my server using the vSphere Client at present. (I am using the free version of ESXi 5). I enter my IP Address, User Name and Password, then click 'Login'. A box pops up prompting me...
View ArticleIBM/Cisco 3012 Blade Centre switch cannot send traffic to HS22 blade
I have a Cisco 3012 blade switch (cbs31x0-universal-mz.122-55.SE5.bin) in an IBM blade chassis with a HS22 blade. The blade is running ESXi 5.5.0, 2068190. I have a few VMs on this blade already,...
View ArticleHost only showing physical processor count in vsphere?
I just added a host to a cluster for all our remote office VM Hosts (using the remote/Branch office licensing). However when I click on that host, it's only showing 4 logical processors and not the 8...
View ArticleUpgrade ESXi and vCenter
Hi Guys, i am new to this forum, just would like to get feedback from you guys about my plan. right now i have 2x EXSi host 5.1 update 3 (Sandy Bridge) with vCenter 5.5(Windows), and we are planning to...
View ArticleiSCSI SW Initiator balanced with different MTU Size question
Imaging the following situation exists :-) ...We have iSCSI Storage Connections in our ESXi V6.5U1 environment as follows:Fabric1, iSCSI1: vswitch1 (mtu1500) -> VMKernel Port1 on vmnic1 (mtu1500)...
View ArticleAfter minimizing console window, can't restore it. vSphere 5.5
This seems to be an ongoing problem with the vsphere client (not the web client). I have seen it on each of the computers I have used the vsphere client on over the past few years. The problem in that...
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ESXI 6.0 Tools download page can't be reached
Hi, I just installed ESXI 6.0 on my server. Now i get this message: Download toold to manage this host from:http://192.168.1.254/ (STATIC) But I if try to load this page from another PC the connection...
View ArticleDowngrade 6.5 -> 6.0
I downgraded my esxi host from 6.5 to 6.0, and now i can't see the files from the datastore. I was able to mount the datastore, but i think it created a new VMFS instead of mapping the one that was...
View ArticlePSC 6.5 HA
Hello Team, Someone could you please tell me how to configure HA for external PSC. I have running standalone PSC is there any way to use the same domain with peer PSC ? Do we required an external...
View ArticleHost does not support passthrough configuration
I am new to most of this. I have an ESXi 6.5.0 server (Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q9400) running a Windows Server 2003 virtual machine. I need to be able to add a number of PCIe cards to the host...
View Articlevmkfstools --punchZero with delta disks
I have a Windows Server VM running in free ESXi 6 on a 450 GB drive. The disk has one 9GB snapshot and 200 GB delta. But actual disk usage as seen by Windows is 75 GB. So at least 100 GB is wasted. Can...
View ArticleUnable to increase DQLEN on Dell H740p adapter
Hi all, I have a setup that doesn't get the performance I expected. The current datastore that I have created is dedicated to my testing VM. I test the performance with the following command: fio...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 question
Hi guys . Is there a way to determine is my ESXi 5.0 free edition or not-free edition ? I have 3 standalone cisco UCS-C220 servers with esxi5.0 , they with from Cisco 3 years ago, and I need to upgrade...
View ArticleVirtual machine with snapshots that are not showing in snapshot manager
Hello, I have a virtual machine with a 100 plus snapshots on it probably taken by some backup appliance. These snapshots do not appear in snapshot manager and disk consolidation fails due to file...
View ArticleHelp, slow and freezing ESXi 6.5 network
Environment : DELL PowerEdge T330 server machine https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER04457723M/1/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.5.0.update01-5969303.x86_64-DellEMC_Customized-A00.iso The server has a PERC...
View ArticleESXI - AMD Threadripper Testing - Having Issues.
Hi All, I have been playing with a new Threadripper 1950X build and was thinking about seeing if I could get ESXi working. So far I haven't been having much luck and my build keeps getting stuck at the...
View ArticleSysKonnect/Marvell NIC with user supported driver
Hi! I have lent this Marvell NIC 1148:9E00 which seems to be supported by https://vibsdepot.v-front.de/wiki/index.php/Net51-sky2 drivers so I installed the driver.The hardware shows up as wmnic2 in...
View ArticleSetting up ESXi 6.5 update1 only single host
Hi, [It's initial setup]!!! Trying to configure Networking on single host.Currently has default name (VM Network and MGMT vswitch0). Do I need to create new/another port-group for VMs or use the...
View ArticleVM customization wizard in WebClient
Hi community,I want to deploy a new VM from a template with guest customization. When I do this over the C# Client, I have the possibility to adjust the specifications for this deployment (see...
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