NPIV support for fcoe?
Hi Guys, NPIV supports on FC as we create multiple VPORT on physical HBA. I just want to know, will NPIV work on FCOE or CNA interface. can we create multiple VPORT on CNA interface/FCOE regardsVinay
View ArticleConsolidation failure
We have been trialing Dell Rapid-Recovery for ESXi backups, and occasionally experience consolidation failures. Any advice on how to track down why, so that we can fix it? This server is running ESXi...
View ArticleESXi Host and Persistent Mac
Hi all; Major..Major...rude awakening today. Something I was NOT expecting. nor should have been? Issue. I needed to make some updates and network changes. Going from ESXi 5.1 to v6.0.0 and in doing...
View ArticleUSB Devices not detected on ESXI 6.5 Host
I am unable to add a USB device (RDX Quikstor drive) to a VM. When I go to add a host USB device, it says "No USB Devices Available". I have confirmed that the USB device works on another ESXi host....
View ArticleNVMe SSD Fast, but SATA SSD slow !
Hi, I have a Supermicro X10SDV-8C-TLN4F (Xeon D1541 3Ghz 8 Core, 16 Threads) with 64Gb RAM running ESXI 6.5 U1. 1x SATA DOM for ESXi4x SATA hard disks of various sizes1x Samsung SATA SSD 850 PRO 2TB1x...
View Articleover provisioned vms
hello, I am looking for a software or script which can give me over provisioned vms in my environment.i dont have vrealize and operation manager installed. so anything else ?
View ArticleSystem logs on non-persistent storage
Hello. I am receiving an alert that states "System logs on host are stored on non-persistent storage." This is on an ESXi 6 host. I have moved my scratch space to an iSCSI datastore and the system logs...
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System continuously restarting
Hi All I have build a new home lab server with ESXi 6.5.Whenever I boot my system up, it runs well for about 2 hours. After that it starts rebooting every 5 mins or so.I have tried to look through the...
View ArticleCall "HostDatastoreSystem.CreateVmfsDatastore" for object...
Hai, Some specs ESXi 4.1, Dell Perc 5/i met 2x 500Gb Samsung SATA disks. When creating storage i get the error below.Call "HostDatastoreSystem.CreateVmfsDatastore" for object "ha-datastoresystem" on...
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 ArticleiSCSI with JumboFrames
Hi allI do not want to start a discussion about "to JumboFrame or not" but if you go for JumboFrames on an iSCSI storage Network I have my concerns about VMwares best practice.In all papers I found,...
View ArticleESXi freezes when storage over ISCSI to Synology times out during high load
Hello, I have a Fujitsu RX 300 S7 with ESXi 6.0 U3 and a Synology RS2416+ containing a RAID 10 with 4x 4 TB WD Red HDDs. I have created a file-based LUN on the Synology and I have connected the Target...
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vMotion disk to another lun
HI There, We have a server that outgrew its LUN.This VM has multiple drives and as a temp solution we are thinking to vMotion one of the drives to a neighboring LUN on the same SAN.What are the...
View ArticleHardware configuration for ESXi Server ok?!
Hi, I’m planning a new ESXi 6.5 virtualization host. The server will run standalone with a "VMware vSphere Essentials Kit" license.There will be a bunch of small linux and windows VMs running on the...
View ArticleDoes ESXi 6.5 support LGA 2066 processors and Motherboards?
I'm doing a custom build for a VMware server. I wanted to put in an i9 and use a MSI Pro Series Intel X299 LGA 2066 DDR4 USB 3.1 SLI ATX Motherboard. I am going to put in a NIC that is listed here and...
View Articleconfigure vGPU for Windows10 VM on ESXi6.5 on Intel NUC6i7KYK so that I can...
How do I configure vGPU for Windows10 VM on ESXi6.5 (NUC6i7KYK) so that I can connect monitor directly to HDMI port rather than remote desk top to access the Windows VM? I already configured ESXi/PCI...
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ESXi 6.5 HP OEM Purple Screen in HP 380 G7 Server
I installed ESXi 6.5 HP OEM in my lab HP 380 G7 Server.ISO:VMware-ESXi-6.5.0-OS-Release-4564106-HPE-650.9.6.0.28-Nov2016.iso after installation ，esxi crash.but...
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Configuration Issues: "Unable to apply DRS... available Memory ressources in...
We are having difficulties identifying what the problem is here: We have plenty of available memory: We have tried to restart Management Agents, Management Network and finally tried to remove each...
View ArticleHow to clone a VM on a ESXI 6.5 server?
I tried to copy the vmdk and vmx file from a original vm folder to a new vm folder on the web interface. But the size of vmdk file is only 561B. If I boot the VM I get the error "couldn't find disk...
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