How to get the ESXi hosts compute resource (Memory, vCPU) like Total,...
I have captured the report from vCenter prepared the report for one of my vCenter, noticed that I have over provisioned, how it works ? Can anyone explain me on this please.... Host...
View ArticleRename *.vmdk
Hello,i'm using vSphere ESXi 6.0 and i try to rename my *.vmdk. 1. In the Webclient i rename the *.vmdk2. Then i remove my Hd and then i add the existing HD with the new Name. This works fine.But...
View ArticleVXLAN user packet is duplicated on the Receivers end. Packet is sent between VMs
Hello All, I am using vSPehere (ESX/ESXi 4.0 and later (VM version 7) and am supposed to encapsulate a give packet with the VXLAN header and send it towards the other VM which will be listening for...
View ArticleInvisible NFS mount problem
Hello, Seems like I have an old NFS mount on one of the ESXi hosts that are trying to access a NFS share that does not exist.I do not want this share anymore. But I cannot find the share/mount in...
View ArticleHPE BL460c Gen9 - SD-CARD -...
Hello together, hopefully one of you have an Idea whats going on with this blade: HPE ProLiant BL460c Gen9 - 32 GB SD-CARD - try to install with the following isos:...
View ArticleProblems with hardware interrupts and VM freezing
I have a Windows Server 2003 VM running on ESXi6.5.0. I have a Comtrol RocketPort Express PCIe card installed on the host machine and have configured this for 'passthrough' to my VM. This card provides...
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Read Cache Config quetsions
I'm testing this out right now on one of our servers thats historically had a lot of read latency. it's a very old file server running some very badly coded applications. I've got a SanDisk SX350...
View ArticleOVF deployment problems after upgrading to 6.5
I have a Win7 box with VMware Workstation 12.5 installed where I build all of the OVFs required by my team. Recently I upgraded from vSphere 6 to 6.5 and that comes of course with the pain point made...
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Memory limit doesn't accept the negative value
Trying to edit a vm, results in the error you can see. If I reload the page it works again, but one time only.Firefox 55.0.2 (it works ok in chrome ..) - no love for the only browser that does not sell...
View ArticleVMKDump basics
After setting up vRealize operations and seeing my first alert, a datastore alert about timing remaining bla bla.. Since there was only 1 VM built I just had to see what this was about.. sure enough,...
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SME Server Install Hangs
I am New to ESXi. Running 6.5 on a Dell R710. Trying to install SME Server 9.2 (or 9.1 both have issues). During install I get to this point and it just hangs. How can I troubleshoot what is going on?...
View ArticleCertificate errors when accessing vSphere web client on 6.5 (Hypervisor)
I am constantly getting the certificate warning in Chrome when trying to access my Home Lab's vSphere web client. (same warning in IE)I've tried saving off the certificate and importing it, but it...
View ArticleESXi drops / loses VMFS-partition
Hi I'm experimenting with an ESXi 6.5 installation on a Intel NUC6I5SYH for a lab enviroment. I'm aware of the "no official support", but please hear me out :-) As stated, I'm installing ESXi on a...
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How to calculate vCPU:pCPU ratio
I want to get the ratio of vCPU:pCPU, For pCPU, do i need to taking in to account Hyperthread(Logical Processors)? Or just the Physical CPU numbers?
View ArticleIs datastore cluster act as a storage fault tolerance
I have 2 no SAN and 3 ESXI hosts. Now I want to create the storage fault tolerance. Please tell me the best option.
View ArticleReceived SOAP response fault from []: queryConnectionInfo - A general system...
Hi Folks, Wondering if anyone could help me resolve this issue. I am not able to add an ESXi Host to the vcenter Server and I have tried all of the following already. 1. I have checked and verified...
View ArticleKVM without EPT on ESXi 6.5?
Hello, I would like to ask, if it would be somehow possible to enable nested virtualization on my server that has old Xeon E5440 and doesn't support EPT (VT-X with EPT).. Of course, if I try to "expose...
View Articleunable to reach vmkernal ips
Hello team, We are using esxi 6.5u1. we are facing intermittent connectivity issue with vmkernal ips. we can see arp request going out and it reaching the same to the devices, but esxi not able to see...
View ArticleHow to utilize Cpu/RAM on ESXi 6.5U1
Hi, What's the best way to manage/calculate/guide of CPU/RAM. Hardware: HP ProLiant DL360 Gen9processor type Intel Xeon CPU E5-2640 v4 @ 2.40GHz2-Sockets 10-Cores per sockets40-logical processors...
View ArticleBackup Exec 15 slow backups
I've recently moved our main backup system from Backup Exec 2014 to Backup Exec 15. It has gone horribly. (Not my idea to use Backup Exec. I was very familiar with it, and hadn't had too many issues...
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