NIC team with Etherchannnel issue
Hi, I am having difficulty implementing what should be an easy task. I have a single ESXi 6.5U1 host with 2 NICs teamed in a single vSwitch. The load balancing is set to “route based on IP hash”. As...
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How to pull Vcenter user logs for one month
View ArticleThe parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was created
Hi, I need some assistance please. A server was accidentally started up with the base disk selected rather than it's delta. As soon as i noticed i shut it down and reconfigured it to use the latest...
View ArticleVMFS Volume is not available on USB after installing ESXi 6.0
Dear Friends, I have installed ESXi 6.0 on USB (Dell Server), i don't see any VMFS volume is not created after installing ESXi. Please let me know if this is normal. I can see 16GB still available on...
View ArticleI just want to suppress this alarm; System logs on host are stored on...
I am getting this error on 6.0 hosts running SSD local storage on hosts; System logs on host <hostname> are stored on non-persistent storage. I already know how to set up log locations on a...
View ArticleIs there a standard testing method for new a ESX host before putting it into...
As the title says, I’m curious if there is a standard for preproduction testing of an ESX host? I’ve done a fresh 3.5 build many years ago, a migration from 4.1 to 5.1, and a migration from 5.1 to 5.5...
View Article"Remote access for ESXi local user account 'root' has been locked for 120...
Hello everyone I got the following message every hour: "Remote access for ESXi local user account 'root' has been locked for 120 seconds..." I found a lot of information how to figure this out:...
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Have I been hacked? Config changes and shutdown not done by me
Hi. Just came into my office after one hour away, and noticed all my VM's were shut down. Opening vSphere Client, I saw some - to me - highly suspicious messages . I did not do any of these changes,...
View ArticleESXi to Dell Optiplex 7010 - no network card
I am trying to install ESXi 5.1 onto a Dell Optiplex 7010 but getting the no network card found error The only instructions I can seem to find date back a few years Install ESXi 5.1 to DELL Optiplex...
View ArticleUSB data not being sent when using USB passthrough
I am trying to pass a USB device though to a VM, The first device I set up worked with the passthrough however its boot-loader mode and another one of the devices appear in the VM but i am unable to...
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Can't communicate between standard switch and DVS on same host
We have two hosts (6.5 U1) with a quad port NICs that are partitioned to 8 virtual NICS, so for example vmnic0 is the same physical port as vmnic4, vmnic1 is the same as vmnic5, etc. We have a DVS with...
View ArticleVarious questions about vmware-esxi and LAG
Hello,i´ve got some questions about esxi 6.0 (and 6.5) (all standalone hosts) regarding lag and mangementkernel 1) Today I wanted to create a static LAG between a cisco sg300-10 and a esxi 6.0 host...
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ESXI - 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 ArticleAdd a second screen in 1920 * 1080
Hello I would like to have 2 screens, in my vm hosted in an ESX version 6, with a resolution of 1920 * 1080 for each of the screens. For the moment, I find myself limited to 1600 * 1200 on the second....
View ArticleDell PowerEdge 860 (Riverbed)
Hello people A question about the Dell PowerEdge 860 (Riverbed Version) I have recently got meself a (from what i could find out about it)i think it's a Dell Poweredge 860 but modded by Riverbed...
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ESXi 6.5 - How to make second Port Group available to add to Virtual Machine...
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...
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Advice regarding VMFS volumes
Hi everyone, First time poster here, I have just setup my homelab to have a play with ESXi and I was just wondering if anyone could help me understand a couple of things regarding VMFS storage. First...
View ArticleTransport (VMDB) error -45: Failed to connect to peer process; VM OS Ubuntu 14.4
Hello,I am using vSphere 6.5.0 (Build 4564106). After rebooting my host I can not power on the VM's. When i am trying to power on the vm's it's showing : Power On VM...
View ArticleNVIDIA pass through
Hello, We are a service provider and a lot of our customers running in our cloud have RDS & Citrix Servers.We notice that these virtual machines are using more and more cpu.We are thinking to put...
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