Corrupt VMDK file - how to repair?
Hi Team, I do backup my VM's with VEEAM. It is not backing up one VM. It seems the VMDK file is corrupt.The VM is working fine. I am scared that all of a sudden it will not work anymore. Please help me...
View ArticleIs there a way to customize the mapping of pass-thru PCI devices in the VM?
Hi, I am trying out vSphere (ESXi) 6.5 as a possible solution for controlling PCI devices from a VM. I am fairly new to this, so please bear with me.For various reasons (technical, marketing,customer),...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 and snapshotting 101
forgive the noob question - i'm a hyper-V guy trying to be a convert.i've been looking through the wen and documentation for an answer and either it's for an older version (using the thick client) or...
View ArticleHow to modify the esx.conf file on a second hard drive (not the boot disk)
Hello all,Hopefully you guys can help me. I was messing around with the esx.conf file (/etc/vmware/esx.conf) on my lab (small PC) running ESXi 6.5 and now Hypervisor does not boot at all. I know...
View ArticleIs it normal for the vmkdump folder to contain a dumpfile?
Hi everyone, It might be a stupid question, but I was wondering about the following: I was trying to clean up one of our datastores, and came across a Folder called "vmkdump" containing a single file...
View ArticleHow to move an ESXi 3.5 VM to different datastore on same host.
Hi All, What's the best way to move a VM to a new datastore on the same host? I've got a legacy Server 2003 VM which has run out of space, and I need to move to a new datastore (different array) on the...
View ArticleConvert a pvscsi drive to a scsi drive
Complete noob here. I have a VM on my ESXi server that has a PVSCSI disk. I'd like to convert it to a SCSI disk. Is there a command line that does that?
View ArticleESX, LLDP and DCB informational message with Intel X710
I have a server with ESX 6.0 update 2 that has Intel X710 NIC card and ESXi states that the LLDP is not available on this adapter. Does anyone know if DCB or LLDP will work in ESX for the X710 NIC? Is...
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VMware Tools does not start automatically (Red Hat Linux OS)
Hello, I am newbie about vSphere. One of my clients has a problem with VMware Tools.After some works (it seems kernel update), VMware Tools doesn't start automatically. All of VM which use Windows OS...
View ArticleLVID:579b9dec-5c208fd2-2ccd-00219b8c1fa3/579b9dec-400ad77a-8b86-00219b8c1fa3/1
what does the two GUID indicate in following informationLVID:579b9dec-5c208fd2-2ccd-00219b8c1fa3/579b9dec-400ad77a-8b86-00219b8c1fa3/1 2nd part of the GUID (579b9dec-400ad77a-8b86-00219b8c1fa3)...
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Integrity issue when deploying an OVF
Hi, I have a very strange issue that cannot solve today.I am using ESXi 6.5 u1 with two datastore : datastore1 is SSD (samsung 840 1Tb), datastore 2 is 4Tb (WD sata). ESXi is installed on same disk as...
View ArticleVMware vSphere High Availability Cluster Requirements
There are many requirements for VMware HA. First one of thm is to have the right VMware vSphere license, as I mentioned above. Here are other requirements:vSphere Essentials Plus or higher. Shared...
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Wide-VM NUMA Layout (ESXi 6.0 U2)
Hello, we created a VM with the following Settings:128 vCPUs4 TB Memorynuma.autosize.vcpu.maxPerVirtualNode = "16"cpuid.coresPerSocket = "16"numa.vcpu.preferHT = "TRUE" The goal was to create 8 vNUMA...
View ArticleCannot boot -> ESXi 6.5 NOT_IMPLEMENTED bora/vmkernel/core/bootModule.c:492
Hi all, can you help me? After reinstall ESXI it works correctly, no problems....but after few days (1, sometimes 2) it is not possible to start. After user loaded successfully, it crash and display...
View ArticleCan't install ESXi 6.5 on sata devices
Hi all, I did a homemade server. Spec : APU AMD 9800E8Gb RAMASUS PRIME B350M-A1 SSD2HDD My problem is when i tried to install ESXi 6.5, the loader installation is ok but it can't detect my HDD or SSD...
View ArticleQuestion regarding ESXI 6.5 on workstation with Nvidia Quadro K2000 or any...
Dears, I would like to know if its possible to allow ESXI 6.5 to assign Vgpu and mainly identify the VM (Windows or Linux) Display Driver as Nvidia Quadro K2000 instead of the default virtual display...
View ArticleA few questions about install esxi 6.5 on flash memory
hii have a few questions about install esxi 6.5 on flash memory1- Is the installation on flash memory is good?2- Do I need to format(low level or fat or ntfs or ...) the flash before installing?3-my...
View Articlescratch partition, syslog, and VMKdump clarification needed
I need some simple clarification from VMware: The scratch partition is automatically created during the installation if the space is there, but if not it is created in RAMDISK and won't be persistent.....
View ArticleAccesso VMWare ESXi 6.5
Salve a tutti!Sono nuovo per cui scusate se sbaglio i modi o i luoghi. Vi pongo il mio problema:VMWARE 6.5 con licenza Essential Kit.Da ieri non riesco più ad accedere ne dall'interfaccia Web di...
View ArticleDatastore space alerts on non vCenter ESXi
Can datastore usage alerts be modified on stand alone ESXi systems? I don't see anywhere to manage this. Are these a vCenter only thing? Thank You
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