Best option for viewing virtual machine
I have x2 ESXi servers each running a single VM (Windows Server 2003 OS). I am looking at the best options to view my virtual machines. In particular I need something that will automatically connect...
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ESXi 6.5 and NFS
Hi!I installed ESXi 6.5.0-20170104001 and tried to attach an NAS-drive. Different to previous Version 5.5, there is no option "NAS" if i choose "add Storage": I wonder, why this option is removed. Is...
View ArticleInstall ESXi 6.5 on R730 with Intel X710
Hello All, After install ESXi 6.0 via "VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.0.0.update02-4192238.x86_64-Dell_Customized-A04" on Dell PowerEdge R730, everything is okay !!! But, if I try to install ESXi 6.5 via...
View ArticleHP ProLiant DL580 Gen8 PSOD ESXi 6.0.0 Update 1 (build-3380124)
Hi All, Today I faced PSOD issue on my environment on HP device Model (ProLiant DL580 Gen8 PSOD) VMware ESXi 6.0.0 Update 1 build-3380124 Please find the below PSOD error massage details and HP...
View ArticleScratch Space Solutions
Hey all, it's been a while - hope all is well! I'm looking for some insight on a scratch space solution. I have blades with 64GB mirrored SDs and using them to boot locally. I have storage arrays at...
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Local datastore was lost. How to recovery it?
Hi guys. We have an issue with a ESXI 6.5 standalone host that fails with "non-system found" message. VMFS disk are there. But, I can't attach it or access any data. At cli I had run some commands and...
View ArticleSupermicro blade server is not VMWare compatible hardware?
I am using the following SuperMicro blade server in a datacenter. Or rather, I am a customer/tenant using one of the X9SRD-F blades. Supermicro | Products | SuperServer | MicroCloud | 5037MR-H8TRF...
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Windows Blue screen when booting up
ESX 6.0Windows 2012 R2 Netbackup Instant Recovery During boot the Windows VM fails to boot with error 0x000000E4 (Screenshot below) No antivirus software installed in Windows VM. How do I...
View ArticleJoin the Velocity Program 2017 (AMERICAS): Accelerate Adoption of vROps 6.6
VMware Community Member, VMware Cloud Management Group cordially invites you to attend a series of events during October 2017 to help enhance your skills with our latest release of vRealize Operations...
View Articlesequential shutdown / restart
1. If you configured in a host the sequence of power on / off for the VMs, does it mean that the first VM to start will also be the first to shut down or the last one to shutdown?2. Which will power on...
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Can esxi 6.5u1 be used for free?
I downloaded the 6.5a release from feb 2017 and it is horrible to manage. I cant see how this made it out of QA. Is 6.5u1 available as a free product or is that only for paying customers? Ive used the...
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Stuck during vMotion at 13% - Invoking callbacks
We are tried perform patching at environment at cluster level.( by VUM )We have 4 hosts in cluster. hosts: ESXi 6u1Example name of Hosts:CMP1CMP2CMP3CMP4 We start install patches on 1st host with...
View ArticleThree VMs with same SID, what to do?
I deployed three Win2008 R2 VMs from the same template and made the mistake of not using customization to change the SID. I have verified using PsGetsid that all three have the same SID. These three...
View ArticleTrying to add disk in VM ( "StorageResourceManager.RecommendDatastores" for...
Trying to add disk in VM SDRS cluster receive the error"StorageResourceManager.RecommendDatastores" for object "StorageResourceManager" on vCenter Server " vCenter" failed To work around this issue...
View ArticlePreciso taggear os hosts ESXi com a mesma VLAN do switch físico?
Galera! Pode ser uma pergunta idiota, mas se vocês conseguirem me ajudar eu agradeço, rs.Eu tenho 2 switches configurados com uma VLAN dedicada para SAN. Meus hosts serão conectados também nesse range...
View ArticleTrying to upgrade Dell server - need to remove VIB
I have a power Edge R520 server installed with Dell-ESXi-5.5U2-2068190-A00 I have uploaded the ESX 6.5U1 ISO image (not the custom Dell one)Update manager returns:The upgrade contains the following set...
View Articlethin lun
i have one vm os. it has 1tb . now i will delete 500 tb data in that os. storage will understand that ? vm 1 tb thin disk and lun thin ( 3 par storage ) and we use esxi 5.5 u2 . also if we use 1 th...
View ArticleShould I disable EVC ?
Hi, I see in our 6.0 u3 envionment that EVC is still enabled from when we replaced our hosts. The 3 hosts are identical so I wonder if we should disable EVC or not. Is there an impact on performance on...
View ArticleHow to Create Multiples vCPUs
Hello! I`ve installed ESXI on VMWare Workstation for make some tests. I want know how i can assign multiple vCPUS. A can only assgin 2 core in each virtual machine. Configs of VM 2x CPU Intel Core...
View ArticleiSCSI LUN's not visible on all ESXi hosts running 6.5
Replicated LUN presented to new cluster with 10 hosts, registered new datastore on one host, registered Datastore not visible on all hosts, registered datastore on all hosts, storage team confirmed LUN...
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