Petition VMware to Open Source ESXi Thick Client
It's been almost 3 years (1189 days to be exact) since kgottleib openly complained about the web client: vSphere Web Client SUCKs so bad that my experience managing and supporting VMware has turn to...
View ArticleResource pools on ESXi 6.5
Upgraded a stand-alone 6.0 ESXi host to 6.5.0b this morning. Put it into maintenance mode using the thick client for the last time... makes me sad. Anyway upgrade went smoothly except for the fact...
View ArticleNetwork issue since 5.5.0 Build 4722766
Hi, I encounter an issue with my server since I've installed the ESXi 5.5.0 build 4722766 update (was on build 3248547). The error message displayed is: "No compatible network adapter found. Please...
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High Sierra en vmware esxi 5.5
Buenos Dias. tengo Vmware ESXI 5.5 en uno de mis servidores. deseo instalar Mac os High sierra en Maquinas Virtuales pero no me deja. ya tengo instalado Mac os sierra, pero ni desde adentro me deja...
View ArticleHow to connect cd/dvd drive to virtual machine from esxi shell
I am looking for a way to connect my cd/dvd(contians an iso) to virtualmachine which runs on esxi from esxi shell. vsphere client proivdes connect to cd/dvd option which i cannot do it because i have...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 - Used cli to add a port group fine, however the web ui or vcenter...
Hi all, on Esxi 6.0/6.5 I used the following cli fine, and esxcfg-vswitch -l show everything was added correctly. However the web ui from the esxi host or vcenter web ui doesn't show the port group....
View ArticlePSOD: Spin count exceeded - possible deadlock with PCPU 3
I have two identical hosts that randomly will go "Not Responding" at different times.I pulled a vmkernel log and cut out everything aside from the BlueScreen area.How can I determine the cause from...
View ArticleCreating snapshots in a different location than default virtual machine...
Dear All,Lately we cannot take a backup of our VM on using VEEAM backup and replicationthe error is Processing Error: Skipping VM processing due to insufficient free disk space on datastore Data....
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About vDS configuration
Hi, Currently, vDS configured as below Uplink name: Trunk_activePort group: vlan71, vlan72, vlan38, vlan79 Under VLAN policies, VLAN type was configured to VLAN ID 71, 72, 38 and 79 respectively. It's...
View ArticleError VPXA next refresh with ESXi 6.5
This is the log I have:2017-09-24T01:25:17.817Z verbose vpxa[A733B70] [Originator@6876 sub=vpxaInvtVm] [VpxaInvtVm_ScheduleVmSpaceRefresh] Next refresh will start in 128.633331...
View ArticleI have 4.1 and I want 5.5. Upgrade o fresh install?
Hello! The question is simple. I have a cluster with 2 ESXi 4.1 and I want to move to 5.5 version. It's a good idea upgrade directly? Or better do a fresh install of 5.5 version directly? In case I...
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ESXi 6.5 Installation - Gigabyte Aorus X399 - AMD Threadripper 1950X CPU
Hello, I am starting this discussion hoping that somebody else might attempt to install ESXi on a system with the same configuration as mine, and run into the same problems as me. During the...
View ArticleLoading Google Compute image onto ESXi
I'm trying to load a Google Compute image onto a ESXi (6.5) server. The image is a .raw file. However, I can't find .raw mentioned in any ESXi documentaion, and more importantly, the ext HDD doesn't...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 Failing to upload/deploy OVA files postNFCData failed error
I've been tasked with testing out multiple SSL VPN solutions for our company. Naturally before putting it into our dev or production servers I wanted create a test environment with two desktops to try...
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No NIC found with MAC address (Upgrading 6 to 6.5)
In the process of upgrading the first of 3 ESXi hosts from 6.0U2 to 6.5U1 (from VCSA 6.5) I found my first host stuck at the following screen. How do I proceed?
View ArticleProblem with configuring static Link Aggregation ESXi + Cisco
I have a ESXi 6.5 (free version) and Cisco 2960. On Cisco: interface Port-channel1switchport mode access!interface GigabitEthernet1/1switchport mode accesschannel-group 1 mode on!(four interfaces in...
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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...
View ArticleWay to write zeroes to all VMFS free space?
Hi all, is there an online way to write zeroes to all free space on a VMFS volume? We have a lot of volumes on top of flash-based storage that does data reduction (compression + dedupe), so as VM's...
View ArticleISCSI Between 2 ESXI hosts
I am attempting to lab test a change in our production environment which has access to a NAS with iSCSI storage. However my lab does not has access to a physical NAS. So I have configured a freenas vm...
View ArticleShutdown VMs & Esxi via command line with plink fails
I found a command which graciously shuts down my VMs then the ESXi host itself, via plink. The command is - /sbin/shutdown.sh && /sbin/poweroffIf I start a normal putty ssh session then...
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