esxcli storage vmfs unmap reclaimable unit number
what is the reclaimable unit number to use when using esxcli storage vmfs unmap? is that different per storage provider?
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Unable to take backup of my host
Hi All, I want to take backup of all our host running on VSXi 6.5.0 , i tried option "Downlaod file from this data source to local machine", but I am getting error while clicking that - "Failed to log...
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partedUtil mklabel /dev/disks gpt read only usb
I installed esxi 6.5 on a usb flash drive of 16gb but I could not find any space for any datastore on the usb drive after installation. I ran partedUtil on the naa disk but says read only any idea?
View Articlescratch partition and system logs
I installed esxi 6.5 but got warning about system logs location not on persistent location. I installed esxi on a usb flash drive. where do i put the system logs and scratch? Do i have to dedicate a...
View ArticleFailed to expand VMFS datastore datastore1 - Cannot change the host...
I had a 1.2T Raid 10 array. I added 4 disks and expanded it to 2.4T. I then went into the VSphear ESXi 6.5 web client and went to datastore1 > Increase SizeI chose expand VMFS then on the next page...
View ArticleUnable to upgrade VMtools after ESXi 6.5 upgrade
I have upgraded my lab environment to 6.5 and am now unable to mount the vmtools installer through the web client. I was successful mounting the iso directly to the VM and upgrading interactively but...
View ArticleWhat happened to KB 2151749?
I noticed this morning that the KB article titled "ESXi host fails with PSOD after upgrading to 6.5" is blank/missing. Has this issue been resolved? Was it some sort of false positive? Can we stop...
View ArticleVM Sphere License
Hi there, I am very new to using VMware. It was already set up for me by someone else. Every time I open VMware VSphere it gives me this message "Your evaluation license will expire within 50 days!". I...
View ArticleEVC Compatibility between E7-8850v2 (2.30GHz) & E5-4650v2 (2.40GHz) processors
I find into a customer cluster a 3 hosts with the CPU E7-8850, the other hosts use E5-4650. I need to enable EVC? If so, which level? they have a vsphere 5.5 U3, I try to use compatibility guide cpu...
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Some VMs loosing network connection intermittently
We are having an issue in our production environment that some VMs intermittently going out of network. If we migrate (vMotion) to another host the VMs will become active (connected) again. This issue...
View ArticleHosts randomly drop off VSAN cluster. Anyone have advanced troubleshooting...
We have a problem of VSAN hosts dropping off our cluster, and I'm not getting anywhere with the regular troubleshooting methods. I've had a ticket open with GSS and the VSAN team since July, but we've...
View Articlepci passthrough and pci-to-pcie bridge
Hi all. I want to use ESXi with PCI fieldbus communication board, but modern chipsets doesn't native support PCI (not PCI Express), only over pci-to-pcie bridge. Are there any problems with this bridge...
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Network Pause Frames
Hi Guys, in our infra we are observing NIC tagged to iSCSI is losing connectivity and couldn't observed network ranges. If I manually make the NIC down and up through CLI, It is up again and function...
View ArticleJoin Active Directory
Hi,i tried to join a domain with my ESX Hosts in our Production. It won't work and i don't know why.Here is the Case, probabyl someone has got an answer, that will work for me. Production:ESX6 Version...
View ArticleExplicit Datastore & Folder Permissions on ESXi 6U3 free edition
Are these accessible? Can't seem to find a way to map, for example a role to be allowed to manage datastore01, I have 2 other datastores that would need to remain inaccessible. I know this is possible...
View ArticleCannot shutdown or restart guest when vmware tools is running
Hello, I am a new ESXi user. I have used VMware Workstation for years. I have a Windows 7 VM running in ESXi (6.5.0 update1) with vmware tools installed. While logged in the guest VM, when I try to...
View ArticleUpgrading ESXi 6.0 to 6.5 odd conflicting vib issue
Hey everyone, I'm having an issue updating to ESXi 6.5 using VUM. VUM sees all of our hosts as non-compliant (not listing any conflicting VIBs) until I remediate. Once remediation starts, it will error...
View ArticleCLUSTER CONFIGURATION
It's a general question regarding the cluster configuration in ESXi. Is it possible to cluster with two different CPU manufactures (EX:Intel and AMD) if it possible can we perform normal clustering...
View ArticleSeveral errors Provider method implementation threw unexpected exception:...
Hello,i am logged in with my domain admin-account in vsphere 6.5B.In several parts of the configuration i receive the following error (see attachment). My domain-administrator-account is having...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 - Wildcard SSL help needed
Hi all, I have ISPconfig with few personal websites and I got Comodo Positive SSL Wildcard. Using ISPconfigI went thru process generating CSR for *.mydomain.com and sending it to where I got SSL from...
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