Upgrade of ESXi 5.5 to 6.x - VMWare says I can use my existing Quadro 6000...
I've been using ESXi 5.5 for some years. The setup is a "small home lab" style network, with a 10 core CPU that at any time is running between 2 and 4 Windows 8.1 / 10 VMs. The server includes a...
View ArticleNetworking problem in docker-swarm
We have a networking problem in Docker-swarm. The problem is below;we have virtualized environment over wmware ( vsphere 6.02)our servers are created from vmware say server1 and server2we have a docker...
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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 Article6.0U2 - unable to clear memory reservations
I have a vCenter (6.0 U3b) with 3 clusters attached to it. Two clusters are 6.0U3 and one is 6.0U2. On the 6.0U2 cluster, I'm unable to reduce memory reservations of VMs. The 6.0U3 clusters work...
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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 ArticleVirtualBox nested inside ESXi VM - Bridged network
Hi there, I need to run a virtualbox VM inside a host VM that is running over an ESXi. The required network configuration for the virtualbox VM is bridged adapter. I managed to run it on vmware...
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DELL ESXI 6.5 Cannot Upgrade in CLI
Hi all, I have DELL R530 server with a H330 Raid controller with a vanilla ESXi standalone (stateless) 6.5a. The ESXI is on a drive attached to the controller along with a RAID5 array as vmfs with VMs....
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ESXi 5.5 passthrough Intel Patsburg 4-Port SATA Storage Control Unit
I am currently having difficulties with ESXi 5.5, in passing a Storage Controller to a virtual machine (VM). Configuration:ESXi started from USB flash diskMotherboard - Intel Server Board S2600CP...
View ArticleUnable to get ESXI 6.5 to see hard drives (after flash drive install)
Greetings, I know enough to be dangerous here but ran into a bit of a snag. I have installed ESXI 6.5 on an old Alienware Aurora and I used a flash drive to install the software on (which works great)...
View ArticleMounting NFS datastores with another IP address (UUID problem)
Hello, Our ESXi (5.5u2) hosts use a NetApp NFS storage (FAS2240) for datastores. The NetApp device is using 1 Gb connections, and we added recently 10 Gb interfaces, configured with IP addresses on...
View ArticleESXi 6 lost access to volume due to ISCSI connectivity issues with thecus...
Hi all, I'm now encountering a weird issue that the host lost connection persistently to the data store. I really need help for this issue. The whole system is mentioned as follows. -ESXi 6.0.0-DL380...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 Routing with freesco
Hello Everyone, I have a problem while using freesco router on esxi. I have a DELL Server with three VM's running on it but all the VM's are old and have pre defined IP address (different subnets) I...
View ArticleWhat EVC mode to choose for these specific CPUs
Hi, Can anyone please tell me what EVC mode should I choose for the below CPUs ? ESXI Running version: 5.5.0, 4345813I have these 4 host in a cluster. Wanted to Enable EVC without any trouble. vmesx1...
View Article64-bit VirtualBox inside a VM
I need to setup a Windows 8.1 64-bit VM on my VMWare environment. Inside it I need to run a 64-bit VM with VirtualBox. I've installed Windows on the VM and installed VirtualBox, however, I can't get...
View ArticleConnect HP SAS Tape Drive to ESX 6.5
Hi, I've got 1 HP DL380 Gen9 + HP H241 HBA + HP Ultrium 3000 SAS and installed ESX 6.5Is it possible to connect that Tape Drive to a Windows VM and use it with Veeam for Backups? If yes, how can I do...
View ArticleHow to change disk from thin to thick provisioning in ESXi 6.5.0 Web UI?
Hello, I'm trying to convert a virtual disk from thin provisioning to thick provisioning using the VMWare ESXI 6.5.0 Web UI. I found the following article: Convert a Virtual Disk from Thin to Thick in...
View ArticleVMtools error in Application events on server 2016
Hi,we have faulting application errors every ~5-10 minutes on our 2016 servers with vm tools:Faulting application name: WmiApSrv.exe, version: 10.0.14393.0, time stamp: 0x57899ac8Faulting module name:...
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Disable smart detection for specific drives
Hello, I am trying to disable smart detection for the internal usb thumb drive ESXI has been installed to, as well as for the HP SmartArray Controller, as syslog reports both drivers not to be smart...
View ArticleAMD FirePro S7150x2 on ESXi 6.0u3 on Dell R730; Can't get it working
I am having big problems getting an AMD FirePro S7150x2 to work on an ESXi 6.0u3 box. The box is a Dell R730. I am finding that once I installed the drivers, the box purple screens on the next reboot....
View ArticleESX/Vcenter Server performance degradation
I see several times that at some points any task stats to take longer than usual.Even simple tasks like reconfigure VM can take minutes to finish. Maybe important to note that the ESX host has a lot of...
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