Windows Server 2012 R2 Bad Performance
Hello, I've a vSphere cluster running with 7x IBM HS22V blades / 2x Intel Xeon X3650 / 256 GB memory in every host.Running at vSphere 5.5 23202651, with around 150 VM's. Since a few months we are...
View ArticlePurge Inventory Service DB for vSphere 5.5 U2
A vCenter server version 5.5 U2 hosts an enormous Inventory Service DB (about 38 GB).There is no reson to justify such size.I need to purge it and I found the KB VMware Knowledge Base "Purging data...
View ArticleESXi V6.5 Fresh install unable to join existing domain
I have a fresh install of ESXi V6.5. This ESXi server is on a network segment where we maintain a Windows Domain. We do not have to go across any firewalls.I already have an ESXi server on this network...
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...
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Cannot chage the Host Configuration
I am running vCenter 6.5RC on a ESXi 6.5 host. I have external storage connected via iSCSIAfter I present my volume to ESX, I try to create a datastore. During the datastore creation I get the...
View ArticleHow to find Esxi host
After the vCenter is broken, we can access the virtual machine, but do not know the virtual machine mounts on which Esxi server, now want to find out the IP of Esxi host which the virtual machine is...
View ArticleSlow file transfers to ESXi raid
Hi all Im new here so was wondering if anybody could lend me some advice with an issue I’m currently having with slow file transfer speeds to my raid drives on my ESXi host. I have an LSI 9211-8i raid...
View ArticleHP ESXI - Extending ESXI Array on HP Server
am trying to see how to expand a disk array on a HP ESXI 5.5 server. We are adding a 6th drive to this current RAID6 array.I found the commands to do it with the HPACUCLI but can't make sense or want...
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vmdk file size increasing?
Hi All, I have a vmdk file which is slowly growing in size... Although not much, Approx: 100kb-1mb every 10-15mins... Ive checked this against the Windows C:\ size. 97GB in use of 249GB. According to...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 r2 BMR restore to Guest VM
Hello, I have a conundrum. I have a PowerEdge T320 server that is dying, and I cannot get a good download of the vmdk files, due to read errors. (multiple attempts, many methods, would work for a few...
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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...
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Raw Device Mapping not working
Hi, I am trying to attach my existing disk with data on my Microserver Gen8 to Esxi 6.5 using RDM. [root@localhost:~] ls -l /vmfs/devices/disks-rw------- 1 root root 3000559427584 Nov 19...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 Slow vms, High "average response time"
I am running esxi 6.5 with the latest patches and vmware tools 10.1.5 I am having very inconsistent performance issues with both of my hosts. Basically the windows 2016/windows 10 guests are sluggish...
View ArticleCompatible PCIe Serial Card?
I have a DL 360 G7 that I need to increase the serial ports on. Ideally I would like to drop in a PCIe card that would add 4 more serial ports to the ESXi host. My plan is to then pass through 5 serial...
View Article"File - failed to get objectId" in hostd logs
I've been looking though the logs on my ESXi 6.5 servers with vRealize Log Insight and I noticed that two of my hosts (of 16 total) show errors like the following for different VMs a few times a day....
View ArticleVsphere 6.5 U1 update on Windows fails
Installation of component VCSServiceManager failed with error code '1603'. Check the logs for more detailsI tried to turn on all dot net
View Article%CSTP
we use 5.5 u2 esxi and one vm has co-stop on cpu but cpu ready doesnt seem. vm has 12 vcpu. we see read I/O latency on vrealize . what is problem ?
View ArticleFCOE with Intel X710 CNA and ESXi6.5U1
Hi, I tried to create a software FCOE adapter with my Intel X710 CNA on an Dell R740 Server (ESXi6.5U1).The server is connected to a Cisco Nexus 5548UP. But I get the the following error message:...
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Cant extend my Datastore
Hello, First of all i will share some system information, so its easy to understand the issue We have 1 V-Center server, controlling 1 ESXi 6 U2 server, with 2 local datastores and 1 iSCSI based...
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Curious if others have noticed problems with Hardware Health readings since...
Wondering if other folks on other Xeon systems have noticed this issue that I've explained/fixed here:How to fix inaccurate Xeon D Hardware Health sensor readings on VMware ESXi 6.5, since sfcbd CIM...
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