scsi disconnect on one ESXi 5x host but not second
Searching through the forums, it appears that the issue that I'm having has been experienced by others after they upgraded to esxi5, addded a software iscsi, or restarted management agents; however,...
View ArticleCannot ping ESX hosts by hostname
I have a 6.5 lab I am setting up, and am running into problems. I am hoping it is something simple stupid I am missing, as everything works as expected in my 6.0 lab. Basically I set up four ESXi 6.5...
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Windows Server 2008 guest system time changing
I have Windows Server 2008 running as a virtual guest on a VMWare ESXi 6.5 host. Every few days the time on the server seems to change to a different time zone - it skips 2 hours backwards. For example...
View Articlepassthrough attriubutes for device is not effect (passthru.map)
Hi experts. I am now doing the PCI passthrouth related working and try to change the reset methods to d3d0, but it's not working after I change it in passthru.map...
View ArticleDifferent PCI config space in Host and VM
Hi experts I create a VM by ESXI and passthrough one of my PCI device to VM, but I find they have different PCI config space, and some operations like error injection can not be trigger in VM. PCI...
View Articlehow to access XFS partition attached to ESXi 6?
I have a storage device attached directly to a DELL appliance where the ESXi 6 is installed. It is connected with SAS port and it was being used and formated as XFS. I can see the from ESXi management...
View ArticleIs it possible to mount a VMWare workstation Machine on Vsphere?
I spent several hours on the problem, but I did not fixe it.I have my virtual machine on Workstation 14, and I would like it on Vsphere 5.5 and I have good Hardware compatibility.I have try to export...
View ArticleEXSi 5.5 Cli Upgrade Error
Hi All, Iam in progress of EXSi 5.5 patch upgrade via CLI getting as # esxcli software vib update -d "/vmfs/volumes/584ef5b6-e4f48537-8433-0cc47a0a4344/ESXi550-201608001.zip" [DependencyError] VIB...
View ArticlevSphere HA Protection - Unprotected
In a vSphere 5.5 infrastructure based on ESXi 5.5 U2 hosts I see lots of VM maked as "HA Unprotected".A message says thet "vSphere may attempt to restart the VM after a supported failure but is not...
View ArticleVIB-file requested for a WLAN NIC using ESXI 6.5.0
Hi, I recently bought a Dell PowerEdge-machine in order to setup a little Windows-based network at home using ESXi 6.5.0. So far all went well and my installed VMs (servers and clients) can connect to...
View Articlehuwaei usb modem not detect by esxi
helloEsxi 5.5 built: 6480324" with last version of vspher C# and web client too i am trying to connect huwaei usb dongle modem to esxi serverwhen i list connected USB from ESXI SSH i could see...
View ArticleNew hosts, what CPU to choose?
Our current ESXi hosts are 5 years old and will be replaced in the next few months. We plan on purchasing new rack mounts servers from either HPE or DellTwo new servers for server virtualization - we...
View Articleconsole scroll
Does it exist mode to scrool boot log for virtual machine by vSphere console?
View Articlewin server2016-2012-win 10
guys i have vmware v 12 and i am trying to install win server 2016 but i cant , basically i cant install any windows always the blue screen error appear 2017-12-01T22:06:23.615+03:00| vcpu-0| I125:...
View ArticleQuestions regarding thin-provision virtual disk sapce reclaim
Hello, My datastores are almost full, I need to reclaim some disk space from the thin-provision virtual disks, you know when we delete large files inside the virtual machine, the disk space is not free...
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Mellanox connect X2 installation issue using driver...
Hello, I have look on different topics on how to install mellanox connect x2 on ESXi 6.0Instruction was: #Remove driver esxcli software vib remove -n=net-mlx4-en -n=net-mlx4-core reboot #Install...
View Articledeplow vm
when deploying a new vm be sure to select the proper guest os so if i wrong deploy vm on vcenter .what are the problems. do you have a list of this ? I am looking for deep information about possible...
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VMware ESXI Hardware Status - Voltage - Power Supply - ESXI Boot initially...
Hello Vmware Techs - I am getting some strange voltage readings in hardware status of esxi 6.5 web client. The power supply displays low voltage for some settings while the 12V shows a reading of 21V...
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Physical Core missing after ESXi 6 install
I have installed ESXi 6.5 then downgraded to 6.0 U2, as either install post install are not showing the number of processors that I was expecting. The host is a HP DL385G7 with dual AMD opteron 6176. I...
View ArticleReviving hostd without rebooting the host
Hi all, Due to a storage-presentation mistake I made, I have a 5.1 Host that is now unmanagable and disconnected from vCenter. All the VM's are still happily running, but I would like to avoid having...
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