Missing file. Virtual Disk.vmdk
I seem to have accidentally deleted this file. Now when I try to get into Windows I get the message that Virtual Disk.vmdk is missing. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling VMware but still get...
View ArticleCannot login to my ESXi host - possible avenues
Hello all, So, wanting to create a new VM on a machine, I went and tried to login to ESXI Web UI, only to get the message that I am using an incorrect username or password... Those I'm using, the root...
View ArticleDatastore on USB device
Hi all, For a production issue I need (want) to create a datastore (vmfs5) on an USB device connected to the ESXi 5.5. Does anyone know the procedure ? I didn't find any help on the web. Thanks for help
View ArticleDoes anyone know how to get the remote console to run in Firefox?
Does anyone know how to get the remote console to run in Firefox? When I click the console button it brings up new frame with a poorly responsive console. Not functional. IE will bring up the Remote...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Device Passthrough - All Disabled - How to Enable?
Hello, I have a fresh install of ESXi and I went to pass through some devices but all devices are "not capable" for passthrough. I would really appreciate some ideas on how to fix this. System: ASUS MB...
View Articlehttps://communities.vmware.com/message/2731371#2731371
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PSOD on HP DL380 G7
Hello All. I installed ESXi 6.0 on my DL380 g7 and it keeps crashing randomly when I am using the 2 VMs I have. I attached a picture of the error I am getting. I am starting to think its hardware...
View ArticleDiagnosing PDL [ESXi 6.x]
While studying for my VCP6-DCA I came across the following sample question: ----- start question -----An administrator runs the command esxcli storage core device list and sees the following output:...
View ArticleConsole Output via Serial port read by a Virtual Machine
Can we have the following setup in ESXi: Cisco Switch Console Port ----------ESXi Server Serial port------VM Machine using physical serial port I have used Physical Serial port option in ESXi server...
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Repair / Recover VMFS Volume
I have a situation where someone had an older vSphere 4.x cluster. The VMs were hosted off of a iSCSI SAN controller to the nodes in the cluster. The volume was 260GB originally when I made it a few...
View ArticleDelta and flat vmdk
Hi,I have this file from a broken 6.0 esxi machine (also hardware failure):xxx.vmdkxxx-0000001.vmdkxxx-0000001-delta.vmdkxxx-flat.vmdk I have to try to recover some data while I'm waiting for the new...
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No Coredump target has been configured
Hi there, My Host had ungrace shutdown over power failure, I had to reconfigure the Raid disks and to add the Host disks again as a data store to the host.Since that, I get the message "No coredump...
View ArticleDisabling SSLV2 and SSLV3 for ESXI 4.0, 4.1, 5.1 and 5.5
Hi, I'm new to this forum. Can anyone help me on this? I need to know where to get patches or updates for ESXI 4.0, 4.1, 5.1 and 5.5 for disabling SSLV2 and SSLV3. If there is no updates available...
View Articleatheros ar8171 vib driver
hi All I installed ESXi on a Asrock X99 Extreme6 mainboard. Everything works fine except the Atheros network interface.I allready tried the Atheros AR8161 VIB Driver and net-atl1: Attansic/Atheros L1...
View ArticleESX 6.0 virtual machine creation may fail because agent is unable to retrieve...
Hello Everyone, i am getting the error "virtual machine creation may fail because agent is unable to retrieve VM creation options from the host" while trying to perform the following actions on vSphere...
View ArticleTrying to run usb camera on the guest ubuntu vm, but camera shows only black...
Hello!Maybe someone can help me with this problem. I trying to connect usb camera to the Ubuntu 17.10 vm that hosts on VMware ESXi 6.5, vm successfully detected this device, but instead of an image...
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Any gotchas if I create VM in Workstation and then import to ESXi 6.0?
So the PC I'm on right now is Win7 running the latest version of VMware Workstation Player.I created a couple Win7 VM's on it and then copied them to a different PC running ESXi 5.5 (but has crappy...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 Kickstart Python Script joining to vCenter VCSA6.5
Please refer my documents on ESXi 5.5 and 6.0.ESXi Kickstart Python Script joining to vCenter VCSA6.5 Now please check the ESXi 6.5 join the vCenter VCSA 6.5 through the python script.The ESXi 6.5 has...
View ArticleESXI Disconnected from VC
HI , please any one healping my case that one if my esxi went to disconneted state from the vc and we conneted the esxi on vc its came up and running fine,after conneting i had check the up time of...
View ArticleExpandable Resource Pools
While studying for VCP6-DCV I came across the following question: ----- start question -----Resource pools have been configured to ensure that critical VMs are given adequate resources. Expandable...
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