vSphere 6.5/NFSv4.1 configuration and design
Hi all, Most of the documentation/blog posts/etc I have found discuss pre-6.0 NFSv3 implementations and design. Would someone mind commenting on my design proposal to see if it makes sense and follows...
View ArticleNvidia Grid K2 & RDP
Can you use the NVidia grid k2 GPU on a virtual machine without VMware horizon. can you use it on RDP or remote desktop connection? im maybe assuming if you can you have to change a setting somewhere...
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NFS 4.1 export mounts as read-only (RECLAIM_COMPLETE FS failed)
Seems to be the case that when mounting NFS 4.1 using Windows Server 2012 R2 as the endpoint people are getting the following error: 2015-08-15T13:55:59.460Z cpu0:34075 opID=e5c595d5)NFS41:...
View ArticleCPU Cores With Hyperthreading
How does the hyperthreading work on virtual machines. if you have a CPU with 22 Cores & 44 Threads. Does that mean you can have say 22 Core - 11 dual core VM's44 Threads - 22 dual core VM'sBoth -...
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 ArticleESXi 6 keeps randomly freezing
I'm currently in the process of setting up 2 ESXi hosts. I have one up and running with several VM's running on iscsi datastores.Randomly since setup the host becomes unresponsive. I can't ping the...
View ArticlePass through storage controller question
Hi, I have built a desktop PC which runs ESXi 5.5 booting off USB stick and all I/O hardware is recognised. I want to run NAS software on a VM and have it directly control the hard disks in the PC,...
View ArticleAfter HA event (host crash), VMs start without network connected
I've got a cluster of several hosts. Network is set to use a distributed switch. I have the default VM restart priority set to disabled as I don't have enough capacity at the moment to power on all vms...
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Unable to add existing datastore without formatting.
As the title says I can't add a datastore without formatting the entire partition. Does anyone have a way to fix this? I've searched countless forums and still no cigar.
View Articleesxi 6.5 domain join with smb 2.0?
host: esxi 6.5.0 vmkernel release build 5969303domain controller: server 2016 standard with latest cumulative updateno firewall in place. when adding the esxi host to the domain with SMB 1.0 protocol...
View Article5.5 boot problems - crash/hang after 'swapobj loaded successfully'
Hi - I have had ESXi running successfully for several months on a Dell PowerEdge 2950 with two mirrored drives to boot and a raid 5 array of three drives. This on a PERC 6i controller. Recently, it...
View ArticleRecommended dual port SFP+ 10gig card?
Hi, I'm looking for some recommendations on dual port pci-e network cards to connect to a 10 gigabit switch using OM4 850nm MM fiber optic LC to LC cable.I am trying to keep the budget at $200 or less...
View ArticleUnable to launch VMware Remote Console on Linux
I have installed VMRC 10.1 on Fedora 26. I am unable to get this to start when using the links in vCenter. I am also unable to read the log files unless I am root, could this be the issue? How do I set...
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Startup error after hardware failure while consolidate VM
Hi there, we have a Problem with starting a VM.Yesterday we start to consolidate Snapshots from an VM. This was interrupted by an error from hardware failure or something else.Now i cant start the VM...
View ArticlepCPU vs vCPU - Relation/Ratio
Hi all. I have a doubt concerning the relation between the physical capacity and virtual capacity for processing. Suppose that I have a cluster which has 3 servers with 2 pCPU, each pCOU with 10 cores...
View ArticleIntel CPU bug - VMware fix on the way?
I've read up on forums, mailing lists and on The Register that there seems to be a severe hardware bug with Intel CPUs:'Kernel memory leaking' Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign...
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ESXi passthrough DirectPath I/O LSI2008 PCI does not persist on reboot
I've configured an ESXi 6 test environment inside a Dell T7500 workstation to duplicate some of my professional systems. One virtual machine is a FreeNAS storage system. I've installed a LSI M1015 card...
View ArticleERROR: LVM Major or Minor version Mismatch, Not supported
After running the command: voma -m vmfs -f check -d /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6842b2b012fa1400ff00003a03c20206:1 it returns with an error ERROR: LVM Major or Minor version Mismatch, Not supported, ERROR:...
View ArticleShare an NFS datastore from 2 different ESXi hosts
I have an ESXi (free) standalone host and a vSphere infrastructure based on 4 ESXi hosts.I need to let either the ESXi standalone host and one of the ESXi hosts member of the vSphere infrastructure...
View ArticleHi Guys! Someone help me fix a error small about config modem
I have already bought a new modem! But i can't config it! Please hepl me! Thanks a lot!
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