vCenter 6.5 - vcenter appliance stops working out of the blue, AGAIN!!
This happened to me a few months ago on a fresh install of the vcenter appliance 6.5. It just stopped working a week or two after applying an update. Services would not start and there was no...
View ArticlevSphere 6.5 U1 - Driver for Dell PERC H710 Mini
I just upgraded my Dell PowerEdge R320 to 6.5 U1. When I go into the Host - Monitor - Hardware - Storage, I get the message "The Small Footprint CIM Broker Daemon (SFCBD) is running, but no data has...
View ArticleThe Small Footprint CIM Broker Daemon (SFCBD) is running, but no data has...
I have one T620 DELL server with vmware6.5 in my hardware storage monitoring have problem
View ArticleWhy can't I copy/paste files between VM and my machine?
Hello everybody As per this KB article (http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1026437) I have set these options on the ESXi hosts. Even...
View ArticleRecovered ESXi Lost it's VM's
Hi All I hope you can help because I've got an issue that's a killer. we run about 8 ESXi 5.5 and 6 boxes out in Offices with limited internet to provide local DC, FNP and Applications they need in...
View ArticleLBT VS Etherchannel
I am installing few rack servers to put in a new VMware data center. My focus is networking on the physical switch side. Each server has two 10GbE nic cards for vDS to support multiple ports group. I...
View ArticleTransport (VMDB) error -45: Failed to connect to peer process
Hi, I am using ESXi 5.5, build 1281650. I am having the problem of not being able to start any VM's without getting the following message Transport (VMDB) error -45: Failed to connect to peer...
View ArticleEOL format in commands
I need to parse data, which just got a lot when I found the esxcli --formatter=keyvalue,which for example gives me data like this. The data I treat as a String Question: Can I always assume each line...
View ArticleIntel dual port 82599EB cards not getting detected properly
I have ESXi 5.0 FREE version; works great except this one issue I cannot resolve.I have 2x Intel NICs, 10GE dual port 82599EB. Issue: only first 1st port of the card is getting detected and available...
View ArticleUnable to increase disk space
Hi, I have a problem with a virtual machine, it is not possible to expand the space, I have other machines in the usual esxi that have no problems, no problem in other esxi, how can I do? Can I expand...
View ArticleVMWare Remote Console Utility?
I am looking for a utility to organize and manage VMWare Remote Console connections outside the VSphere Web Client. My scenario is this: I want to setup a Test Lab with no IP connectivity to my...
View ArticleVMs intermittent loses network connectivity.
Hi, We have a strange problem/bug in our new VMware cluster. Environment BL460 gen10 with HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB AdapterHPE C7000 chassis vSphere 6.0 (build 6775062)ESX01,ESX03 and ESX03 are...
View ArticleIntel Sighting
There are so many postings and discussions about Meltdown and Spectra. They are keep getting updated.We have applied the early release VMware patches and BISO update for E5-2699 V4 CPU.I think there is...
View Articleapplying assigned licenses to ESXi machines
Is there an ESXi command line command that can apply assigned licenses? I got a list of the assigned licenses my company acquired, the ESXi machines still have evaluation license on them. I need to...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 - USB HID Devices into Guest VM
Hello Everyone, I'll start by saying I've spent the last few days consistently trying to find a solution to my problem. If the answer is obviously out there, I'm sorry, cause I missed it. My host has...
View Articlehow to create a vm in esxi 6.5
Hi i created a vm on my server running esxi and i logged in from a windows 10 computer on the same lan.. Now i have some operating systems on the windwos 10 computer that im managing the ESXI server...
View ArticleHow can I mount a local ISO without uploading via the web console?
how can I mount a local ISO without uploading via the web console? like how the vSphere client used to be?
View ArticleESXI 6.5U1 Finds incorrect PCI ID
I have ESXI 6.5U1 installed and am trying to pass through a USB controller to my windows 10 VM. I have set it for passthrough: I can then choose it as a new device in my VM config: When I try and...
View ArticleEsxi 6.5 Virtual Machine Startup / Shutdown options?
In older versions of esxi vSphere client for windows, you use to be able to set the VM’s to start and stop when the host machine was powered on/off by going to Configuration tab and Virtual Machine...
View Article[SOLVED] Problems getting the IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller to work...
I had the IBM ServeRAID M1015 running OK with ESXi 5.1 until an extended power failure that outlasted the UPS backup. The ESXi 5.1 on a USB got corrupted so I decided to install fresh using ESXi 6.5....
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