Unhandled Exception - Changing VM Settings
Hi, I have a error when I try to select my VM in order to modifiy parameters.I want to add a new disk, but this error revents me systematically from accessing the parameters of the vm...
View ArticleMonitoring Memory in ESXi Embedded Host Client
Team, Can someone please help me understand why, when I go to a VM's Monitor | Performance tab, the client displays the "RAM" setting for the VM and not the actual amount of memory the VM is using?...
View ArticleDistributed Switch kernel IP addressing dilemma
Hi all, I've got a strange, perhaps a silly question concerning VDSwitch kernels. I have two VDSwitches which are assigned to one vmnic each: VDSwitch1 > vmnic4 and VDSwitch2 > vmnic5. In each...
View ArticleFailed to reconfigure virtual machine NAME. Invalid operation for device '1'....
Similar to Failed to reconfigure Virtual machine (Extending Disk space) in ESXi version 6.5 - I am unable to expand my disk space on my VM. Any ideas as to why? Failed to reconfigure virtual machine...
View ArticleInstall a NameCheap SSL cert onto Esxi without vcenter
I want to use a NameCheap SSL certificate on Esxi but not quite sure how to do it. The demos I have seen all use VCenter to do the job and I don't have that. Any pointers to where I may find the info I...
View ArticleResetting vCenter Server Appliance password
Hello, After I was prompted to change the password for root when i tried to sign into the appliance, the new password I have entered does now not work. Is there some possible option why this could be...
View ArticleESXi Web Client error
Dear all, I am having this error after logging in into my EXSi on web. Could you help me what is the problem here? Thank you,
View ArticleAfter updating certificate in ESXi Web Console, could not connect to Host. An...
Hi All, i have generated and installed certificate on esxi 6.0 server trough web console, after that i am not able to access web console and vSpehare console.Exsi host and VM's are running fine. Below...
View ArticleDelete invalid virtual machine entry in web client
Hello, in a standalone esxi 6.5, during the import of a vm via web client I stopped it, so now I have an entry in the web client that point to a vmx file that doesn't exists: in the list of virtual...
View ArticleSecond NIC not connected to kernel port
On my ESXi host on vSphere 6.5 I have 2 physical NIC's configured with nic teaming. They're configured to the switch as:-Nic teaming (Route based on originating port ID).-vmnic0 Uplink1, vmnic1 Uplink2...
View ArticleS.M.A.R.T test on ESXI 6.5 - CANNOT open device
Hi, I want to launch a S.M.A.R.T test on my harddrive disk.I found this code : esxcli storage core device list | grep ' Display Name:'| cut -d'(' -f2 | cut -d')' -f1 |while read DISKdo...
View ArticleGuest VBS Support
Hi, I can't find any information on if VBS is supported on any ESXi version, does anyone know?I've found out that "Guest VBS Support" has been added for Workstation/Fusion 14. Am I therefor right to...
View ArticleSlow snapshot CREATION. Stun + 8 seconds
Dear all, When I create a snapshot for VMs with many disks, the machines are paused (stunned) for up to 10 seconds depending on how many disks they have. I know that consolidating a snapshot may take...
View Articlelink down
HI.If I look to physical NICs on my ESXi 6.4 server, I see the second network card (added to my Fujitsu PRIMERGY TX150 s7server) all the time as link down even if the network cable is attached to it...
View ArticleLSI and ESXi 6.5
Looking for a solution to have my ESXi host report failed drives to me. I have tried the Avago MSM. I cant get it to send out Emails. I do not know of a service that it works with.Also this app...
View ArticleRAID is not detected during ESXi 5.1 installation
It is required to install ESXi 5.1 on an HP DL320 G6. The server has 4 disks of 250 GB and the possibilities of RAID are: RAID 1 + 0 or RAID 0. The option RAID 1 + 0 is chosen. During the installation...
View ArticleConfiguration won't save, /bootbank No space left on device
Noticed that my ESXi host (5.1.0) wasn't saving any of my configuration changes after a reboot. I dug around a little, and tried to manual backup the config but get the below errors. Any idea how to...
View ArticleMount a ISO file in multiple VM's concurrently.
Hi, I found i can mount the same ISO file to 8 VM's virtual CD-ROM at the same time, but failed with the ninth VM. Is there any limitation about it ? Thank you.
View ArticleHow to disable ESXi Passthrough my findings
There is no easy way to do it, it seems. So I wanted to say that I couldn't afford to do an upgrade on my server and my service provider wanted $30 for IPMI access. I have searched countless forums on...
View ArticleVMICTimeProvider?
I'm investigating a time shift issue with several 2008 R2 guests on vSphere 4.0. Time synch between guest and ESX has been disabled in VMTools but one of the customers engineers has asked me to...
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