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High memory usage alert after upgrading to vSphere 6
Last night I upgraded my last ESX host from vSphere 5.5 to vSphere 6 update 2 + patches. Ever since updating the VMware tools on my SQL server VM, I have been getting a "high virtual machine memory...
View ArticleESXI 6.0 patching
Hi Guys, In my infra i have ESXI 6.0 with below build..ESXi 6.0 Update 3a (Patch 5)ESXi600-2017060012017-06-065572656My question is how can i update it to ESXi 6.0...
View ArticleWhy RSS Capable is False on VMXNET3?
Hello, I have VM with VMXNET3 and Windows Server 2016 Receive Side Scaling is Enabled: PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-NetAdapterRss Name :...
View ArticleInstall ESXi 5.5 on HPE ProLiant 380 Gen10 Server
Hi@all,we have the challange to temporarily install VMware ESXi 5.5 on a brand new HP DL380 Gen10 Server (because of installed VMware Horizon 6.0.1 limitation).All support matrixes and QuickSpecs are...
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 Article(ESXi 6.5) Cloning a .vmdk to NFS share works with NFS v3 only, using NFS v4...
Hi all, I hope somebody could bring some light on this - I posted here to help others that may end up in the same situation: ESXi 6.5 --> Datastore1: iSCSI Qnap (main VM datastore) -->...
View ArticleUsing a USB drive to backup VM in ESXi 6.5
Hi all! I'm using an ESXi 6.5 with some virtual machines to conduct some use case at university. I do not have a full structure nor the ESXi is a production machine (this means I can stop the service...
View ArticleConsole Sessions
This is freaking me out. I just installed VMware ESXI 6.5 nd has a guest OS of Windows 2016. After a while that the guest OS is powered on, there will be a pop up message on the top of the screen that...
View ArticleESXi 5.5 prevents HDD spin down
Hello! First, sorry for my bad english! I have a problem with my ESXi 5.5. I am running a VM as NAS with Openmediavault. I am using four HDDs which the host accesses as physical RDMs....
View ArticleVMware P to V of RHEL5 with multiple partitions
Hello All, So I am going to be converting 2 Physical RHEL 5 servers to VM's and had a few questions 1. The physical box was configured with multiple mounts / luns I would like to simplify this if...
View ArticleESXi supported quad-port NIC for 32-bit 'conventional PCI' slot (non-express)...
Hi everyone, apologies if this is in the wrong section and/or off topic.... I'm somewhat of a newbie to virtualisation and networking but currently have a whitebox ESXI 5.5 machine (unsupported i know,...
View ArticlevSphere 6.5 and UCS B200M4's
Hi All, I am working on a deployment involving vSphere 6.5 and Cisco UCS B200M4's. I cannot get the M4's to detect any iSCSI storage adapters and cannot create any software iSCSI adapters. If I...
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ESXi 6.5 Deploy ova from Datastore
Hello to all, can you please guys help me on how to deploy an ova file from my datastore on the ESXi that I have? [6.5.0 Update 1 (Build 6765664)] I cant find a way how to do that! Thank you
View ArticleUSB Serial Modem Passthrough
I have a huawei E3372 modem which is running as a USB serial modem on a physical Ubuntu 16.04 host. Now I would like to get in running on a VM running in Esxi 6.5, but somehow I'm not able to connect...
View Articlevm locked
Hello,i have the esxi 5.1. build 2323236 whit an virtual machine linux locket .1) I can not back up because it faults (Veeam . Trilead)2) i can not copy because it faults 3) the vm start on and work...
View ArticleESXi:6.5U1 kickstart reading failed with IPv6 address
I am trying to automate ESXi:6.5U1 installation using IPv6 Pxe. In "boot.cfg" I gave the kickstart path using IPv6 address. During OS installation my setup is unable to fetch kickstart using this.,but...
View ArticleLAB - Shared Storage Advice for 2 Physical ESXi Hosts
I have had 2 physical ESXi boxes (HP Proliant Gen8) running 5.5 for a while now and would like to try and explorer the advantages that shared storage brings. I have a spare HP N36L - would this be...
View ArticleRufus (free utility) takes 2 minutes to create a bootable USB flash drive for...
Just an FYI, one of those rare Windows open source gems that are getting increasingly hard to find on the web these days, amidst a see of downloader payloads. I've found Rufus to be very handy for...
View ArticleRESET root password
HI All, What is best possible way to rest the ESXi root password. Esxi 6.5.0 version
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