VCenter 6.5 U1 Console over RDP
Hi, We can't access vcenter directly (security policy), so we have to establish RDP connection to jump host and than connect to vcenter. But over RDP vmware guest console is unusable, it eats...
View ArticlePetition VMware to Open Source ESXi Thick Client
It's been almost 3 years (1189 days to be exact) since kgottleib openly complained about the web client: vSphere Web Client SUCKs so bad that my experience managing and supporting VMware has turn to...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 Shared Storage between 2 Guests
I have an ESXi 6.5 host with 2 guests (Windows 10 and Ubuntu). This is my first time using ESXi. The host has 2 storage devices (an SSD and a HDD), datastore1 is the SSD and datastore2 is the HDD. The...
View ArticleESXi offline bundle error
Hallo I have a problem to update a ESXi 6.0.0 with the offline bundle zip. I downloaded the original offline bundle zip and copied via scp to the ESXi host. If I use the CLI Command „ esxcli software...
View ArticleUnable to Increase Thin Provisioned Disk Size
Hello! I'm trying to increase the size of the disk size of our VM. It's a 40GB, thin provisioned, but the "Maximum Size (GB)" part is grayed out (see attached). Shutting down the VM doesn't allow me to...
View ArticleMouse not working - vsphere 6.5 WEB CONSOLE and REMOTE CONSOLE using web...
Hi all When connecting to vcenter 6.5 appliance as well as directly to an ESXI host via web browsers in a windows RDP remote desktop/mstsc , the mouse becomes unavailable/stops working both WEB CONSOLE...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 connectivity issue on PowerEdge R430
Dear, We encountering connectivity issue on newly install esxi 6.5 on PE R430Whenever we preform file copy (30-40GB files size) from one of the VM Guest to another machine thought network (100MB), it...
View ArticlevSphere Distributed Switch VLAN trunked status
Hi, I get this alarm on my dswitch and it is surely because there is inconsistency between the VLAN I have configured on the physical switch and the virtual.In addition to reviewing the list...
View ArticleMigrating VCSA 6.5U1 from 6.0 to 6.5 ESXi host
Hello,I have a cluster of 4 hosts and trying to upgrade one after another to 6.5, but now I've the problem that I can't migrate the VCSA from a 6.0 to 6.5 host in the same cluster.The hardware of all...
View Article"Remote access for ESXi local user account 'root' has been locked for 120...
Hello everyone I got the following message every hour: "Remote access for ESXi local user account 'root' has been locked for 120 seconds..." I found a lot of information how to figure this out:...
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VMWare 5.5 vMotion configuration issues
Hi all, I was trying to configure vMotion properly in my new environment and cant seem to get it right, or working for that matter. I have 3 hosts, each are using 2 x fibre channels (lets call them...
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VMWare 5.5 vSphere HA has no errors or warnings but does not work, neither...
Hi all, I have 3 hosts running ESXi 5.5. I manage these hosts from a vCenter server. I have created a cluster out of these hosts and enabled HA on the cluster. There are no error messages or no...
View ArticlevSphere compatible RAID Controller
Hi, I have a P410 RAID Controller in my Server, according to this site: VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search it is supported up to vSphere 6.0 but I can't see anything about the latest...
View Articlevmxnet3 rxcompletion descriptor is returning len field as 0 for both Standard...
Hello experts, We are running the below ESX version and running FreeBSD 11 as guest with vmxnet3 interface.[root@localhost:~] uname -aVMkernel localhost 6.0.0 #1 SMP Release build-3620759 Mar 3 2016...
View ArticleDO we have powercli script to health check the ESXi hosts?
DO we have powercli script to health check the ESXi hosts?
View ArticleAndyg
Hi I need to set 2 new firewall rules on the esx server 6.5 they are TCP rules port 135 and 445 but the web client does not let me add these rules and they are not in the predefined rules ? can anyone...
View ArticleInstall ESXi 6.5
Hi my friends...I need to install the ESXi 6.5 on a notebook and I would like to know if it is compatible.HP ZBook 15 Studio G3 MOBILE WORKSTATIONXeon® E3-1505M v5 2.8GHzSSD 512GBRAM 32G Thank you.
View ArticleMemory map contains over lapping ranges.
Hi,Anyone has any idea about these messages:Memory map contains over lapping ranges.Multiboot memmap contains overlapping ranges. Server: HP DL980 G7 - 64 x 8 GB MemoryESXi 5.5 U3 (Any build)
View Articleany idea how to find which host a vm is on
I got a windows VM. is it possible to find which host the vm is on via its vmware tools?
View ArticleUnexpected Shut Down
Hi,I have a hosted solution (they look after the hardware, I look after the VM's and Windows). Three servers DC, Exchnage 2010 and a Remote Desktop. I have very little experience with ESXi The remote...
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