ESXI DataStore Errors
So I'm having a problem while trying to create datastores, I get to the select partitioning options when trying to make a DataStore in the HTML5 configurator for ESXI 6.5 and I get this error:Cause:...
View ArticleMemory limit doesn't accept the negative value
Trying to edit a vm, results in the error you can see. If I reload the page it works again, but one time only.Firefox 55.0.2 (it works ok in chrome ..) - no love for the only browser that does not sell...
View ArticleLun Migration from Esxi host to a Physical Server without formatting
Hello Everyone. We have an Esxi host to which a LUN is mounted from EMC. That LUN is further mounted to a VM which is a database server as VMDK not RDM.However, we need to migrate that LUN from the...
View ArticleKB4088875 and KB4088878 vmxnet3
does this happen only on vmxnet3 adapters on 2008 machines? I pastched a host with E1000 and was unaffected
View ArticlePXE EFI Boot not working
Hello, (Update: I move this question to ESXi forum because I think it is more related to it...) we are trying to boot a virtual machine by using PXE EFI boot and we are unable. This is our setup:-...
View ArticleHow do I force a mount of a VMFS volume ?
I have a Raid 10 volume with a 700 Gb vmfs-volume and cant mount it with Viclient. How can I mount it from cli ?
View ArticleBlack Console Screen after updating from 4.1 to 5.5
I have a Proliant ML110 G6 Server with a Xeon Quad Core X3430 CPU and 16 GB RAM It was working fine with ESX 4.1. I decided to update it to 5.5, because I don't think 6.5 will run on this hardware. I...
View ArticleCSR for ESXi 6.0 using Certificate manager
Hi, Currently in our production enviornment we are using default self signed certificates on all of our ESXi 6.0 hosts. I need to replace default certificates with CA signed certificates on all of ESXi...
View ArticleCan't backup VM through Veeam while Gust OS running
We can't backup VM through Veeam(Third part tool) while running Gust OS. I got the following error, Failed to get file...
View ArticleESXi upgrade from 5.1 to 5.5 storage question
Is it still best practice to remove the SAN LUNs when doing an inplace upgrade or was that just for the initial installs? I'm using update manage to do the upgrade if that matters. It's been awhile...
View ArticleBootable Custom ESXi iso works in fusion, but not vSphere...
So little weirded out here. I created a custom ESXi 6.5U1 iso w/ a KS.CFG and modified BOOT.CFG using the below command:mkisofs -relaxed-filenames -J -R -o ~/Desktop/esxi65u1auto.iso -b ISOLINUX.BIN...
View ArticleESXi 6.0 - How to match virtual disks in esxi with the devices in the OS?
I have a set of luns all defined as virtual disks in ESXi 6.0, they are all the same size and presented to the same host.On the host side, we are deleting one of the devices, but im not sure how to...
View ArticleBest Practices for Horizon 7 with NSX
We are preparing for a new implementation for Horizon on top of NSX. and also we are working on the design phase.So we are collecting and finding all best practices and advice. Please advice,
View ArticleWindows 2016 failover cluster on ESXi 6.0
Hi, I'm trying to setup a new windows 2016 failover cluster but when I validate my cluster i get some errors/warnings. ESXi 6.0u2RDMs (3par 7000)Windows 2016 VMs Error/Warning message :List Disks To Be...
View ArticleRequired config parameter [amqp_password] is missing
hi sir, please advise why this happen ,after install vmware tools Centos 6.7 ,64bit, vmware 6.0 3382124 , only this version have this problem %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S,542[1480]: CommAmqpListener:...
View Articlevmxnet3_dev_start(): Device activation: UNSUCCESSFUL
Hi All, I am trying to use vmxnet3 PMD in a VM hosted on ESXi 6.5 hypervisor. When the interface link is brought up in VM, observing the following error from vmxnet3_dev_start() function of...
View ArticleVMware ESXi with FreeNAS (iSCSI) storage
Hello I have the following problem: After installing VMware ESXi server I tried to create a datastore on a FreeNAS using iSCSI protocol. 1. The part of the storage itself was solved easily: I created...
View Articleesxi 6.5 lsusb show usb device but host only show avocent mass storage...
hi all!i just upgrade from 5.5 to 6.5 and when i try to add my usb3 hd its not working ...the only usb device available is this avocent mass storage function.. it was working fine on 5.5any clue...
View ArticleSo where's the fixed CPU microcode update already??
Intel released the fixed Spectre microcode on 02/20/18. It looks like most of the hardware vendors have released it as BIOS upgrades already, some the same week Intel released it. Here we are now...
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