VMXNET3 Adapter causing performance issues with SQL & other database...
We have found at more than 7 sites whom we have built on or upgraded to ESXi 6 and we are using the VMXNET3 adapter extreme slowness to SQL and other database applications. Here is what we have...
View ArticleiSCSI Port
Running VMWare 5.5 I have set up one ESX server. I am trying to get this ESX to connect to a iSCSI SAN. I've created a VMkernal port as a standard switch with one physical adaptor. I go to the...
View Articleis it possible to install ESXi 6.5 on SLC Flash Drive? I get error
I am very new to this, I was able to install esxi 6.5 on sandisk fit 32 gb. I figured I would try to install it on SLC flash drive and then clone it as back up on sandisk.I am using Mac mini 6,2 16 gb...
View ArticleError booting into esxi 6.5 after upgrade - NFS: 221
I recently tried upgrading my host from 6.0 to 6.5 and everything seemed to go fine. However, after rebooting at hangs while running rc scripts. When looking at the logs I am receiving an error over...
View Articleraw mapped disks disconnecting randomly
I have an issue with raw mapped disks.first of all, I have 4x Seagate disks raw mapped that have been working perfectly (for the last 6 years at least) As I'm now looking to upgrade the storage I have...
View Articlevmxnet3 on ESX 6.0 sets eop field incorrectly in Rx descriptor even when...
Hello experts, We have FreeBSD vm on esx 6.0 (the base OS revision) with vmxnet3 as one of the interfaces on top of a vswitch. Jumbo MTU is not enabled on the vswitch. In our guest driver, we find eop...
View ArticleWhat Is The Difference Between Eager Zero And Lazy Zero Thick Provision Disks?
When we allocate disks in VMware, we have to specify thin provisioned, thick provisioned eager zero or thick provisioned lazy zero, but what is the difference?
View ArticleNo storage vmotion with ESXi 6.5 Host Client?
Hi,I am using ESXi 6.5 as a standalone server on a HPE Microserver Gen8 (without vcenter) - just with the host client.I am still in the evaluation mode, so all licenses should be there.I am trying now...
View ArticleDoes ESXi support Intel Quick Sync pass through?
My goal is to use esxi passthrough to enable Quick Sync (HEVC) encoding on Kaby Lake CPUs. As a test, I installed esxi 6.5 on an old intel Nuc - 5th Gen Haswell i5. This Nuc should support Quick Sync...
View ArticleESXi with attached HP MDS storage LUN invisible issue.
Hi All, I have come accross a situation where ESXi host with attached HP MDS storage went down suddenly due to power outage and come up again. What i observed after coming online both, two LUNs were...
View Articlevmware esxi booting issue
I have installed esxi 6 in vmware workstation 12 .But after booting ,when i press f2 key for customise system it got stuck.I tried by restarting guest operating system,but i still getting the same...
View ArticleA question about HA.
Hello.I have a VMWare ESXi 6 host with a Windows Server VM. I like to run HA. I prepared another server with VMWare ESXi 6 and I want to know on new server I must have a Windows Server VM like host 1?...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 - Can't Increase Datastore Size
I have a server that I recently upgraded from 5.5 to 6.5 and later added an additional hard drive to the internal RAID array. When looking at the "Devices" tab in the storage section, the new increased...
View Articlewinodws10 On ESXi5.5 with no audio device
Hi, I have installed windows 10 on esx5.5 with H/w version 10.No sound output device is installed. Device manager i could not see sound,video and game controller. How to resolve issue. regardsManiee.
View ArticleHP Smart Array controller Health Status with non HP Server and ESXi 5
For the upgrade to VSphere 5 of our existing HP Prolient servers we wanted to use newer Supermicro Units but stay with the Hp Smart Array P410i controllers and disks we had before. For this task we...
View ArticleIt may be long to migrate a VM from a datastore to another.. or not
Hello, I am testing the migration of VMs between two datastores. Small VMs go pretty quickly (few minutes), a bigger one goes slowly and I can't see why. The situation : I am alone to work on the test...
View ArticlevCenterServer 6.0U3b with ESXI Hosts 6.0.0 4600944 (Dell customized) ?
Hello, I have a system with three ESXi Hosts and one vCenter Server all running on ESXi 5.1.0 (1483097).I don't want to upgrade the vCenter Server (on W2012R2), but install a new one. The ESXI host...
View ArticleAre vmware patches cumulative ?
Hi Folks I am about to update vcenter and ESXIs from vsphere 6.0 to update 3. Just curious if I have to install Update 1 and 2 in sequence or can I install update 3 directly.
View ArticleUNMAP in ESXi 6.0, EnableBlockDelete and Windows 2012 R2 VMs
Hi, with regards to enabling Windows 2012 R2 VMs to automatically perform the UNMAP upon a file deletion within the OS and have this command passed onto the host and up to the storage level, I...
View ArticleEVC on ESXi 5.5 Cluster of both Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 (Haswell) and Intel...
I have an existing Cluster of ESXi 5.5 Hosts (build 2068190), running on Cisco UCS blades running Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 (codename Haswell). I have purchased additional Cisco UCS blades and they are...
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