vsphere license : service and subscription
can i update security patches if my license has expired its service and subscription ?vsphere esxi/vcenter enterprise plus license.
View ArticleESXi /store folder / datastore is lost
Hey guys, There is a problem I haven't found a solution yet. On one of my ESXi the datastore the folder /store is symlinking at is not available anymore. I was not aware that this ESXi was configured...
View ArticleCannot download Vsphere Hypervisor 6 (free) - download link does not work
This has been happening since at least Saturday, and others have reported this as well (in the regular Hypervisor forums). https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi6 Neither the...
View ArticleVMFS 6 on RAID 0 best practices discussion
Hello guys,Please share your ideas for disks best performance using SAS2208 based RAID 0 (4x DC SSD).Guest VM has thick eager zeroed disks.What suppose to be a strip size on RAID? Should I do it same...
View ArticleHow to virtualize a MSCS using vmdks as shared disk
Hello, I want to virtualize a test Microsoft Cluster with a SQL-Server instance using Cluster in a Box (CIB) <-- two cluster nodes on the same ESXi. I have some SAN disks (quorum and SQL-Server data...
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Unable to Start VM in ESXi 6.5
Good day everyone, I am totally new here and need help! I installed ESX 6.5i on my HP Microserver about a year ago and gave it to a friend of mine to put a VM of 2012 Server on it which he did and...
View ArticleRaid 10 and Input/output error
We've an ESXi 6 server ( Build 2039750 ) that was running fine for months. It uses an LSI Megaraid RAID card with 8 SSDs + Battery in RAID 10. The RAID controller reports no issue and we didn't had any...
View Articleinsufficient configured resources to satisfy the desired vsphere HA failover...
hi,ESXi 6.5 and VCenter appliance 6.5.i have a cluster with 3 hosts with one of them as dedicated failover host, when enabling the Admission control i am receiving the below warning :insufficient...
View ArticleEnabling - Editing System TCP/IP NetStack - vMotion
I'm looking to enable the vMotion TCP/IP Stack prior to migrating the VMK to use the Stack. Setting DNS Values, Domain Name and default gateway to allow for L3 capabilitiesI ma hoping to compete this...
View ArticleCannot add network adapter to ESXi 6.5 VM?
I have a fresh install of ESXi 6.5 on a very vanilla Dell server, default Broadcom networking, etc. In VMware Network config, I have a very ordinary networking setup - one management network, one data...
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dcui does nothing in SSH console
I SSH into my esxi 6.5 box and type dcui ... nothing happensOver in vCenter it says it is running .... any ideas?
View ArticleSlow cold migration over 10GB network
Hi there, I've been troubleshooting a bunch of servers that have a single 10GB connection each, as when moving VMs around using cold migration, the transfer speeds are between 400-500mbit. I've got...
View ArticleHow to unlock a VMDK file in ESX 4.0 via SSH ?
Is there a command that will get this done? Or if the VMDK file doesnt exist but the ESX host still think it's there even after rebooting how would I clear the VMDK or the lock of the device resource out?
View ArticleProblems with vSwitch (Lab 7 task 3 VMWARE ICM 6.0 official lab guide)
Hello everybody. I am following the step by step guide of the official VMWare ICM 6.0. I am completely stuck on "Lab 7: Using Standard Switches", task 3 "Assigning VM a new port group". It has to be...
View ArticleEsxi VM Memory Tweaking
I'm looking for information/pointers on what to look at when observing and tuning memory allocations. Examples - 2008r2 VM, remote desktop services, users logged on, 2xVCPU, 12228MB ram configured, in...
View ArticleESXi datastore configuration
I have an application where I need to sustain 2+ GByte/sec throughput and im finding that the default datastore configuration is not supplying anywhere near that throughput.Im looking for a way to...
View Articlerdm disks can't be remove from the vm when the vm has snapshot
1.create a vm and attach a rdm disk(-z mode)to it2.take a snapshot.3.after that, the rdm disk can't be delete due to the error "Failed - Invalid configuration for device '7'. Cannot remove virtual disk...
View ArticleVirtual machine cpu throttling after Vmware esxi upgrade
Hi all,I have updated one of my host in my production infrastracture to the last Vmware patchs (esxi version 5.5.0 5230635) After that, all VM that run on this host have serious problem of cpu...
View ArticleMultiple Vcenter servers Rvtools report at a time
I am managing 25 Vcenter servers,When I need of Rvtools I am running for 25 VC's manually Is there any script to pull all Vcenter servers data at time.
View ArticleOpenSUSE Leap Suport
Hello, I was checking in the VMware Compatibility Guide for Guest OS and I found that only include opensuse from 11.2 to 12.2 but no one of the newest openSUSE Leap 42.1 and 42.2 or the OpenSUSE...
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