usb modems will not dialout after 6.5 upgrade
I have 2x USB modems inside a Server 2008R2 instance for remote connectivity to customers. After upgrading to esxi 6.5, I can still see the USB modems inside the VM and inside the OS displaying as...
View Article6.5.0 (Build 5310538) heavy load - no reaction
Hello We hade this night an issue, with our esxi-Server. The esxi didn't respond at all. It wasn't possible to logon in at the local terminal. After a reboot it worked again. As an attachment the...
View ArticleWhat vSphere Essentials 6.5 backup / restore VMs are available?
In follow Up - how simple and quick would it be to take a backup/snapshot made on failed hardware - and restore it to other hardware. I am building a Windows 2012 R2 Essentials server and considering...
View ArticleОшибка - Error 'Virtual SMP' not licensed
Добрый день всем!Подскажите, пожалуйста, чтобы запустить ВМ с 1 сокетом, но на 16 ядер нужно приобретать Essential Kit ?Сейчас система выдает ошибку при запуске ВМ Feature 'Virtual SMP' not licensed,...
View ArticleWhy does ESXi 6 host only see 1 LUN through HBA 12 go SAS ?
Hello, I Installed our new small virtual architecture with 2 x D430 and one direct storage SCV2020. Through my vcenter appliance I can see the Avago (LSI Logic) Dell 12Gbps SAS HBA and succedeed in...
View Articlempt3sas and VVol PE warnings
We have couple of Dell R630 with Dell 12Gbps SAS HBA connected to Compellent SCv2020. We use DELL-ESXi-6.0U3-5224934-A01 and mpt3sas driver instead of default lsi-msgpt3. I can see four "Sanity check...
View ArticleAggiunta Host in un cluster esistente
Ciao a tutti,Ho configurato un nuovo host nella mia infrastruttura vmware.In questa infrastruttura ho 1 cluster con 3 host.Ora ho bisogno di mettere un nuovo host (il quarto) nel cluster, ma quando lo...
View ArticleUnable to mount downloaded VMDK - datastore not stating its a virtual disk
I have a datastore with several VMs for which I can download the VMDK to my workstation and mount them easily. Problem is for one VM (which is working perfectly) I face the following,The datastore...
View ArticleAfter doing a group vmotion, vms stop pinging for a significate time and then...
I am adding some new hosts to an existing 5.5 u3 cluster. After building and adding I have them sitting in maintenance mode. To validate builds I place cluster DRS to manual and exit maintenance mode...
View ArticleRunning local operating sytem and usb ESXI host same time
Is it possible for me to have access to my local operating system while running the esxi host off a usb stick? I want to be able to run the host and have access to OS so I can log into the client. If...
View Article'ukpStatsProvider.VSIStatsImpl' failed to get vsi stat set: Sysinfo error on...
Hostd.log in one the host (ESXi 5.5 Update 3)is flooded with the below message(more than 200K logs per day!):<<2017-07-19T16:25:40.704Z [2CBEBB70 warning 'ukpStatsProvider.VSIStatsImpl'] failed...
View Articlestrange ESXi behavior
All, I see a strange behavior of ESXi host in the VCenter (Essential Kit for 3 servers). I disconnected several local HDDs in the raid5 volume.Local disk is changed its status to failed at the health...
View ArticleA general system error occured: Timed out waiting for vxpa to start
My vCenter server is 6.0 and I am trying to bring in a host with version 6.5 and I get the above error.Do I need to down grade my host to v6.0?
View ArticleDL380 G7 stuck loading at vmkibft loaded
Hi, I have an old DL380 G7 on which I have run an SPP update from April this year, and runs Bios P67.This model is listed on the HCL for old version like 5.0 and 5.5, including 6.0 plus updates. I have...
View ArticleAbout host memory - does maxing = crashing?
Say a host has 64GB of memory and vms are using up to 60GB for example. Does it mean I can still use the rest of the 4GB? What I mean is, does the host take what ever it needs and what ever is left is...
View ArticleVmotion a virtual machine failed with error: Failed to resume on the...
Hello, I have a question for Vmotion a virtual machine failed. The vmvare.log reported: Failed to resume on the destination: Failure. Exiting... The vmkernel.log :2017-07-20T07:19:24.315Z...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Migration of VM's from vsphere 4.x to vsphere 6.5
Hi, I am planning to migrate [V2V] VM's from vsphere 4.x to 6.5, I would like to know the process/best practices/ expected behavior, if any one did it in past. Thank you,Vkmr.
View ArticleClik here to view.
NFS 4.1 on ESXi 6.5: unable to browse datastore
I mounted a NFS 4.1 share on ESXi 6.5a (single host, no vcenter). This is the CLI command, but I can also mount it via web interface: esxcli storage nfs41 add -a AUTH_SYS -H 192.168.98.4 -v MyLinuxNFS...
View ArticleVMware guests CTRL-F function not opening search function box
Hi, I have an issue with the windows shortcut Ctrl-F which is not working on a few guests on a VMware Vsphere 5.5. Initally the CMD regsvr32 oleacc.dll was able to bring up the search function...
View ArticleFirmware Support Raid-Controller Lenovo ServeRaid M5210
Hello We are not sure if our ServerRAID M5210 and the newest stable Firmware (4.620.00-8080) is supportet or not by esxi 6.5: Model :ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller ReleaseDevice DriverFirmware...
View Article