What host does during destroying svmmirror?
I have a questiong for svmotion.I move the vm to a new datastore, but it showed the error "Failed to resume destination VM". Then I check the vmkernel.log, some sentences caught my attention:SVM: 2463:...
View Articleerror: enumInstances No data received from server
Hi, I'm getting the following error when running the below command: [root@esxi:~] /usr/lib/vmware/vm-support/bin/swfw.shSoftware and Firmware versioning info from CIM Providers. error: enumInstances No...
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Passthrough CDRom vs Emulate CDRom in device Mode
Hi all. Just want to asking. May i know what is the different of Passthrough vs Emulate when we want to select device mode for new adding CD/DVD Drive in vm? Anyone can sharing an idea or info for...
View ArticleOVF generated for Vcenter 6.5 has backward compatibility issues with 6.0
OVF generated with older versions of ovftool(less than 4.2 ) uses SHA1 for manifest file which works fine on Vcenter 6.0 but not on vcenter 6.5. Same with OVF generated with 4.2 version of ovftool uses...
View ArticleGenerating a Certificate Signing Request that includes longer key length and...
Hi All, I was able to successfully make my vmca a subordinate signing authority. The problem is that my root CA uses a 4096bit key and sha512. When it minted the cert for the vmca the key is 2096 and...
View ArticleWindows Server Template
Hi, is it possible to create an image/ISO file, the content of this image file is a WIndows Server OS 2012 R2, update this with the recent updates and save this as a template for future installations...
View ArticleRDM mapped to Windows 2008 Server guest "file or directory is corrupted and...
I wanted to move an NTFS-formatted 4TB SATA drive from a Lubuntu machine to my Windows Server 2008 VM (running on an ESXI 6.5 host - Dell Optiplex 3010). I installed the drive in the server, then...
View Articleproblème lors del' installation de vsphere esxi 6
je veux installer le vsphere esxi 6 sur une machine virtuelle windows 7 pour faire une simulation d'un data center lors de l’installation ,un message d'erreur est apparu "The CPU has been disabled by...
View ArticlevSphere 6.5 U1 - Driver for Dell PERC H710 Mini
I just upgraded my Dell PowerEdge R320 to 6.5 U1. When I go into the Host - Monitor - Hardware - Storage, I get the message "The Small Footprint CIM Broker Daemon (SFCBD) is running, but no data has...
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...
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USB device unavailable after shutdown
So, we had a VM that was using an external USB drive for a legacy system (don't ask, I didn't set it up). After I put the host in Maintenance mode, and shut it down to add memory, the USB drive is no...
View ArticleRestore Broken Vsphere
Good Day,I have a failed update install on vsphere in Windows and cannot access it anymore. Is there anyway to attend to restore the installation?Thank you
View ArticleESXi 6.5 Update does not see USB Key for boot
With my Dell T420 Server I boot ESXi 6.0 from the internal Kingston USB key.Today I downloaded and burned ISO version 6.5, but when I launch the update, I see only the RAID for VMs and not the USB key...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 - Cannot find/mount VMFS from a LUN that exists and seems to have...
Hopefully someone can help me with a fairly frustrating situation. I have done quite a few searches and read a number of articles here and elsewhere - but the situation doesn't seem to match precisely....
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psc installation help
Hello team, I am trying to install psc and v center 6.5 on separate appliance(not embedded one) . there is fresh installation of esxi 6.5 but when i try to install psc it doesn't show new port group....
View ArticleeSXI 6.0 Strange error why tring to Start the server
Hello dear community. Today when i try to start my server in ALT+F1 i see this message:Error: More then one exception specification for tardisk /tardisks/s.v00Error: Ignorin...
View ArticleISCSI Design question
Hello communityI am asking a practical question following the design of an iscsi architecture.We're going to have 14 ESXi (vSphere 6.5) each with 2 network cards (10 GbE), connected to 2 different...
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LBT VS Etherchannel
I am installing few rack servers to put in a new VMware data center. My focus is networking on the physical switch side. Each server has two 10GbE nic cards for vDS to support multiple ports group. I...
View Articlecatastrophic failure: many missing virtual machines (ESXi 6.0)
I returned to my lab to find that the majority of my virtual machines are missing. The host did not experience a power outage (checked the UPS) or hardware failure (checked iLO), the file systems are...
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