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vCPU Over allocation is this a potential problem? 2x Physical CPU Sockets in...
Hello All! Was wondering if I could get your help on a matter that i'm not sure is causing issues on VM performance or if its something I should not be concerned about... All our hosts are Dual Socket...
View ArticleFlip Flop Mouse Wheel
Hello. Sometimes I think that the boss just doesn't think we have enough to do so he sends us off on a wild goose chase. Maybe there is a logical reason for this request but I just don't know what it...
View ArticleMoving 2 node MSCS SQL cluster with RDM disk from one storage to other storage
Hello Experts, We have a 2 node SQL cluster using Microsoft cluster service. It has 3 RDMs (1 quarum, 2 data disks). These VMs needs to be moved to new ESXi hosts and new storage. Kindly help...
View ArticleWindows Server 2016 Really slow on ESXI 6.5
Hi,I have installed Windows Server 2016 on the latest version of ESXI 6.5.0b but it's almost unusable.The VM has 2 CPU and 2GB of RAM with VMware Tools 10.1.5 (5055683) and is used for Active Directory...
View ArticleUnable to backup Windows AD Server with VMware Tools installed
Hi Folks We have some Windows Server 2012 R2 VMs running in DMZ environment. An easy way to backup them is using the integrated Windows Server backup functionality. We recently updated our VMware Tools...
View ArticleFolders lost after shutdown
In ESXi 6.0, I had created some folders and some additional scripts.However, after turning off and on the hypervisor physical server, all these files and folders are gone. Is this correct? When...
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Switching to 10GB iSCSI
Starting to plan a project to switch my hosts over from 1GB to 10GB. Hosts are setup with 2 kernel ports in the same vSwitch for iSCSI traffic(a physical nic is active only on a single kernel port, ie...
View ArticleOne vSwitch Multiple VLans
Hi All, This may seem a stupid question but I don't know the answer. My site has has 2 vlans and we have guests on both. Each host has 6 vmnics in total, 3 are connected to one vlan and 3 to the other....
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....
View ArticleBackup help for full infra
Hello Team. Please see my infra 6 Esxi Server :- 3x Management Servers in MGMT Cluster and 3X edge and payload servers.VC as appliance on MGMT cluster (V6.5 UI).2X vSan cluster for MGMT and shared...
View ArticleThe Vsphere HA agent on this host cannot reach some of the management network...
Hi, I have created a new cluster with 3 hosts (A,B,C) and enable HA/DRS on that cluster. I managed to build the autolab with 3 ESXi hosts part of Vsphere 5.5. Now I am facing issue i.e. out of 3...
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Why bother with VMs-based SQL Cluster?
Since VMware allows use of RDM disks to setup a Windows cluster using VMs, which can be used to install SQL cluster, we decide to go this route. However, now after installing the Windows cluster, I am...
View ArticleESXi says wrong password till i restart management agents?
Hello, My problem goes like this, i've installed ESXi 6.0.0 to a server, created my virtual servers and everything is working fine. I wanted to login to esxi today via vsphere client but gotten an...
View ArticleCan ESXi 5.5 run on an HP DL380 G5 server??
This is assuming one uses the HP custom ESXi build.Thank you...
View ArticleFailed to configure redundant uplink network interface for vSwitch ( HPE...
Hi, I have a HP DL380 G9 server. Last week I updated the OS, it turns out that only one uplink network interface can be appointed to a vSwitch. The previous image is HPE Custom Image for VMware ESXi...
View ArticleVM Snapshot Deletion script
I am new with Power cli.. created below script to delete VM snapshot for particular VMs mentioned in a CSV file.$date = get-date -format "yyyyMMdd_HHmmss"Import-Csv C:\Output\PatchingVMsList.csv |...
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Increase Datastore Capacity - LUN not showing
Hi there, I have a problem, no storage devices are listed in both vcenter and vsphere when I try increasing thesize of a datastore, any pointers towards resolving this please, am running Esxi 6.0,...
View ArticlevSphere Web Client SUCKs so bad that my experience managing and supporting...
Purpose of this post is simple and obvious... bring back development to thick client. THANKS!
View ArticleLogging Level for VPXA and HOSTD Logs
Hello All, I'd like some input from other VMware admins with regards to logging level for VPXA and HOSTD logs. It appears the default logging level for these are set to "verbose" however I've read in...
View ArticleUnhandled Exception in the vSphere 6.5 UI after adding raw device to VM
After adding a raw device (based on an SSD disk) as an "existing hard drive" to a VM, I am getting an Unhandled Exception whenever I am trying to edit the VM's setting: Cause: TypeError: undefined is...
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