broken snapshot after consolidation and migration of vm
Hi everybody, i'm having a big problem with our dfs server vm. we use veeam as backup solution and 2 weeks ago a consolidation was needed for this vm. Not the first time so i tought it would be...
View ArticleProblem storage iscsi
Hi, I have two ESX 5.5 servers, to which I added two network cards to connect a SAN that I previously used normally through the management network.With the new network card I see the LUNs on the SAN...
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600ms read latency on ESXi6.0 on Dell R510
Hello, I just joined the VMware user group and just got my paid subscription going. I hope I am asking this in the right topic area.I am self taught with VMWare and have used ESXi 5.5 and just...
View Articlerolling back esxi build - configuration backup
when I rollback a esxi build, I noticed that my root password did not work anymore. i think its because the password was different in the previous build than the current. what do i do to keep the...
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private network not working as needed
Hello all I have several groups of VM's that I am trying to create a private network for each group that can only communicate with the VM's in that group. There is one active NIC to my server for...
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PERC H800 MD1200 RAID 10 Painfully Slow on ESXi 6.5u1 VMs
Hello I've got a Dell R610 Server running several VMs on both the internal PERC card. I recently added some storage using the PERC H800 combined with the MD1200. The drives are DELL SAS OEM and running...
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Esxi 6.5 does not start when clicked Reboot
Hi,I did installed Esxi 6.5. I am facing problem in restarting the ESXI 6.5 I did went into Esxi 6.5 vsphere web client and clicked on reboot. The problem is when I attach monitor to my ESXI I can see...
View ArticlePSOD will cause network impact
Recently, I got PSOD from my two of my esxi servers. These two server are with two different hardware and they are within different network. When PSOD occurred, all the other physical clients within...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 - Beacon probing causing duplicate packets (on non Etherchannel/LACP)
Hello, I have an unexpected issue with Beacon probing in a 2 ESXi Server setup. We are not using LACP, Ether-channels, Route based in IP hash (I know that these do not work with beacon-probing). The 2...
View Articlecross vcenter template cloning
i cant do a template clone from 6.5 host to 5.5 host. all vcenters are on 6.5+ any idea?
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EsXI CD trouble ml110 gen9
Hi All, I've searched a lot but not find a solution yet: I've a ml110 gen9, with integrated b140i smart array raid (i know it's a software raid) I've set the server with raid1, using smart array, and...
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iSCSI Initiator name changes every reboot
Hello, I am scratching my head on this one. I have a setup where the esxi boots off iSCSI. We changed network card on the san and changed its IQNs. We modified the IQN and we were gold (esxcli iscsi...
View ArticleHP 460 gen9 serer loses all network adapters after going to build 7618464
after applying 7618464. I am losing lal network adapters on a HP gen9 server. any idea?
View ArticleESXi pci passthrough device limits
Hello, I have an esxi 5.1.0 with 8 pci passthrough configured devices:- 2 go to one particular VM- 4 to another- 1 to a 3rd one and- 1 to the 4th one.According to...
View ArticleAlligning VMware Tools among ESXi hosts
A vSphere 5.5 infrastructure is based on several ESXi 5.5 servers running version ESXi 5.5.0, 2068190.A new ESXi host was added running ESXi 5.5.0 2403361.When a VM is moved to the new host the VMware...
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Need script to fetch esxi 6.0/6.5 hardware information
Hi, If someone guide me for script to fetch the hardware info python pyvmomi and pywbem or using powercli. If anyone already tried and using it, please share the flow. -A
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USB controller Serial bus controller: Intel Corporation Wildcat Point-LP USB...
Hello,I'm trying to get the USB3 device above to be available to my VM's... and Im not getting anywhere.This error may be the sum of my problem. I dont seem to be able to get the xHCI module to...
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Run Script for monitor_control.enable_softResetClearTSC only for a Specific...
This is the script found here: VMware Knowledge Base I want to execute this without running on ALL VMs. How would i add a " Get-Content $ChangeMonitorcontrol | ForEach-Object " to the script below...
View ArticleESXi 5.5 SSH problems
HiI have an issue with a ESXi 5.5 Host.From vSphere looking into the settings, SSH access should be enabled. However when trying to SSH from PuTTy or Bitvise. Error message from Bitvise:The SSH2...
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ESXi 6.5u1 \ bug \ Swap-files \ edit VM
hi, i got some problems with this version. im running-Lenovo Customized Image ESXi6.5u1 (based on ESXi 6.5u1 Vmkernel Release Build 6765664) on a ThinkSystem SR630 ( 24 CPUs x Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold...
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