Can anyone suggest a PCIE USB3 controller that is compatible with esxi?
I'm relatively new to esxi and this is for personal use, not any kind of production environment. Running esxi 6.5. The HCL is a bit hard to follow....is it only for chipsets instead of products? I do...
View ArticleBluescreen 0xc000021a Windows Server 2016 Installation
Hi, I am trying to install Windows Server 2016 Standard with GUI to a ESXi 6.5 Host. After installing the VM trys to boot but get stuck every time with a bluescreen.The Stopcode is 0xc000021a. I tried...
View Articlei7 8700 on ESXi 6.5
Hello fellow IT admins,I am currently building server for my personal needs (Storing Files, Monthly backups of PC's, Nested Virtualization through Hyper-V, Streaming Media with Plex Media Server,...
View ArticleUnsupported sata controllers, again
Hi guys, I know this is old question, but I cannot find solution.I install ESXi 6.5 with integrated sata-xachi on ga-h55m-usb3 rev 2.0 with i3-560. In BIOS I set AHCI mode in all places that I...
View ArticleSMART SSD 'Media Wearout Indicator'
Can anyone advise on how I interpret the SMART SSD Wearout Indicator for this disk? Is it 100% good (hence the Health Status is 'OK') or is it 100% worn out (if so, I think the Health Status should...
View ArticleSupermicro E200-9b in a lab
Dear All,We bought a Supermicro E200-9B Server with the ideato install ESXi 6.5 in a lab environment. We know this server is not on the HCLof Vmware. However on the internet there are several blogs or...
View ArticleReducing disk size
A Windows VM used to host 200 GB of data.Now the used space is 40 GB as a lot of data were deleted.How can I reduce the size of the (thin) .vmdk files?The VM is member of an AD domain and this makes...
View ArticleError: Vsphere could not connect to host x.x.x.x
We have 4 ESXI hosts ( each managed individually with vsphere client with no Vcenter ) . One of our User can connect to our VPN(remotely) but could not able to connect to one of our ESXI host through...
View ArticleESXi Hosts and Update Manager issue
I have three ESXi 6.0 hosts that are showing they need updates installed that I know are already installed (some dating back to 2015). I have run into this issue before and my solution was to re-image...
View Articleroles and rights needed for nessus on esxi
does nyone know what the rights or role is needd for nessus on esxi scan?
View Articlepatched hosts from esxi 5.5 3568722 to 7618464 and lost all network...
I patched some hosts from esxi 5.5 3568722 to build 7618464 and now I lost all network connecitvy any idea?? this is on HP BL460C Gen9
View ArticlePassword / Age Password Policy
Does anyone know if we can set Age / expiry password to force password to be changed on ESXi host (Ver 5 or later)?
View ArticleLive Replication
Hello, I currently manage two hosts with 5 VM's that total about 3tb of storage. This is done on a vSphere Essentials licence. I am about to replace the main host with a much faster unit and demote...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 update
Hi, How to update VMWare ESXi 6.5 by the command line. Version ESXi - 6.5 aBuild ID - 4887370 Because we are not using any vcenter server.
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esxi 6.5 vmnic with "no networks"
3x Fujitsu Primergy RX2510 M2running ESXi 6.5 u1 (Fujitsu VMvisor-Installer-6.5-5969303-v411-1) with Intel I350 4port NICsAll drivers are as vmware/Fujitsu ISO standard. HP ProCurve Switch 5406zl with...
View ArticleNetwork Dump Collector work with 6.5 ?
Does the network dump collector work with 6.5 ? I see it can be configured on the esxi 6.5 host. But when I run a check it fails Attempt to contact configured netdump server failed: recvfrom obtained...
View ArticleEvaluation ended but
I had an evaluation and it has ended or expired and I never was able to install etc..I had a catastrophic failure and have to get new hardware- how do I start over if I dont have any of the info or...
View Articleconsolidation snapshots problem
I can't consolidate disks of virtual mashine after using of veeam backup software. Now I have following I/o error on 19% of consolidation. In log file I have following. 2018-03-29T02:57:07.685Z| vmx|...
View ArticleCloning (sysprep) a Windows RDS guest
I attempted to clone a Windows Server 2016 server configured as Remote Desktop Server.Before cloning the VM I used sysprep to generalize the server in order to assign a new name, id and so on.Microsoft...
View ArticleIn vsphere HA 6.5 failover occur vm poweroff and start on other host. Not...
In vsphere HA 6.5 failover occur vm poweroff and start on other host. Not retarting the vm. require help on this.
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