ESXi slows down
Hi All,I need help in understanding why my ESXi slow downs from time to timeI have multiple ESXi in my current setup, the problem happens when sometimes in any one of the random ESXi shell commands...
View ArticleVM core missing
I have a really odd issue last night. I have a NAS running on a VM of my ESXi home server and all of the sudden I lost connectivity.After a quick investigation I found the VM powered off (!?)Booted up...
View ArticleESXi 6.7 - USB device listed with lsusb but not able to connect to VM
I am not able to attach a USB HDD to a virtual machine.The disk has previously been attached to another virtual machine,but it isn't showing in the UI-configuration of any of my VMs. One vmx file has...
View ArticlePassthrough issues
Hi there people, Hoping some has a solution to my issue here, as it is driving me nuts... My setup is the following:Mobo: SuperMicro X10SDV-4C-TLN4F BIOS 2.0aRam: 16GBIPMI: 3.68Raid: Adaptec 6805 F/W...
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VMName on esxtop = (null)
Hi Community!when I run esxtop with the option 'v', only one VM appears and the rest is shown as (null)I have tried to restart the management services but it continues the same. The environment is ESXi...
View Articlevcenter 6.7 HA Failed
ho guysi have a problem with configure vcenter HAvcenter Managment IP Address is 192.168.230.x/24 i do this steps1)in each host create vm Port group(vcenter-HA) with VLAN 190#(192.168.128.x/27)(vswitch...
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ESXi 6.5 datastorage low speed
Hi!I have a Dell server with PERC H730 RAID card. CPU is Xeon 1220v6 and 32GB DDR4 RAM is present. There are 4 SATA3 2Tb HDDs configured as RAID-10 array. The driver is scsi-aacraid.Also I have an old...
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can i install windows 2016 essentials in VMware ESXi server
Hi, Can i install windows 2016 essentials in ESXi sever.
View ArticleUSB-Controller PCI-Passhtough Probleme
Hallo,Ich versuche bei dem USB-Controller KTU3FR-4P von inatek Passtrhough zu aktivieren.Er wird in dern verfügbaren Geräten auch gelistet und ich kann auch mit "Passthrough umschalten" den Status auf...
View Articleupdate manager cluster remediation only shows one host
when i scan and remediate my hosts on a lcyster level, only one host is showing under target hosts. any idea?
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After upgrading ESXi to version 6.0 it will no longer see USB Dongle
Good Morning, I upgraded an ESXi 5.5 Host to version 6.0. After the upgrade it could no longer see/access the USB Dongle that was attached to the ESXi Host. I went into the ESXi host and ran the...
View ArticleRemote console on vmware 6.7
hello , we using vmware 6.7 and the remote console keeps freezing after 10seconds and i have to close it down and reopen and it last for another ten seconds . this happens on everyone machine . when i...
View Articleturn off UI on esxi 6.5
hello, I am administering hundreds of ESXi (currently at 6.5 u1g) servers via vcenter (6.5 u1g) and was recently tasked to replace all self signed/vmca issued certificates used by esxi with...
View ArticleNew ESXi host - can ping gateway, cannot ping dns server
I'm sure this has been answered somewhere but I haven't found a relevant article after days of searching.I recently racked a new Dell R730 that came with the latest version of ESXi pre-installed by...
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OVA exports
Hi all, Old UNIX geek here, but new to VMWare. We have installed a system running ESXi 6.7, we use it to export VOIP appliances toVMWare, one customer is having trouble with nvram file in ova image. To...
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VM's stop responding after migrating to HPVSA Storage.
Hello Everyone, Recently, we upgraded ESXi 6.5 and we migrated VM's to remote site HP VSA storage ( HP VSAN) but after migrating the VM's it works well for few hours then the VM's stop respondingand no...
View ArticleUnderstand vmkernel.log
On tailing vmkernel.log in one of my ESXi I found this:==> vmkernel.log <==2018-11-30T15:54:06.108Z cpu27:33482)<6>ata14: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl...
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vmware tools unrecoverable error vthread-3
Running ESXi 5.5. Host server cannot upgrade to 6.7 too old. Created a 2016 server working fine.Had to set MAC to a predefined address because of a third party license requirement. All posted process...
View ArticleESXI 6.5 time incorrect
Hi All, I have configured ESXI servers to sync time from trusted NTP servers; i could see sync was happening fine but the time was showing as wrong. After checking i could see that timezone is showing...
View Articlecan't delete host file in ESXi
I copied authorize_keys over via WinSCP thinking it would over write the empty existing file. It actually created a new authorize_keys file (/etc/ssh/keys_root I think) and renamed the original...
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