emc power paths
We are using EMC VNX. ESXi cluster storage "owner" colum is stating POWERPATH in vCenter > host > configure >storage adopters ." during one recent outage on one port - esx lost is storage...
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VMDK delta file confusion
I have a virtual disk that lost the descriptor files and I've tried going through the process of recreating them but I just cant figure it out... It is in a seperate datastore than the VM. I can use...
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ESXi 6.5 Hypervisor unable to change the swap datastore after upgrade from 6.0
On a standalone VMware host running ESXi 6.5 I'm unable to get the host cache and VM swapfiles to change datastore. It was running ESXi 6.0 (and I used to administer it with the legacy vSphere Client,...
View ArticleHigh CPU usage by system process after 49 days of uptime (OCFlush)
After about 49 days of uptime, the system process of my ESXi 6.7 U1 host (free version) is consuming a lot of CPU time: ID GID NAME NWLD %USED %RUN %SYS %WAIT %VMWAIT...
View ArticleWin2012 and CPU Stolen Time
Hi, Sometimes I feel that my virtual guests are running out of the capacity. As I have no access to the ESX itself and somehow I feel even better if I can do the performance measurement from the guest....
View ArticleMonitoring Host-Cache usage
Hi, I'm looking for a solution to monitor the workload of the Host-Cache. I just set up a Samsung 512 GB SSD for host Cache. Best would be a possibility to do this via the shell (SSH) because I'm a...
View Article6.7 install
I have read a similar question in this forum. I am using a huawei server. no huawei custom image. huawei has described a very messy method about custom esxi iso . I have to prepare. If I download the...
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Decreasing memory on VM did not increase memory on ESXi host
I lowered the assigned memory on a Windows Server by 4GB because I want to assign this to another Windows Server. When I check the available memory on the host, nothing has changed.
View ArticleWhat are differences in storage performance between virtual machine and...
Has any one met with research regarding comparison in IOPS performance between virtual machine and physical one. I am interested in information about 3 configurations (assuming OS is storage that is...
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how to disable network direct-path I/O / passthrough on ESXi 6.5
In the virtual machine information screen, for the installed network adapter, it says pass-through (direct-path I/O) : yes. But, in the edit screen, there is no mention of this option. I am having...
View Articlerunning ESXi update seems to have no effect
Hello, Initial state: vim-cmd vimsvc/license --show(...)Properties: [ProductName] = VMware ESX Server [ProductVersion] = 6.0 [count_disabled] = This license is unlimited [feature] =...
View ArticleRSS disable for vmxnet3 (Linux)
Hi guys, i wonder how this is getting done. often it doesn't make much sense to have for each vCore an own RSS Worker. and doing same work. unnecessary high CPU Load. VMware Knowledge Base this...
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debian 2.6.32-5-686 to vmware esxi 5.5
Hello everyone!I am having boot problem after transforming physical machine debian 2.6.32-5-686 for vmware esxi 5.5.In Debian 2.6.32-5-686 you are running SNEP Livre 1.3.9.5 PABX system.Follow the...
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vmware esxi network adapter bridged wireless
Hi, Currently i m running vmware esxi 6.5 on Dell 620 Server.Due to some reason i can't connect this server to Internet.I want to share my wireless access connection to ESXI.In vmware work station i...
View ArticleProblem installing Windows 2016 on esxi 6.0U1 - Dell T330
Hi,We have a problem when install a new Vm on a 6.0U1 esxi Vmware . We can start the installation steb, but at the first reboot we get an handel exception and the sysetm reboot continuosly.What kind...
View ArticleNew Server Build w/ESXi 6.7
Have two clients that want to go joint together on a server. Just looking for another set of eyes VM-HOST-01T440 Dell Tower ServerIntel® Xeon® Silver 4108 1.8G, 8C/16T, 9.6GT/s, 11M Cache, Turbo, HT...
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Is it possible to have my host boot from a .iso file located in the host's...
I seem to only be able to find information on mapping a .iso on the datastore to a VM. I wish to map a .iso located on the host's datastore so that the host itself can boot from it. Is this possible?...
View ArticleIssues w/ 6.7 and windows megaraid LSA
Bear with me, this is my first day w/ this software as I normally work w/ Hyper-V. For the life of me I cannot get the AVAGO LSI storage authority to log into my host to display info. I get the...
View ArticleHardening ESXi 6.7
Hello.How can I hardening an ESXi 6.7 host? If the host is using for hosting websites then how can I secure it? Thank you.
View ArticleESXI 6.7 -> 6.7 Network connectivity error
Last night I updated the first of three servers, and I planned to do the rest today. For now, I have stopped the process. The server upgraded fine without issues from 6.5 to 6.7 but after I did my...
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