esxi host is not responding
Hi all we have an strange problem,in VCSA 6 , many of our esxi 6 hosts which have valid IP addresses become "not responding" and after disconnect and reconnect, we get the error say: "request time...
View Articlesimultaneous unmap sessions limit
is there a limit or recommendation on how many simulataneous unmap commands I can run per datastore simultaneously on a single host? I got over 100 luns attached to a cluster and I want to run unmap on...
View ArticleMy ESXi disconnects from my vCenter
Hello, I have one ESXi 6.0U3 (5050593) and my vCenter is 6.0U3h (9313458) If I connect my ESXi to my vCenter using the IP everything it´s ok... But if I connect my ESXi to my vCenter using the hostname...
View ArticleCannot WOL (Wake-On-LAN) with Intel NUC8 after Shutting Down ESXi 6.7U1
Hi, I am aware Intel NUC isn't supported by VMware as a hardware to run on, but it does appear to be used a lot on home labs. I've come across an issue that appears to relate to e1000 network driver...
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ESXi on HP ZBook 15 G5?
Has anyone had any success figuring out how to get ESXi to run on a ZBook 15 G5? Installation succeeded after setting ignoreHeadless=TRUE, but ESXI startup stops with: Shutting down firmware...
View ArticleVMware ESXi 6.7 on HP Z2 Tower G4 Workstation wont install/boot in UEFI/legacy
I'm relatively new to ESXi. I ordered a new workstation PC and tried to install ESXi 6.7 in UEFI mode on it. The installation won't start in UEFI with the following message.using simple offset uefi rts...
View ArticleHPE Dual microSD Flash USB-Stick
Is VMware supporting the HPE Dual microSD flash USB stick?This is a software RAID controller variant, and VMware does not support Software Raid. is that so?I would like to know if I can install Esxi on...
View ArticleHost profile apply failed with error: Unexpected error updating task config...
Hello,I have 2 ESXi hosts (6.5 10719125) that are hosted on HP ProLiant BL 460c Gen9. And I have for both of them this configuration issues message: "Host profile apply failed with error: Unexpected...
View ArticleHTTP "Strict-Transport-Security" header
How do I configure esxi 6.7 to send HTTP "Strict-Transport-Security" header? I'm looking online and in the KB but I seem to be finding more definitions than configuration solutions. One thing I'm...
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Datastore dissappeared (Probably because of update 6.5 to 6.7)
Hi Everyone, We have just noticed that our datastore is missing and we cannot see it under the ESXi webpage.Not sure when did this happen, but maybe after we have updated the Esxi to 6.7. The VMs are...
View ArticleVMware OEM licenses
Hi i have a partner who bought a server wit h VMware OEM licenses inside.now he would like to move his server to an another country EEC ( from Germany to Poland)Same firm, just the country changesis it...
View ArticleWindows Server 2016 VM hosted by VMWare Workstation 11.x
A co-worker of mine is running Workstation 11, and needs to set up a VM with Windows Server 2016. When he ran through the normal process of creating the VM and installing the OS, the installer failed...
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How to find unused modules and how to "connect" them with VIB
Hi all, I need to make more free space on bootbank.Current size is [root@ESXi1:~] du -d 1 /bootbank/ -m156 /bootbank/ But I wish to delete unused modules.I can list modules with [root@ESXi1:~]...
View ArticleUse wifi-dongle on VM
Hi, I have just started to use ESXi and are having some problems with my VM.Im going to create an AP on a Debian machine (like this for RPi). But Im not getting it to work with my wifi-dongle TP-Link...
View ArticleEstimate physical resources for 1000 virtual machines
Hi everyone, Need help. Scenario: Need to create 1000 virtual machines using HP proliant 360P G8 hardware using ESXi 6.7. I can provide you required answers according to your question....
View Articledatastores not consumed
Hi, Seeing a bit of a strange one - we have 3PAR LUNs presented to a 6.5 HPE blade cluster via FC and each datastore is presented too all hosts.They all work fine however on a host reboot some of the...
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Upgrade Esxi 6.7 U1 to Esxi 6.7 U2 Failed due to No space left on device
Update command:# esxcli software profile update -p ESXi-6.7.0-20190402001-standard -d https://hostupdate.vmware.com/software/VUM/PRODUCTION/main/vmw-depot-index.xml[OSError][Errno 28] No space left on...
View ArticleCannot deploy vmmark 3.1 OVA to vCenter 6.7 / ESXi 6.5
I downloaded from VMware VMmark 3.1.I've tried deploying the OVA using vCenter (flash /chrome) kept getting this error:The "Deploy OVF template" operation failed for the entity with the following error...
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Diskutils
I am doing vasa and vvol certification and for that it requires diskutils so can someone please help me to findout Thanks~Yogesh
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vcenter inaccessible
Hi, Suddenly my vcenter was inaccessible, though IP is still pingable and I can see the login screen since it's a vm to a host and I can open a console to look at it. So far I've reboot the vm and host...
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