vmotion problems
Simple setup, two host cluster ESXi 6.5. I have 15-20 VMs on host A that I want to vmotion to host B in prep for ESXi patching. I would say 10 of the VMs vmotion just fine. The other 4 or 5 appeared...
View Article10 gig iSCSI port recommendations
what are the current best practices for configuring the switch for an iscsi port. using nexus 3k switches. esxi 55 u3 jumbo frames enableddisable spanning tree or use portfast? what is preferredno...
View Articlemscs clustering via guest iscsi
I have setup a few vms doing mscs clustering via guest iscsi. but the nics I have them going to the storage is not using 9000 mtu do i need to use 9000 mtu for this setup?
View ArticleIt may be long to migrate a VM from a datastore to another.. or not
Hello, I am testing the migration of VMs between two datastores. Small VMs go pretty quickly (few minutes), a bigger one goes slowly and I can't see why. The situation : I am alone to work on the test...
View ArticleESXi Datastore size incorrect
I have a VMFS datastore on an EMC SAN connected to my ESXi hosts via iSCSI that is showing the wrong size. I expanded the size of the datastore from 2TB to 3TB. EMC is saying that the datastore has now...
View ArticleHow to block ESXi from seeing the Internet?
Hello.I have VMware ESXi 6.5 and I don't like it can't see the Internet? How can I block it? Can I do it via "DNS" or..? Thank you.
View ArticleHost and SAN storage speed issue in ESXI 5.5
Dear All, we have IBM x3650 M5 machine in which the ESXi5.5 has been installed, there is also an Q logic HBA installed on the host. The host is connected with brocade B300 Fc switch, there is also a...
View ArticleVMware Update Manager
I am trying to patch ESXi 5.5 4345813 with vCenter Server 5.5 3721164. But getting error during scan. Its working fine with another ESXi 5.5 2068190."The host returns esxupdate error code:99. An...
View Articlewhat is core.vpxd-worker file
If we delete core.vpxd-worker file from vcenter server appliance , is there any impact For what purpose it used.
View ArticleShould I be able to add a NFS data store with a different Ip address as other...
Hello, We have a small cluster using NFS mounts for data-stores. We added recently added 10 Gb interfaces to all the hosts and all the NFS servers, and bought a new host. The idea was to deploy the...
View Article2017 Cheap SAS Raid Card?
I am currently running ESXi 5.5 passing through a LSI SAS 3041E SAS card. I don't intend to use Raid, I just need to pass through SATA drives directly to a VM. The 3041E is working fine but does not...
View ArticleAnyone know how to find the driver version of a VMXNET3 vNIC on a Windows...
I know I can get a list of driver versions from the VMTools manifest.txt file in the ISO download but is there a way to check on the actual VM that this is installed? This is from version 10.0.9 for...
View ArticleUnable to delete datastore because it is in use
Hello,I took delivery of a brand new Dell T430 server today. It came with 2 x SD Cards and a pre-configured RAID 6 (5 x 1.2TB drives). ESXi had already been installed on the SD Card, so when I booted...
View ArticleVMKDump basics
After setting up vRealize operations and seeing my first alert, a datastore alert about timing remaining bla bla.. Since there was only 1 VM built I just had to see what this was about.. sure enough,...
View ArticleUSB Error
Hi I have a strange issue. I have an USB license key. I have added the USB device to the virtual machine and then added the UBS key to the VM. When i log into the machine through vSphere i can use the...
View ArticleUsing SNMP to query a vCenter 5.5 server from an Ubuntu server
I need to query a vCenter 5.5 server member of a vSphere 5.5 infrastructure via SNMP from an Ubuntu server on the same LAN.I enabled Reciever 2 for the IP of the vCenter server for port 162 and...
View ArticleVM-LAB
Hi,Setting up VM-Lab. Does any one have full license key for vSphere? Not the Evaluation (60 days remaining)? Thank you in Advanced.
View Articlerequest hardware support
I upgraded to vmware 6.5 and found out that my once fully supported hardware is no longer on the HCL. How do I request that my hardware be put back on the HCL?
View ArticleiSCSI port binding
I came across with a VMware iSCSI connectivity guide as on the link belowhttps://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2038869 This made me to...
View Articleunable to create snapshot - File is larger than the maximum size supported by...
I am unable to create a snapshot on a VM that has a 2TB HArd disk 2. This is running on ESXi 5.1 any idea how I can get around this?
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