Setup a testing environment with easy reset of VM state for multiple software...
Hi, We currently have an Esxi 5.5 used as a testing environment. Vms are used to test/debug our softwares deployment/upgrade.To be able to test on multiple software versions, we have a snapshot for...
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" Failed - Transport (VMDB) error -45: Failed to connect to peer process. "...
Seemed to nuke my host by changing the PCI passthru in places I shouldn't have. I run ESXi 6.5 from a USB however since reinstalling the host (no hardware changes) I am face with the following error...
View ArticleEsxi VM Memory Tweaking
I'm looking for information/pointers on what to look at when observing and tuning memory allocations. Examples - 2008r2 VM, remote desktop services, users logged on, 2xVCPU, 12228MB ram configured, in...
View ArticleiSCSI Mutlipath recovery time
Hello, I have a problem with recovery time on link loose between esxi 6.5 (free registered version) and a Huawei SAN using iSCSI. Our setup : Servers with 2x10GE NIC connected to a dedicated switches...
View Articlehow to grant the existing user,read only access in a multiple ESXi Hosts...
how to grant the existing user,read only access in a multiple ESXi Hosts using power client.
View ArticleUpgrade to ESXi 5.5 vs Linux VM with software raid for >2TB LUN
I have a Cisco UCS running ESXi 5.0.0 with 7 8TB drives in hardware raid 6, making a 22.74TB drive, and I would like to create a VM with a 20TB drive running Linux. Would it be better to upgrade to...
View Article1 place version
hello alli am quite confused about the amount of the products vmware offers.short story: i develop a peace of hardware and would love to sell it. but for testing purpose and some mandatory scripting i...
View ArticleProblems with vSwitch (Lab 7 task 3 VMWARE ICM 6.0 official lab guide)
Hello everybody. I am following the step by step guide of the official VMWare ICM 6.0. I am completely stuck on "Lab 7: Using Standard Switches", task 3 "Assigning VM a new port group". It has to be...
View ArticleNeed to add hardware (RAM,HDD) for ESXi single (standalone)
Hi, I need to add more hardware for 1 single esxi host. Running (5) VM-guests. Along with Veeam backup (VM). Need to make sure have good backup hostANDguest prior to upgrade hardware. What's the best...
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Bind Real-Time CPU process of multiCore vCPU linux OS to specific PCPU on Host
We have been working to get a real-time, latency sensitive communications application to run without errors in a virtual environment under ESXi 6.5.0 Hypervisor. Unfortunately to date we have had...
View ArticleConsumed Memory
For a Virtual Machine, Consumed Memory is the physical memory 'touched' by the VM. During idle conditions, no hot ESXi and no memory pressure:Does the consumed memory go down? this counter should...
View ArticleESXi -> Tandberg Data USB 2.0 RDX
HiI got my new 500GB RDX Cardritch and try it on my Laptop it work with the first generation RDX Case.When I plug it on my Server the dont appear. The new USB 3.0 Version is in the list.Does the old...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 and Lenovo uEFI settings! vs 6.0 and 5.5??
Hi, On Lenovo System X servers (was IBM) it's always been that with ESXI 5.5 and 6.0 you had to change two uEFI settings to successfully install and boot ESXI. PCI 64-Bit Resource Allocation from the...
View Articlekill snapshot removal process
how do I kill or stop a snapshot removal process. I did a cancel from vcenter but it did not stop it
View ArticleWindows Server 2016 losing network connection
Thanks in advance for reading. I am running VMware ESXi 5.5.0 build-2068190 / VMware ESXi 5.5.0 Update 2 and vCenter 6.5 running. I have the latest VMware tools installed on my Windows 2016 Server...
View ArticleThird Party Ethernet to Serial driver keeps gets into unresponsive state
We use Perle's Trueport software (COM Re-director) to create virtual comports on a Windows Server 2012 R2. Starting in May after the Wannacry we received tickets in which the Trueport windows service...
View ArticleWhat vSphere Essentials 6.5 backup / restore VMs are available?
In follow Up - how simple and quick would it be to take a backup/snapshot made on failed hardware - and restore it to other hardware. I am building a Windows 2012 R2 Essentials server and considering...
View Articlemore 1 TB data can't be reclaimed on the datastore through VMware vSphere 6.5
Hi, I created 8TB vmfs 6 datastore in ESXi 6.5. Deploy VMs which used ~7.3 TB space. Set the auto reclaim priority as 'high'. Then deleted all of the VMS. Will see the reclaim is starting from...
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esxi 6.0 ntpd server not responding if source port is not 123
We are running an esxi 6.0 host as an ntp server and it is working fine but it does not reply to requests where the source port is not 123.client-ip:123 -> esxi-host-ip:123 requestesxi-host-ip:123...
View ArticleUpgrading Free ESXI from 6.0 to 6.5
Hi geeks, Greetings, I have a doubt in upgrading my ESXI server. I using free ESXI 6.0 with 6 Active VM’s. Now am planning to upgrade my ESXI server from version 6.0 to 6.5. So it is possible to...
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