ESXI - AMD Threadripper Testing - Having Issues.
Hi All, I have been playing with a new Threadripper 1950X build and was thinking about seeing if I could get ESXi working. So far I haven't been having much luck and my build keeps getting stuck at the...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 question
Hi guys . Is there a way to determine is my ESXi 5.0 free edition or not-free edition ? I have 3 standalone cisco UCS-C220 servers with esxi5.0 , they with from Cisco 3 years ago, and I need to upgrade...
View ArticleVirtual machine with snapshots that are not showing in snapshot manager
Hello, I have a virtual machine with a 100 plus snapshots on it probably taken by some backup appliance. These snapshots do not appear in snapshot manager and disk consolidation fails due to file...
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Help, slow and freezing ESXi 6.5 network
Environment : DELL PowerEdge T330 server machine https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER04457723M/1/VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.5.0.update01-5969303.x86_64-DellEMC_Customized-A00.iso The server has a PERC...
View Articleover provisioned vms
hello, I am looking for a software or script which can give me over provisioned vms in my environment.i dont have vrealize and operation manager installed. so anything else ?
View ArticleESXi Host and Persistent Mac
Hi all; Major..Major...rude awakening today. Something I was NOT expecting. nor should have been? Issue. I needed to make some updates and network changes. Going from ESXi 5.1 to v6.0.0 and in doing...
View ArticleUSB Devices not detected on ESXI 6.5 Host
I am unable to add a USB device (RDX Quikstor drive) to a VM. When I go to add a host USB device, it says "No USB Devices Available". I have confirmed that the USB device works on another ESXi host....
View ArticleNVMe SSD Fast, but SATA SSD slow !
Hi, I have a Supermicro X10SDV-8C-TLN4F (Xeon D1541 3Ghz 8 Core, 16 Threads) with 64Gb RAM running ESXI 6.5 U1. 1x SATA DOM for ESXi4x SATA hard disks of various sizes1x Samsung SATA SSD 850 PRO 2TB1x...
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System continuously restarting
Hi All I have build a new home lab server with ESXi 6.5.Whenever I boot my system up, it runs well for about 2 hours. After that it starts rebooting every 5 mins or so.I have tried to look through the...
View Articleconfigure vGPU for Windows10 VM on ESXi6.5 on Intel NUC6i7KYK so that I can...
How do I configure vGPU for Windows10 VM on ESXi6.5 (NUC6i7KYK) so that I can connect monitor directly to HDMI port rather than remote desk top to access the Windows VM? I already configured ESXi/PCI...
View ArticleESXi freezes when storage over ISCSI to Synology times out during high load
Hello, I have a Fujitsu RX 300 S7 with ESXi 6.0 U3 and a Synology RS2416+ containing a RAID 10 with 4x 4 TB WD Red HDDs. I have created a file-based LUN on the Synology and I have connected the Target...
View ArticleiSCSI with JumboFrames
Hi allI do not want to start a discussion about "to JumboFrame or not" but if you go for JumboFrames on an iSCSI storage Network I have my concerns about VMwares best practice.In all papers I found,...
View ArticleHardware configuration for ESXi Server ok?!
Hi, I’m planning a new ESXi 6.5 virtualization host. The server will run standalone with a "VMware vSphere Essentials Kit" license.There will be a bunch of small linux and windows VMs running on the...
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vMotion disk to another lun
HI There, We have a server that outgrew its LUN.This VM has multiple drives and as a temp solution we are thinking to vMotion one of the drives to a neighboring LUN on the same SAN.What are the...
View ArticleDoes ESXi 6.5 support LGA 2066 processors and Motherboards?
I'm doing a custom build for a VMware server. I wanted to put in an i9 and use a MSI Pro Series Intel X299 LGA 2066 DDR4 USB 3.1 SLI ATX Motherboard. I am going to put in a NIC that is listed here and...
View ArticleHow to clone a VM on a ESXI 6.5 server?
I tried to copy the vmdk and vmx file from a original vm folder to a new vm folder on the web interface. But the size of vmdk file is only 561B. If I boot the VM I get the error "couldn't find disk...
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VVOL and RDM
Hi Expert, I still confusing between vvol and RDM in vsphere 6.0. what are the difference between these two? Can they support vMotion?are there any limitation if we using them? Thank you in advanced...
View ArticleProblem with update Esxi 6.0u2 to 6.0u3
i tried update esxi6u2 （3620759）to esxi 6.0u3（5572656）but it failed with error message in esxupdate.log:[root@vnvdiesxi09:~] tail -n 400 /var/log/esxupdate.log 2017-08-24T06:03:34Z esxupdate:...
View ArticleEsxi 6.0 5572656 sfcbd-watchdog stopped/started (WorldList: malloc failed...
Hi there, i have recently Issues with the sfcbd-watchdog service. it's stopping/starting in a loop. maybe anyone have an Idea what the AllNode List Error means? 2017-08-24T10:01:06Z sfcbd: Starting...
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