Detecting users connected via vSphere client
I have a VMware vSphere 5.5 infrastructure and users using the old vSphere client to connect to the vCenter server.How can I detect in a giver moment if there are users connected to the vCenter via the...
View ArticleMemory reservation question
We have a huge SQL VM that we run by itself on a host. No other VMs running on it. The host has 1 TB of RAM. The VM has 512 GB of RAM. Someone posed this question to me "Would there be any benefit...
View Articlehow to reset root password
i cant login to a esxi host. dont have the root password. what are my options to reset the password?
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Virtual machine memory usage
I am running ESXI 6.5 and have a PCI USB3 card enabled for pass-through to a VM I use to run Veeam backup. The VM has all it's memory reserved because of the pass-through. I'm constantly getting...
View ArticleNew vCenter - Connecting Hosts
Hi, I have built a new VCSA 6.5 environment and want to migrate the hosts from the current Windows based environment. If these were standard switches then i would just disconnect and reconnect and it...
View ArticlePXE boot traffic not leaving ESXi host - how to track down the issue?
Hello, We have a vm running Server 2016 WDS & MDT that we are using to deploy images to new client laptops. The PXE boot component only intermittently works for laptops though. Sometime a reboot...
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ESXi 6.5 Operation Failed "VsanVS IInit: VSI MD5 signature mismatch"
Hi All, I have encountered this issue during ESXi 6.5 installation on my server: Operation FailedError (see log for more info):vmKftools failed with message: b'OBJLIB-VSANOBJ: VsanVSIInit: VSI MD5...
View ArticleDatastore on USB device
Hi all, For a production issue I need (want) to create a datastore (vmfs5) on an USB device connected to the ESXi 5.5. Does anyone know the procedure ? I didn't find any help on the web. Thanks for help
View ArticleESXi and WAFL / iSCSI Hangs
We had a serious incident last month that originated on our Netapp. We have several large generic iSCSI VMFS volumes hosted on a Netapp cluster on which our VMs live. The Netapp decided to hang one of...
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Create Persistent Custom Firewall Rule on ESXi 6.5
Hi Guys, Just wondering if anyone here has successfully created persistent custom firewall rules for ESXi 6.5. I've reading up on this and seems the only supported method id to create a VIB using a...
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Updated ESX 5.5 to 6.0 U3 via Update Manager -> after reboot:...
Hello VMWare Community, We have a VMWare Cluster with 3 hosts, all HP DL 380 G7. I have updated to vCenter 6.0 from 5.5, now wanted to update the ESX-Hosts from 5.5 to 6.0 U3 via Update Manager. I have...
View ArticleESXi 6.5u1 host profile - Ruleset Replication-to-Cloud Traffic not found
Hi, I've got a non compliant state on my ESXI 6.5u1 fresh install, it says Ruleset Replication-to-Cloud Traffic not found but i don't find anything under firewall config about this cloud...
View ArticleESXi 6.0 Patch 5 AD Authentication issue "Cannot login due to incorrect...
On a newly built host deployed with Lenovo Custom ESXi image (6.0 U3) and then updated to Patch 5, we are not able to login directly to host when manually typing in AD credentials (domain\username...
View ArticleHow can I achieve host failure protection with 2 ESXI servers in one...
I have the following setup:2x Dell R530 Servers (2 CPUs each) each with their own local storage and a 10 Gbit NIC, ESXi 6.5 installed on each1x vCenter Server VM on one of the two servers1x 10 Gbit...
View ArticleEsxi 6.5.0U1 and LSI SMIS Providers
Hi,does anybody had success working with LSI megaraid SMIS Providers into Esxi 6.5.0U1?I successfull installed the latest vib file downloaded from LSI web site (00.66.V0.02), but I cannot connect from...
View ArticleWhat is the current technique for importing KVM VMs into Vcenter?
I can't find any recent documentation about importing exported KVM VMs into vCenter. I have tried once doing this: Convert KVM vm to VMDK: qemu-img convert -p -O vmdk /dev/vms/sandbox...
View ArticleNeed to move VM's off ESXi v4.0 hosts on to ESXi v6.5 hosts. Is P2V an option...
Need to move VM's off ESXi v4.0 hosts on to ESXi v6.5 hosts. Is P2V an option for this?
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VMs slow, HD usage is always 100%, best way to speed up?
I have ESXi 6.5 (free), XEON X5550, 64 GB ECC DDR3 and 2 x 500 GB HDD in RAID1 (via onboard LSI 1068e). I have 6 VM, they're usually running sluggish and the hard drive usage is almost always at 100%....
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esxi 5.5 rollback to 5.1 not available at bootup
I am tyring to rollback a 5.5 installation update from 5.1 but shift + R on boot up does not give the 5.1 hypervisor any idea? how do i get my 5.1 installation back?. I did a direct upgrade using...
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