IOMMU fault type 5
Hi, I've encountered an issue on ESXi 6.5 U1 where my vm would just power off randomly. The error i'm getting on the event log is VMware ESX unrecoverable error: (vmx) PCI passthru device 0000:86:02.0...
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ESXi 6.0U3: Intel 82599 10 Gigabit Dual Port (X520) - Rx Maximums and MTU Sizes
Question: For the ixgbe driver, why would the Rx Max change from 4096 to 240 when MTU is changes from 1500 to 9000? Wouldn't that make the Rx buffer ineffective to handle Jumbo Frames? We have two...
View ArticleUpdated VMware Tools for macOS VMs in ESXi?
Hello, a customer recently updated his ESXi hosts to version 6.0.0, 5572656. We run a few virtualized macOS systems there and I am not able to update VMware Tools on it. I'll append the error message...
View ArticleI can't install Esxi 5.5 in Power Edge R210 ||
i have an issue with Power Edge R210 || when install esxi5.5 it can't see the raidplz support me Note:virtual disk management is PERC s100
View ArticleASA firewall on ESXi
Hello everyone! I have 3 OVA's of ASA firewall with different version.. when i run these OVAs' in VMware Workstation they run perfectly fine.. but when I run them on Hypervisor they crash and keep...
View ArticleESXi 5.5 SNMP traps being received at remote server as 127.0.0.1
I have configured two ESXi (vmHost1 and vmHost2) servers to send out SNMP traps. However they are being received (target is a VM on vmHost1) with the listed ip address of 127.0.0.1 I have seen known...
View Articlehow can send backup vm traffic from other network adapters
Dear allHi i use esxi 5.5 and now can not use vcenter because i don't have shared storage now and use backupexec for get backup from my vms (add all of esxi to backupexec) now i have 2 question : 1 -...
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Can not create virtual machine if name contain the dot
Hi! After upgrade ESXi to 6.5.0 Update 1 (Build 5969303) (client version 1.21.0) I can not create virtual machine if name contain the dot.
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License key has expired ESXi 6.0
Hello,I have VMWare ESXi 6.0.0, free version. Can any one let me know if there is a way to get rid of this message? and get the VMs running?, We never experienced any problems before now, it was...
View ArticleCVE-2017-1000253 Security Vulnerability have affect with VMware product?
Dear, As the vulnerability CVE-2017-1000253 will be affect the VMware ESXi, 5.5.0, 2718055 & vCenter Version 5.5.0 Build 3154316 related?CVE-2017-1000253 - Red Hat Customer Portal Have any...
View ArticleNvidia Tesla P4
Hi community, i have recently just started using a Nvidia Tesla p4 GPU accelerator on a Windows 10 vm but I’m a bit confused on how I know if it’s actually doing anything. Or if it’s set up properly I...
View ArticleVMWare 6.5 - changed DCUI user password
What are the ramifications and remediation steps required if a production VMWare server had the DCUI password changed in the VSphere client when administrating a VMWare 6.5 server? A colleague trying...
View ArticleLVM lost FSTYPE can't mount drive
I have an issue with a drive that has VM's loaded on it that I need to get off. I believe they are still there, but I can't mount the drive to get the information off. it was a Proxmox 3.4 server. I...
View ArticleMonitoring an ESXI server with snmp
Hi I have a ESXI server running some VM.I would like to trace some HW parameter such as CPU temperature, fan speed, CPU load with cactiTo do that I need the oid of each parameter I want to check.I get...
View Articlevmtools current but not running
Ever since upgrading to esxi 6.0 U2 (from 5.5) we've had a problem with vmtools on our windows vms (2008R2 and 2012R2). The vmtools show as current but "not running". If I RDP or open a vsphere...
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editing /etc/vmware/config via PowerCLI
Hello... I am looking for the basic command(s) to add some lines of text to the end of this file using powerCLI. I would like it to work if I am connecting directly to a single host or config multiple...
View ArticleAdding a cloned disk becomes thick provisioned
Hi, I am running ESXi in my home lab. I am using the CLI to clone a server. When I add the disk to a new machine that I cloned from a thin disk, it comes in as thick. It was thin provisioned when the...
View ArticleVMware Tools ISO image does not exist or is inaccessible
Hi, I am running ESXi as a trial on my NUC. When I try to install VMWare Tools to my Windows 2012 r2 server it says image does not exist or is inaccessible. I'm not sure why the tools can't install. I...
View ArticleCPU Generation and guest OS support
Hello,We currently renewal our ESXi hardware. One of our way is to buy servers that includes last Intel Skylake CPUs and running it with ESXi 6.0U3 version (so on ESXi side it's not a problem).But,...
View ArticleDownloading free esxi not working
Trying to set up a lab at home for work, and trying to download the free version of vsphere esxi, but when I click "Download Manually" nothing happens. Anyone know of an alternative download? I am on...
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