Make change in ESXi 5.5 to allow more than one console open at a time
I'm looking for a way to make the change to the Host that will allow more than one console window for the VMs on that Host. I know it can be done-- just not sure where to find it.
View ArticleStorage sensors vanished - drive crashed - no monitoring warning
hello all,we noticed a very alarming behaviour in esxi 6.0.0 (essentials license).a hard drive crashed, degrading the Logical volume.our Monitoring didn't inform us because the sensors in vsphere were...
View ArticleMigration from iSCSI in software to iSCSI in hardware
I've got several blades connecting to a SAN using the built-in software iSCSI adapter. I'd like to migrate all these to an HBA in the blade system. Is it possible to present the same LUN in both...
View Articleamd to intel hosts - what changes on vmx?
what changes omn the VM or vmx file when a vm moves from amd to intel host? do I need to create snapshot prior to moving to intel host?
View ArticlevCenter won't reconnect after upgrade 5.5 to 6.5 U1, get error 503 when try...
I had a host at version 5.1 that I upgraded to 5.5, and then to 6.5 update 1. For the 6.5 upgrade, I used the vCenter upgrade manager. First I had to remove some conflicting VIBs. The host upgraded and...
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VM Server greyed out
Hi everybody, I'm new to the forum so please bear with me if I submitted this thread in the wrong section. For about a couple of months ago I had a power failure in my house which lead to the server...
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Windows 10 Professional x64 1703 VLSC - No Sound No Sound Device under Vmware...
Windows 10 Professional x64 1703 VLSC - No Sound No Sound Device under Vmware ESXI 6.5.0 Update 1 (Build 5969303) Edit: - I think it is not suppose to work under ESXI - only if I use it via RDP or...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 U1 - host and vms are not responding
Im running ESXi 6.5 U1 on Fujitsu PRIMERGY rx2530 m4 with the latest Fujitsu custom image for PRIMERGY servers. The problem is that, one or two times of day the vms and host are no responding and i...
View ArticleShow Running VM's
Hi all This may be trivial and note that I am not an expert.We have ESXi 5.5 running on an HP rack server and many VMs are hosted. Users use VMware Workstation and connect to the server to see the...
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ESXi Host Power Management
Hi All, ESXi Host Power Management best practices Power Policy Options in Balanced or High performance which one is recommended, please advice Thanks for advance Regards,Johnson.s
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Local datastore was lost. How to recovery it?
Hi guys. We have an issue with a ESXI 6.5 standalone host that fails with "non-system found" message. VMFS disk are there. But, I can't attach it or access any data. At cli I had run some commands and...
View ArticleBest option for viewing virtual machine
I have x2 ESXi servers each running a single VM (Windows Server 2003 OS). I am looking at the best options to view my virtual machines. In particular I need something that will automatically connect...
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ESXi 6.5 and NFS
Hi!I installed ESXi 6.5.0-20170104001 and tried to attach an NAS-drive. Different to previous Version 5.5, there is no option "NAS" if i choose "add Storage": I wonder, why this option is removed. Is...
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Windows Blue screen when booting up
ESX 6.0Windows 2012 R2 Netbackup Instant Recovery During boot the Windows VM fails to boot with error 0x000000E4 (Screenshot below) No antivirus software installed in Windows VM. How do I...
View ArticleHP ProLiant DL580 Gen8 PSOD ESXi 6.0.0 Update 1 (build-3380124)
Hi All, Today I faced PSOD issue on my environment on HP device Model (ProLiant DL580 Gen8 PSOD) VMware ESXi 6.0.0 Update 1 build-3380124 Please find the below PSOD error massage details and HP...
View ArticleScratch Space Solutions
Hey all, it's been a while - hope all is well! I'm looking for some insight on a scratch space solution. I have blades with 64GB mirrored SDs and using them to boot locally. I have storage arrays at...
View ArticleSupermicro blade server is not VMWare compatible hardware?
I am using the following SuperMicro blade server in a datacenter. Or rather, I am a customer/tenant using one of the X9SRD-F blades. Supermicro | Products | SuperServer | MicroCloud | 5037MR-H8TRF...
View ArticleJoin the Velocity Program 2017 (AMERICAS): Accelerate Adoption of vROps 6.6
VMware Community Member, VMware Cloud Management Group cordially invites you to attend a series of events during October 2017 to help enhance your skills with our latest release of vRealize Operations...
View ArticleCan esxi 6.5u1 be used for free?
I downloaded the 6.5a release from feb 2017 and it is horrible to manage. I cant see how this made it out of QA. Is 6.5u1 available as a free product or is that only for paying customers? Ive used the...
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sequential shutdown / restart
1. If you configured in a host the sequence of power on / off for the VMs, does it mean that the first VM to start will also be the first to shut down or the last one to shutdown?2. Which will power on...
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