Windows 2012 R2 Remote Desktop Terminal Server reboots (ESXi6)
Hello, Physical host: Dell PowerEdge R630 with ESXi 6.0 3620759 We have a problem with a Windows 2012 R2 Terminal Server VM (HW v11) that hard resets without apparent reason.The Windows system eventlog...
View ArticleI have 4.1 and I want 5.5. Upgrade o fresh install?
Hello! The question is simple. I have a cluster with 2 ESXi 4.1 and I want to move to 5.5 version. It's a good idea upgrade directly? Or better do a fresh install of 5.5 version directly? In case I...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 Failing to upload/deploy OVA files postNFCData failed error
I've been tasked with testing out multiple SSL VPN solutions for our company. Naturally before putting it into our dev or production servers I wanted create a test environment with two desktops to try...
View ArticleLoading Google Compute image onto ESXi
I'm trying to load a Google Compute image onto a ESXi (6.5) server. The image is a .raw file. However, I can't find .raw mentioned in any ESXi documentaion, and more importantly, the ext HDD doesn't...
View ArticleProblem with configuring static Link Aggregation ESXi + Cisco
I have a ESXi 6.5 (free version) and Cisco 2960. On Cisco: interface Port-channel1switchport mode access!interface GigabitEthernet1/1switchport mode accesschannel-group 1 mode on!(four interfaces in...
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No NIC found with MAC address (Upgrading 6 to 6.5)
In the process of upgrading the first of 3 ESXi hosts from 6.0U2 to 6.5U1 (from VCSA 6.5) I found my first host stuck at the following screen. How do I proceed?
View ArticleWay to write zeroes to all VMFS free space?
Hi all, is there an online way to write zeroes to all free space on a VMFS volume? We have a lot of volumes on top of flash-based storage that does data reduction (compression + dedupe), so as VM's...
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ISCSI Between 2 ESXI hosts
I am attempting to lab test a change in our production environment which has access to a NAS with iSCSI storage. However my lab does not has access to a physical NAS. So I have configured a freenas vm...
View ArticleHTML5 client under 6.5 Update 1, how is it?
We are still sitting at ESXi 6.0 update 3 primarily due to the horror stories we have heard about the web client in 6.5. Like nearly everyone, we have been following this threadvSphere Web Client SUCKs...
View ArticleSearching for graphic cards / accelerator for Esxi 5.5 and HP DL 580 G7
hello together, i used Google ad did not find what i am searching for.we want to add 2 graphic cards to our HP DL 580 G7 Server for Special VMs.We are running on this Server ESXI 5.5 Does anyone know...
View ArticleNot enough space on boot drive for 6.0->6.5 upgrade
I have an 8GB USB flash drive as the boot device on a host which is running ESXi 6.0. I booted the 6.5 installer CD (Dell Customized ISO) and after I selected the USB drive for the upgrade location,...
View ArticleCreating Windows Server From Templates
Hi folks, I hope I post it in the right place.If you help me remembering what should I do in order to deploy a windows server from a template and don't counter problems as much as I know sysprep is...
View ArticleARP works, ping does not between 2 VMs on different hosts
Random VMs at what seems to be random times stop being able to communicate with each other. Example VM1 on host 1VM2 on host 2 VM1 cannot ping VM2 VM1 sees an ARP entry in it's ARP cache for VM2VM2...
View ArticleExpected put message. Got: ERROR
Running ESXi 5.1. Trying to download an unmounted VMDK file to a USB HD mounted to one of the VMs. I'm using vSphere client on the VM where the USB drive is connected to do the download. Plenty of...
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Error with eroneous text placed in vmx file
We have a recurring issue with our vSphere Essentials 5.5. For some reason every couple of days or so in the .VMX file of one VM, the first line is repeated further down in the file.This seems to...
View ArticlePurpose of vicfg-cfgbackup
Hi folks, I dont quite grasp the purpose run this command vicfg-cfgbackup although i know it is backing up your ESXi configuration but what is it for anyway? What are they backing up? In what such...
View ArticleAll other VMs auto start but Win7 won't?
Hi, I've been searching online and here but could not figure out why windows 7 is the only one that does not want to start. It is configured as 2 startup priority and I have tried 1.If I manually start...
View Articlerestore point as snapshot - forever
What problems can I have if I have 2-3 snapshot (to keep alive forever) for a vm which is working?What solution can I follow if I wish to keep "some snapshot" to use as restore points?I now snapshot...
View Articleupdate ESXi: update manager or ISO?
I wish to update n.7 ESXi hosts of cluster from 5.5.0 Build 3568722 (HPE-ESXi-5.5.0-Update3-iso.9.6.0.45) to 6.0.0, while vCenter is already 6.0.0 Build 3634793 versionDo you suggest to update these...
View ArticleFrom external PSC (v.6) to embedded PSC (v6.5)
Hi, We are about to upgrade from version 6 to 6.5. Currently we are running vCenter with an external PSC but we aren´t really in need of enhanced linked mode. So when we upgrade to 6.5 we want to...
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