template with snapshot
Can I create snapshots into template ? So I can get multiple states of the same vm which will deploy to my infrastructure.What says VMware about it?
View Articlesave snapshot to vm
I have n.5 snapshots into vm and I want delete these ones so how I can save these n. 5 snapshots to n.5 template ?I need to get 5 different vm as templates, each one for snapshot.Suggestions?
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Automation and DevOps Solutions for VMware
VMware’s stated mission is to “deliver cloud infrastructure on-demand so end users can consume virtual resources with maximum agility“. But in order to take full advantage of VMware’s promise, you must...
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Unable to take backup of my host
Hi All, I want to take backup of all our host running on VSXi 6.5.0 , i tried option "Downlaod file from this data source to local machine", but I am getting error while clicking that - "Failed to log...
View Articlescratch partition and system logs
I installed esxi 6.5 but got warning about system logs location not on persistent location. I installed esxi on a usb flash drive. where do i put the system logs and scratch? Do i have to dedicate a...
View Articleesxcli storage vmfs unmap reclaimable unit number
what is the reclaimable unit number to use when using esxcli storage vmfs unmap? is that different per storage provider?
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partedUtil mklabel /dev/disks gpt read only usb
I installed esxi 6.5 on a usb flash drive of 16gb but I could not find any space for any datastore on the usb drive after installation. I ran partedUtil on the naa disk but says read only any idea?
View ArticleiSCSI Active-Passive Failover Support
I am new to VMware. My primary virtualization platform is KVM on CentOS. I also have a limited Windows Hyper-V instance to support a failover manager for the SAN. The problem I'm having is with the...
View ArticleSome VMs loosing network connection intermittently
We are having an issue in our production environment that some VMs intermittently going out of network. If we migrate (vMotion) to another host the VMs will become active (connected) again. This issue...
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EVC Compatibility between E7-8850v2 (2.30GHz) & E5-4650v2 (2.40GHz) processors
I find into a customer cluster a 3 hosts with the CPU E7-8850, the other hosts use E5-4650. I need to enable EVC? If so, which level? they have a vsphere 5.5 U3, I try to use compatibility guide cpu...
View Articlepci passthrough and pci-to-pcie bridge
Hi all. I want to use ESXi with PCI fieldbus communication board, but modern chipsets doesn't native support PCI (not PCI Express), only over pci-to-pcie bridge. Are there any problems with this bridge...
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Network Pause Frames
Hi Guys, in our infra we are observing NIC tagged to iSCSI is losing connectivity and couldn't observed network ranges. If I manually make the NIC down and up through CLI, It is up again and function...
View ArticleSeveral errors Provider method implementation threw unexpected exception:...
Hello,i am logged in with my domain admin-account in vsphere 6.5B.In several parts of the configuration i receive the following error (see attachment). My domain-administrator-account is having...
View ArticleUpgrading ESXi 6.0 to 6.5 odd conflicting vib issue
Hey everyone, I'm having an issue updating to ESXi 6.5 using VUM. VUM sees all of our hosts as non-compliant (not listing any conflicting VIBs) until I remediate. Once remediation starts, it will error...
View ArticleExplicit Datastore & Folder Permissions on ESXi 6U3 free edition
Are these accessible? Can't seem to find a way to map, for example a role to be allowed to manage datastore01, I have 2 other datastores that would need to remain inaccessible. I know this is possible...
View ArticleCLUSTER CONFIGURATION
It's a general question regarding the cluster configuration in ESXi. Is it possible to cluster with two different CPU manufactures (EX:Intel and AMD) if it possible can we perform normal clustering...
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Cannot shutdown or restart guest when vmware tools is running
Hello, I am a new ESXi user. I have used VMware Workstation for years. I have a Windows 7 VM running in ESXi (6.5.0 update1) with vmware tools installed. While logged in the guest VM, when I try to...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 - Wildcard SSL help needed
Hi all, I have ISPconfig with few personal websites and I got Comodo Positive SSL Wildcard. Using ISPconfigI went thru process generating CSR for *.mydomain.com and sending it to where I got SSL from...
View ArticleHTML 5 error when starting
Hello,i am running the latest version of vmware vcenter 6.5When starting the HTML-version i receive the following error (see attachment).How to fix this?
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Some VMs un-contactable after host reboot UNTIL I reboot my core switches.
Hello, Hoping someone here can help. We are running 6.5.0 Update 1 (Build 5969303). My recent background is predominately hyper-v, although I was VMWare back in ESXi 2.5/3 days. Whenever we reboot our...
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