Several problems with isolated networks under ESXi 6.5
Hi all, I have installed an ESXi 6.5 Update1 Build 6765664 host to do some tests with isolated environments. To accomplish this, I have setup the following vswitches: [root@scotland:~] esxcfg-vswitch...
View ArticleNetqueue on ESxi
Can anybody clarify the use of netqueue and how it works by default? I understand it is enabled on the host by default but I see no further configuration for the drivers. I have read everything I can...
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ESXi 6.5u1 > MegaRAID 9361 health monitoring
We have a new server with a LSI MegaRAID 9361 controller. I would like to be able to monitor the RAID volume's member disk status from vCenter & and the HTML5 client. I'm currently using the...
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...
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no luck - configured netflow on vds but unable to add to network anyalyser...
first of all I am pretty novice in vm world, I want to configure netflow on vds and send that to netflow collector. followed the steps on vmware kb page, configured collector IP's and VDS IP And the...
View ArticleUpgrade of ESXi 5.5 to 6.x - VMWare says I can use my existing Quadro 6000...
I've been using ESXi 5.5 for some years. The setup is a "small home lab" style network, with a 10 core CPU that at any time is running between 2 and 4 Windows 8.1 / 10 VMs. The server includes a...
View ArticleNetworking problem in docker-swarm
We have a networking problem in Docker-swarm. The problem is below;we have virtualized environment over wmware ( vsphere 6.02)our servers are created from vmware say server1 and server2we have a docker...
View Article6.0U2 - unable to clear memory reservations
I have a vCenter (6.0 U3b) with 3 clusters attached to it. Two clusters are 6.0U3 and one is 6.0U2. On the 6.0U2 cluster, I'm unable to reduce memory reservations of VMs. The 6.0U3 clusters work...
View ArticleVirtualBox nested inside ESXi VM - Bridged network
Hi there, I need to run a virtualbox VM inside a host VM that is running over an ESXi. The required network configuration for the virtualbox VM is bridged adapter. I managed to run it on vmware...
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DELL ESXI 6.5 Cannot Upgrade in CLI
Hi all, I have DELL R530 server with a H330 Raid controller with a vanilla ESXi standalone (stateless) 6.5a. The ESXI is on a drive attached to the controller along with a RAID5 array as vmfs with VMs....
View ArticleWhat EVC mode to choose for these specific CPUs
Hi, Can anyone please tell me what EVC mode should I choose for the below CPUs ? ESXI Running version: 5.5.0, 4345813I have these 4 host in a cluster. Wanted to Enable EVC without any trouble. vmesx1...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 Routing with freesco
Hello Everyone, I have a problem while using freesco router on esxi. I have a DELL Server with three VM's running on it but all the VM's are old and have pre defined IP address (different subnets) I...
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ESXi 6 lost access to volume due to ISCSI connectivity issues with thecus...
Hi all, I'm now encountering a weird issue that the host lost connection persistently to the data store. I really need help for this issue. The whole system is mentioned as follows. -ESXi 6.0.0-DL380...
View ArticleESX/Vcenter Server performance degradation
I see several times that at some points any task stats to take longer than usual.Even simple tasks like reconfigure VM can take minutes to finish. Maybe important to note that the ESX host has a lot of...
View ArticleCPU % ready question
I am trying to right-size a vm.i have one vm running 8vcpus in my host.My host has other workloads and has dual 12 core cpus. For this VM, ESXTOP shows a value of 5 - 8 for %rdy which is above what...
View ArticleHow to "Launch VM Console" from command prompt?
I am able to start the application using " " in command prompt: start "vSphere Client" "C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\Infrastructure\Virtual Infrastructure Client\Launcher\VpxClient.exe" -s 10.x.x.x...
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Solaris 10 to ESXi 6.0 Impossible?
I've done some digging on this and found some old info which may have been for VMware WS 4.0. Having trouble booting in ESXi6. Here's what I done so far: The source Solaris disk layout (2 disks sda...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 guest system time changing
I have Windows Server 2008 running as a virtual guest on a VMWare ESXi 6.5 host. Every few days the time on the server seems to change to a different time zone - it skips 2 hours backwards. For example...
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ESXi 5.1.0 on Dell PowerEdge T410 - vSphere Configuration Tab Shows...
Hi: I have a Dell PowerEdge T410 running ESXi 5.1.0. On the vSphere Configuration tab, the sensors are indicating a warning and some array alerts stemming from a drive predictive failure. See...
View Articlemanually delete sesparse.vmdk file ?
Hi, I've a problem with a VM Filer machine with a Huge size of 12T.Cause to this bl**** product Acronis backup I've a lot of snapshot sesparse.vmdk file (35) for each disk of the VM . As a result my...
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