No Coredump target has been configured
Hi there, My Host had ungrace shutdown over power failure, I had to reconfigure the Raid disks and to add the Host disks again as a data store to the host.Since that, I get the message "No coredump...
View ArticleDelta and flat vmdk
Hi,I have this file from a broken 6.0 esxi machine (also hardware failure):xxx.vmdkxxx-0000001.vmdkxxx-0000001-delta.vmdkxxx-flat.vmdk I have to try to recover some data while I'm waiting for the new...
View ArticleESX 6.0 virtual machine creation may fail because agent is unable to retrieve...
Hello Everyone, i am getting the error "virtual machine creation may fail because agent is unable to retrieve VM creation options from the host" while trying to perform the following actions on vSphere...
View ArticleTrying to run usb camera on the guest ubuntu vm, but camera shows only black...
Hello!Maybe someone can help me with this problem. I trying to connect usb camera to the Ubuntu 17.10 vm that hosts on VMware ESXi 6.5, vm successfully detected this device, but instead of an image...
View ArticleAny gotchas if I create VM in Workstation and then import to ESXi 6.0?
So the PC I'm on right now is Win7 running the latest version of VMware Workstation Player.I created a couple Win7 VM's on it and then copied them to a different PC running ESXi 5.5 (but has crappy...
View ArticleESXI Disconnected from VC
HI , please any one healping my case that one if my esxi went to disconneted state from the vc and we conneted the esxi on vc its came up and running fine,after conneting i had check the up time of...
View ArticleExpandable Resource Pools
While studying for VCP6-DCV I came across the following question: ----- start question -----Resource pools have been configured to ensure that critical VMs are given adequate resources. Expandable...
View Article/sbin/shutdown.sh not longer works after updating to ESXi 6.5
I have long since relied on the /sbin/shutdown.sh && /sbin/poweroff combo to gracefully shut down ESXi hosts and it's never had an issue. After upgrading from 6.0 to 6.5 however my scripts...
View Articlevmkapi_v2_1_0_0_vmkernel_shim loaded successfully
Tengo el mismo problema, estoy usando la versión 6.5 y después de reiniciar se quedo en "vmkapi_v2_1_0_0_vmkernel_shim loaded successfully" no inicia completamente.ya logre ingresar a las...
View ArticleUnable to change one VM parameters without error...
Hi Guys,I juste have installed a fresh ESXi 6.5 on a microserver.I have 4 local disks declared as local rdm passthru with vmkfstools.I have created a VM with a 6G space from the datastore (HDD1) and...
View ArticleEnable or disable a USB port from a VM
Hi Guys, One of my VM is using an external storage connected on the host virtual machine.This external storage must be only accessed by this specific VM. Do you know if it is possible for my VM to SSH...
View Article2 host HA enabled and one host went down
I got a 2 host cluster. one host went unresponsive, cannot ping it and all the vms on that host went unresponsive and disconnected. however HA did not restart the VMs. why is that? HA is enabled
View ArticleSelling Windows 10 Pro Virtual Machines Online
Today im requesting idea's on a idea that came across to use my datacentre and high speed internet to use. 1) Sell Windows 10 Pro Virtual Machines Online. 2) To be able to connect to them via remote...
View ArticleHow to read a CTK.VMDK
Is there a way to read a -CTK.VMDK file to see what blocks have been modified on the associated VMDK and by which program or process? I cannot open it with any Text editor nor can I mount it to another...
View ArticleNvidia Grid K2 & RDP
Can you use the NVidia grid k2 GPU on a virtual machine without VMware horizon. can you use it on RDP or remote desktop connection? im maybe assuming if you can you have to change a setting somewhere...
View ArticleESXi PSOD and random freezes
Hi folks, I am new with ESXi. And my english is far from good but here is the problem.I have 3 hosts running ESXi and which i thought has best hardware, consistently freezes from time to time. One once...
View ArticlevSphere 6.5/NFSv4.1 configuration and design
Hi all, Most of the documentation/blog posts/etc I have found discuss pre-6.0 NFSv3 implementations and design. Would someone mind commenting on my design proposal to see if it makes sense and follows...
View ArticleAfter HA event (host crash), VMs start without network connected
I've got a cluster of several hosts. Network is set to use a distributed switch. I have the default VM restart priority set to disabled as I don't have enough capacity at the moment to power on all vms...
View ArticleIntel CPU bug - VMware fix on the way?
I've read up on forums, mailing lists and on The Register that there seems to be a severe hardware bug with Intel CPUs:'Kernel memory leaking' Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign...
View ArticleRecommended dual port SFP+ 10gig card?
Hi, I'm looking for some recommendations on dual port pci-e network cards to connect to a 10 gigabit switch using OM4 850nm MM fiber optic LC to LC cable.I am trying to keep the budget at $200 or less...
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