Issues creating DNS server
Please excuse my basic experience if this question seems silly. I am working to create a virtual lab that I can use for some windows certs and also improving my virtualization skills. My question is...
View ArticlePerformance impact of enabling Memory (not CPU) hot plug?
Looking around online, the questions surrounding CPU hot add seem very well answered. What I haven't been able to find is a similar discussion on enabling memory hot plug. Here are the basic questions...
View Articlegateway ESX6
Home lab. Single host with vcenter. ESX6 I want to have 2 vswitches each going to a different router with different IP subnets. No vm will connect to both. I do not want them to see each other. Is...
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Export All Power Supply status of ESX Hosts using PowerCLI
Is there a way to export the status of all Power Supplies for all of our ESX Hosts?Is this something that I can export to a csv file:Thanks in advance!
View ArticleDell FX2s w FC430 Sled
Hi, I have a FC430 Sled in a dell FX2s chassis with the pcie slots in the back of the chassis. am i able to say insert a quad NIC into the PCIe lanes at the back and then connect 4 thin clients...
View ArticleI have an environment with two ESXi servers and a center server, which I...
I have an environment with two ESXi servers and a center server, which I think is a vm on one of the ESXi servers.The VCenter password is unknown. Is it permissible to use the sphere client to connect...
View ArticlePCI-E Serial board passthroug problem
Hello, I have installed a moxa cp-114EL multiport serial board in a hp server dl380 g9 with vmware esxi 6.5.I've created a windows server 2012 R2 virtual machine with the card configured in direct I/O...
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Latest HP Custom ESXi image
Can someone please provide the link to latest HPE Custom Image for ESXi 6.5 Install CD I think this is the one I...
View ArticleCan I use (google authenticator) 2FA for an esxi 6.5 host?
I would like to use google authentication for my single host web login. Is this possible yet?Where might I start to add this functionality manually?
View ArticleConnect Thin Client Directly To A Host
Hi, Are you able to connect a thin clients Ethernet directly to a Esxi Host instead of having it connected to the network. how do you set this up? Mat
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thin provisioned luns capacity report
can some explain what provisioned space means on a thin provisioned lun it is a 10TB lun provisioned space says 9.89 TB but why is free space at 3.27 TB?
View ArticleGPU Passthrough with OS X on Mac Mini
I'm considering picking up a Mac mini for use as a low-power server, and also for the ability to run OS X VMs. But one question I have revolves around GPU passthrough. Can the Intel iGPU on the mini be...
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Datastore browser shows different size on vmdk then the ESXi shell
Hi, I moved a VM from one host to another and also choosed to make the disk thin instead of thick. I run the sdelete command on the Windows server and then vmkfstools -K to punch out zeros. Now in the...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 Space issue
I have a ESXi 6 running multiple Windows Server 2012 VMs. For one of the Servers which is running out of space:Povisioned Space: 237 GBUsed Space: 228 GBOS (C:) 199 GBReserved Space NTFS (350MB) I...
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Current date not syncronized with Recent task's time
Hi.I don't understand why in the Current Dateand time fleld of my ESXi 6.5 server I see exactlty the time of the BIOS's server and in the Recent Task I see the same time + 1 hour.How may I fix this...
View ArticleError while installing ESXi 6.0 U2 using PXE kick start (gd: Notifying...
I am getting error while installing ESXi 6.0 U2 using PXE kick start Error message: gd: Notifying vmsyslogd of hostname changeace, so setting adv Iface to NULL) System gets halted for 15-20 minutes on...
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Ways to enable ssh on ESXi
Is there a way to enable ssh on ESXi without attaching it to a VCenter Are there ways to do this without a browser, and if so what are they?
View ArticleHow to provide Internet connection for ESXi on laptop.
Hello everyone I have installed ESXi on my lenovo ideapad y320 to create a Software Defined Network with mininet I am new to VM products and i'm havinging a set back here i don't know how to connect...
View ArticleProblem after passthrough
I have a problem. I think I accidentaly made a passthrough on my PCI device containing my datastore and VM's.I have autostart enabled on my VM so I have no datastore visible in my esxi ui. I would like...
View Articlevm's running very slow
Hello, so i am learning about ESXi, and i have it running in a VMware workstation environment but whenever i try to install a VM(in this case a ubuntu 32 bit) it is just really slow, like only changing...
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