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hard drives not showing up in ESXi Host
We have two HP Proliant servers that we installed ESXi 6.5 on a regular 2.5" hard drive. After that was all done, we added an additional 3 hard drives to each server for internal storage however when...
View Articlebank6 not a vmware boot bank no hypervisor found
Hi All, I have installed latest (as of today) ESX 5.1 on a 32 Gb SSD.I have along with that a SSD Raid with a windows 7 OS. I just choose the disk from which I want to boot pressing F11 at startup, and...
View ArticleESXi cannot detect disks.
Hi, I'm running esxi 6 and having trouble detecting disks. esx just can't see them at all whereas a ubuntu live disk can. I have an ssd and 2 hdd's connected through an adaptec 6405 raid contoller card...
View ArticleIs there still a free version of ESXI that is not just a trial for 60 Days?
And what version is that?And how do I find it?Cheers
View ArticleUnable to upgrade VMtools after ESXi 6.5 upgrade
I have upgraded my lab environment to 6.5 and am now unable to mount the vmtools installer through the web client. I was successful mounting the iso directly to the VM and upgrading interactively but...
View ArticleCannot boot/install VMs from ISO images
In this new VMWare 5.1 host server, I have created 2 VMs -- one for Win 2008-R2 and one for 2003-R2. Neither of VM guest OS can be installed. The VMs cannot see the DVD drive. I have modified/verified...
View ArticleCannot add VMFS datastore to ESXi host
Hello all, I have an issue with 1 FC LUN that can be seen as a device through multiple paths on all 10 hosts in a cluster but it only appear as a VMFS datastore on 6 of the hosts. Other LUNs from the...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 new VM will NOT boot iso
Hi, I'm trying to build a new CentOS VM. I downloaded the iso last night, moved it over to my server this morning and built the VM. I choose the CD/DVD Drive as an ISO and connect at power on;...
View Article6.7U1 vs 6.5U2 passthrough regression
Hello. I'm hopping someone has some clue why this is happening. Using esxi 6.5u2, passthrough GPU (NVIDIA 2080 TI) works perfectly. On 6.7U1 it works until I reboot the Windows VM. After rebooting I...
View Articleerror loading s.v00 fatal error 33 inconsistent data
hi, i was shuffling around things in the office and when i turned on the server again now i'm getting:error loading /s.v00fatal error: 33 inconsistent datawhat can i do to fix it?please advise asap.any...
View ArticleHELP!! Can't remove datastore - "in use"
I've tried every suggestion out there, and still can't remove one datastore in my vCenter. (I've not been able to reboot the hosts, or even put them in maintnenace - that's not an option at the...
View ArticleHow do I access files in a data store folder from a VM?
Hi All, I'm fairly new to Virtualization in general (I'm learning!) and have a question. I have a VMware ESXi 5.0 host server set up with various VMs configured within it. I also have various data...
View ArticleConnect an usb disk to an esxi and present the disk as datastore
I would like to connect an usb harddisk to an esxi host. It is possible to present the usb disk to a guest with the usb device. But I would like to present the usb disk to the host and use it as a...
View ArticleFailed to extend swap file from 0kb to 16777216kb
I'm keep the following error below when trying to create a Debian Linux VM. I can create a Windows VM on the same Datastore and I have no problem. I have over 500GB of free space on the LUN. I tried...
View ArticleSee if USB drive is connected
hi there, I'm trying to get a usb disk connected to a VM on an ESXi 5.0 server in a remote office. I'm told by staff in the office that the drive is plugged into the ESXi server, yet when I try to add...
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esxi 6.5: Windows 2012/2016 "A media driver your computer needs is missing"
Today I installed a fresh homelab with esxi 6.5. All with default settings.After created successfully an Ubuntu server and Windows 10 workstation I was ready to setup a new Windows 2016 server. Right...
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Can't download entire folder from ESXi 6.5 datastore
Hi .When I try to download entire folder from ESXi 6.5 datastore (for backup purpose), I can't (download option is shaded):Even if I right click the folder I can't download.Any idea?Thanks in advance
View ArticleSystem Management Software 1 SEL Fullness: Log almost full
Hi, I am runing IBM system x 3690 ESX 4.1.0,433742 and getting a following warning "System Management Software 1 SEL Fullness: Log almost full" I could not find any issue by looking at the IMM logs....
View ArticleVMWARE ESXi 6.5 - 4GB Upload Limit using IE 11
Hi I am running: Version: 1.8.0Build number: 4516221ESXi version: 6.5.0ESXi build number: 4887370 On my client I use Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Enterprise. I want to report that when I...
View ArticleUnable to take quiesced snapshot
After a reboot of a server, it can happen that it is not possible to take a quiesced snapshot.It happened after an update to 6U1 from 6.0. Before the update there were no problems. We did the following...
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