How to trigger NTP client to sync time?
I have an internal NTP server in the LAN (so there's no need to configure any firewall for this matter) but my ESXi 4.1U1 servers are totally out of time (3 to 5 minutes). I've tried to restart the NTP...
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 Articleconnecting local CD/DVD drive hangs
Hi! I have seen this problem several times in the last days: When trying to connect my local DVD drive through vSphere Client with a VM, the CD/DVD button shows "connecting..." but never actually...
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Error:Unexpected character '' (code 65279 / 0xfeff) in prolog; expected '
Hi All, I'm using Windows C# client as below version: Somehow I got random / intermittent error popped up: Error:Unexpected character '' (code 65279 / 0xfeff) in prolog; expected '<' at [row,col...
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 ArticleUSB drives not detected
I am no longer able to connect USB hard drives to any guest. I have the them connected directly to the host, but when I try to connect it to a guest in vSphere it is not listed. I can see the USB...
View ArticleConnect HP SAS Tape Drive to ESX 6.5
Hi, I've got 1 HP DL380 Gen9 + HP H241 HBA + HP Ultrium 3000 SAS and installed ESX 6.5Is it possible to connect that Tape Drive to a Windows VM and use it with Veeam for Backups? If yes, how can I do...
View ArticleWhat is NFSv3-RemountHandler and how do I prevent this from occurring?
Many months ago, I re-IP'd my NFS share, from 192.168.20.161 to 192.168.30.161. I looked on my firewall today and noticed a ton of traffic where my ESXi is attempting to reach out to the old NFS share....
View ArticleUnderstanding Esxi Maintenance mode and Standyby mode
Dear All, I would like to understand about maintenance mode, for example I've two hosts in a cluster and I need to perform firmware upgrade on Host A. Now before I do that I must migrate the virtual...
View ArticleVsphere 6.5 U1 update on Windows fails
Installation of component VCSServiceManager failed with error code '1603'. Check the logs for more detailsI tried to turn on all dot net
View ArticleUndelete deleted VM with vSphere Web Client
Maybe this was asked, i reading things for 4 days now, and its very confusing, but i got this situation, some admin sabotaged the virtual machines and backups, he turned of machines and issued Delete...
View ArticleESXI - AMD Threadripper Testing - Having Issues.
Hi All, I have been playing with a new Threadripper 1950X build and was thinking about seeing if I could get ESXi working. So far I haven't been having much luck and my build keeps getting stuck at the...
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vSphere Client could not connect to Host. An unknown connection error occurred.
Hi, When I tried to connect ESXi5.0 using vclient, it shows error message as " vSphere Client could not connect to Host. An unknown connection error occurred( The request failed because of a...
View ArticleAdd custom drivers to standard ESXi 6.5d ISO
Hi all I have googled the entire afternoon but I was unabled to find a workable solution (up to date at lease) to add the Adaptec 6805T drivers to my ESXI installation ISO since it is not seen by the...
View ArticleCannot download Vsphere Hypervisor 6 (free) - download link does not work
This has been happening since at least Saturday, and others have reported this as well (in the regular Hypervisor forums). https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi6 Neither the...
View ArticleHow to assign Physical NIC to Virtual Machine.
Hi All, We have a requirement to assign Physical NIC to Virtual Machine , Can someone confirm how this can be achieved ? Thanks in advance !! Regards,Varun Khatri
View Article[SOLVED] stuck after reboot: "vmkapei loaded successfully"
Hello, After a fresh install of esxi 5.5 my system doesn't seem to work properly after rebooting the host. When all setup was done with datastores and other settings I wanted to passthrough my graphics...
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ESXi 6.5 iSCSI multipathing
Hi, I'm trying to configure two vmkernel nics connected to common vSwitch( standard vS dedicated for iSCSI). vSwitch has two uplinks, documentation says that one PG should be connected to only one...
View ArticleESXi 5.x on an Intel J1900 board (Q1900-ITX Asrock) issue
Hello everyone! I have been trying to install ESXi 5.1u1 & 5.1u2 & 5.5u1 on the following configuration to no success so far:Asrock Q1900-ITX mobo (Intel J1900 Baytrail SoC, BIOS 1.20 with VT-x...
View ArticleIncrease Memory while VM is Running
Dear Experts, I have a question for adding more memory to a VM while it is running. We have a VM with guest OS of Win 2008 R2 x64. When creating this VM we gave 4GB Mem. to it, but now the requirement...
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