VMs intermittent loses network connectivity.
Hi, We have a strange problem/bug in our new VMware cluster. Environment BL460 gen10 with HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 650FLB AdapterHPE C7000 chassis vSphere 6.0 (build 6775062)ESX01,ESX03 and ESX03 are...
View ArticleSCP SSH not working between ESXi hosts
Hello, I have two servers with ESXi 5, both I can access through ssh (putty) but I if try prompt the one of ESXi5 to other ESXi I can´t access, my ping works, I try use SCP between two but don´t work,...
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In Esxi 6.7 - (HBA) SAN FC showing as Blocked Port.
Hi All.I need your help. Thinksys sr650 direct connections (FC) with Netapp E2724.The SAN partition is not displayed. I can see new ESXi connected to Controller A port 5 and Controller B port 4. In...
View ArticleVM .vswp files
Hello All, Good Day to you! In my customer environment, we have a 100GB LUN specified solely for swapping. However it is now full, with only 322 MB remaining - and right now it doesn't allow any host...
View ArticlevSphere HA agent on this host cannot reach some of the management network...
vSphere HA agent on this host cannot reach some of the management network addresses of other hosts, and HA may not be able to restart VMs if a host failure occurshow to resolve thsi issue
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Cannot delete snaphsots, but can create new ones.
First of all, I want to thank everyone here for all the help and resources, without all your help I wouldn't have been able to make the switch to ESXi. Now, some background before I dwell into my...
View ArticleCannot PXE boot VMware machine
Hello - I am trying to PXE boot to our WDS/MDT server on a VM and it continually gives me an TFTP download error. Failed to restart TFTP. It works with no problems on a physical machine, so i'm not...
View ArticleVMDirectPath and ATI Radeon
I am using VMware ESXi and I am trying to setup a guest that is Windows 7 that will have an ATI Radeon video card passed through to it. I actually had this working on a previous system but I had to...
View ArticleVIB install fail - due to dependency
I am getting the below error when attempting to install a enic driver manually. I have tried with the offline bundle .zip as well as the .vib file. There is not an image profile on this host, can...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 connectivity issue on PowerEdge R430
Dear, We encountering connectivity issue on newly install esxi 6.5 on PE R430Whenever we preform file copy (30-40GB files size) from one of the VM Guest to another machine thought network (100MB), it...
View ArticleReclaim the space of datastore
Hi,Can the vSphere 6.5 support the auto reclaimed space of datastore? e.g. If I write and delete the 100GB files on one of VM, the datastore can reclaim the space of datastore?Can the vSphere 5.5 / 6...
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Delete orpahned VM from Vsphere 6.5 web client
I'm trying to delete our older vCenter 5.5 VM (orphaned) via the web client but it's not letting me. We're using 6.5 now so 5.5 is not needed anymore and I can use the disk space. If I right click onto...
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 Articlewhat is an acceptable read/write latency on a virtual disk?
what is an acceptable read/write latency on a virtual disk? I have a figure in my head of 20ms threshhold, or 50ms threshhold(spikes) for SAN disks on physical hardware, what about VMs?
View ArticleESXi 6.7 - OVF Export Fails on VMDK export
I just installed VMware ESXi on a Dell R620 to test with. I have an opensuse 42.3 Linux guest VM that is powered off. When I go to export as OVF I can fetch the .ovf file, but it fails to fetch the...
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 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 can i change time zone in esxi 6.7?
How I change time zone in vmware esxi 6.7?By the graphical interface it only allows to change the date and timeWhen I change the time via SSH, it returns to the default when I reboot the serverI saw in...
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...
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Stuck during vMotion at 13% - Invoking callbacks
We are tried perform patching at environment at cluster level.( by VUM )We have 4 hosts in cluster. hosts: ESXi 6u1Example name of Hosts:CMP1CMP2CMP3CMP4 We start install patches on 1st host with...
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