Expand Space without Rebooting VM
Hi, is there a way that I can expand virtual disk space without rebooting VM. I know that there is a command to recognize the device, but the device is already recognized (such as /dev/sdc), But now I...
View ArticleHow to obtain free ESXi 6 License Key
I've downloaded and installed the ESXi 6 evaluation software. In 60 days it expires. At that time I'll need a license key to be applied to the installation. Where do I get the license key?...
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How to delete VM's from vSphere Client if they are stuck?
I have problems with couple VM. They were linked clone desktops. I could not delete them from Horizon View Administrator. All VM was stuck. Pool could not be deleted too. So i used KB1008658...
View ArticleHow Do I Fix The VSphere Web Client Certificate Error?
Hello, I have a bare metal ESXI 6.7 host in a home lab for training purposes. I do not have VCenter. How do I get rid of the browser certificate error when using the web client? -VGuitarist
View ArticleCore,Logical CPU,vCPU Explained
I am trying to understand vCPU concept in VMware. To start with Physical componentSOCKET = Physical hole where in one Processor can fit in.PROCESSOR = CPUCORE...
View ArticleNew VMware Tools for XP in 6.7U1?
Hi, after upgrading my environment to 6.7U1 a Windows XP VM is reporting, that there is a new Version of VMware Tools available. Must be a bug, or is there really a new version of VMware Tools...
View ArticleDoes ESXi work with AMD Ryzen?
ESXi 6.7.0 U2 and ESXi 6.5.0 U2 both give the same error. I am using an MSI B450-A-Pro motherboard, AMD Ryzen 7 1700 and 32G RAM. I get the following error, " no network adapters were detected....
View ArticleThick and Thin Provisioning Differences
I understand it in general but I can't comprehend how it exactly utilizes the space. What I meant. For example, I am having a limitation of 256GB for guest VM hard disk. If I am going to create a new...
View ArticleHow to add the sound on VM
I'm already install the VM use Windows 10 on ESXi server,but I can't find how to add the sound card.Please help me. Thanks
View ArticleHow to stop all VM quickly ?
Dear all, I would like to know what's the best practice to shutdown all VM as quickly as possible (With shutdown guest os command if possible) by using vsphere ? Indeed, the past week I had a power...
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"The operation is not allowed in the current state" What state??
We have vCenter 6.5 in our company. Totally paid one, in case you ask. Last week, I wanted to add some notes in one VM but every time I pressed "OK", I got the error message in the log sayingThe...
View ArticleProblem including driver net-r8168 in ESXi 7.0 Iso using...
I have change 2.6.0 script ESXi-Customizer-PS to include versión 7.0. and i have renamed the version of script to 2.7.0 When i add net -6168 i get an error in the process than i dont know how to solve...
View ArticleLikewiseGetDomainJoinInfo QueryInformation ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
Hi, what does a syslog message like this mean:Hostd: [LikewiseGetDomainJoinInfo:354] QueryInformation(): ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND (2/0): We get a lot of them from all different ESXi servers. Which file was...
View ArticleGetting free licenses for ESXi 5.5
Is there any way to get free licenses for ESXi 5.5 (free version)?As an old mywmware.com user I can get a free license for either version 5.5 and 6.A friend that registered only few days ago can get a...
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VMWare guest memory usage vs guest memory
So I'm looking at the task manager of this server and noticed that Windows reports only using about 6GB of the 32GB of ram available, while looking at the VMWare web managment and notice that VMWare is...
View ArticleFailed to power on virtual machine Render01. Module 'CPUID' power on failed....
HI Serwer:CPU: 4 CPUs x Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80GHzRAM: 3.99 GB ESXi 6.5 I install virtual windows 7 64bit and can not Power ON Windows because Failed message: Failed to power on virtual...
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EXSi 6.5 can not find driver when deploy VM as Windows Server 2012R2
Dear All, who face this problem such as attached screen capture. when i deploy a VM which use O/S is Windows Server 2012R2, but this operation is failure due to HDD can not active. if your have same...
View Article6 ESXi free version has some limitation to hardware
Good morning,ESXi 6 free version has some limitation to hardware support than Essential? It supports two CPUs and 32 GB of RAM?Thx
View ArticleHost not responding in vCenter
Hi,rcportoI am facing one issue with ESXi host, it is disconnecting from vcenter and happened two times, first time it happened 3 months back (I got fixed by restarting host management agent) and...
View ArticleVSphere 6.7: Server 2016 CPUID changed.
Hello, we had an issue with a guest CPU ID changing on a guest which I have listed below. We have an application running on Windows Server 2016 that used CPUID as part of the application licensing. HA...
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I can't install VMware ESXi 6.7.0 on my computer - No Network Adapters
Hi, I can't install VMware ESXi 6.7.0 on my computer, I have an error : No Network Adapters.I have a dell aurora r7 with killer E2500 gigabit Ethernet controller (pcnet-fast 79C971 pci id 1022:2000)I...
View ArticleVMware ESXi 6.7 Driver for Mellanox Technologies MT27500/MT27520 Family
For Mellanox ethernet controller ConnectX-3/ConnectX-3, VMware Knowledge Base describes to use driver "nmlx4_en 3.16.11.10 (6.5 driver) or new releases (6.7 driver)". The nmlx4_en 3.16.11.10 release is...
View Articleovf size
i create ovf file from a vm. vm size is 300 gb but ovf size is 8 gb . Why sizes are different ?
View ArticleTrouble Setting MTU to 9000 on ESX host and guests
I just set the mtu to 9000 on the ESXi host.Then I changed the MTU to 9000 on the linux guests. Now the network fails.Shouldn't this be supported?
View ArticleConfirm Microsoft Server licensing in clusters
Hello, just wanted to confirm my understanding of how the Microsoft licensing works. Just to keep things simple. Lets say I have a Blade chassis with 8 Blades,so 8 Physical servers with 2 physical...
View ArticleVMware ESXi, 5.5.0, 1331820 to ESXi-5.5.0-20170904001-standard (Build...
hi I was trying to update VMware ESXi, 5.5.0, 1331820 to ESXi-5.5.0-20170904001-standard (Build 6480324), there was lot of updates in between, I have reach to 3343343 and it was working fine. but...
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This type of network adapter is not supported by {0}Red Hat Enterprise Linux...
How can I fix this issue? delete the vNetwork Adapter to add it back?
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Hypervisor installtion issues.
Hello trying to instal hypervisor 6.0 on a Dell R710As per KB i updated BIOS to latest 6.4.0 and all firmware. I keep getting this error: This programs has encountered and error"Error:partedutil failed...
View ArticleError Loading tools.t00 during ESXi 6.0 install
I am trying to install ESXi onto a Dell Precision Workstation T7810, which I have been able to in the past. I am getting the below error code when loading tools.t00 during the installation process....
View ArticleHow to move Hypervisor VMDK to different datastore without vmotion
I have a Hypervisor vmware host version 5.0 with 4 virtual machines. I one of my virtual machines has 2 VMDK files. I need to move one of these VMDK files to a different datastore without using...
View Articlememory reservation
I have an esxi host that has 512GB memory. I have three vms that will consume all the memory. Since there is no memory overcommit, I wanted to set the memory reservation equal to the memory assigned...
View ArticleVMware and HP ProLiant DL380 G5
Running 6.5.0 (Build 4887370) Hey guys quite new to the server world, I wanted to turn it into a VM machine so I went to install VMware. Seemed to installed fine, but it's not picking up the RAIDed...
View Articlesetting rx ring buffer size
Hi, I am a vmware newbie. I want to set rx ring buffer size on a physical nic in my vmware server. Currently I use the command "ethtool -G vmnic0 rx 4096" to increase the rx ring size; but I have to...
View ArticleCan't delete corrupted swap file, or folder in datastore ESXI 4.1
Hey guys After days of reading I thought I would give the forms a try. I have a vsphere hypervisor 4.1 setup using sata hard drives for a test environment, which has been working perfect for about 6...
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Connect vSphere to ESXi Server over VPN
I've read a few posts, but so far none of them quite cover what I'm looking for. Here's the setup that I have: Site 1:ESXi Server --> Tomato VPN WRT54GL --> Cisco ASA* --> ISP Site...
View ArticleLocating-finding vm on the hosting physical host
Hi All, I am trying to find a way of knowing/locating the HOST (physical host) of virtual machine from the actual virtual machine i.e. the host that is the virtual machine is running on. Here is the...
View ArticleVsphere 5.5 and Emulex OneConnect 10Gb NIC trouble
I have installed ESXi5.5 in a server with Emulex OneConnect 10Gb NICs.I have installed the last driver for this nic - elxnet-10.0.575.9-1OEM.550.0.0.1331820.x86_64.vib. After some network activity of...
View ArticleIs it possible to rename a standard switch from the default vswitch0?
We are starting to create additional standard switches and would like to give them a more descriptive name.
View ArticleUnable to write data to the transport connection.
I am getting this error: Unable to write data to the transport connection: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host. I am trying to upload a OVF to my host. I have my ESXi host...
View Articletboot.b00 fatal error: 6 (buffer too small)
I'm running v6 of the free vmware hypervisor in my home lab. ESXi is running from an 8Gb USB stick. I have 8 drives hanging off an adaptec 71605q, partitioned up into 2 RAID5 and 1 RAID0 arrays. I...
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Migration Fail - Unable to access file...
Hi, When I migrate a VM on a ESXi, I got the error message: Unable to access file /vmfs/volumes/551e68f9-XXXXXXXX-1f80-0025b501103f/vmhost01.abc.com (vmhost01)/vmhost01.abc.com (vmhost01)-000002.vmdk....
View Articlevsphere, nvidia and Premiere Pro
Hi, I'm trying here at my home lab to achieve something: Run ESXI latest (6.5) with GTX 1070 (for example) which will be passed through to a Windows 10 VM, and connect remotely to that VM and edit some...
View ArticleWindows 10 VMware Tools
I recently install Windows 10 as a Guest on one of my ESXi 5.5 host. I then installed the VMware tools. The install seemed to go ok as the drivers for Video, Network, Etc all got updated. However the...
View Article传输 (VMDB) 错误 -45: Failed to connect to peer process
I just upgrade ESXi 6.5 to 6.7，unfortunately I can not power on any of the VM.I try to create a new VM. The same thing happened.Thanks for your help!
View ArticleHow to recover a datastore after a disk failure?
I have an Adaptec RAID 71605Q and 8 hdds: 4x 2TB in a raid5 array, and 4x 3TB in a raid10 array. (Two connections on the card, and two of those 4-into-1 cables; one cable per array, if that makes...
View ArticleWhere is my Free ESXI Hipervisor 6.7 key and how can I download this version ?
Hi, when I try open https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi6 i`am redirected to https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi7So I dont have option to download 6.7 iso or...
View ArticleJumbo Frames - VMotion
Hi Guys, I've inherited a VM system at my new job and looking over the configuration which I feel is incorrect but would like a steer from some on you experts. The System1 Dell Compellant FC Storage 3...
View ArticleFree License Esxi
Good day, i downloaded and installed Esxi with the fre elimited license, everything was right in the last 40 days until this morning,when gui start to show up the message: your license will expire in...
View ArticleOpening OVA file in ESXi 4.1 via vSphere client
Just installed VMWare vSphere ESXi 4.1. Then I installed the corresponding vSphere client on my laptop and connected to ESXi. I have a OVA file. How do I open it in ESXi thru vSphere client app? thanks
View ArticleEnabling DPDK on vSphere
Hello.I have two vSphere servers with Virtual Machines able to generate traffic. They have DPDK mode enable and I would like to know how can I enable the DPDK mode on my vSpheres.I was trying this...
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