HW clock / system clock in ESXi
In ESX (not ESXi) there were two clocks, the hardware clock (CMOS clock, BIOS clock) and the system clock ("linux kernel" clock). The hardware clock could be synchronised manually to the time of the...
View ArticleHP ProLiant MicroServer SB700 RAID Not Supported
I have a HP ProLiant MicroServer (N40L) which has a SB700 disk controller based on the on-board AMD chipset, and unfortunately VMware ESXi Hypervisor 5.0.0 (build 469512) does not support this...
View ArticleESXi 5.0 Free Edition - How to automate backups?
Hello All, I've been digging through the help docs on this site for a few solid hours now and I'm still at a loss concerning the functionality of the free edition that I'm using. This website, along...
View ArticleIntel NUC as VM Host - VM guest unable to obtain IP address
I have no idea how to explain this other than just saying what I have and what I'm trying to do. So I have a synology NAS 1513+. it has 2 4TB enterprise drives. I created a iscsi target and LUN of...
View Articlewhich esx 5.5 license allows for 16 vsmp
hi experts I have an ESX 5.5 server, with two 8-core CPUs. I have the following license: VMware vSphere 5 Hypervisor Licensed for 2 physical CPUs (unlimited cores per CPU). This means I would have 16...
View ArticleVMWare 5.5.0 on HP Proliant ML310 Memory size error
Hello, I installed VMware ESXi Images for HP ProLiant Servers 5.5.0 in a HP Proliant server ML310G8 V2, I got problems earlier because I used ESXi without HP support.Today I Installed VMWare with HP...
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e1000e network corruption
We have a relatively simple network setup where we have a VM running on a HP DL380 G6 host with VMware ESXi 5.5 (build 2068190) installed, that is communicating with several physical servers connected...
View Articledxgkrnl.sys during boot after installing VMWare SVGA
I can uninstall the SVGA driver and the machine will reboot ONCE. Next time I get the dxgkrnl.sys error, and it gets stuck in a reboot loop. This is a P2V Windows 7 box. ESXi 5.5Machine version 8 Any...
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Cannot start HA VM: Insufficient resources to satisfy configured failover...
Hi all, i'm actually creating some virual machines on Vsphere (Version 5.5) I made 4 VMs as depicted in picture. Actually Running VMs: VM1(HA) and VM2 (NOT HA) When i try to start VM4(HA) vmware won't...
View Articlewill NIC Intel I219-V in the future releases be supported?
Hello and Greetings to everyone, I am looking for informations, if the Intel I219-V will be in next releases supported? Intel now sells also this onboard-NIC on server mainboards.The history is I try...
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iSCSI - DVSwitch LACP
I have been researching design. I need to have a single DVswitch across the environment, (need single managment control plane for VLAN creation / migration etc..). I have moved all my hosts to 2 x...
View ArticlevSphere Client 6.0 reports connection issue
I'm getting this error message on my laptop with vSphere Client 6.0 when I'm trying to connect ESXi Server 6.0 -> Please see below the logfile.On other computers there are no problems with...
View ArticleESXi performance data is currently not available for this entity
I am running ESXi 6.0 U2 and vCenter 6.0 U2. I am able to see ESXi performance up to Past day, but when I chose rest of the options (Past Week, Past Month and Custom), it gives me this error "esxi...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 no free space on device after adding disk to RAID 5 array
Hello everyone, I'm trying to figure out why my ESXi 6.5 standalone host cannot see the free space available on my RAID 5 volume after adding a new disk. I checked the IMM and the disk space is...
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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VMXNET3 Driver Stripping VLAN TAGS
VMXNET3 Driver removes VLAN TAGS, E1000 Does not. ETH1 = VMXNET3ETH3 = E1000 They are both connected to the same PORTGROUP See screenshot below.ESXi = 6Commands in Yellow Box's. Guest = Linux Server...
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vCenter 6 Appliance - AD Integration Group Failing to add Rights
Fresh build and installation of vCenter 6u1. Single AD environment. Basic setup of nodes migrated from working and existing vCenter 6 (windows installation) into this new installation (aka AD works...
View ArticleCould not power on VM : msg.vmk.status.VMK_NO_RESOURCES. - Failed to extend...
Hi,i got this error starting a VM into an ESXi server Failed to start the virtual machine.Failed to power on VM.Could not power on VM : msg.vmk.status.VMK_NO_RESOURCES. Current swap file size is 32768...
View Articlecan VMware OEM License move to other hardware?
We have VMware OEM licenses (purchased from HP).We bought new servers from other vendor so the question is: Can VMware OEM Licenses that are purchased through a hardware vendor (HP) be moved to other...
View ArticleESXI Software/Onboard RAID Intel® C236 Chipsatz
Hello, I just wanted to ask if there is by now a method to use a software-raid with the ESXI-Hypervisor. I am using the inbuild RAID-Funktion of the Fujitsu D3446-Mainboard with Intel C236 chipset and...
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