"No operating system found" after transferring Windows 2012 from ESXi 5.5 to...
Hi community,I transferred a Windows 2012 R2 VM from one ESXi 5.5 to another ESXi 6.0 via scp.The source works fine after this on 5.5 but the same thing on 6.0 is corrupt. The machinestarts with the...
View ArticleCannot Create DataStore - ESXi 6.5 - RAID Configuration?
I have a brand new Dell T430. Just installed Dell Customized Image ESXi 6.5 A00 (based on ESXi VMKernel Release Build 4564106). Installed ESXi on SD card. For virtual machine storage I have a RAID 5...
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Change smtp port to send emails notification from vCenter not working
Hello vmware community ! We have 3 vCenter (with 3 essential license) and I'm trying to send notification via vCenter using gmail account (with TLS autentication). I changed in Advance setting, the...
View ArticleConsolidate snapshots error
Hello, I have an ESXi Host running a single VM (Windows Server 2012).I'm trying to consolidate snapshots but it fails. All snapshots have been deleted and they don't appear in the Snapshot Manager.I...
View ArticleCan't find menu item in vSphere Web Client to create Instant Clone Parent
The section in the VMware vSphere 6.5 documentation entitled 'Convet a Virtual Machine to an Instant Clone Parent' (within vSphere Virtual Machine Administration -> Deploying Virtual Machines ->...
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 ArticleCan I use nVidia Quadro P4000 in vSGA mode?
Hi everyone, So I recently installed ESXi Hypervisor 6.5 on a Dell EMC Server PowerEdge T440. We then procured an nVidia Quadro P4000. Upon scouring the forums and the internet, I do not see anywhere...
View ArticleDoes ESXI 6.5 support Intel Skylake-X CPU likes i7 7800X?
Hello, May I know, does ESXI 6.5 support Intel Skylake-X CPU likes i7 7800X? Sincerely,Patrick
View ArticleIntel I350-T4 only recognized by Esx 5.5, not by 5.5 U2
Hi all, I relative new to ESx, sind 5.0.Until 5.5 all went fine, inserting the Quadport I350 in 5.5, rebooting, NICs were recognied. Made an Udate to 5.5 U2 via ESX-Cli and the four ports...
View ArticleShould I use LAGs for vSphere hosts?
I have two vSphere hosts (e.g., H0 and H1) with multi-port NICs connected to the same managed switch. I want the VMs on both hosts to have the highest network throughput.1. On the switch, should I...
View ArticleMaintenance mode and graceful shutdown
Dear All, I would like to create a script to shutdown the host (and its guests) when a power failure occure. I find a nice script on the web, and I can see that it put the host in maintenance mode...
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...
View ArticlevShere hypervisor is very slow with many VMs deployed
Hi all, This is the first time I am trying vSphere Hypervisor free version. I have HP ProLiant BL460c G7 with 8 X 2.4 GHz CPU & 64 GB RAM. I have installed vSphere Hypervisor free version on it and...
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Download size unknown in OVF deployment wizard
Hi, I am deploying a VM using OVF template in vCenter [vSphere Client version 6.5.0.13000]. The OVF and VMDK(~12GB) are on my local machine. I have a couple of queries in the OVF deployment wizard:What...
View ArticlePower On virtual machine VM Device 'Bootstrap' is not available.
While powering on the serve it getting the error. Error:Power On virtual machine VM Device 'Bootstrap' is not available.
View ArticleVMWare ESXI 3WARE 9550SXU-8LP SATA Controller Install
I am new to VMWare ESXi and trying to install it to test it out for possible production deployment. I have obtained an older server to perform testing. I am having difficulty installing the VMWare ESXi...
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Your evaluation license will expire within 11 days!
Im not sure what licence this is talking about i log onto my ESXI 5 server through vSphere Client and this pops up: What license do i need? ESXi 5? or vSphere? Im confused because when i click "Assign...
View ArticleInspect contents of .vib before installation
I would like to install community-created .vib files, e.g. this one: Configure ESXi 5.0 as NTP server Call me sceptical, but I'd like to verify the contents of a .vib before installing it on servers to...
View ArticleThe vSphere Client Add Storage Wizard Error: A specified parameter was not...
I'm trying to create a LOCAL datastore on a Hitachi 500GB HD wit vSphere 5.5. I keep getting the error: A specified parameter was not correct Vim.Host.Disk.PartitionInfo.specError StackCall...
View ArticleDifference between SR-IOV and DirectPath I/O
Hello, I am testing some pass-through features in order to better the network latency of a virtual machine, those features being DirectPath I/O and SR-IOV (As per the whitepapper...
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