ESXi 5.1 and Windows 2012 R2
Hello, I need to install windows 2012 R2 guest on ESXi host with 5.1.0,1065491 version.is it possible? on the website it is showing yes, but during the installation it is working thanksregards Yousif
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 ArticleI am seeing one host not responding on vCenter
Hi, one of my host is showing as not responding in my vCenter on testing environment. I can able to ping it which is interesting
View ArticleHardware for esxi 5.5-6.7
First of all I want to apologize for my ignorance as I am new to VMware. I got access to an old dell Poweredge 1950 server for my home lab. Without checking the compatibility list I tried to...
View ArticleHow many esxi host can be created in Dell T5500 workstation.
Hello Everyone, I just brought a Dell T5500 workstation and need to learn Vmware and other products. I found that it can not be used with VMware Esxi 6.7 latest update, But i am curious about how many...
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 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 ArticleWhat's the difference between Move and Migrate in ESXi
Hi guys,I'm researching Vmware ESXi and I have some problem . I wonder what's the difference between Move and Migrate. Could somebody help me explain this problem ?Thank you so much
View ArticleBoot error after converting from Hyper-V to VMWare
I converted with VMWare Converter a Linux Ubuntu VM from Hyper-V to VMWare and I'm getting now an issue with starting the new converted VM on ESXi 6.0 server.The error messages can be found in the...
View ArticleVC memory stats show lower utilization than Windows task manager
I know this has been asked before but I was hoping for a good clear reason I can tell another group in IT. VM is a Windows 2008R2 16GB RAM, 4 vCPU running SQL, SSIS,etc. SQL max limit is 12GB. Lots of...
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...
View ArticlePoor SR-IOV 10Gb performance
I've been using VMXNET3 for my network device and recently implemented SR-IOV. I've noticed a huge drop in performance. Host is SuperMicro X9DRH-7F, 2x E5-2667v2, nic is x520-DA1 connected to my switch...
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Event 1000 When opening the console to guest VM on ESXi 5.1 free
I have ESXi 5.1 with a free license installed on a workstation for lab testing. Everytime I open a console for a vm from the VSphere client, their are 3 event warnings entered into application event...
View ArticleHow to get the list of the last log session VMs of a datacenter?
Hi everybody We have a datacenter with more than 1000 vms in our v-center. we need to get the access logs of the last 90 days for each VM. Does anybody know the way to do it from Vcenter? I hope you...
View ArticleError deploying OVF -Permission Issue
I have created a 4 different roles with below privileges for deployment of OVF for developers . But during the deployment of OVF wizard at storage select window I am seeing error " An error occurred...
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 ArticlePSOD CPU issue or LSI Raid Issue
I been wrecking my brain and trying to find what caused my ESXI machine to have PSOD. Initially there was a faulty CPU, so I removed it, so my server currently is running on one processer. It still...
View ArticleThere are insufficient licenses to complete this operation - but why?
Hi Everyone, I'm a fairly new VMware administrator. Took over duties from someone who recently left our organization. I'm familiar with most cloud computing basics (at least in theory), but still...
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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 ArticleCommand line interface
Where can I locate a list of command line interface commands (either via PowerCLI, SSH and local console) that can be run with a free ESXi (5.5 or 6.0) host?I see that many commands are not available...
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