Reclaim 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...
View ArticleThick Provision Eager Zeroed
Ciao a tutti sono un nuovo utente e sto studiando vmware. Quali sono i vantaggi nell'usare Thick Provision Eager Zeroed Thick Provision Lazy Zeroed e Thin Provision? Perchè usare una modalità...
View ArticleWorkstation 12.5.6 requires UAC when starting VM
Hi there At present, VMware displays the UAC confirmation dialog when I start a VM. Definitely not ideal. My host system is Windows 10 Pro. Is this typical behaviour? Is there any way that I can have a...
View Articlevmxnet3 on ESX 6.0 sets eop field incorrectly in Rx descriptor even when...
Hello experts, We have FreeBSD vm on esx 6.0 (the base OS revision) with vmxnet3 as one of the interfaces on top of a vswitch. Jumbo MTU is not enabled on the vswitch. In our guest driver, we find eop...
View ArticleWhat Is The Difference Between Eager Zero And Lazy Zero Thick Provision Disks?
When we allocate disks in VMware, we have to specify thin provisioned, thick provisioned eager zero or thick provisioned lazy zero, but what is the difference?
View ArticleUbuntu 17.10 does not run in VMware Workstation 12.5.6
So annoyed I just spend over 8 hrs troubleshooting this. What the heck is the newest friggin officially supported version of Ubuntu that is supported on VMware Workstation? I cannot find the exact...
View Articlehow to launch an action when raising a log insight alert
Hi, Is there a way to launch an action when an alert is raised in log insight ? Can the alert be send to f.e. orchestrator to execute a shell script on an esx server ?Or is there any other integration...
View ArticleHorizon Client Mouse/Keyboard no reponse
Hi all, Im having issues with the view client, when connecting the mouse will move but clicks are not registered and the keyboard will not function at all. Im running the latest client version and I'm...
View ArticleError while login to Vcentre Web Client
I am getting this error since last day while trying to log in Vcentre web client. Since last day morning it was working fine. I have not made any changes yet in any virtual machines. I cant understand...
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invoke RelocateVM_Task to move vm from current vcenter to another vcenter
in my application I have to invoke vmware sdk to do this: invoke RelocateVM_Task to move mv from current vc to another vc. this is my code:--------------------------but i got an error from the vc...
View ArticleHow to resolve duplicate UUIDs
Step to change UUID:-Login to ESXi through Putty and go to path where virtual machine is stored. # cd \vmfs\volumes\DatastoreName\VMNameTo identify the UUID currently assigned to disk:- #...
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Can't Edit system resource reservation in vsphere 6.0 and ESXi 6.0
I have one ESXi v6.0.0 Build 3029758 server with 8GB memory. when I connect to server by Vsphere 6.0.0 build 3016447, in configuration tab in system resource reservation section the host system...
View ArticleNo storage vmotion with ESXi 6.5 Host Client?
Hi,I am using ESXi 6.5 as a standalone server on a HPE Microserver Gen8 (without vcenter) - just with the host client.I am still in the evaluation mode, so all licenses should be there.I am trying now...
View ArticleNew to VMWare - How do you rename files
I have created a VM and loaded an OS on it and want to make it my template to clone. I have copied the .vmx and .vmdk files to a new folder but I would like to change the name of the files. I...
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Does ESXi support Intel Quick Sync pass through?
My goal is to use esxi passthrough to enable Quick Sync (HEVC) encoding on Kaby Lake CPUs. As a test, I installed esxi 6.5 on an old intel Nuc - 5th Gen Haswell i5. This Nuc should support Quick Sync...
View ArticleESXi with attached HP MDS storage LUN invisible issue.
Hi All, I have come accross a situation where ESXi host with attached HP MDS storage went down suddenly due to power outage and come up again. What i observed after coming online both, two LUNs were...
View ArticleVmware VDP is in admin state
Hi, I am facing an issue in vmware vdp 6.1.3 where it is in admin state even after redeploying the VDP. Can anyone help me in this. Thanks
View ArticleESXi 6.0U2 upload stuck at 0%
So, what's the secret? I see others have gotten past this issue, but not I. Clean build on a Dell R830, virgin hardware. Trying to upload an ISO, and it sits at 0%...
View ArticleVRO Log Messages
Hi All, Log messages in the VRO Client for a workflow run disappear after sometime. Where is the setting to keep them displayed in VRO? Any help appreciated.
View ArticleCisco UCS Server RAID Cache
Hi,I'm looking for a supported RAID controller on UCS server that can do caching to SSD for ESXi 5.5 / 6 / 6.5.May I know the Cisco UCS Blade Server / Cisco UCS C Server support the SSD caching on RAID...
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