VMWare Workstation 12.5 toggle hardware disks in VM
Hello I'm using host OS with old kernel (4.6) and I'm passing physical btrfs RAID array drives to VM with kernel 4.12. The thing is one of arrays managed by this VM is removable (made of USB HDDs). In...
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USB device unavailable after shutdown
So, we had a VM that was using an external USB drive for a legacy system (don't ask, I didn't set it up). After I put the host in Maintenance mode, and shut it down to add memory, the USB drive is no...
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Failed to copy files from CD-ROM.retry? While Installing Kali Linux in Vmware.
Fail to copy files from CD-ROM.Legacy Emulation Is enabled and tried after disabling it too tried with both enabled and disabled.tried on all three nodes.The Iso Image Is 100% Fine.I booted a DVD from...
View ArticleRestore Broken Vsphere
Good Day,I have a failed update install on vsphere in Windows and cannot access it anymore. Is there anyway to attend to restore the installation?Thank you
View ArticleESXi 6.5 Update does not see USB Key for boot
With my Dell T420 Server I boot ESXi 6.0 from the internal Kingston USB key.Today I downloaded and burned ISO version 6.5, but when I launch the update, I see only the RAID for VMs and not the USB key...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 AMD 1800X Support?
Does anyone have information on an update to ESXi to support the new AMD CPUs? I have an 1800X crying to run ESXi. At this point I am forced to run VMware Workstation Pro on it due to incompatibility...
View Articleuse vmrc with a reverse proxy
Hello, I would like to run a vmrc console on my lab (esxi 6.5 u1) which is behind a reverse proxy.I logged in with https://esxi.mydomain.com but when I run a vmrc console, I have an authentication...
View ArticleIncrease hard disk space by syncing cloud storage to external drive - or -...
Hi all, I run VMWare Fusion v8.5.8 on MacBook Pro OS Sierra v10.12.5 with Win7 installed. MacBook Pro: (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013); Processor: 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7; Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 Hard...
View ArticleLog Insight UCS Content Pack
After installing the UCS content pack, and putting the VIP in Cisco UCS manager syslog remote server I'm still not getting data. My firewall allows requests TCP/UDP 514 from the UCS manager FQDN. Do...
View ArticleAdd paravirtualization GUI configuration to VMware workstation
I need virtualization support in VMware workstation. I do not like doing nested ESXi setups on my ESXi host but have to b/c EMC appliances that i use require Paravirtual devices. It would be really...
View ArticleESXi 6.5 - Cannot find/mount VMFS from a LUN that exists and seems to have...
Hopefully someone can help me with a fairly frustrating situation. I have done quite a few searches and read a number of articles here and elsewhere - but the situation doesn't seem to match precisely....
View ArticleScript to shutdown all VMs and hosts in a cluster on Saturday evening, and...
Hi,I am a newbie and just wondering if such a script exists? My vcenter is a windows based VM on one of the 3 hosts. much thanks!
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Host updated to 6.0 U2. Health checks disabled (vSAN 6.2)
After using "VMware-VirtualSAN-Witness-6.0.0.update01-3029758.ova" as my vSAN witness I look at Health and see this under "Cluster > ESX Virtual SAN Health service installation": Host updated to 6.0...
View ArticleMerge/Recover data from delta.vmdk
Hi, I cancelled in the middle of snapshot deleting process all the snapshot configuration file deleted. I able up the vm but the data's are available before the snapshot date. In datastore i can see...
View Articlepsc installation help
Hello team, I am trying to install psc and v center 6.5 on separate appliance(not embedded one) . there is fresh installation of esxi 6.5 but when i try to install psc it doesn't show new port group....
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exam certification
A few years ago take the course of vmware vsphere 5 configuration, but do not take the exam ,,, will be fart taking the exam 6.5 with this previous course,, thanks..
View ArticleeSXI 6.0 Strange error why tring to Start the server
Hello dear community. Today when i try to start my server in ALT+F1 i see this message:Error: More then one exception specification for tardisk /tardisks/s.v00Error: Ignorin...
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Cannot start VM: "Cannot find a valid peer process to connect to"
Hi folks, I´m running the Fusion Preview on macOS High Sierra Beta3 (17A315i). Every time when I try to start a VM I get the following error: 2017-08-06T08:01:17.914+01:00| VMware Fusion| I125:...
View ArticleVCSA 6.5 web client very slow
Hello Friends, I have deployed VCSA 6.5 last month at my client place but now they are facing very much issues while accessing the web client. I have also found that it takes too much time to fully...
View ArticleP2V RHEL 6.9 with Converter 6.11. FAILED: A general system error occurred:...
I am trying to run a test P2V on a RHEL 6 box to vCenter host via Converter 6.1.1 installed on a Win 2012 server. I have been combing the Internet for a source for these errors. 443 is enabled on...
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