how to install Mellanox connectx-4 in ESXi 6.7
HiI cannot get ESXi 6.7 to install Mellanox ConnectX-4 in ESXi 6.7I the UI on the ESXi I can see the Mellanox card under manage->hardware.But it will not show up under NIC or under HBA, not sure...
View ArticleDisassociate host from vCenter Server...
Hello, I have a new customer with two VMware ESXi 6 hosts which are/were managed by vCenter. Nobody knows the password to login to vCenter but we can login to the two hosts. There's an option to...
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can not contact App vol manager error
Hi Everyone, I got one strange error on end-user machine saying that can not connect app vol manager, but I can ping manager from end-user VDI machine Please find the below pic for more information.
View ArticleHow to estimate ETA for conversion
I have 2 file servers to convert. 1 is Win 2008 R2, one is Win 2012 R2. I've been asked to estimate the amount of time it will take to convert, and i have no way how to do that. I have the sizes of the...
View ArticleVMware workstation 14 Pro loses Mouse Focus
Has any one found / have a solution for - Mouse repeatable loses focus after a short time. Focus restored by moving mouse to top of screen over Vmware menu bar.No problem on VMW 12.
View ArticleWindows 10 (1607) With AppStack hangs at login
Logging in to Windows 10 v1607 with an AppStack attached the login process hangs at Preparing Windows screen frozen for 10-15 seconds. May not seem like a lot but it is a noticeable difference. Has...
View ArticleHigh Sierra and Fusion "stuck" keys
Hi to all,inside the Windows VM, sometimes when I strike Ctrl+c, some seconds after I release the key combination it results in typing repeatedly "cccccccccccccc..." or after having struck Ctrl+v it...
View ArticleUpdate to 6.5 - ESXi Upgrade option is missing
We have 15 ESXihosts, and we are on the process of upgrading hosts to 6.5. One host does not give me an option to upgrade. The installer boots and detects the SD card, if I query the SD card using F1...
View ArticleBackup and restore of ESXi host Configuration
Hi There, I am on the process of upgrading ESXi hosts running on 5.5 to 6.5. On one host I am not getting the option to upgrade, for some reason it is not detecting the esxi instance.Is it possible to...
View ArticleEssential 5 to 6 license key upgrade
We have a host with ESXi 5.1 U1 using VSphere 5 Essential license. We need to upgrade this host and its license to 6.5, in order to be able to deploy an additionl new host, sharing the same VSphere 6...
View ArticleMissing config after reset of root account
This process worked perfectly to unlock the root account, however, after restoring access via root, all my vcenter's nsx managers, etc, all the config is gone. Anyway to restore it, or do i need to...
View ArticleAny way to generate 4096-bit certificate request on vCenter 6 / Windows...
Hi, VCener 6OS: Windows Server 2012 Per company security requirement, I need to replace the current machine SSL certificate with 4096-bit SSL certificate. However, I don't see a way to create a CSR...
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HP Proliant DL360 Gen9 + VMware ESXi, 6.5.0, 8294253 = Host hardware fan...
This issue does not show up on VMware ESXi, 6.5.0, 7967591 (U1). Once I upgraded to U2 the erroneous issue shows up. iLO shows Fan 1 & 2 are NOT installedhost (and vcenter) shows them as installed...
View Articlevcenter 6.5 update2 to 6.7
Is it true I cannot upgrade from 6.5update 2 to 6.7? if so is vmware going to fix this issue in the future? I upgraded my vcenter to 6.5u2 all on windows vcenters. Now i am planning on going to 6.7...
View ArticlevCenter 6.5u1 compatability
Needs suggestions on the compatibility of vCenter server 6.5u1 for the hosts 6.5u2. Can any one please provide their experiences on this. VMware matrix showing its compatible. But where am looking...
View ArticleBootcamp Virtual Machine cannot find EFI VMware Virtual IDE Hard drive.
The title says it all. I used the Create a Boot Camp virtual machine option without error but when the machine tries to boot it can not find the Boot Camp partition. The system tries to boot from 3...
View ArticleError in vsphere after fail over
Hi people, I have a serius problem with the vCenter appliance after a fail over is done. (esxi 6.7, vsphere 6.7) When the host server shutdowns all the VMs moves correctly to the backup host but the...
View ArticleHow to create own events for custom alarm by PowerCLI 10.1.1 ?
In vSphere6.5, if you create new alarm thru GUI in vCenter, you will see Triggers setup in Step#2, and you can configure own events as Trigger events for the new alarm.But there is no related cmdlets...
View ArticleNew host build, very slow VM performance
Hello, I have a new build I just put together and am running ESXi 6.7 + vSphere 6.7 - just updated ESXi with latest updates from https://esxi-patches.v-front.de/ESXi-6.7.0.html The system is...
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