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"Not Exiting" objects and alerts not showing
We had an issue with a host losing connectivity to the vCenter server over this weekend. I have confirmed the host was removed and re-added within vCenter. When looking in vROps, I am seeing 2 objects...
View ArticleHow to set up watchdog in ESXI?
How do I set up watchdog performing specified action (eg. hard reset) of host when it becomes unresponsive (eg. kernel freezes)? Is there any form of virtualized /dev/watchdog?
View ArticleRe: Cannot export to OVA after Upgrade to 6.5
I use powercli, works fine Get-VM VmName| Export-VApp -Destination "F:\path_to_file" -Format ovf
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Re: ESX 5.5 migration to 6.0 - SSL issue
Hi PoY00chAgain we had this issue in our new upgrade, we have started our new vcenter upgrade to 6.5 and this SSL issue popped up.Unfortunately the SSL certificate was not getting generated and...
View ArticleRe: Accidently deleted one or to .vmdk files
With the deleted files, and the fact that you've tried to run the VM from the base virtual disk (at least it has a modified CID), the best we can do is to try, and see whether we can restore the state...
View ArticleRe: ESXI 6.5 Free License ?
I hven't tried to patch as per wizdude's info, but I did get the latest version usingthe procedure behind the link I included above and then use old license.
View ArticleWorkstation 14: Forgot to set the shared disk to independent, now it's in a...
VMWare Desktop 14 setup. I have a VM under the /Office directory. This VM has two hard drives. One of them is under the Office (same) directory. The VM's other drive is GDrive, under /GDrive directory....
View ArticleRe: Workstation 14: Forgot to set the shared disk to independent, now it's in...
Deleting the VM's snapshot(s) will merge the data in the snapshot .vmdk files into their base .vmdk files, and then delete the snapshot files. After all the snapshots are deleted, you may then shutdown...
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Policy Inheritance not working correctly in vROPs 6.6?
Hi all, We have been seeing some alerts come through for VMs, that should be disabled via polices.Alert: One or more virtual machine guest file systems are running out of disk space Policies: Allow VM...
View ArticleRe: vCenter Converter Standalone- FAILED: Unable to obtain the lock on...
Thanks. I tried your suggestions, but there were no lock files etc. In fact one of the machines was shut down about a month ago. Because I had this working a few months ago on another ESXI install, I...
View ArticleRe: vCenter Converter Standalone- FAILED: Unable to obtain the lock on...
Correct, I'm logging in to the ESXI, selecting shutdown machines (2). Which log file is best to attach? There were several in the zip and I couldn't find the right one. EDIT: I figured out what the...
View ArticleRe: Unable to get VMs communicating in NSX environment
So decided to start fresh and it now works fine.Had been using nested ESXi - now doing no nesting. Think I'll stay clear of nested ESXi for a while. Bayu - many thanks for the suggestions.
View ArticleRe: Проблемы с мышкой
Для ВМ, в которой вы запускаете 8.1, добавьте виртуальный USB Controller в настройках ВМ.
View ArticleRe: Проблемы с мышкой
Добрый день!Из вашего описания не совсем понятно:1. Вы используете Workstation? Какой версии?2. В виртуальной машине установлена Windows 7. Верно?3. Сама мышка\клики и т.п. в операционной системе в...
View ArticleRe: Accidently deleted one or to .vmdk files
Hi, thanks for trying to help me. I have two questions: move all files except for "Windows 7 x64.vmdk", "Windows 7 x64-000001.vmdk", and "Windows 7 x64-000001.vmdk" to the newly created directory Did...
View ArticleRe: Datastore refresh interval config help
Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any other paramters to try. Try to use solution from daphnissov and unmount datastore from ESXi host when you don't need to use it.Then mount it manually when you need it.
View ArticleRe: "modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'vmmon': Exec format error" - Ubuntu...
I solved the problem somehow. After an update to Kernel 4.13.0-36-generic I got some issues with memory. After following this: arch linux - VMWare Workstation - not enough physical memory since last...
View ArticleRe: Unable to Increase DataStore size even though there is space on SAN...
First of all check the version of Host client you use and update it to the latest available version ESXi Embedded Host Client As well you can try to increase VMFS manually from CLI Expanding a VMFS...
View ArticleConnect-VIServer through ssh tunnel stopped working after PowerCLI update to...
Hello all, I usually connect to my vCenter servers using ssh tunnels because I have no direct IP connectivity between my PC and the servers. After updating to v10 I got the following error (sorry is in...
View ArticleRe: ESXI 6.5 Free License ?
I was able to get the latest update installed using the article dtrounce shared and the helpful info wizdude shared. I put together my own notes which I've included below in case they're helpful for...
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