ESXi Windows 10 VM boot with UEFI BIOS
I'm trying to enable virtualization on my Windows 10 VM so I can use Docker WSL2.Docker gives me this error:"Please enable the Virtual Machine Platform Windows feature and ensure virtualization is...
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Re: ESXi Windows 10 VM boot with UEFI BIOS
For nested virtualisation, you go to the VM CPU settings and check the "Expose hardware virtualization to the guest OS", that is the ESXi VM equivalent of enabling VT in a physical PC UEFI/BIOS.
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That worked! 6 hours I spent trying to figure this out. Thanks for your swift and accurate response .
View ArticleRe: Failed to create VMFS datastore - Cannot change the host configuration
If wiping as explained in the previous reply doesn't help, then please verify that the LUN has been presented in R/W mode from the storage array. As an alternative, you may try to create a VMFS6...
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Thank you both for your replies.In the meantime I found the root cause:The MSA had "unwritable cache" data in its controllers and therefore the LUN was provided only read-only.Unfortunately this was...
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Re: Cannot Open Web Or Remote Console
Old thread, but problem still happened to me recently. Couldn't open console from Chrome, but Firefox was fine. Based on Marcelo Ferreira da Costa's response (and someone else's suggestion related to...
View ArticleRe: How to add a Hard disk drive direct to VM on ESXi?
If the disk is visible to ESXi you could add it to the VM as an RDM: Add an RDM Disk to a Virtual Machine
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How to add a Hard disk drive direct to VM on ESXi?
Hi guys,I installed ESXi 7.0U1 on Dell R630 server. My hardware:- CPU E5 2680 v4 (2 CPUs)- RAM 128 GB DDR4 2400 MHz ECC Reg (16 GB x8)- SSD 240GB x2 (RAID 1) for ESXi installing- SSD 960GB x5 (RAID5 +1...
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Welcome to the Community, depending on the RAID controller, it may work to present the disk as a JBOD, or single disk RAID0 to the operating system (ESXi), and attach it to a VM as a RDM.However,...
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Hi André, Thank you for your answer. If I add HDD to a VM as a RDM and format as NTFS, I can read data if I connect it to a windows PC, right?
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That depends on whether the RAID controller adds additional information on the disk (likely when configuring it as RAID0). I'd suggest that you test this, after creating the RDM, and formatting the...
View ArticlePanic requested by another PCPU caused by Win Server 2019 on boot
We have a long running ESXi instance (6.7.0 Update 2) that has been running a Win Server 2019 for over a year. Upon a recent reboot, we are getting a red screen of death reading:"Panic requested by...
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Not sure, but there's a chance that you are hitting an issue that had been fixed with Update 3, so in this case you may consider to update/patch the host unless there's a reason not to do this. André
View ArticleVM Pause disk issues
Hi, Have setup a VM server and resources. Sufficent disk space etc...suddenly out the blue it pauses the VM saying need to free up space on the DS?! The DS has 440GB disk space, the VM is only 400GB...
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You appear to have a snapshot on this VM which explains the constant pausing. Unless you have enough free space on the target datastore (you don't appear to have this), you are pretty well done here...
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VM swap file will be the same size as the allocated memory, there are log files too... Does the VM have any snapshots?
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also on a note, the server was running perfectly fine yesterday with about 15 users all day...suddenly this morning users are logging in and this is happening.
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How do i turn off snap shots even for the time being?! The server is offline so no uses can work at the moment.
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unregistered and registred the VM and now wont start cannot enumerate the drive error...can see the the file there but shows as 90GB over the 400GB is used to be, but wont allow me to change the size...
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Otherwise what would be the best way to shrink down the volume? In Server 2019 can shrink it down, but then the VM cannot make the size any smaller when you try edit.
View ArticleESXi 6.7 loses config after reboot
Hi everyone, I searched all over the web for two days, but I still haven't found anything that helped to solve my case. I have ESXi 6.7 installed on a USB drive running on a DELL Poweredge R710. I know...
View ArticleTrying to delete Dumpfile
I am trying to delete my dumpfile and unable to I am SSH in the correct Host [root@localhost:~] esxcli system coredump file listPath...
View Articlemoving VM Disks to new SCSI ID
I currently have a bunch of fisks on the same SCSI(0) ID like Disk 0 SCSI(0:0)Disk 1 SCSI(0:1)DISK2 SCSI(0:2)DISK3 SCSI(0:3) etc.... noticing lot of write/read latency Will it imprive performance if...
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Re: moving VM Disks to new SCSI ID
That would give each virtual disk it's own virtual controller, meaning you'd have more queues in the guest OS. What type of controller is in your VM settings? PVSCSI? Will multiple virtual controllers...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 6.7 loses config after reboot
Welcome to the Community, please run /sbin/auto-backup.sh from the command line to see whether it any throws errors.For details see https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2001780 André
View ArticleRe: Drivers for RealTek rtl8125 2.5gb NIC, controller
I do have a working VIB file, but I can not confirm if it is harmless or not.. it is not made by me. But I tested it and it works on my Odroid H2+ with dual RTL8125... I also had a link with...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 6.7 loses config after reboot
Hi and thanks for your replay The /sbin/auto-backup.sh command seems to work fine. I can also see it working every hour in the /var/log/syslog.log . /sbin/auto-backup.sh output below:...
View ArticleRe: moving VM Disks to new SCSI ID
> Will it imprive performance if I move some disk off to its own SCSI ID?Yes it will improve the performance - but dont expect radical improvements. Changing the SCSI ID can change driveletters -...
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yes its pvscsi. i have 8 disks on the same scsi0 controller I am seeing write/read latency
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As per my first reply, you have a bunch of physical things to check before thinking about changing VM disk controllers.
View ArticleEsxi 6.5 does not start black screen
Esxi 6.5 does not start black joke. I installed it on a usb key and I find the partitions present. how do i recover partitions or mount devie on storage?
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is it normal to see read/write latency on virtual disks?
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As Scott mentioned, if the underlying physical infrastructure is not able to process the data fast enough, you will see such latency. André
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Please provide more details about your infrastructure, and the exact behavior that you see, e.g. what exactly you see when you boot the system.Maybe some screenshots (photos) can help!?André
View Articlevsphere down
By mistake I have tried to change the esxi certificate, it gave me an error: the certificate cannot be installed. Then the console has been blocked and now it does not respond by ip.
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This is the problem, any idea? SSL Error 1: Code 185073780, String: error:0B080074:x509 certificate routines:X509_check_private_key:key values mismatch
View ArticleRe: Panic requested by another PCPU caused by Win Server 2019 on boot
We upgraded to Update 3 and the problem still exists. Any more ideas? Any insight into log files and where I can dig?
View ArticleESXi Licensing Problem
I may have downloaded the wrong installation binary, but my VM went down yesterday from a licensing problem: "Your evaluation license for ESXi has expired.". I only want ESXi and no other features, but...
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You need a vSphere Hypervisor licence key: Download VMware vSphere Hypervisor for Free
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In case this is a standalone host, you may recreate new self-signed certificates using the following commands:cd /etc/vmware/sslmv rui.crt rui.crt.bakmv rui.key...
View ArticleESXI 7 network serial port licence level
What level licence do I need to be able to add a network serial port to a VM, "telnet://192.168.1.1:4001" for example. It seemed to work in the evaluation but since I have applied my Essentials licence...
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This is the paper I would normally refer to: https://www.vmware.com/content/dam/digitalmarketing/vmware/en/pdf/products/vsphere/vmware-vsphere-pricing-whitepaper.pdf But there is no mention of...
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Re: ESXi 5.x flash memory recovery tool and guide.
Hello and thank guys for your responses. The issue is not how the ESXi server is configured but knowing if I can still access the virtual machines with a different USB key and configuration. But I now...
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you need to log in to an esxi host via ssh and run vmware -v VMware Knowledge Base
View ArticleRe: issues retrieving physical disks status in ESXi 6.0.0
Followed a suggestion from Lenovo support I installed CIM provider which was reporting as missing:[root@esxi60:/var/log/vmware] esxcli software vib install -d...
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Re: vsphere down
I going to point here the solution taht i found Restore ESXi Certificate and Key Files 100 % fully operational now
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Re: Drivers for RealTek rtl8125 2.5gb NIC, controller
My H2+ is looking for that VIB, could you share it ?
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