Yeah, still no information about K1
Re: ESXI6.5 passthrough Nvidia K1
Re: Strange thing : User dcui@127.0.0.1 logged in and out messages flooding in event list
Hello panjl3,
it's a few month already, but did you ever find a solution or at lest a cause for this issue?
I am seeing very similar events on some of our servers (Lenovo) and here it seems to caused by a Lenovo provided script that's executed every minute via cron.
cat /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root
#min hour day mon dow command
[...]
* * * * * /etc/cim/lenovo/refresh.sh # Refresh the firewall settings every one minute
Commenting out the script and restarting crond causes the events to disappear.
However there might be a valid reason for this script to run regularly so I'm not sure if I should really disable it.
Also there is another Lenovo ESXi server with the same cron entry without the dcui@127.0.0.1 entries in hostd.log...
Regards,
CM
Edit:
For Lenovo servers this forum topic is interesting: ESXi 6.0u3 Custom Image throws information messages every minute on hosts - Lenovo Community
So insted of just disabling the script I updated the servers using the latest Lenovo provided Image for the respective vSphere version and now at least the frequency of the dcui@127.0.0.1 logged in / logged out messages did significantly drop
Re: VCenter 6.5 U1 Console over RDP
Hi,
I am a freelance developer and I've many VMs in my homelab. I used to have access to VM Remote Console through VMWare Workstation since you don't need to configure anything on client side just connect to ESXi server, that's it. However, time to time weird keyboard problems occur in remote console. If you're Turkish user like me and frequently switch between US and TR keyboards then you may get into such trouble. That's why I switched to RDP.
However, if you're connecting to customer networks via VPN and VPN does not allow even LAN access then remote console is the only option.
I also experienced KVM (Proxmox in specific) and SPICE client. The user experience is much better imho. I wish ESXi supports RDP like VirtualBox does.
BR
Haldun
Re: Configuring a building environment for ESXi 6.7
If you are you looking for the Toolchain Open Source Disclosure package. try here:
https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=ESXI670-OSS&productId=742 - 2.2 GB (Appears to be for VMWare Tools, not the Toolchain)
https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=ESXI67U2-OSS&productId=896 - 4.42 GB
https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=ESXI67U3_OSS&productId=896 - 18.8 GB
For anyone wanting to retrace my steps to find it, I started at the "VMWare Download Search" page
https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/downloads#tab2
Then I searched for "esxi 6.7u3"
In the results, find the "Open Source Information" link
But clicking it will take you to: https://maintenance.vmware.com/info6.html?downloadGroup=ESXI67U3_OSS&productId=859
In the original link, replace "web" with "group" to make: https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=ESXI67U3_OSS&productId=896
TADA!!! You have the page for ESXi 6.7U3 Open Source Information
Changing web -> group seems to fix errors on a LOT of the links that redirect to a 'Maintenance" page
Re: esxi cannot boot after updating to 6.7 u3! how to fix it?
Just to be sure: did you try 6.7u3 on the HP machine and see the failure discussed in this thread? I haven't heard of the issue affecting an HP machine before, so just for our information, can you say what model it is, and the BIOS version?
As a development engineer, I'm not familiar with what we do and don't make available to evaluation customers or what support channels are available to them. I can try to find you some help, but if there is a support or sales support contact associated with your evaluation, that might be a better route. The best thing probably would be if support can let you run your evaluation with 6.7u2 for now.
6.7ep13 wasn't released with an ISO image; that's planned for the next regular patch (not express patch).
Re: esxi cannot boot after updating to 6.7 u3! how to fix it?
The machine is an HP z420 workstation Intel Xeon E5 1650V2 and 16G ram.
bios version is J61 v03.86
multi-processor is enabled
hyperthreading is enabled ( this has to be enabled or hyper v will not install )
I copied the 6.7.u3 iso contents onto a usb drive and did a UEFI boot.
the machine loads some files and then displays the fatal error.
Just FYI I also used the exact same usb drive later and sucessfully installed onto a poweredge r710, UEFI enabled.
So as an evaluation user I
1) Cannot download 6.7 u2 as its not an allowed product for whatever reason
2) Cannot install 6.7 u3 because of the error.
3) am dead in the water
( edit added bios version and some other settings which I forgot )
Re: ESXI6.5 passthrough Nvidia K1
The Windows 7 machine can detect the K1 adapter, not sure why dxdiag doesn't.
Have you tried to connect to the VM using RDP?
Try to download the following demo from NVIDIA website and run it on the Windows machine:
Download A New Dawn Demo | Download Demos, Wallpapers, and Screensavers | NVIDIA Cool Stuff
If you aren't able to view the demo, or if it doesn't run smoothly, then please post a screenshot of the VM configuration (right-click on the VM >> Edit Settings)
Also go to Control Panel and open the nvidia Control Panel then click on System Information link in the bottom, and check the Graphics card information.
Difference between "vmkload_mod xxxxx" and "esxcfg-module xxxxx"
I have found some articles talking about essentially the same thing except the command. One talks about using the command
vmkload_mod xxxxx
while the other one talks about using the command
esxcfg-module xxxxx
where xxxxx is the name of one module. Both commands talk about the same module.
So, what is the difference?
Re: esxi cannot boot after updating to 6.7 u3! how to fix it?
@Himilou: I've sent out some email internally to try to find who could help, perhaps by giving you access to 6.7u2.
In the meantime, you could try updating to the latest BIOS. From HP Z420 Workstation Software and Driver Downloads | HP® Customer Support , I see the latest is 03.95 Rev A, dated Jul 1, 2019. That shouldn't hurt, but of course may not help.
Re: Repeated Datastore Disconnection Every 23 minutes
Thanks for the reply. We didn't try changing the writeback policy.
Changing firmware and driver versions in the 2019 time frame didn't seem to make any difference.
Astoundingly, the solution was to downgrade the firmware of the iDRAC on our server to a version from December 2018. Apparently, the iDRAC controller polls the storage controller on a schedule and that was causing the datastore disconnections.
Dell supposedly will have an updated iDRAC firmware out in December 2019 that should fix this issue.
Re: esxi cannot boot after updating to 6.7 u3! how to fix it?
@Himilou: Your machine isn't on our compatibility list (VMware Compatibility Guide - System Search ), so our evaluation program doesn't really apply. However, you can try the free version of vSphere at Free vSphere Hypervisor | VMware . I checked, and if you register for the free version, you do get the option to download older releases like 6.7u2, not only 6.7u3. I hope that helps.
ESXi 6.5 hangs every 2 months
ESXi 6.5 hangs every 2 months.
Stops and does not respond to any action.
The last logs are as follows:
2019-11-16T03:00:03.924Z cpu8:65745)lsi_mr3: MR_PopulateDrvRaidMap:344: ldCount 1
2019-11-16T03:00:03.924Z cpu8:65745)lsi_mr3: MR_PopulateDrvRaidMap:345: Max. VD supported 256
2019-11-16T03:00:03.924Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: mfiReadMaxEvents:384: Event:From SeqNum 3938 to 3940. Count 3
2019-11-16T03:00:03.924Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: megasas_hotplug_work:488: event code: 0x27.
2019-11-16T03:00:03.924Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: megasas_hotplug_work:488: event code: 0x14b.
2019-11-16T03:00:03.924Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: megasas_hotplug_work:488: event code: 0x42.
2019-11-16T03:00:14.203Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: mfiReadMaxEvents:384: Event:From SeqNum 3941 to 3941. Count 1
2019-11-16T03:00:14.203Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: megasas_hotplug_work:488: event code: 0x14b.
2019-11-16T03:00:14.660Z cpu8:66244)lsi_mr3: MR_PopulateDrvRaidMap:344: ldCount 1
2019-11-16T03:00:14.660Z cpu8:66244)lsi_mr3: MR_PopulateDrvRaidMap:345: Max. VD supported 256
2019-11-16T03:00:59.879Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: mfiReadMaxEvents:384: Event:From SeqNum 3942 to 3942. Count 1
2019-11-16T03:00:59.879Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: megasas_hotplug_work:488: event code: 0x41.
2019-11-16T03:01:52.368Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: mfiReadMaxEvents:384: Event:From SeqNum 3943 to 3943. Count 1
2019-11-16T03:01:52.368Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: megasas_hotplug_work:488: event code: 0x41.
2019-11-16T03:02:46.082Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: mfiReadMaxEvents:384: Event:From SeqNum 3944 to 3944. Count 1
...
2019-11-16T04:19:53.552Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: mfiReadMaxEvents:384: Event:From SeqNum 4029 to 4029. Count 1
2019-11-16T04:19:53.552Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: megasas_hotplug_work:488: event code: 0x41.
2019-11-16T04:21:08.570Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: mfiReadMaxEvents:384: Event:From SeqNum 4030 to 4030. Count 1
2019-11-16T04:21:08.570Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: megasas_hotplug_work:488: event code: 0x41.
2019-11-16T04:22:24.473Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: mfiReadMaxEvents:384: Event:From SeqNum 4031 to 4031. Count 1
2019-11-16T04:22:24.473Z cpu8:66130)lsi_mr3: megasas_hotplug_work:488: event code: 0x41.
VMB: 112: mbMagic: 2badb002, mbInfo 0x101c44
VMB: 56: flags a6d
VMB: 59: cmdline: /jumpstrt.gz vmbTrustedBoot=false tboot=0x101b000 installerDiskDumpSlotSize=2560 no-auto-partition bootUUID=70b2409fea7a44289c7ed59c6bc79416
VMB: 64: 186 boot modules @ 0x101084
VMB: 71: mmap_addr 0x101cb8 (280b)
VMB: 77: VBE Mode: 0x122
VMB: 78: VBE Mode Info Block: 0x101fd8
VMB: 79: VBE Control Info Block: 0x101dd8
VMB: 82: VBE PMI 0:0 (0)
VMB: 89: Changing PAT MSR on PCPU 0 from 0x7040600070406 to 0x7010600070106
VMB_ACPI: 448: No SPCR table found.
...
lsi-mr3 | Avago Native MegaRAID SAS driver for vmkernel | 7.707.11.00-1OEM.650.0.0.4598673 |
Earlier there was a driver of the older version and also hung.
Help, please!
Re: ESXi 6.5 hangs every 2 months
Server - Supermicro SYS-7048GR-TR
LSI 9361-8i with BBU
ESXi - 6.5.0 Update 2 (Build 8294253)
ESXi booted from SSD on SATA.
Mount USB Hard Drive
I have a standalone ESXi 6.7 server which is running the free edition.
Trying to just plugin a USB hard drive to copy vm's from drive to host and vice versa.
I have read on-line about stopping the usbarbitrator service which I have done and then plugged in the drive.
From what I have read the drive should be mounted and an entry appears in /vmfs/volumes but I'm not seeing anything.
I can see in /dev/disks new entries appear for the usb drive.
How can I mount the drive so I can access the storage on the drive either by shell or WinSCP?
The Mount command doesn't appear to be included in 6.7.
Re: Mount USB Hard Drive
Moderator: Moved to ESXi
Re: Mount USB Hard Drive
In order to copy files to a datastore, attach the USB drive to your local PC, and upload the folder/files from either the vSphere Client's UI, or using WinSCP (which requires that you enable SSH on the host).
As a side not, instead of copying the files manually, you may instead use e.g. the export/import from/to OVF from the UI.
André
Re: ESXi 6.5 hangs every 2 months
Hello,
Is the HW supported by the HCL?
If so, have you applied any recommendations from Supermicro?
I know Supermicro has some gaps about the Hardware Compatibility List so, I suggest you take a deep look into that.
Also, you could update your ESXi 6.5 to the latest update available (which could help to mitigate any issue)
install display driver on esxi
hello
I have an HP server DL360 G7 , i'm installed Graphics card GeForce 710 GT on server
and Virtualizer installed on server is esxi 6.0
How do I install graphics card drivers on esxi ?
Can I install nvidia display drivers on version esxi 6 ?
Do I need to install a higher version?
Please tell me the full tutorial on installing graphics card drivers step by step
thanks
Re: install display driver on esxi
Moderator: Moved to ESXi
Re: install display driver on esxi
You can't install consumer graphics cards and can expect them to work, only the ones below are expected to work
VMware Compatibility Guide - vsga
You can "try" doing a passthrough to a vm, but its not supported, and there are no official guides to getting to work.