IOPs Capacity
Hi, i have questions around IOPs. (1) On VSAN how can one calculate the IOPs capacity on an individual ESXi host and the entire vSAN cluster? (2) The same question for ESXi hosts using array based...
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The definitive way would be to run a storage benchmark application, test under various conditions and configurations, and observe the results. HCIbench is a popular one.
View ArticleTP-Link TG-3468
Hi, is it possible to install drivers for TP-Link TG-3468 on ESXi 7.0? I found this manual, but, I have some issues. I did successfully changing software acceptance to Community Supported, but when I...
View ArticleHyperThreading
Hi all,we are working with ESXi v 6.5 and we are trying to disable HyperThreading on a per VM. We read somewhere that this functionality has been removed from version 6.5, but we received feedback from...
View ArticleRe: vpxa service is getting crashed frequently
vpxa service crashed issue got resolved .below troubleshooting steps followed by sequence first i did restart hostd and vpxa service eg../etc/init.d/hostd restart;/etc/init.d/vpxa restartthen i did...
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Depends on whether the driver type is "vmklinux" as opposed to "native". vSphere 7 hosts only support "native". What is the Impact of the VMKlinux Driver Stack Deprecation? - VMware vSphere Blog
View ArticleRe: HyperThreading
Not possible since after 5.0: Configure Hyperthreaded VM vSphere 6.5 What were you hoping to achieve?
View ArticleRe: Missing Data Store from ESXI 6.7
If I understand you correctly, you are talking about 1 datastore!? However, the screenshots show 4 individual disks.How has the datastore been configured initially? Are the 4 disks supposed to be...
View ArticleTrying to add array to ESXi VM, 'select' grayed out
I'm totally new to VM. Have a new HP server with two raid arrays and 20 cores. Have created two VM's, both using disk storage from Array1. Need to add Array2 space to SQL server vm, however when I...
View ArticleUnable to connect the MKS: Could not connect to pipe...
Hello all. I am trying to access my VM from outside the network. This is a home lab kind of environment. I want to install ubuntu, but I need access to the console to do so. This is proving to be...
View ArticleRe: Trying to add array to ESXi VM, 'select' grayed out
For your “Array 2” space, datastores are the target areas for virtual disks and the other files needed to run your VMs, so unless you have a datastore created on “Array 2” you won’t be able to add any...
View ArticleRe: Unable to connect the MKS: Could not connect to pipe...
You need TCP port 902 open to reach the ESXi host.
View ArticleRe: Unable to connect the MKS: Could not connect to pipe...
Those ports are already enabled on the ESXi server. I went to the firewall of the ESXi and checked for it. Ports 902 are open, both incoming and outgoing. I also added firewall rules to my windows...
View ArticleVMware ESXi 7.0.0 build-15843807: -flat.vmdk files are read locked when a...
We have detected that on ESXi 7.0.0 build-15843807 -flat.vmdk files are locked for reading even though the VM is running on top of a snapshot. [root@wxpmk:~] cat...
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so what do I need to buy to make two servers into 4 VM's
View ArticleRe: Missing Data Store from ESXI 6.7
Hi Andre,Yes, it is 1 datastore we are talking about. So, it was setup in RAID 0, with 1 large logical volume (because I needed the storage capacity - we can discuss the pros and cons to that later as...
View ArticleMissing Datastore from ESXI 6.7
Hi All,Hoping someone can help me.This is my setup. HP Server running ESXI from an internal 32GB SD card and local storage configured as my datastore.I initially upgraded my ESXI from 6.5 to 6.7....
View ArticleRe: Problems after install security patch ESXi670-201912001 in ESX cluster
Similar issue on certrain hosts in one of our clusters. It kills VSAN,HA and host would often go unresponsive, still no fix.
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standalone esxi host running ver 7.0.0
I have a mysterious Virtual Flash partition/disk that I cannot seem to get rid of. It shows as 119 GB Virtual Flash, and is VMFSL (read only as well). So I am unable to delete, and this host was on 6.7...
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