Re: Permission denied when attempting to backup ESXi
VirtualDD, Thanks for the reply. Using the commands you provided, I disabled the ESXi firewall. However, I received the same "Permission Denied" message. As for Roles, connecting to the ESXi host via...
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Dont assume that OVA works between different ESXi versions.As OVA-packages are basically obscured tarballs - just extract the package you have from commandline and if necessary create a vmx-file...
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Just to give my 2 cents here. we have seen this issue on many occasions and it affects even the latest build of esxi (6.5). On customer in particular still has this issue. Due to the snapshots not...
View ArticleRe: Permission denied when attempting to backup ESXi
In my experience if you connect to a esxi host directly you use the root account which is like the administrator on a windows machine.do you know the root password of your host? can you try with that...
View ArticleRe: Jumbo frame questions
As per my understanding , jumbo frames should be enabled end to end to avoid packet drops also it causes bottlenecks consider you have a server and end point. Server has MTU 1500 and all other devices...
View ArticleRe: Adding existing NFS datastores to new ESXi Host
PowerCLI would work great, especially if you use the Import-CSV command with files already populated with the ESXi hosts and NFS datastores. nfs-datastores.txt - Datastores to map.vmhosts.nfs - ESXi...
View ArticleRe: Workstation slower than expected
What about hard drive? A fast SSD usually helps a lot.
View ArticleRe: Raw Device Mappings
I think it will be deleted, because the RAW disk needs to be formatedNo, not at all. A Raw Device - i.e. the storage LUN itself - will not be touched, or modified by the Hypervisor (ESXi).With creating...
View ArticleRe: Consolidation failure
Please confirm if you see snapshot related .ctk files remaining in the datastore. For example: vmname-000001-ctk.vmdk. in the vmfolder after successful backup or consolidation. Best Regards,Deepak...
View ArticleRe: Small-Scale Hyperconverged
We are using Software Defined Storage for the HCI • StarWind Virtual SAN ® Free for exactly same purposes that you've described. Didn't have any issues since implementation but plan to upgrade to...
View ArticleRe: Create virtualmachine snapshot - 100% for 40mins
Need Complete log bundle. Best Regards,Deepak KoshalCNE|CLA|CWMA|VCP4|VCP5|CCAH
View ArticleRe: Permission denied when attempting to backup ESXi
virtualDD, I do know the root account password of the ESXi host. On my Windows PC that runs vCLI, I created a local account (root) and it has the same password as the root account password on the...
View ArticlevSphere 6.5 - VM becomes unmanageable after changing the CD device back to...
I am dealing with a issue on my vSphere 6.5 server. After I use a Datastore ISO file and change the CD/DVD Drive 1 back to 'Host device, not connected at power on' the task Reconfig VM directly ends up...
View ArticleRe: VMware Essentials Kit - Can the CPU licenses be split across 6 single CPU...
Thanks but In the past you were able to break the licenses and apply 1 license to a single cpu server x6.I know that technically it works with v6.0 and v6.5 as I have tried it in a test lab.What I am...
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Qlogic HBA 2562 showing different firmware version
Hi All, We have IBM x3850 x5 with dual port 8 GB qlogic 2562 FC HBA. when I run the command "/usr/lib/vmware/vmkmgmt_keyval/vmkmgmt_keyval -a" to check the firmware and driver, I see two firmware...
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Re: Jumbo frame questions
It is best practice to have jumbo frames enabled for vMotion network. Also, similar to what everyone else has said, you should enable jumbo frames end to end. Also, what version of VMware tools are you...
View ArticleRe: Permission denied when attempting to backup ESXi
T.J., I'm sorry, I forgot that Roles is vCenter server component. On your standalone esxi host, especially when using the user root that is of no concern. You can't have any more privileges than root...
View ArticleRe: Workstation slower than expected
If you want to see the memory status on your Windows host with reserved memory and all use Microsoft's tools RAMMAP https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ff700229.aspx 2x 6GB + 4GB = a lot...
View ArticleRe: Vsphere ESXi 6.5 external network connectivity lost on DL380Gen8
Hi, I have a similar problem.ESXI 6.5 on Gen8 with two NICs :I use this : (Updated) HPE-ESXi-6.5.0-OS-Release-iso-650.9.6.0.28 (Hewlett Packard Enterprise) [root@ESXI2:~] esxcfg-nics -lName PCI...
View ArticleRe: Vsphere ESXi 6.5 external network connectivity lost on DL380Gen8
HI Snamidro, Today we got the confirmation from customer that there was some vlan issue in his network to which servers were connected and after untagging the vlan now no retransmission. I even...
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