Re: 6.7.0 (Build 9214924) and NFC Storage connection
With ESXi 6.0 U1 (and above), SSLv3 support is disabled by default for all services and ports. If the host was running a version prior to this, this might be the problem. More details in the article...
View ArticleRe: VMware Hypervisor failed to boot after update C220M4 to latest BIOS
You can try flashing the older firmware (only if its supported with your hardware). If it does not help, I'm afraid re-installing the ESXi is the only option you have. Please consider marking this...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.5 Dell VOMA gives errors with continuous stream for VMFS partition...
Looks to be an issue with the VOMA tool. On one of the affected hosts, can you upgrade it to ESXi 6.0 and run VOMA against the same datastore? If we don't see errors on version 6.0, rest assured it is...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 6.0U3 disk performance extremely slow
Share more details about the controller and the driver name/version it is using - Step-1 --> Run the command <esxcfg-scsidevs -a> to list the storage adapters.Step-2 --> Run the command...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 6.7 kernel panic during Heap_Free in dlmalloc
Hello, any workarounds for this issue ?
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Re: Can I use a PCI Passthrough to a USB controller if I run ESXi from USB?
Unfortunately I tried that myselft a couple of times with esxi 6.0 and 6.5 and it does not work reliably: basically, this kind of usage is not much in scope. The fact is, I managed to use a...
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Re: ESXi 6.0U3 disk performance extremely slow
Hi Supreet thanks for the reply. Please find attached a screenshot of the results of these commands: From what I can see, this is the newest version of the AHCI driver going from this webpage:...
View Articlehow to create virtul host on esxi 6.7 to install virl on?
I've successfully installed esxi 6.7 and now I am trying to install a virl on it but before i have to create a host OS in esxi, while I tried to create that what host os type should i be choosing?I am...
View ArticleRe: how to create virtul host on esxi 6.7 to install virl on?
VIRL is available in the form of OVA now , you need not install on any virtual machines. Launch host client 1. Download the VIRL appliance from CISCO site2. Launch ESXi host client from browser...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.5 Dell VOMA gives errors with continuous stream for VMFS partition...
From your comment, I understand that the issue occurs only on DELL servers where you used DELL OEM image, if you can take any DELL host for testing and install native ESXi image from VMware site and...
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Re: how to create virtul host on esxi 6.7 to install virl on?
As i understand, you are installing ESXi on a vm on top of ESXi host (called nested ESXi). So select the type as following: Please consider marking this answer "CORRECT" or "Helpful" if you think your...
View ArticleRe: 6.7.0 (Build 9214924) and NFC Storage connection
Thank you for your answer.after rebooting the host twice stuff start working.i don't know what cause this but maybe something didn't propely started.
View ArticleRe: How to clone a VM on a ESXI 6.5 server?
Does the Converter still work on 6.7? I just tried it on Ubuntu 18.04 VM and while the cloning was fast and convenient, the outcome was a seriously broken VM, missing eth adapter, VMware tools and who...
View ArticleRe: 6.7.0 (Build 9214924) and NFC Storage connection
Good to hear that! Upgrading the Veeam version to the latest one is still a mandate for everything to be in sync. Cheers,Supreet
View ArticleRe: ESXi 6.0U3 disk performance extremely slow
Just to confirm, the disk is being mapped via the SATA controller and not the Avago PERC controller right? Can you run the command <esxcfg-scsidevs -A> and share the output? Cheers,Supreet
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Re: ESXi 6.0U3 disk performance extremely slow
Yes it's on the SATA controller and not the PERC. Here is the output from that command:
View ArticleRe: ESXi 6.0U3 disk performance extremely slow
My doubt was right The disk is mapped via the PERC controller and not the AHCI controller. As we can see from the above output, the disk naa.6d0946.... is mapped to vmhba2 which, is the PERC...
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Re: ESXi 6.0U3 disk performance extremely slow
Oh sorry didn't realise the PERC was the RAID controller. Yes, the datastore is set up through a RAID 5 using 8 separate disks. Here is the output from those commands: Firmware of the PERC is...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 6.0U3 disk performance extremely slow
As we can see from the below link, the PERC controller driver is not on the latest version and the firmware is not on a supported version. Let us start with getting this thing sorted - VMware...
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