Questions tagged [vmware-esxi]
VMWare ESXi is an installable/embeddable virtualization platform based around the ESXi Hypervisor.
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Debian Server not communicating with anything after network interface change
I have the following situation:
I have changed the network interface type of my Debian server from VMXNET3 to et1000e from VMWARE EXSI and now the server cannot communicate even with other devices on ...
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How to keep VMs sorted alphabetically in VMware ESXi vSphere?
A customer's server I'm administering runs the latest version of VMware ESXi - 8.0U2 Enterprise Plus, but I believe this has been a thing ever since I started using ESXi many versions ago.
Every time ...
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New install of Docker on Debian constantly crashes when using it via VMware Remote Console
About a month ago I installed the latest version of Docker on Debian 12 on a VMware ESXi 8.0U2 virtual machine (latest vSphere version).
I tried to get VNC running but other priorities took over, so ...
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Cancel datastore moving on esxi 6.7
it's my first post here but I need your help.
In my company, we're migrating to a new server, so I'm moving the data virtual disk of a VM from a local storage to a NFS, so in the new server I can ...
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esxi passthrough storage adapter
I run ESXi 5.1.0 (HP version) on HP ProLiant ML310e G8 v2.
There are 2 Storage Adapters:
Smart Array P222
Dynamic Smart Array B120i
Storage Adapters are visible in ESXi/Storage Adapters.
Storage ...
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Configure a Virtual Machine to Keep the Same UUID on VMware vSphere
I want to keep the previous uuid in the cloned VM on VMware vSphere.
I have followed the steps described here
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1.Open the virtual machine configuration (.vmx) file in ...
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debian:jessie container, apt-get update 100% CPU in PhotonOS host
In a Photon OS machine in VMware ESXi:
docker run debian:jessie apt-get update
The apt-get update process takes several hours to finish, using ~100% CPU. Even with an empty /etc/apt/sources.list.
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Recommandation / best practise for site to site replication as cold standby with ESXi Cluster
I have two ESXI clusters at location A, each consisting of 2 ESXi servers. 1 cluster is in the DMZ and one cluster is in the LAN. Various virtual machines are running on them. In total, there are only ...
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Is it possible to run Docker on a hypervisor type 1?
Is it possible to run Docker bare metal on a type 1 hypervisor such as VMware and Hyper-V?
Docker uses that same kernel as the host. So if the hypervisor is based on linux, does that work? Is there ...
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Failed to deploy OVF package. ThrowableProxy.cause A general system error occurred: Transfer failed: Invalid response code: 500
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ESXI: 7.0 Update 2 (build number 17867351)
VMware Workstation: 16.1.2 build-17966106
I exported a VM from QKVM (Qnap KVM) and been trying to import it into one of our ESXIs using vCenter, ...
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Why doesn't the Internal USB port boot ESXi 6 on my Microserver Gen8?
I'm trying to run ESXi 6 off the Internal USB 2.0 port on a HP Microserver Gen8. No matter what I try it will not make any attempt to boot the internal USB to load the hypervisor.
I installed ESXi 6 ...
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vmtoolsd returns 'no value' when trying to read OVF env parms
From within a linux VM, I'm trying to read the OVF environment parameters using this command:
# vmtoolsd --cmd 'info-get guestinfo.ovfEnv'
No value found
I did check that vmtoolsd service is running....
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Cannot reach DNS server on vm (guest) through Sophos XG 310
I have a vm running Windows Server 2k19 hosted on ESXi that basically acts as a DC for authentication (AD).
The host is connected to a pSwitch (Dell s4128f-on) that is in turn connected to my Sophos ...
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How do I increase Threads per core for an Ubuntu VM in VMware?
I recently purchased a VMware dedicated server and I created my first VPS on it with Ubuntu 22 server OS . Using lscpu in Ubuntu , I'm seeing the following :
steam@steam:/root$ lscpu
Architecture: ...
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2nd network with 10G NIC on vSphere Cluster
I am installing Vsphere 8.0U2 Essential Plus on 3 Dell servers, each having 2x32C AMD CPU, 256GB RAM, 2x1G ethernet port, 2x10G dual port NIC along with 1xME5012 iSCSI storage with direct connectivity....
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IBM x3650 will not boot from USB
Hello serverfault community, and thank you in advance for your time.
Summary: I have an IBM x3650, which I bought secondhand (eBay). I am trying to install and run VMWare ESXi 5.5 on it via a USB ...
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"Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" - Windows vNIC
Here's an interesting one I haven't seen on ServerFault I'd like to "discuss" based on our rule regarding a Good Subjective question.
I have a ton of Windows 2008/2012 VMs in my environment running ...
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How can I powerdown VMs to enter Maintenance Mode to apply vCenter component update in vSphere Lifecycle Manager Images when vCenter itself is running
My basic question is: is it possible to use vCenter to apply a component update to the host, seeing as how I would need to shutdown the VMs in order to do it, and crucially 1 of them is a router VM ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 VMWare EXSI VLAN Remote Connection Lost after Kubeadm install
While setting up a Kubernetes environment for studying for CKA exam using the Linux Foundation environment instructions, I started being unable to SSH into my Ubuntu 20.04 controller and worker after ...
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ESXi 8.0 host not detecting USB devices
I've got an ESXi 8.0.1 production host (Dell PowerEdge R450) that I'm trying to attach a USB device to. I've tried a USB external HDD as well as a USB licensing dongle. These devices have been ...
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How do I copy/paste to a VM console window in the VMware ESXi HTML interface?
I have an Ubuntu VM in an instance of VMware ESXi 6.7.0. I am using Chrome to access the VM console in the HTML interface of VMware ESXi. (I do not have SSH access to the VM.)
I would like to copy/...
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VMWare ESXi: how to add network drivers to installation?
Background / Problem
I have two new servers (Dell R720 & Dell R520) that I plan to install ESXi onto.
During the VMWare Hypervisor installation, I'm told that no network adapters exist.
Upon ...
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How can I lower the ESXI acceptance level when a forced install has been done?
I'm trying to install a .vib on an ESXi server. This specific one needs an acceptance level of 'community'. I tried to set the level from partner to community as follows:
# esxcli software ...
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Adding subnet to a vsphere with single vcenter and esxi host
Let me start of by saying that I do not specialize in networking, I am in the process of adding additional VMs to a testing environment and wanted some recommendations.
In this case I am running a ...
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How to remove inactive datastore from vSphere 6.0?
I followed this vmware guide to remove a storage device and replace with another. Everything worked fine apart from the fact the the datastore still show on the list as inactive.
During the procedure ...
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Esxi lists two disks instead of one RAID1 [closed]
I'm trying to install Esxi on a Dell PowerEdge R210 II.
I enabled RAID in bios and then created RAID1 (CTRL+R at boot). This part is OK.
But the Esxi wizard lists two disks when I need to select ...
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VMware - VM not getting DHCP address after reboot
We are having a strange behaviour in our ESX-cluster:
The Infrastructure:
we have 2 ESXi 5.5.0 build 2718055 in a cluster, managed by vCenter. We are using an Essentials licence, so we do not have ...
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ESXi very slow with WD reds
I have a small company and we offer tech support to small companies. I've been using the HP Gen8 MicroServer in most of them as a replacement of homebuilt computers for some time.
Sometimes customers ...
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How do I point my SQL Server VM to my SCCM Server VM?
WMI Provider Error: Access is denied. [0x80070005]
I cannot connect the SQL Server to the SCCM Server with two seperate VM's.
I have two VM's on my ESXI Host. I am trying to point one VM to another. ...
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Differences between VMware and XCP-ng Hypervisor
I am currently researching XCP-ng hipervisor and I was wondering what are the main differences between the XCP-ng and VMware hipervisor. As far as I can see the XCP-ng does not have high availability ...
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vim-cmd connection refused in management console
I'm trying to manage VMs on the local management console of an ESXi 5 host (due to a problem accessing it through VI client and needing to do some VM management prior to attempting a reboot on the ...
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How to get the sound on a VMware ESXi virtual machine?
We are using VCSA 6.7 with five ESXi 6.7 hosts and multiple VMs are are running inside the ESXi hosts.
I have no sound card installed on the ESXi hosts but we need sound from VMs. Can we do that?
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Vmware ESXI 8.0 four of six VM guests are working with public IP each
I am reaching out to seek your assistance regarding a network connectivity issue we are facing after migrating our VMs from ESXi 6.7 to 8.0.
In our previous environment (ESXi 6.7), we had six Windows ...
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VCenter Adding Host - Error "conflicts with an existing datastore in the datacenter that has the same URL"
We have a new Dell VRTX box (2 Blades & Shared Storage). We are getting the above error when trying to add the second host. We've created shared storage(VDISK1) which both ESX hosts have access.
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One of machines on esxi vsphere stops working without any errors [closed]
I have some virtual machines on one of my servers. One of them has stopped working a few days ago with a cpu error on esxi, so I upgraded the machine's cpu from 4 cores to 10 cores. And it has 20 GB ...
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How to increase the hard disk space of thin provisioning virtual machine?
Created thin provisioning VM (Suse Linux) with 100 GB hard disk. Now due to space requirements, I need to increase the size to 200GB. Can someone please tell me how to increase the space of the "/...
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Can't PING or nslookup outside the LAN
Ubuntu 18.04 cannot PING or nslookup outside the LAN.
When I do nslookup www.google.comit hangs for a while and returns ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached. I cannot PING www.google....
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Server's Disk Queue Length is high, but Disk Bytes/sec is lower than it's capable of
I have an environment running SQL Server on a Windows VMWare platform using a SAN with SSDs set up in RAID 6, and using Veeam for server backups and LiteSpeed for SQL Server backups.
I've had a ...
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local.sh wont persist on vmware esxi 7.0.3
I am running ESXi 7.0.3 ( free edition ) and I am trying to make some changes to /etc/rc.local.d/local.sh
After doing the changes I run /sbin/autobackup.sh manually to "technically" make the ...
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VMWare - Lower the size of a disk
We need to lower the size of a VM disk, we have 2 disk in the Virtual Hardware of that virtual machine, one of them is 8TB but at the end, only 600gb is used.
Current configuration:
If we tried to ...
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Internal network exception on the k8s following VMWare vMotion
Our k8s cluster uses VMware VM as worker nodes. K8s version is 1.22.9, network is flannel, kube-proxy mode is iptables.
A worker node with storage was moved with vMotion. After the migration is ...
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Undersubscribed ESXI host shows 100% CPU
I guess the question is more theoretical one. We have ESXI host with 48 Logical Cores (HT enabled, 24 real cores). We run 4 machines each provisioned with 8 vCpu. Each machine operates on 75% CPU on ...
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ESXi 6.5 - Guest Mem% doesnt match with Guest Resource Monitor memmory usage inside VMs
I have strange issue with ESXi Host : in preview of VM, it shows not valid Memmory usage informations when compared to Resource monitor inside Guest OS, as example :
VM name Assigned memory / ESXi ...
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how check expiration cert of VCSA vpxd, vsphere-webclient externally via curl?
I have some expired cert. in VCSA, any idea how can I check them via curl ? Is it possible ? I think that I can check externaly only machine cert, right ? I would like to monitor it externaly.
cert ...
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Error trying to get disak space usage from discovered VMS using Zabbix
I am trying to create a trigger on a template called Template Virt VMware Guest in order to extract the % of free space of the VMWARE VM that has the template inherited.
What I did was:
Going to the ...
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Sending ESXI audit logs to http endpoint?
Is it possible to send audit logs from ESXI's (or better yet, vCenter) to an http endpoint via API/webhook rather than a syslog server?
Couldnt find a direct answer or a tutorial online.
Thanks!
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HP P440AR version 7.0 with Samsung 870 1TB drives - RAID6 esxi 8.02
I have a ProLiant ML350 Gen9 with P440Ar Raid controler, on which i added 6 Samsung 870PRO 1TB drives and put them into RAID 6 configuration with additional SSD drive with esxi 8.02
Everything went ...
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Extract large (100Gb) zip on ESXI host
I have uploaded a vmdk file to my esxi 6.7 host and when i try to unzip it from cli with
unzip largefile.zip
i get this error
Archive: largefile.zip
unzip: short read
Any ideas on what's going on?
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Getting started on Rest API with VMWare ESXi 7.0.0
I followed the basic instructions / read the examples at
https://code.vmware.com/docs/12016/vmware-vcenter-server-management-programming-guide/GUID-EE3B04C5-3968-41FB-82BB-0908FE08781D.html
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How to fix Failed to deploy VM: postNFCData failed:H
I am doing networking stuff after 20 years. I don't remember a lot. So please help.
We have a ESXi server with the following capacity:
Basically, we need to import the Cisco Firepower Management ...
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