Re: ESXi host slow download speeds, VM guests are fine, why?
@zdawg You do not specify how the ISOs are downloaded. I find better speeds using scp compared to the slow downloads in datastore browser.
View ArticleRe: ESXi CPU compatibility low-end Atom CPUs
Thank you for confirming. Is there any hardware feature that other CPUs are lacking that is required to run ESXi?
View ArticleHow to identify disks with LSI HBA
Hello, I have a drive that has failed but I cannot tell which slot it is in. I have the LSI 9207 HBA so the blink LED feature does not work. How do you guys go about figuring this out?
View ArticleRe: IDM 3.0 - Multi Domain - Single Sign On - Kerberos
Hi Peter, Yes, we have ADFS configured as 3rd Party iDP in vIDMIn basic we have done as stated in the VMware documentation : https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vidm-adfs-integration.pdf We also started full...
View ArticleVMware vSphere Converter Agent service is crashing on the source machine
I'm trying to Convert a Hyper-V VM into ESX 6.5 VM. The agent that get's installed on the source machine fails as soon as the client queries for the available VM names: 2017-11-24T16:01:38.660Z info...
View ArticleRe: vSAN 'Build your own' Hardware vendor support?
I have 64+ R730xd nodes at work, we use the HBA330 in all of them. They work great! They were purchased as "ready-nodes" but I dont think there is much difference. Support seems to be from the same...
View ArticleRe: IDM 3.0 - Multi Domain - Single Sign On - Kerberos
Please reconfigure the integration according to my blog post here: VMware Identity Manager using Azure AD as 3rd party Identity Provider - Horizon Tech Blog - VMware Blogs It says AAD but everyting can...
View ArticleRe: USB Ethernet for 6.5.0
Thanks, but unfortuntely, that requires vCenter and the ability to patch an already installed ESXi server. I can’t install ESXi at all. It refuses to install because it says I have no NIC. I’m a single...
View ArticleRe: VMware vSphere Converter Agent service is crashing on the source machine
This is the known issue with HyperV inventory on Windows 10 machine (no supported).The problem is that GuestOperatingSystem field in Msvm_SummaryInformation table is not empty but null.If you manage to...
View ArticleRe: vSphere 6.5 + Host Profiles + vDS Networks
I also have the same issue and I'm very interested in knowing the resolution. The other issue is that the host profile compliance status remains unknown after checking compliance - tried multiple times...
View ArticleRe: Unique count of hostname as a single value - export list?
I really do like your suggestion, but my results have been limited. In "unique count of hostname" + "as single value" shows 7448, and this is over the last 7 days of data. I reset, and I try "unique...
View ArticleRe: Windows 10 file corruption
BenFB Just following up to see if you have any further input.Thanks!
View ArticleRe:Catalog Request error: The value for the field should be among the...
Thank you JimmyJarrett for the response. I am not seeing how my action can be returning an empty string. It should only be returning a single string. Once it has the proper feeder variable...
View ArticleRe: VMware vSphere Converter Agent service is crashing on the source machine
Is there any way to edit the table? Can you point me to an example or what to look for?Thanks for your input.
View ArticleRe: Catalog Request error: The value for the field should be among the...
Thank you npadmani for the reply. The vRO action is returning a type of: Array/string. The value of the property on the blueprint is string, and I have specified a default value of "Invalid Default...
View ArticleHow to check actual Linux host RAM usage?
I'm used to VirtualBox which registers simply as process using certain amount of memory so it's properly registered by all kind of task managers under Linux. However it's not the case of VMWare...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 6.0 u2 not recognizing my VD in a RAID 5 using RMS3CC080 Intel...
Nothing comes up for me when I run the "# fdisk -l "/vmfs/devices/disks/DeviceName"" command. It just sits there. See screen capture.
View ArticleRe: Unable to extend VMFS Partition after RAID expansion
Thanks for the suggestion. I did try but got this: [root@localhost:/dev/disks] vmkfstools --growfs "/vmfs/devices/disks/naa.6a4badb021e1ae001eea2a790847ba7d:3"...
View ArticleWorkstation 14- Virtual TPM needs an encrypted VM?
I was checking out Workstation 14, and noticed that it appears from the documentation that in order to use a virtual TPM, you must encrypt the VM. Why is that? I've bumped up against annoying limits on...
View ArticleRe: How to identify disks with LSI HBA
Are you able to see in hardware status tab of ESXI host in vSphere client or web client ?
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