the nsx-t version 2.4 installation guide document has some statement as shown below:
i found that the hypervisor version in "host preparation" is different from the hypervisor version in "deployment".
does that mean the manager could only be deployed on RHEL 7.4 and ubuntu 16.04 (in KVM)? what about centos 7.4, ubuntu 18 and other edition?
or i just misunderstood something?
I opened my vmware fusion on my mac and I cannot click on any of the options below of "restart now" "another time" or "ok." Please help. Thank you
I powered off the vm and put the host in maintenance mode before powering it off so I could open the case and clean it out as it was getting really hot and it was full of dust.
When I powered on the machine and logged into vsphere to power on the VM I noticed it's status was "invalid" and then I noticed I could see the disks but no datasores.
When I ssh into the host I can see the vm's directory in place and copying it to another ESXI host did not allow me to open it there either.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can recover the VM or the entire datastore so I can start up the VM?
ESXI 6.5.0 build 4564106
Raid 10 with 4 drives
I'm working on a project to implement a private / public hybrid cloud solution
the solution is expected to allow a virtualized computer system, initially deployed in private cloud mode (VMware), to expand when it experiences point load peaks
to a public cloud and then back to the private cloud once the load is down (scale out / scale in).
when the load is waiting (eg 80% use of RAM) on my first VM (vmware-private cloud) I switch traffic to another machine (in openstack - public cloud)
We use vmware for the private cloud.
We use openstack for the public cloud.
the idea is not migrating all to opensatck - it's just doing some sort of load balancing or tilting between the two clouds
scal in scale out
The question is: is there a tool or a set of tools in vmware that can help me realize my project?
vmware integrated openstack it is part of my solution ?
1-- I can create an alarm in vsphère that triggers when exceeding a certain threshold of RAM example 80%.
2- using powerCLi an image will be clone and deploy in opensatck
3- I use maybe 'vmware integrated openstack'
I do not know yet the feasibility of his tools for my project
For the return path (go back to the private cloud once the load drops) I'll see that side public cloud (openstack)
Thank you for sharing documentation or links to the documentation with me
Our company has a VMware ESXi 6.7 & 6.5 servers that run mostly Windows and Linux servers. We need to host Mac OS servers such as (MacOS 3.13 High Sierra) or (MacOS 3.14 Mojave). Here is a video that shows step by step how to implement:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VgfzC7-eF8&vl=en
Apparently it does not install as it keep looping back to the the black and white Apple logo screen.
https://www.sysnettechsolutions.com/en/vmware/install-macos-high-sierra-vmware-esxi/
After some reading no the web that before installing MacOS with VMware ESXi, we need to prepare the virtual machine for MacOS. We should use the VMware Unlocker "VMwareUnlocker2.1.1forESXi6.7" to run MacOS systems on VMware ESXi which I downloaded here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zry5mgj6p9ph4e9/AACJ_r0nTaQUoqJrvEB8gym1a?dl=0
Below is another location where I have read about this VMWare Unlocker plugin:
http://blog.icewolf.ch/archive/2018/07/22/vmware-unlocker-2-1-1-for-esxi-6-7.aspx
So I need to know if you have done this or if there is another better or correct way to install MacOS Virtual Server on ESXi 6.5 or 6.7 Host Servers?
Trying to report on VMs and show their associated vApp. Can't find the vApp field in vRops.
Has the vApp been added to vRops or are there any plans to add it?
Hi all,
I'm trying to get some lab autodeployment scripts setup, but am running into a licensing issue with the vCenter license. What we're doing is a fully automated deployment of the lab using PowerShell Core on Linux and everything works, except for one small piece of code:
#Add key to inventory
$labvc = Connect-VIServer $labvCenter -User $labUser -Password $labPassword -WarningAction SilentlyContinue
$lm = get-view $labvc
$lmAdd = get-view $lm.Content.LicenseManager
$lmAdd.AddLicense($vCenterKey,$null)
sleep(10)
#Assign key
$lm = get-view $labvc.ExtensionData.content.LicenseManager
$lmAM = get-view $lm.licenseAssignmentManager
$lmAM.UpdateAssignedLicense($labvc.InstanceUuid,$vCenterKey,$null)
The key is being added to the license inventory just fine, but when executing the UpdateAssignedLicence at the bottom, I get the following error:
Exception calling "UpdateAssignedLicense" with "3" argument(s): "A specified parameter was not correct: entityId"
+ $lmAM.UpdateAssignedLicense($labvc.InstanceUuid,$vCenterKey,$null ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : VimException
I've already checked that $labvc.InstanceUuid does return the proper value and that $vCenterKey is set correctly but most of the times this error keeps popping up. However, if I keep retrying the exact same code, at some point it will suddenly succeed (and I can't figure out why). It's truly just a copy-paste that I keep doing and at some point it's suddenly licensed.
Does anyone have any idea on how I can either improve the above code so it always works, or how I can resolve the issue (I realise the answer to both questions might be the same...).
Some additional information:
- vCenter version is 6.7
- PowerCLI version is 10.2
MrBoogiee
i am not able to see the download button next to my active certificate ? only the status for it and its active .....other certificate i can download them pdf or logo ....but i passed vsan like month ago but cannot see the download pdf ot logo buttons ? any idea ?
HI all,
I am newbie to using ESXi (free) and I have a question. All the servers in my work have 4 NICs (1GB) each and when we started using ESXi we defined that each server would have up to 4 VMs as it would be a NIC for each VM. Reading and learn better about ESXi I discovered that we can put more than one NIC in a vSwitch and with this, in addition to having high availability (without a NIC fail the others continue to work), we can have a better advantage of network traffic because now the communication channel is 4GB (4 X 1GB).
Would that work? Put 4 NICs in a vSwitch and configure the physical switch on the other side with Link Aggregation. And since we would only have one vSwitch, all VMs would be associated with that vSwitch.
I wish to run script everytime my Debian virtual machine starts because I attached OS to cdrom so when machine reboots I lost all settings.
I need to run this script to set resolution, vi settings, ... It's possibile in Vmware Fusion to make it?
Who have exchange 2010 content pack? I cannot find it. Who can upload to me?
This is my second install of ESXi 6.7 U1 and I'm seeing the same problem. The performance monitoring graph on the host and on individual VMs only shows the last few minutes, no matter how long it has been up. This is the case with all counters (CPU/Network/Memory/Disk). Screenshots attached. Running the free license. I have tried restarting hostd, running with/without NTP, and, obviously, a full re-install. Any suggestions?
I'm using VMware Fusion 11.0.2
I've changed my HDD (SCSI) in VM from 60GB to 100GB.
But windows 10 x64 still "see"s 60GB.
Tried to "extend Volume", but this is grayed out
No snapshots
When I change the HHD size for Windows 7 x86, after reboot it automatically changed to the correct size.
Any suggestions?
Arno
I'm trying to download Hypervisor 6.7, when I click on the manually download nothing happens. I live in the US so the other post that says my country could be blocking it does not factor in. I have a license for 6.0. I have tried different browsers (chrome, Edge) I have cleared cache and cookies, I'm stumped and I need this to run as I'm setting up a lab to get my SCCM Certs.
Hello VMware Community,
I'm trying to install vCenter 6.5 as a VM on one of two ESXi 6.5 servers and can't locate the procedures for the install. Everything I've come across is referring to an install on a Windows/Linus or MAC computer, but I can't find the information on how to install vCenter as a VM.
Where are the instructions located for an install like this?
Hello,
I was playing with ESXi-6.7.0... My goal was to try GPU passthrough using old Radeon HD 8670 GPU.
I enabled passthrough, asigned it to VM, but when drivers is installed, it won't show anything on my screen. And I get Windows BSOD saying VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE (ATIKMPAG.SYS).
Ok, I understand, ths card is too old?
And after that experiment, I want to remove the card from my ESXi and physical computer.
So the problem is, that I deleted VM's, disabled passthrough in Manage -> Hardware -> PCI devices, rebooted several times. And when I remove the card from physical PCI slot, my ESXi won't boot and is showing black screen and I can't reach it from network.
Any ideas what can be wrong and how to fix?
Regards,
Dovydas
I inherited an ESX environment after the hardware was moved into another DC since the old one was shutting down. By trial and error I found an ESX5.5 box. Since I was given a file witch a banch of passwords I matched one to get root access to the console which is ssh enabled. I installed the client on one of my 2012R2 servers and are able to connect to the ESX box via the client. On logon it reports that it's reporting to a VC server with a given IP yet I can't communicate with that IP. I also found one domain controller in the environment and looking through it's DNS entries I'm searching for that VC server but can't seem to find it. Would there be anything characteristic I could notice perhaps in the traffic it sends around if broadcast to spot it's location if for some reason it's IP got changed?
I have vSphere Essential Plus.
I am running vCenter 6.5.
What is the supported method for Migrating vCenter to a new datastore? (as I am not licenses for storage vMotion)
*No issue with powering down vCenter if needed.
Hi People,
Can anyone please assist me with the PowerCLi script to be executed against one VCenter server to gather each VMHost (ESX & ESXi) Networking configuration as in Configuration tab | Networking | View: vSphere Standard Switch
For Example here as follows:
ESX01
vSwitch0, vmnic3, vmnic4
Service Console 2
vmk2: 10.1.1.4 | VLAN 1
Management Network
vmk1: 10.1.2.1 | VLAN 2
VMotion
vmk2: 10.1.3.1 | VLAN 3
vSwitch1, vmnic2, vmnic1 vmnic0
VLAN 45
VLAN 12
MS Cluster Heart Beat Network
VLAN 8
ESX02
vSwitch0, vmnic3, vmnic4
Service Console 2
vmk2: 10.2.1.4 | VLAN 1
Management Network
vmk1: 10.2.2.1 | VLAN 2
VMotion
vmk2: 10.2.3.1 | VLAN 3
vSwitch1, vmnic2, vmnic1 vmnic0
VLAN 45
VLAN 12
MS Cluster Heart Beat Network
VLAN 8
...
Any type of format will do in CSV as long as the information can be used to create the vSwitch manually on each ESX host.
This is just in case I need to rebuild one of the ESX / ESXi host in the event of the ESX to ESXi upgrade went wrong which requires me to rebuild the server from scratch.
Cheers,
Al