can you please share more information about ESXi host version and build number and guest VM configuration .
Re: AutoCAD Extra Slow
Unable to Passthrough any nividia GPU
Hi there,
I am running the esxi version 5.5, and i can't pass through any GPU.
i tired the following GPU's
- Nivida gt 660,
- nividia 1060 6 G.B
- Nividia 9400
- Nividia Quadro 3800
But no luck it always stuck after "vmkapi socket" successfully loaded.
Specification for my machine
Processor = Intel i5-3470
Motherboard = Gigabyte P75-D3
Ram = 8 G.B
Bios
VT-D = on
Intel virtualization = on
VMware Workstation 14 Player I/O Warning
VMware Workstation 14 Player 14.1.1 build-7528167 on Debian Stretch.
Downloaded, checmed with md5sum and installed with no warning or error messages.
On first time statup: I/O warning : failed to load external entity "/etc/vmware/hostd/proxy.xml"
However/etc/vmware does not contain any subdirectories (screenshot attached).
Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.
Consultant
(614)312-7528 (c)
Skype: smolnar1
Re: Unable to Passthrough any nividia GPU
see below communities link for this issue . hope it will help to resolve the problem.
relation between vmotion and cd/dvd connected to host
Dear all
Hi
is there any relation between mount cd/dvd to vm and vmotion that ?
can i vmotion vm while cd/dvd is connected to vm or if this esxi host failed will that restart to the other host while cd/dvd has been connected ?
BR
Fresh install of Ubuntu 64-bit 16.04.3 on Windows 10 1709 Hangs on Login
I downloaded and installed a clean Ubuntu 16.04 image. The install goes OK but after login VMware hangs (not the OS). i.e. the machine cannot even be 'powered off' and the only way to reset the machine is to reboot the host OS.
I suspect this is connected to the latest set of patches from MS to deal with the meltdown/spectre vulnerabilities.
Is anyone else experiencing the same issue and are there workarounds?
I am dead in the water because none of my Linux VMs work anymore.
Re: NON-SSD Datastore
Hello,
i am using: Vmware-ESXi-6.5.0-5969303-Custom-Cisco-6.5.1.2
I had this error message while i wanted to aply first rule from manual. Only --force command helsp for it
Plugin 'SATP_TYPE' is not a registered SATP. Please select a plugin from the list in 'esxcli storage core plugin registration list -N SATP' or use the --force option to force the use of this SATP.
and here is the log:
0:00:00:11.556 cpu0:65536)WARNING: Serial: 274: logPort initialization failed
0:00:00:11.556 cpu0:65536)WARNING: Serial: 283: gdbPort initialization failed
0:00:00:11.556 cpu0:65536)WARNING: Serial: 300: shellPort initialization failed
0:00:00:11.556 cpu0:65536)WARNING: Serial: 317: consolePort initialization failed
0:00:00:11.959 cpu63:65599)WARNING: NUMALatency: 1244: Measured local memory access latency(=277) for node 2 deviates by more than 10 percent from the minimum observed=250
2018-01-28T15:22:40.437Z cpu20:66170)WARNING: rxRing->size = 1024
2018-01-28T15:22:40.495Z cpu20:66170)WARNING: rxRing->size = 1024
2018-01-28T15:22:40.553Z cpu20:66170)WARNING: rxRing->size = 1024
2018-01-28T15:22:40.611Z cpu20:66170)WARNING: rxRing->size = 1024
2018-01-28T15:22:42.436Z cpu20:66170)WARNING: rxRing->size = 1024
2018-01-28T15:22:42.494Z cpu20:66170)WARNING: rxRing->size = 1024
2018-01-28T15:22:42.552Z cpu20:66170)WARNING: rxRing->size = 1024
2018-01-28T15:22:42.611Z cpu20:66170)WARNING: rxRing->size = 1024
2018-01-28T15:22:50.119Z cpu20:66170)WARNING: lsi_mr3: fusion_init:1515: To sync map
2018-01-28T15:22:50.180Z cpu48:66211)WARNING: ScsiPath: 7482: Adapter Invalid does not exist
2018-01-28T15:22:50.180Z cpu15:66213)WARNING: PCI: 1207: 0000:00:1d.0 is nameless
2018-01-28T15:22:50.193Z cpu3:65705)WARNING: xpt_scsi_adapter_discover:1224: unable to find target 1: No connection
2018-01-28T15:22:52.150Z cpu20:66170)WARNING: nenic: enic_create_uplinkdata:165: [0000:49:00.0] Failed to get port speed. Falling back to 10G bps
2018-01-28T15:22:52.163Z cpu20:66170)WARNING: nenic: enic_create_uplinkdata:165: [0000:4a:00.0] Failed to get port speed. Falling back to 10G bps
2018-01-28T15:22:52.226Z cpu4:66242)WARNING: Keyboard: 956: Ignoring registration attempt: External USB driver already registered.
2018-01-28T15:22:52.226Z cpu4:66242)WARNING: VMKAPICore: 2423: Failed to register external keyboard driver, type: 1
2018-01-28T15:22:52.228Z cpu20:66170)WARNING: Chipset: 619: Updating busIRQ information is not allowed
2018-01-28T15:22:52.228Z cpu20:66170)WARNING: Chipset: 619: Updating busIRQ information is not allowed
2018-01-28T15:22:52.228Z cpu20:66170)WARNING: Chipset: 619: Updating busIRQ information is not allowed
2018-01-28T15:22:52.228Z cpu20:66170)WARNING: Chipset: 619: Updating busIRQ information is not allowed
2018-01-28T15:22:52.229Z cpu20:66170)WARNING: Chipset: 619: Updating busIRQ information is not allowed
2018-01-28T15:22:52.229Z cpu20:66170)WARNING: Chipset: 619: Updating busIRQ information is not allowed
2018-01-28T15:22:52.229Z cpu20:66170)WARNING: Chipset: 619: Updating busIRQ information is not allowed
2018-01-28T15:22:52.229Z cpu20:66170)WARNING: Chipset: 619: Updating busIRQ information is not allowed
2018-01-28T15:22:54.091Z cpu27:66132)WARNING: NMP: nmpVsiLookupSatpInstance:1239: Could not locate SATP "SATP_TYPE"
2018-01-28T15:22:54.091Z cpu27:66132)WARNING: NMP: nmp_VsiSatpSupportedIDList:1501: Could not locate SATP instance.
2018-01-28T15:22:55.536Z cpu27:66132)WARNING: NetDVS: 681: portAlias is NULL
2018-01-28T15:22:55.823Z cpu17:66468)WARNING: Tcpip: 1282: failed to unset gateway (error = 0x31)
2018-01-28T15:23:15Z mark: storage-path-claim-completed
2018-01-28T15:23:12.183Z cpu50:67081)WARNING: FTCpt: 875: Using IPv6 address to start server listener
2018-01-28T15:23:26.742Z cpu5:67282)WARNING: xpt_scsi_adapter_discover:1224: unable to find target 1: No connection
2018-01-28T15:23:31.122Z cpu50:67542)WARNING: xpt_scsi_adapter_discover:1224: unable to find target 1: No connection
2018-01-28T15:24:03.286Z cpu30:68358)WARNING: kbdmode_set:519: invalid keyboard mode 4: Not supported
2018-01-28T15:46:40.233Z cpu41:68408 opID=7550a35)WARNING: VC: 2334: unmounting opened volume ('5a6de9fe-d9a8700c-0d99-78da6eba0380' 'raid5') is not allowed.
Re: Retrieve ESXi events through Get-View
Instead of writing your own script, you could reuse my Get-VIEventPlus function.
It contains the logic to filter events based on EventTypeId.
See my HA VM Failover Tracking post for further info on how to find/list all types of events.
Each vCenter has its own ServiceInstance and Managers, including the EventManager.
You would have to include logic to make the call for events to each vCenter in sequence, a simple ForEach loop over all the entries $global:defaultviservers.
Re: Workstation 12.5.8 and kernel 4.14
It works.
There is also a script to automate the integration of changes:
Notice that the script is not fully automated, it's better to look at it and change according to one's need (at least, it needs the correct product version because it doesn't check for it).
I saved by hand vmmon.tar and vmnet.tar as vmmon.tar.orig and vmnet.tar.orig before running the script.
Re: relation between vmotion and cd/dvd connected to host
if CD/DVD drive is mounted with an ISO which is located on local datastore of ESXi host, that VM cannot be vMotioned.
but that VM will still will be started in case host fails if vSphere HA is enabled and there are enough resources to fulfil requirement of the VM.
vss to vds migration
hello
i have a cluster of two hosts with vSS configuration and i would like to migrate the vSS to vDS.
lets say that i have one port group on the ESXi01 that is connected to vmnic0 , and the same portgroup on ESXi02 that is connected to vmnic1 and they are configured with vLANs.
after creating the vDS and creating the port, should i link the port group to uplink1 and uplink2 in the vDS?
so the virtual machines on ESXi01 would have connectivity to vmnic0 and vmnic1 but will only use vmnic0 as vmnic1 of ESXi01 supports other vlan ?
and the virtual machines on ESXi02 would have connectivity to vmnic0 and vmnic1 but will only use vmnic1 as vmnic0 of ESXi02 supports other vlan ?
is that correct ? any suggestions ?
thank you experts
Failed to power on virtual machine . The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state (Power off)
Hi All,
we created Windows Server 2016 VM on ESXi 6.5 U1. We can power on the VM and operate it. But when we shutdown the VM. We cannot power on it anymore. The message is "Failed to power on virtual machine <VM name>. The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state (Power off)."
Do you have any idea? I found there is no new log added into VM log (i.e. vmware.log) . Is there any log I can check? How can I do to troubleshooting the issue?
Regard,
Osito
Re: Is the 2v0-602 6.5 foundations exam only online or can you schedule it at a test center ?
Correct - the format for online exams is "non-proctored" - which is shown under the page for each exam:
Re: relation between vmotion and cd/dvd connected to host
Is that your means if iso image that is on local disk and esxi host that iso image has been mounted to that vm has been failed vm will be restart on the other host without mount cd ?
BR
Re: IOPS consideration
Read IOPS will also be depending on the network speed of course. If the VM is running on one of the 2 hosts that does not have the the VMDK object then it will get all that data over the network unless its in the local read cache. The more hosts you have in the cluster the higher probability that the VM is not running on one of those 2 hosts.
10GbE switches are cheap now, you can get a decent one for 3000USD. Its a no-brainer, get yourself some decent switches.
// Linjo
Re: vss to vds migration
You would create a new vDS and assign it an uplink on both hosts that is unused, or pull one uplink from your vSS to dedicate to the vDS. Create a port group and give it the VLAN ID you need. Move VMs to the newly-created vDS port group. Once moved, your vSS is freed up and you can move its uplink over to the vDS to create a team of two vmnics.
Re: Failed to power on virtual machine . The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state (Power off)
Check the event log on the ESXi host. What does it say? What did you do to this VM between creation and when it would no longer power on?
Re: Failed to power on virtual machine . The attempted operation cannot be performed in the current state (Power off)
Please attach/post "vmware.log" from guest directory on host.
Not enough memory?
Get storage reservation policy name assigned to a Datastore in the Compute Resource via vco
I'm using vra 7.3 with embedded vco.
I'm trying to get the storage reservation policy assigned to a Datastore in the reservation in which i'm trying to deploy vm to be able to deploy the VM in a specific datastore.
It seems I'm not able to find the association between the datastore and the policy via vco.
I have the reservation name i'm using and the storagePath (datastore name) but cannot get the data from the vra page infrastructure/compute resources/configuration
Anyone know what query/function I can use to get this information? I've tried a lot of combination but I always end up with the storagePath and not with the Storage Reservation name that I need.
Thanks
deleting and redeploy controller add increment
when i delete a controller and redeploy a new one it keep incrementing the number. why is that. I want to start from #1