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meistermn
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How to reset rx and tx counters in esxi without a reboot?

For network tests I want to know to reset the couters from the command ethtool -S vmnic0 ?

I have rx_missed_errors so want to test were this comes from.

For linux there is a guide

http://www.thegeekscope.com/linux-ifconfig-how-to-reset-tx-rx-counters/

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tomtom901
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I've searched around, but it seems the only way to reset this counter is to reboot the host. A bit excessive if you ask me, but if you have shared storage and vMotion, you could easily empty the host and do a reboot without impact.

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