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vCPU Warning when i boot ESXi

Hi, i get a CPU warning every time i boot ESXi, i think its to do with my FreeNAS VM which i have configured 8 CPU, see  belowexsi log. as well every time i boot freenas i get an error "vmx_init: processor does not support VMX" and boot hangs for 2 minutes. never managed to solved it. i read somewhere that there is a limit for the number of the vCPUs. is it to do with my VM configuration?

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2019-09-01T12:15:20.986Z cpu18:2097775)WARNING: etherswitch: PortCfg_ModInit:910: Skipped initializing etherswitch portcfg for VSS to use cswitch and portcfg module

2019-09-01T12:15:23.844Z cpu19:2097925)WARNING: FBFT not enabled

2019-09-01T12:15:45.883Z cpu27:2098620)WARNING: NTPClock: 1561: system clock synchronized to upstream time servers

2019-09-01T12:16:03.483Z cpu2:2099760)WARNING: VisorFS: 1093: Attempt to remove non sticky dir/file from tar mount

2019-09-01T12:16:03.489Z cpu4:2099762)WARNING: VisorFS: 1093: Attempt to remove non sticky dir/file from tar mount

2019-09-01T12:16:03.499Z cpu19:2099764)WARNING: VisorFS: 1093: Attempt to remove non sticky dir/file from tar mount

2019-09-01T12:16:03.528Z cpu7:2099770)WARNING: VisorFS: 1093: Attempt to remove non sticky dir/file from tar mount

2019-09-01T12:16:03.559Z cpu19:2099776)WARNING: VisorFS: 1093: Attempt to remove non sticky dir/file from tar mount

2019-09-01T12:18:23.939Z cpu8:2100220)WARNING: MonLoader: 734: MonLoaderCallout_GetSharedHostPage: Invalid page offset 0 for region 8 vcpu 0

2019-09-01T12:18:23.939Z cpu8:2100220)WARNING: MonLoader: 734: MonLoaderCallout_GetSharedHostPage: Invalid page offset 0 for region 8 vcpu 1

2019-09-01T12:18:23.939Z cpu8:2100220)WARNING: MonLoader: 734: MonLoaderCallout_GetSharedHostPage: Invalid page offset 0 for region 8 vcpu 2

2019-09-01T12:18:23.939Z cpu8:2100220)WARNING: MonLoader: 734: MonLoaderCallout_GetSharedHostPage: Invalid page offset 0 for region 8 vcpu 3

2019-09-01T12:18:23.939Z cpu8:2100220)WARNING: MonLoader: 734: MonLoaderCallout_GetSharedHostPage: Invalid page offset 0 for region 8 vcpu 4

2019-09-01T12:18:23.939Z cpu8:2100220)WARNING: MonLoader: 734: MonLoaderCallout_GetSharedHostPage: Invalid page offset 0 for region 8 vcpu 5

2019-09-01T12:18:23.940Z cpu8:2100220)WARNING: MonLoader: 734: MonLoaderCallout_GetSharedHostPage: Invalid page offset 0 for region 8 vcpu 6

2019-09-01T12:18:23.940Z cpu8:2100220)WARNING: MonLoader: 734: MonLoaderCallout_GetSharedHostPage: Invalid page offset 0 for region 8 vcpu 7

2019-09-01T12:18:49.485Z cpu3:2100247)WARNING: MonLoader: 734: MonLoaderCallout_GetSharedHostPage: Invalid page offset 0 for region 8 vcpu 0

2019-09-01T12:18:49.485Z cpu3:2100247)WARNING: MonLoader: 734: MonLoaderCallout_GetSharedHostPage: Invalid page offset 0 for region 8 vcpu 1

2019-09-01T12:18:57.262Z cpu0:2100259)WARNING: MonLoader: 734: MonLoaderCallout_GetSharedHostPage: Invalid page offset 0 for region 8 vcpu 0

2019-09-01T12:18:57.262Z cpu0:2100259)WARNING: MonLoader: 734: MonLoaderCallout_GetSharedHostPage: Invalid page offset 0 for region 8 vcpu 1

2019-09-01T12:27:52.878Z cpu2:2098620)WARNING: NTPClock: 1561: system clock synchronized to upstream time servers

Hypervisor: ESXi 6.7 U2 SAN: FreeNAS-11.2 U5 Case: SuperMicro SC846 rev J 24 Bay (inc 10x 2.5“ HDD Tray in 4th Generation 3.5” HOT SWAP TRAY) Motherboard: SuperMicro X10SRi-F CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2683 V3 MHz 2 GHz LGA 2011 Cooler: Noctua NH-U9DX i4 HD Fan: 3x Noctua 120mm NF-F12 industrialPPC IP52 PWM Fan (Max 3000RPM) Exhaust Fan: 2x Noctua 80mm NF-R8 Redux Edition 1800RPM PWM PSU: 2x PSW - 920P-SQ RAM: Crucial 2x 16GB DDR4 ECC 2400MHz + Crucial 2x 32GB DDR4 ECC 2400MHz total 96GB HBA Pool: LSI SAS 9305-i24 (Flashed to LSI 9305-i24 P16 IT) HBA Datastore: LSI SAS 9300-i8 (Flashed to LSI 9300-i8 P16 IR) Pool: 8x HGST Deskstar 4TB ESXi Boot device: Samsung 860 EVO 250GB SSD SLOG/L2ARC/Swap: Intel® Optane™ SSD 900P series 280GB NVMe PCIe Datastores: 2x Samsung 860 PRO 256GB SSD , 2x Samsung 860 EVO 250GB SSD, Intel SSD 540 120GB
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Gidrakos
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Shot in the dark here but have you gone into your VM's hardware settings and enabled "Expose hardware assisted virtualization to the guest OS" ? FreeNAS might be looking at your virtualized CPU and throwing a fit.

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avsion
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Hi Gidrakos I have tried to enable that but i get error on ESXi 6.7 "Failed to reconfigure virtual machine FreeNAS. PCI passthrough devices cannot be added when Nested Hardware-Assisted Virtualization is enabled" what does it means?  My FN version is 11.2 U5.1 any suggestions ?

Thank you

Hypervisor: ESXi 6.7 U2 SAN: FreeNAS-11.2 U5 Case: SuperMicro SC846 rev J 24 Bay (inc 10x 2.5“ HDD Tray in 4th Generation 3.5” HOT SWAP TRAY) Motherboard: SuperMicro X10SRi-F CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2683 V3 MHz 2 GHz LGA 2011 Cooler: Noctua NH-U9DX i4 HD Fan: 3x Noctua 120mm NF-F12 industrialPPC IP52 PWM Fan (Max 3000RPM) Exhaust Fan: 2x Noctua 80mm NF-R8 Redux Edition 1800RPM PWM PSU: 2x PSW - 920P-SQ RAM: Crucial 2x 16GB DDR4 ECC 2400MHz + Crucial 2x 32GB DDR4 ECC 2400MHz total 96GB HBA Pool: LSI SAS 9305-i24 (Flashed to LSI 9305-i24 P16 IT) HBA Datastore: LSI SAS 9300-i8 (Flashed to LSI 9300-i8 P16 IR) Pool: 8x HGST Deskstar 4TB ESXi Boot device: Samsung 860 EVO 250GB SSD SLOG/L2ARC/Swap: Intel® Optane™ SSD 900P series 280GB NVMe PCIe Datastores: 2x Samsung 860 PRO 256GB SSD , 2x Samsung 860 EVO 250GB SSD, Intel SSD 540 120GB
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