Jgutierrez20111
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PurpleScreen of death (PSOD) - #PF Excption 14 in world ...

Hi guys,

Since two weeks we had 2 PSOD.

I do some search and the fixit is to do a upgrade to ESXi 5.1 U3

At this moment i have ESXi 5.1 U1

Can you help me ?

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homerzzz
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Do you have Windows VMs using the E1000 network driver? Upgrade them to vmxnet3 driver.

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This issue is resolved in ESXi 5.1 Update 2. Hope you see thsi article http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=205905...

Also workaround is provided. Do you want to know how to upgrade to U2?

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Jgutierrez20111
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Hi Homerzzz,

Yes we use the E1000E adapter for all the VMs.

Your recommend to change for vmxnet3 adapter ?

Thanks

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Jgutierrez20111
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Hi AT10,

Yes i know. Maybe the U3 is better ?

Thanks

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This is the recommendation from VMware to workaround this issue. But it would be better i f you upgrade to U2.

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To work around this issue if you are unable to upgrade, identify virtual machines using the E1000 family of virtual network interfaces and perform one of these options:

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homerzzz
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Yes, I would upgrade to vmxnet3 to prevent the PSOD if you are not going to upgrade ESXi version. There are performance benefits using vmxnet3 also.

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U3 is not yet released, and we do not have any ETA for U3

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Jgutierrez20111
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Than you guys !!!!

We change the network adapter for VMXNET3.

Hoping that it remains functional.

Thanks

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