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Hello, SupreetK​ The datastore for the ESXi servers has always been from installation the vmfs-5 version. I will go for the vmfs-6 for now, knowing it won't give any issues for the current VMs... See more...
Hello, SupreetK​ The datastore for the ESXi servers has always been from installation the vmfs-5 version. I will go for the vmfs-6 for now, knowing it won't give any issues for the current VMs I will make sure there are no snapshots for any VM. Many thanks.
BerndtSchumann​ Thank you, to what hardware version do you recommend I update the existing VMs?
SupreetK​ Thank you for the extensive reply, very good list, just wondering why the datastore must be same VMFS-5 version, is that because of Veeam?
Hi All, I am replacing 2 x ESXi 5.5 standalone servers with ESXi standalone servers version 6.5, will my existing VMs work fine when moved to the new 6.5 version or do I need to prepare them? ... See more...
Hi All, I am replacing 2 x ESXi 5.5 standalone servers with ESXi standalone servers version 6.5, will my existing VMs work fine when moved to the new 6.5 version or do I need to prepare them? Situation, I will move all VMs with Veeam backup to the second ESXi 5.5 server. Replace old 5.5 server with newer 6.5 server, then I want to move ALL VMs to the new 6.5 server and replace the other server. Now my question is there anything I might need to do with the VMs before I move them to new 6.5? Do I need to upgrade the VMs to newer hardware version 10 for example? Any help much appreciated.
Hi, did you find a solution to this, as I am trying as well?
Hi All, I bought recently an Adaptec 5805ZQ to use with my ESXi host, I have managed to install VMware v5.5 but no idea how I can view remote from my workstation the status of the RAID set [ 8... See more...
Hi All, I bought recently an Adaptec 5805ZQ to use with my ESXi host, I have managed to install VMware v5.5 but no idea how I can view remote from my workstation the status of the RAID set [ 8 x 2.5" 1TB drives] I do understand from reading the manual I can't see anything on the VMware ESXI host, I need to remote view it. Installed on the ESXI server as follow; esxcli software acceptance set --level=CommunitySupported     [was neccessary otherwise it wouldn't install] esxcli software vib install --no-sig-check -v /vmfs/volumes/57d4197a-9e6b9877-a9a9-00259032a411//vmware-esx-provider-arcconf.vib Installation Result    Message: The update completed successfully, but the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to be effective.    Reboot Required: true    VIBs Installed: Adaptec_bootbank_arcconf_1.00-1    VIBs Removed:    VIBs Skipped: Rebooted, then installed on Windows 7 Home 64bits the remote arc. but no result... Any help much appreciated.
Hi André, Thanks ever so much, wow, I am very grateful for all your help and your time. Thank you.
Hi André, Thanks ever so much, I was not aware of such as I always used the update command, I will do as you advised and get the 'fling' Just for my piece of mind, would it be possible I am m... See more...
Hi André, Thanks ever so much, I was not aware of such as I always used the update command, I will do as you advised and get the 'fling' Just for my piece of mind, would it be possible I am missing out important additions with previous updates and how to find out? Again, thanks ever so much for your time and explanation, I learned a lot. Kind regards, P.S. Fling installed and it works now
Thanks André, Glad to have confirmed I don't have to worry about the initial version, much appreciated. I never tried to webui before this update, as I understood it was still not advised to ... See more...
Thanks André, Glad to have confirmed I don't have to worry about the initial version, much appreciated. I never tried to webui before this update, as I understood it was still not advised to use in production with v5.5 - Found that indeed the esx-ui is NOT installed, and yes I used indeed the esxcli software vib update depot esxi550-201609001.zip How to get this installed? do I need to replace the word update with install or is there another way to get it installed without putting server in maintenance mode and a reboot? Kind regards, Image with esx-ui installed on the other sever.
Hi André, Thanks, I tried that, I made sure no popup blocker was active, cleared caches, but no result. I am able to login with same browser to another esxi server with same patch level and t... See more...
Hi André, Thanks, I tried that, I made sure no popup blocker was active, cleared caches, but no result. I am able to login with same browser to another esxi server with same patch level and that works perfectly fine. Seems the ui thinks I am still running with the older kernel version, I looked in the advanced setting to find if it is stored there, but couldn't find it either. I compared running service with both esxi servers, but all same.
Hi All, I am not able to get the web ui login screen on my standalone 5.5 esxi server after upgrading with patch esxi550-201609001.zip. I tried with Firefox and Chromium, both give blank scre... See more...
Hi All, I am not able to get the web ui login screen on my standalone 5.5 esxi server after upgrading with patch esxi550-201609001.zip. I tried with Firefox and Chromium, both give blank screen. When browsing to the server IP or FQDN it shows:  You are running Dell Customized Image ESXi 5.5.0 Update 3 A04 (based on ESXi 5.5.0 VMKernel Release Build 3248547) That is the version the DC gave me and I always updated it with 201601001, 20160200,201608001, and last one 201609001. What could be wrong and how to get the WebUI I don't want to use the windows vsphere version. Thanks
Hiya, thanks ever so much for your reply, much appreciated. If we initialize the raid aren't all blocks [Strip] on the disks that size? no matter how VMware or other OS within the VM uses ... See more...
Hiya, thanks ever so much for your reply, much appreciated. If we initialize the raid aren't all blocks [Strip] on the disks that size? no matter how VMware or other OS within the VM uses it? I would need to do some real world testing like you said.
I know this has been asked several times,but I have never seen any definitive answer to this question. In my raid controllers [ LSI-8704EM2 / LSI-8708EM2 ] I can set the Strip size to get the ... See more...
I know this has been asked several times,but I have never seen any definitive answer to this question. In my raid controllers [ LSI-8704EM2 / LSI-8708EM2 ] I can set the Strip size to get the required Stripe size by multiplying this with the amount of drives. VMFS5 is using a 1MB block size, so with my 4 drives configuration, I would need to set my Strip size to 256KB, for my 8 drives it would be 128KB. When I create a new VM I would use the Thick Provision Eager Zeroed to avoid fragmentation within the datastore, I believe this would be the optimal situation in regards the datastore? Would the OS [Linux] in the VM undo this theory? Any advise or feedback?
Reboot IS required to make sure you use the new openSSL version, after reboot create new SSL cert and change passwords!
I was going to install vCenter Server if this is possible.
Hi, Is it possible to use vMotion between ESXi v5.5 hosts [standalone] who have only 2 Nics each and no shared storage? Any documentation in how to do this or video on youtube? Thanks.
Thanks, Watched the video [nice one] and it is now more clear to me. Burst size is the amount of DATA it is allowed to burst. Thanks ever so much.
Hi Kashifkarar01,  thanks very much, the image and article explains it a bit better, but I think the Image is not correct, I put up one as I think it should be based on these 3 parameters, would... See more...
Hi Kashifkarar01,  thanks very much, the image and article explains it a bit better, but I think the Image is not correct, I put up one as I think it should be based on these 3 parameters, would you mind to give me your thoughts about this? However, I still have not found how long the duration of the burst is going to be, I do realise it is somehow 'earned' as a bonus by not using all the traffic to the max. But let's say in my example the average is 10Mb/s the peak is 25Mb/s and the burst is 40Mb/s. How do I know the duration of the burst, as I don't want it to be for hours, you see what i mean? Kind regards, and many thanks for your time.
Not sure how you calculated this 8Mb with 409Kbits, but perhaps you have made an error here. Still no answer how VMware knows WHEN to BURST or give PEAK speed, no examples of this is available... See more...
Not sure how you calculated this 8Mb with 409Kbits, but perhaps you have made an error here. Still no answer how VMware knows WHEN to BURST or give PEAK speed, no examples of this is available.
I am trying to work out how the traffic shaping works, but the manuals are only talking about credits but no where any examples. Having a VM and put it on his own [Virtual Machine] port group, w... See more...
I am trying to work out how the traffic shaping works, but the manuals are only talking about credits but no where any examples. Having a VM and put it on his own [Virtual Machine] port group, with following parameters: Average bandwidth:  10000 Kbits Peak bandwidth:      25000 Kbits Burst size:               4096 Kbytes - How to get credits [ I understand it is adding when the VM uses less then the Average bandwidth, and what is the credit in figures, is it kbits or time to burst? - Assume the VM is having a download started for a certain amount of time, will it start at Average speed, then go straight to the Burst and for how long, when will it fall back to Peak bandwidth? Sorry so many questions.. I find it very difficult to work out other then testing how this works, could anyone shine a light on this please? Thanks a lot for your precious time. Traffic Shaping concepts: Average Bandwidth: Target traffic rate cap that the switch tries to enforce. Every time a client uses less than the defined Average Bandwidth, credit builds up. Peak Bandwidth: Extra bandwidth available, above the Average Bandwidth, for a short burst. The availability of the burst depends on credit accumulated so far. Burst Size: Amount of traffic that can be transmitted or received at Peak speed. By combining Peak Bandwidth and Burst Size, you can calculate the maximum allowed time for the burst.