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All are configured as " Auto negotiation" or fixed mbps ?
Yes you can. You can pretty much use Free windows server backup using Vembu ImageBackup. you can install Vembu ImageBackup on the running OS, and take image of the whole server to a local Vembu B... See more...
Yes you can. You can pretty much use Free windows server backup using Vembu ImageBackup. you can install Vembu ImageBackup on the running OS, and take image of the whole server to a local Vembu BDR server. On restore, You have the option to convert to vmware supported file format while restoring your image file  Then install ESXi on the baremetal server, and restore the vmdk file on to the newly installed ESXi server.
Are you looking for vmware replication solution to any cloud, say AWS ? In this case, you can check Vembu VMBackup & Vembu CloudDR
Yes, you can install the ESXi hypervison on flashdrive. Later you can attach iSCSI, NFS datastore from external storage, if you don't have Local disk.
Below search shows, your LSI 8708EM2 model supports upto 6.5 U1. You may require to contact their support for details VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search
You can download it from here, if you are an entitled user https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?productId=491&downloadGroup=ESXI600#errorCheckDiv
Find out any collision domain happening due to PSOD on each network that ESXi hosts exist. Chances of corrupted NIC driver creates flooding of packets in a network and that leads to PSOD.
Are you using any Backup and DR solution for this VM ? Does it restore the VM for verification and make it running every two month. Probably running two license simultaneously causing the server ... See more...
Are you using any Backup and DR solution for this VM ? Does it restore the VM for verification and make it running every two month. Probably running two license simultaneously causing the server license deactivated ?
No. vmnic1 on ESXi host1 can't communicate vmnic0 on ESXi host2 directly. Since both are separate ESXi and has standard switch configuration. If you want to to connect both these vmnic1 and vmnic... See more...
No. vmnic1 on ESXi host1 can't communicate vmnic0 on ESXi host2 directly. Since both are separate ESXi and has standard switch configuration. If you want to to connect both these vmnic1 and vmnic0 on each hosts, both should be on distributed switch, and is managed by a vCenter server.
Do you meant to say host2 is not connected to LAN physically ?. Each host must have a vSwitch connected to the physical NIC for external communcation.
As far as vCPU is concerned, both architecture are same. If you look for multiprocessing advantage by utilizing multicore, it purely depends on OS running on vm and the application utilise the vC... See more...
As far as vCPU is concerned, both architecture are same. If you look for multiprocessing advantage by utilizing multicore, it purely depends on OS running on vm and the application utilise the vCPUs by setting affinity values.
Check your NIC that listed in supported hardware for your ESXi version. If it is not listed, put a e1000 Intel NIC on the PCI slot. For most of the versions this NIC work.
Does your hardware supported for ESXi 6.5 installation ?. Check in VMware HCL
One way you can do V2V. or Exporting from v4.0 version & importing to v6.5 after shutdown.
Try installing on a USB flash disk. Confirm all your NIC,Disk etc are detected and drivers are loaded successfully.
Try FreeNAS, a Opensource Stroage OS with lots of features and plugins. Well supported by ESXi and can be usable for shared block storage. Supports both NFS and iSCSI protocol.
Windows 2016 Nested virtualisation is fully supported in Windows 2016 Hyper - V environment, and mixed reports on ESXi environment. Probably you can test this feature with Windows 2016 Hyper -V s... See more...
Windows 2016 Nested virtualisation is fully supported in Windows 2016 Hyper - V environment, and mixed reports on ESXi environment. Probably you can test this feature with Windows 2016 Hyper -V server, which is a free product.
Devaraj, Try any VMWare aware backup software. Taking snapshot cannot be considered as backup. But many software Vendors offering backup solution for VMWare VMs through VStorage APIs. You can ... See more...
Devaraj, Try any VMWare aware backup software. Taking snapshot cannot be considered as backup. But many software Vendors offering backup solution for VMWare VMs through VStorage APIs. You can also consider Vembu VMBackup.
Check from vCenter server, the host is reachable. Ping host with its IP and name. Is the host on another network, and route exist between the vCenter and host network ?. Most likely network routi... See more...
Check from vCenter server, the host is reachable. Ping host with its IP and name. Is the host on another network, and route exist between the vCenter and host network ?. Most likely network routing issue. Find any firewall in between which dening to connect.
Migrating the vCenter Server database from SQL Express to full SQL Server (1028601) | VMware KB This will support all versions of SQL Server. Let me know it works for you