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mikejdunphy
Contributor
Contributor

The ESXi host has set configuration maximums that are either hard or soft limited

So we got a message from skyline about 4 critical errors. 3 of which were from

one host that has 2 tiny vms on it and using very little CPU ... actually close to 0

and only 18GB out of 500GB memory

  • Finding ID
    vSphere-EsxConfigLimits-KB#1003497
  • Severity
    CRITICAL
  • Category
    Compute
  • Finding First Observed
    04/23/2020

EXPORT

Description

The ESXi host has set configuration maximums that are either hard or soft limited. It is important to ensure that a host does not exceed these maximums as the server will fall outside of a supported configuration.

Risk if no action taken

Environmental Stability

Recommendations

• 5.5 - https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdf

• 6.0 - https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere6/r60/vsphere-60-configuration-maximums.pdf

• 6.5 - https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere6/r65/vsphere-65-configuration-maximums.pdf

Helpful Links

https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere6/r65/vsphere-65-configuration-maximums.pdf

Affected Objects (4)

Is this bogus or what ?

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kishorenelvagal
VMware Employee
VMware Employee

Hi Mike,

Welcome to VMware Communities!

I understand that you have 4 Critical findings for your account and one of them is related to Configuration maximums.

The findings for configuration maximums can be triggered for a host of reasons. Considering the fact that the resource utilization on the ESXi host is minimal, we would like to investigate this further.

Please share your account details using the following link to help us investigate this further

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Sincerely
Kishore N
VMware Support Moderator
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kishorenelvagal
VMware Employee
VMware Employee

Hello Mike,

I have checked the findings and recommendations for your account.

There is no finding related to ESXi configuration maximums. Could you please check the Skyline Advisor and let us know if you still see the finding.

Sincerely
Kishore N
VMware Support Moderator
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JPM00
Contributor
Contributor

I also get this finding triggered for hosts that have PSOD and are not connected to vCenter.

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kishorenelvagal
VMware Employee
VMware Employee

Hello JPM00

The findings and recommendations which are available on Skyline Advisor are based on the data collected in the previous data cycle.

Data processing happens over a period of 72 hours as well.

If there are new critical findings we would recommend you investigate the issue and wait for one more data processing cycle (72 hours) if you find it to be a false positive.

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Kishore N
VMware Support Moderator
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