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Re: Issue with HotAdd Transport Mode for Remote VMDK Access

sluge — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 05:02:17 GMT

You problem is

VixDiskLib: Advanced transport module not loaded.

Put libdiskLibPlugin.so to the lib64 subfolder of your vmware lib folder

Error creating VM via REST with DVS

sluge — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 06:00:48 GMT

Hello,

I have several DVS on my vCenter and I tried to create a VM attached to DVS's port group(dviportgroup-1234) via REST(apiexplorer) but failed with the error:

Distributed port group with identifier 'dviportgroup-1234:1234abcd-1234-4321-1234-4321bcda1234' not accessible

If I put incorrect port group name I got an error that port group not found.

In the error message the port group name dviportgroup-1234 has a something like UUID after the colon. It looks like vCenter added it. May be this value is incorrect in some way?

New VM created Ok if I set a standalone switch instead of DVS for REST(apiexplorer).

Also it works fine if I use vCenter WEB interface to create a VM and attach it to the same DVS port group.

Where to look at the vCenter to fix this issue? Maybe some kind of permissions?

Re: Whether QueryDiskChangedArea() and VixDiskLib_QueryAllocatedBlocks() both return the entire disk

sluge — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 05:32:44 GMT

It occured due to this:

Virtual Disk Development Kit Programming Guide:

One limitation is that VixDiskLib_QueryAllocatedBlocks returns the whole VMDK for NFS, rather
than just the allocated blocks as for VMFS, vSAN, and VVol datastores.

Issues with HP ProDesk 400

sluge — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 09:43:46 GMT

Hello, I'm trying to install esxi 6.5 to the workstation HP ProDesk 400 G5 MT - (Core i5-8500/16Gb/1TB/256Gb SSD) using external usb CDROM but failed with error:

Relocating modules and starting up the kernel...

and after it installation hangs.

Is any way to install esxi to this workstation?

Re: Move VMs to other subnet

sluge — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:34:37 GMT

So, the problem was in the configuration of VM in 11 subnet-"Connected on power on " was checked, but "Connected" combobox wasn't. I checked it and 11 subnet starts working

Re: Move VMs to other subnet

sluge — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 05:44:10 GMT

Hello!

I plug out ethernet cable from ESXi host and put it to HP server. I set up ethernet interface to 192.168.11.11/24, gw 192.168.11.1. Ping to 7 subnet was successfull. Then I put this ethernet cable back to ESXi host, VM with the same IP address (192.168.11.11/24, gw 192.168.11.1) can't ping 192.168.11.1

Re: Move VMs to other subnet

sluge — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:58:57 GMT

I already checked this port, I put it to another server and it's possible to communicate between 7 and 11 subnets and 6 subnet were is my workstation is located. But when I put this cord back to the ESXi host, VMs from 11 network are not accessable

Re: Move VMs to other subnet

sluge — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 10:02:16 GMT

Sorry, old gw was 207.1, new gw is 7.1.

Re: Move VMs to other subnet

sluge — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 09:53:53 GMT

Different subnets are routed under ethernet switch. Both 7 and 11 subnets are plugged in to the same ethernet switch.

Managed network of ESXi host is: 192.168.7.187/24, gw is 192.168.207.1.

It looks like ESXi blocks traffic. Am I need to set 11 subnet IP address to eth controller for 11 subnet?

Re: Move VMs to other subnet

sluge — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:58:13 GMT

No, I can ping 11 gateway from 7 network, but I can't ping any host from 7 to 11. I can't ping 11 gateway from host in 11 network.

Re: Move VMs to other subnet

sluge — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:48:58 GMT

Here is result of ping from 7 subnet to 11 subnet:

# ping 192.168.11.1
PING 192.168.11.1 (192.168.11.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.11.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=0.887 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.11.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=0.988 ms
^C

But I can't access to 11.1 gateway from host in 11 subnet

Re: Move VMs to other subnet

sluge — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:08:44 GMT

These two subnets 7 and 11 are in one ethernet switch. I attached vSwitches and eth screenshots. Also I changed management network interface from 7 to 11 subnet and vSphere client connected succeessfully. I connected from 6 subnet.

Re: Move VMs to other subnet

sluge — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 07:29:11 GMT

Yes, I changed NetworkLabel on network adapter in VM that I need to move to 11 subnet.

These subnets are the part of one network, but it's requered to connect dedicated eth to 11 network because it's not possible to connect existing eth adapter both for 7 and 11 subnet. 7 subnet has gateway at 7.1 address, 11 subnet has gateway at 1.11 address and I think these two gateways can send packages to each other.

When I enter to ESXi console and select "Test management network", I put 192.168.7.1 and 192.168.11.1 and both these addresses are ping successfuly.

Move VMs to other subnet

sluge — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 06:30:16 GMT

Hello

My ESXi host is connected to subnet 192.168.7.X and all virtual machines are in 192.168.7.X network. I connect one more ethernet adapter to 192.168.11.X network and need to move several virtual machines to 192.168.11.X network. I created one more vSwitch and associate it with ethernet adapter that in 192.168.11.X network, but virtual machine that associated with this ethernet adapter are not accessable from 192.168.7.X network.

What is correct way to move several virtual machines to other subnet?

Re: VM's BIOS boot menu +

sluge — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:12:05 GMT

F2 is for enter to BIOS, Esc for call boot menu

Enter on Hard Drive starts boot from default hard drive, no any submenus

VM's BIOS boot menu +

sluge — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:45:08 GMT

Hello

During startup of my VM I pressed Esc key and enter to boot menu:

1. + Removable devices

2. + Hard Drive

3. CD-ROM Drive

4. Network boot

Why 1. and 2. have plus sing? Is it means that 1. and 2. have sub-menus?

Server didn't see any copied VMs

sluge — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:40:45 GMT

I have a server with VMs. So, I install a ESXi to a new server and copy my VMs from old server to the the one, but new server didn't show any VMs it the right pane, but VV's are in the datastore. Is any way to make new server to see copied VMs?

Re: partitioning of standalone server

sluge — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:24:27 GMT

I need to use raid 1, not 5 or 10. So, do you install a hypervisor to hard drive or to internal flash?

Also, do you create a hardware RAID1 using BIOS or software RAID 1 using ESXi tools?

partitioning of standalone server

sluge — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:46:09 GMT

Hello

I have a standalone server with a lot of internal hard drives, for example, 8. So, I need to install a ESXi to it and make a VMFS disk partitioning. I need to use RAID1 for data redundancy. So, what is the best partitioning layout in this case?

Re: Is it possible to downlaod a VMware vCenter Server trial?

sluge — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:23:09 GMT

Do you mean that I previosly bought vCenter server and have a license key for it?