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VMWare ESXi is an installable/embeddable virtualization platform based around the ESXi Hypervisor.

VMWare ESXi is a type 1 hypervisor based virtualization platform that installs on bare hardware (no host OS required) that allows running multiple guest virtual machines simultaneously.

ESXi is available freely with basic single-server functionality, but more advanced functionality requires licensing commercial versions of VMWare vSphere (formerly known as VMWare Infrastructure prior to version 4.0). ESXi lacks the linux-based service console included with VMWare ESX, further reducing install footprint and attack surface.

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Move ESXI Windows VMDK to PROXMOX

Long story short. HDD's broken. I only have the VMDK's on an Backup. I read through the Migration of Server Wiki but they are all assume that I can access the VM. I can't. Is it possible, without reinstalling Windows, to import the VMDKS to Proxmox…
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Logstash netflow plugin configuration error

I'm trying to use logstash to collect traffic information from VMware ESXi using the netflow plugin. I've installed the latest version of logstash and elasticsearch from www.elastic.co on Ubuntu 16.04.1 with openjdk 8 installed. I've created this…
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Serial Connections between Virtual Servers

We have two applications on separate virtualized Windows servers use serial communication to each other. On the host, there are two serial to USB converters connected with a serial cable, and one of the converters mapped in VMware to each server.…
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Distribute VM and force new mac address

I wish to distribute a VMWare VM for users (who are technically challenged and unable to install a complex product). Users may run several instances of the VM in their environment, so it's essential that each VM have NIC's with unique MAC…
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ESXi 6.0.0 got stuck in gray yellow screen with “user loaded successfully” during installation on server

I'm trying to install ESXi 6.0.0 on a DELL server from a bootable CD-ROM and it's getting stuck on a gray yellow screen. On the top gray part, it shows the VMWare ESXi version, Dell Computer, CPU and Memory information. On the bottom yellow part,…
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pfSense DMZ VMware and Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS

In a VMware environment I am having connectivity issues (no ping) between the gateway (pfSense DMZ) and Ubuntu server 16.04.1 LTS. Pfsense is working fine from the LAN subnet 192.168.1.0/24 but not from DMZ subnet 10.10.10.0/24 I think I have…
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Juggling HP Server and VMWare Compatibility for Ext SAS

We operate a set of standalone HP DL360 servers to run our plant control system and are now implementing an upgrade to a vSphere 6.0 (Essentials Plus) approach. The upgraded system will be a pair of new DL380 Gen9 servers and a re-use of one of the…
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datastore and network performance issues in ESXI

I am having a serious problem with a server running ESXi 6.0 Everything worked great last week. Now out of no where the whole thing is basically useless. I am getting datastore latency of up to 51 seconds! Nothing has changed between now and last…
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ESXi 5.5 server 2012 r2 guest, can't see LUN from PowerVault MD2330i

I have created a virtualdisk inside the powervault. I assigned it to a specific host, it's own remote initiator, its own disk group (5tb). From the client I can discover the initiator but the only volume it can see is a 19mb vol that's supposed to…
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Awful SQL Server Performance during ESX snapshot

I have two standalone SQL boxes in a 2 host ESX cluster. At the moment they are running on the same host. We take nightly backups using Veeam. One of these servers spikes to 90-100% CPU for the duration of the backup. The other doesn't. I built both…
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HP Smart Array odd read/write performance through ESXi

I have a HP Proliant DL380 G7 w/ HP SmartArray P812 W 1G-BBWC, This is plugged into a D2600 Storage enclosure with 1 mini sas cable. All firwmware versions are the latest (including the disks). There is also the internal backplane plugged into the…
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VmWare / HP EVA: How many LUNs with one DiskGroup

I know that similar questions have been asked already, but I feel that they were on a rather theoretical level and are not quite applicable to my case. We're operating 3 ESXi 6.0 hosts, all backed by the same HP EVA P6300 via FC. As proposed by the…
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CPU Affinity for Linux VM

I have a Ubuntu Linux VM running on VMWare, and I have changed the CPU affinity for multiple processes using the taskset command. The VM has 16 cores allocated to it, and so does the actual server that contains the VMWare hypervisor. Is there anyway…
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VMWare ESX/i 4 SCSI Tape?

Has anyone successfully used SCSI mapping to present a SCSI tape drive to a VM for backup purposes? My servers do not support VMDirectIO (VT-d), so I can't present the PCI device to the VM, and my Adaptec 39160 is not supported in ESXi4. Before I…
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Monitor Dell hardware on ESXi 5.1 using check_esxi_hardware on Centreon

I installed Dell OpenManage on ESXi5.1 Host, which I'd like to monitor through Centreon. Since check_openmanage plugin is not to be used with ESXi (according to that post : DELL OpenManage 7.3 on ESXi5.1 and to my own experience), I installed the…
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