N00B Question: How do I access ESXi 5.5 hypervisor through a web browser?
I successfully installed the complete ESXi 5.5 hypervisor/server and I found the link to download/install the client, but I don't see a login button for the actual EXSi system through the browser.
I would like to connect an usb harddisk to an esxi host. It is possible to present the usb disk to a guest with the usb device. But I would like to present the usb disk to the host and use it as a datastore.
Are there any of you out there who has been trying that ?
环境：一台ESXI5.5主机 共有4个网卡 每两个网卡绑定到core switch 做loadbalance coreswitch是 A P关系
请问我如果将4个网卡一起处于活动状态做loadbalance会有问题吗？ 如果行不通是否有其他的实现方法？谢谢
Looking for some advice on something that has been driving me nuts for a few months.
I'm running ESXi 5.1 on several Dell PowerEdge R805's. I'm using two NetGear ReadyNAS 3200's for storage, they're hosting NFS across gigabit ethernet.
This setup has been working great, and generally speaking I have no problems. However, on every ESXi host, I can see in the logs that the storage sometimes goes into All Paths Down state, then exits APD state. The APD state almost always lasts for exactly 7 seconds. The timing on when this happens does not seem to coincide with anything else that I can tell - it can happen at any time of day. Sometimes it happens multiple times in one day. Other times it might be a week between errors. Sometimes the error is on ALL the ESXi hosts for the same 7 seconds, other times it is only on one ESXi host.
Error example:
It's not an issue for the most part, and performance and operation does not seem to be impacted. HOWEVER - every 3-4 months or so the ReadyNAS units go completely unresponsive. I have to manually power them off and back on again to restore access to the ESXi hosts. I'm wondering if this is related to the sporadic APD error.....
Things I've tried:
- Contact ReadyNAS for troubleshooting (spent a LOT of time with them, they really have no idea on what is causing this)
- Replacement of gigabit switch
- Upgraded firmware on ReadyNAS
- Tried both teamed and active/backup configurations on NAS NICs
Any ideas?
Is it possible to run reports from the “free” version of vCOPS that runs on our 5.1 environment?
I don’t see any menu items other than ENVIROMENT \ OPERATIONS \ ALERTS and samples of other people’s shows additional menus such as PLANNING \ ANALYSIS \ REPORTS?
Hello,
I just built a new domain controller running on Server 2012R2. I know that this version is support on ESXi 5.1.0, but I was concerned because 2012 R2 was not available in the drop down list when I created the VM, so I just used 2012. Is this OK? Should I worry about any of the drivers or other software in the VMware Tools install?
Thanks!
After upgrading to ESXi 5.5 from 5.1, ESXi has changed the behavior so that if you have set predefined list of Configuration Parameters, which states that scsi1: 0.sharing = multi-writer ... And when the machine is turned on, adding disk . Will it ignores that it is set multi-writer on the appropriate SCSI device and disk is attempted connected as normal disk that fails due to the SCSI lock.
This must be a BUG? The only way to add the disk in an Oracle RAC cluster at 5.5, is to turn off each VM you want to share disk between them, making it even less manageable.
i have an doubt suppose my company is hosting service provider and using vcloud and now we are providing the service to company called company A then company A has it's own ldap server do we need any trust between my domain and company A domain and if yes which trust relation one way or two way?
This system is not on the HCL but I'm still looking at getting ESXi installed on it... I have used unebootin to create a bootable USB installer from VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.5.0-1331820.x86_64.iso Booted from this and see a list of modules load. Then it gets stuck at "Relocating modules and starting up the kernel..." Is there some way to get a more verbose set of boot logs?
Good morning everyone!
I have a quick question. I have two stand-alone ESX servers (VMWARE ESXi Essentials...One v5.0 and the other v4.0).
Can I move VMs from the 5.0 host to the 4.0 host with no issues??
I realize that is a manual process...but just want to make sure this will work.
Kevin
Hello,
I have a tools upgrade question.
Large environment, 2 main vCenter managed Datacenters, one on U2, the other on U3. [ESXi 5.0.0, 1311175 and 5.0.0 1489271]
I am planning to create a software package to upgrade a guest OS (primarily windows servers) if needed. I only want to upgrade tools on the guests running on the U3 hosts.
Is there a registry key in Windows that gives the update available status of VMtools?
Thanks...
Ted
Hi All,
We are experimenting with DPM on one of our clusters and currently on two host machines, Dell R710s. We have the DPM configured and it is using ACPI and the power management on the host machine is set to manual (never turn on). After a couple of days or two the 2 host machines power themselves on.
We have had a look through the setup and I cannot see anything that maybe causing this. Anyone any ideas?
Hi all
Hoping for some pointers to see where to look as we have been experiencing so many issues.
Environment is:
ESX 5.5 (latest version as of this week)
HP Blade ProLiant BL460c Gen8
Brocade FC switches
VNX5400 storage
Everything is at current patch level (HP Feb SSP, latest drivers etc from the latest issue of VMWare/HP Recipe Book)
On a nightly basis we see messages of the following:
Lost access to volume 52e00703-7702b882-d845-0017a4779402 (DataStore) due to connectivity issues. Recovery attempt is in progress and outcome will be reported shortly.
07/05/2014 07:50:16
Successfully restored access to volume 52e0072b-0adb69f0-f97b-0017a4779402 (DataStore) following connectivity issues.info
From the vmkernal.log I can see these messages:
2014-05-07T02:44:14.860Z cpu0:33743)lpfc: lpfc_scsi_cmd_iocb_cmpl:2157: 0:(0):3271: FCP cmd x2a failed <2/4> sid x0d0505, did x0d0100, oxid xd4 Abort Requested Host Abort Req
2014-05-07T02:44:14.860Z cpu0:32813)NMP: nmp_ThrottleLogForDevice:2321: Cmd 0x2a (0x412e80450900, 32805) to dev "naa.60060160fd503600ea66bd8acb82e311" on path "vmhba0:C0:T2:L4" Failed: H:0x5 D:0x0 P:0x0 Possible sense data: 0x0 0x0 0x0. Act:EVAL
2014-05-07T02:44:14.860Z cpu0:32813)WARNING: NMP: nmp_DeviceRequestFastDeviceProbe:237: NMP device "naa.60060160fd503600ea66bd8acb82e311" state in doubt; requested fast path state update...
2014-05-07T02:44:14.860Z cpu0:32813)ScsiDeviceIO: 2337: Cmd(0x412e80450900) 0x2a, CmdSN 0x299 from world 32805 to dev "naa.60060160fd503600ea66bd8acb82e311" failed H:0x5 D:0x0 P:0x0 Possible sense data: 0x0 0x0 0x0.
2014-05-07T02:44:15.859Z cpu0:32881)lpfc: lpfc_scsi_cmd_iocb_cmpl:2157: 0:(0):3271: FCP cmd x2a failed <2/4> sid x0d0505, did x0d0100, oxid xe7 Abort Requested Host Abort Req
2014-05-07T02:44:15.860Z cpu0:32813)WARNING: NMP: nmp_DeviceRequestFastDeviceProbe:237: NMP device "naa.60060160fd503600ea66bd8acb82e311" state in doubt; requested fast path state update...
2014-05-07T02:44:15.860Z cpu0:32813)ScsiDeviceIO: 2337: Cmd(0x413682f6e580) 0x2a, CmdSN 0x29a from world 32805 to dev "naa.60060160fd503600ea66bd8acb82e311" failed H:0x5 D:0x0 P:0x0 Possible sense data: 0x0 0x0 0x0.
2014-05-07T02:44:20.025Z cpu4:36428)World: 14296: VC opID 4CAEF736-0000009D-0-fb maps to vmkernel opID 4f50e1ac
2014-05-07T02:44:20.397Z cpu1:34426)Fil3: 15408: Max retries (10) exceeded for caller Fil3_FileIO (status 'IO was aborted by VMFS via a virt-reset on the device')
2014-05-07T02:44:20.397Z cpu1:34426)BC: 2288: Failed to write (uncached) object '.iormstats.sf': Maximum kernel-level retries exceeded
2014-05-07T02:44:23.013Z cpu8:34236)HBX: 2692: Waiting for timed out [HB state abcdef02 offset 4161536 gen 179 stampUS 1629072438 uuid 536997d8-04a1ea9d-6c9a-0017a4779402 jrnl <FB 2656233> drv 14.60] on vol 'uk1-san01:Production DataStore 3'
2014-05-07T02:44:29.645Z cpu4:33106)lpfc: lpfc_scsi_cmd_iocb_cmpl:2157: 0:(0):3271: FCP cmd xa3 failed <3/4> sid x0d0505, did x0d0000, oxid xeb Abort Requested Host Abort Req
2014-05-07T02:44:29.645Z cpu20:33044)VMW_SATP_ALUA: satp_alua_issueCommandOnPath:651: Path "vmhba0:C0:T3:L4" (UP) command 0xa3 failed with status Timeout. H:0x5 D:0x0 P:0x0 Possible sense data: 0x5 0x20 0x0.
2014-05-07T02:44:29.755Z cpu7:32857)HBX: 255: Reclaimed heartbeat for volume 52e0072b-0adb69f0-f97b-0017a4779402 (uk1-san01:Production DataStore 3): [Timeout] Offset 4161536
2014-05-07T02:44:29.755Z cpu7:32857)[HB state abcdef02 offset 4161536 gen 179 stampUS 1632947371 uuid 536997d8-04a1ea9d-6c9a-0017a4779402 jrnl <FB 2656233> drv 14.60]
2014-05-07T02:44:31.808Z cpu0:32807)lpfc: lpfc_scsi_cmd_iocb_cmpl:2157: 0:(0):3271: FCP cmd x2a failed <2/4> sid x0d0505, did x0d0100, oxid x112 Abort Requested Host Abort Req
2014-05-07T02:44:31.808Z cpu0:32813)WARNING: NMP: nmp_DeviceRequestFastDeviceProbe:237: NMP device "naa.60060160fd503600ea66bd8acb82e311" state in doubt; requested fast path state update...
2014-05-07T02:44:31.808Z cpu0:32813)ScsiDeviceIO: 2337: Cmd(0x412e8349b000) 0x2a, CmdSN 0x2ab from world 32805 to dev "naa.60060160fd503600ea66bd8acb82e311" failed H:0x5 D:0x0 P:0x0 Possible sense data: 0x0 0x0 0x0.
2014-05-07T02:44:32.407Z cpu1:34426)Fil3: 15408: Max retries (10) exceeded for caller Fil3_FileIO (status 'IO was aborted by VMFS via a virt-reset on the device')
2014-05-07T02:44:32.407Z cpu1:34426)BC: 2288: Failed to write (uncached) object '.iormstats.sf': Maximum kernel-level retries exceeded
2014-05-07T02:44:33.541Z cpu16:32855)HBX: 255: Reclaimed heartbeat for volume 52e0072b-0adb69f0-f97b-0017a4779402 (uk1-san01:Production DataStore 3): [Timeout] Offset 4161536
2014-05-07T02:44:33.541Z cpu16:32855)[HB state abcdef02 offset 4161536 gen 179 stampUS 1646119268 uuid 536997d8-04a1ea9d-6c9a-0017a4779402 jrnl <FB 2656233> drv 14.60]
Any help much appreciated.
Thanks
Hello,
We have 8 hosts and for some reason our bosses bought a Windows 2012 datacentre license for 1 host as we have a project which needs to run on 12 x 2012 Windows servers. I said that is a risk as we can't vMotion and what happens if that host crashes?
I need to highlight the issues as they don't think it is a big issue should the host crash? Is it easy to move the servers manually as I haven't done this before, maybe I can just import the vmx file again to another host from the datastores?
Any other issues would be great to know as it will be me and a colleague picking up the issue should it happen not them.
Thanks
When I install ESXI 5.5 (or even 5.1) I cant get it to recognise the servers RAID system.
RAID is setup correctly and I can go into the RAID manager and check its status - RAID 1 - online
but when I run through the process of installing the ESXI it only lets me install it on one of the local disks - am I right in thinking it should give me the option of installing it to the RAID?
The raid is LSI
I have read that it maybe a driver issue?
Phil
In my lab i'm using two hosts with ESXi 5.5 working in a HA cluster, VCenter Virtual Appliance 5.5 and an external datastore with iSCSI (an Ubuntu server used as a LUN target).
Now i need to add a second server used again as datastore that mirrors the one already working. A sort of "HA" of datastores.
I need some help: it is possible ? If yes, what KB article or document in VMware is available on this subject ?
Best Regards,
I have a bit of a problem with my lab. I have two hosts which boot ESXi 5.5 from USB. They are clustered and have two iSCSI targets with a datastore each.
Unfortunately on one of the hosts, every time it gets restarted it "forgets" the datastores. If I try to add them through the VI Client with the add storage wizard I only have the option to format them but if I use SSH I can remount them with
"esxcfg-volume -M "datastore1""
"esxcfg-volume -M "datastore1""
However even though it says in putty that its mounting the data stores persistently when the host is rebooted it again complains that no data stores have been configured.
I'm tried removing the iSCSI software adapter, reading it and reconfiguring it.
Has anyone got any suggestions? I just can't think where else to go with this..
Many thanks
Hi,
I've faced an issue when trying to change a firewall rule on 5.5.
I have some hosts with ssh service on a different port (say 27) so I tried to change the default sshClient rule
(services.xml) from <port>22</port> to <port><begin>22</begin><end>27</end></port>.
That should have done it to the best of my knowledge, but after a refresh, the rule stayed the same.
Any hints ?
TIA,
-Carlos
I am trying to find the offline depot file for the 5.5 VCSA. Can anyone point me at it please.
Thanks.
(2) IBM x3650 hosts running esxi 5.1 with 2xHBA SAS connections to IBM DS3200 dual controller SAN.
I have 2 arrays, both set to multi-host access for vmware.
With a single host powered on and running all vm's, the disk performance seems normal.
As soon as I power on the second host, the latency on host-1 soars (as high as 500ms!!), even though there are *no vm's* on host-2!!! If I power down host-2, latency on host-1 returns to acceptable levels. Again, there should be *NO* disk activity caused by host-2 since it has no vm's and boots from internal storage.
I've motioned all vm's to host-2 and the symptoms are the same - disk latency is fine with all vm's on host-2 and host-1 powered off. If I power host-1 back on, the vm's running on host-2 grind to a near-halt due to latency.
The only oddity I've noticed is the path for one of the LUN's is different than what I think it should be.
Host-1
hba1 - runtime name: hba1:c0:t0:L1
hba2 - runtime name: hba1:c0:t0:L1 <-- note, this shows the same runtime name as hba1
manage path: hba1:c0:t0:L1
Host-2
hba1 - runtime name: hba1:c0:t0:L1
hba2 - runtime name: hba1:c0:t0:L1 <-- note, same
manage path: hba2:c0:t0:L1 <-- notice how this says hba2, not hba1 (hba1 is "standby")
One additional note:
Before the second esxi 5.1 was added, there was a Windows bare-metal host connected to the SAN, with the esxi host accessing 1 array, and the Windows host accessing the other array. In that configuration, disk latency was also normal. The Windows host has been removed and disconnected. I also removed the host group in the Storage Manager.
Stumped...