Table of Contents
VMware - ESX - Miscellaneous
ESX 3.5 and 3i White boxes and working SATA controllers
ICT-Freak.nl - VMware: Remove Snapshot stuck at 95%
Documentation
VMware Documentation contains links to the configuration guides.
Memory Resource Management in VMware ESX Server
VMware ESX Server 2.0 - Using the vmware-cmd Utility
VMware Infrastructure 3 Documentation
ESX 3.0.2 and VirtualCenter 2.0.2 / ESX 3.0.1 and VirtualCenter 2.0.1
VMware ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5
Knowledge Base Articles
Overview of VMware Tools (340)
Choosing a network adapter for your virtual machine
Virtual machine hardware versions (1003746)
Understanding virtual machine snapshots in VMware ESXi and ESX (1015180)
Cannot Power On a Virtual Machine with Too Many PCI Devices (1003145) applies to ESX(i) 3.5.x.
Mapping PCI slot numbers to guest-visible PCI bus topology (2047927)
Why do host NICs sometimes change their ordering after an ESX installation? (1007380) applies to ESX(i) 3.0.x and 3.5.x.
ESXi/ESX host loses network connectivity after adding new NICs or an upgrade (2019871) applies to ESX(i) 3.5.x and higher (no mention of 5.5 though).
Virtual NIC settings on a Windows guest are lost after a virtual hardware upgrade (1015572)
REM Add registry key. "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\reg.exe" ADD "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters" /v ArpRetryCount /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f REM Reboot system "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\shutdown.exe" -r -t 0
Datastore appears empty from the datastore browser (1010832)
Creating a persistent scratch location for ESXi 4.x/5.x/6.0 (1033696)
Storage vMotion migration fails with the error: The method is disabled by 'SYMC-INCR dd-mm-yyyy hh:mm' (2008957)
Capturing a network trace in ESXi using Tech Support Mode or ESXi Shell (1031186)
Displaying the ARP and Neighbor Discovery cache for VMkernel network interfaces (2000130)
Configuring VMDirectPath I/O pass-through devices on a VMware ESX or VMware ESXi host (1010789)
Paravirtual SCSI
Do I choose the PVSCSI or LSI Logic virtual adapter on ESX\ESXi 4.0 for non-IO intensive workloads? (1017652)
Configuring disks to use VMware Paravirtual SCSI (PVSCSI) adapters (1010398)
Large-scale workloads with intensive I/O patterns might require queue depths significantly greater than Paravirtual SCSI default values (2053145)
6.0
5.5
5.0
Storage
ESX/ESXi 3.x/4.x hosts do not support 2-terabyte LUNs (3371739)
Frequently Asked Questions on VMware vSphere 5.x for VMFS-5 (2003813)
VMFS 3 versions and upgrade paths (1005325)
Microsoft Clustering
MSCS Requires 2Gb Fibre Channel HBAs on ESX Server 3.0.1
MSCS Support for Both 4Gb and 2Gb Fibre Channel HBAs on ESX Server 3.0.2 or Later
Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS) support on ESXi/ESX (1004617)
Microsoft Clustering on VMware vSphere: Guidelines for Supported Configurations (1037959)
MSCS support enhancements in vSphere 5.5 (2052238)
Blogposts/Articles
vKnowledge - Common VMkernel errors
VMware Support Insider - Dealing with vCenter 4.1 Database Tables Growth
PeteNetLive - vSphere - Virtual Center Server Service Stops because of database is “full”.
Evan Hoffman's Blog - “Call HostServiceSystem.Start for object XX on vCenter Server YY failed” when starting snmpd on ESXi 5.1
VitualizationAdmin.com - VMware’s Paravirtual SCSI Adapter Benefits, Watch-Outs and Usage
running-system.com - How to - blink a vmnic on your ESXi Host to identify the physical NIC
running-system.com - “vSphere 5.5 ESXTOP quick overview for Troubleshooting” diagram available
running-system.com - How to - remove/delete an iSCSI Software Adapter
running-system.com - How to check VMFS for metadata corruption (ESXi 5.1 and later)
running-system.com - Upgrade to vSphere 5.5? Check the key length of your vCenter certificates
VCritical - Start and Manage a VM Without Using vSphere Client
running-system.com - Running ESXi 5.x on HP hardware? Take care of the used HP-AMS version!
Virtualization Team - ATS-Only VMFS Volume ‘VMFS5’ not mounted. Host does not support ATS or ATS initialization has failed.
VMFS Block Size
VMware Knowledge Base - Creating a snapshot for a virtual machine fails with the error: File is larger than maximum file size supported
VMware Knowledge Base - Block size limitations of a VMFS datastore
Choosing a block size when creating VMFS datastores
Yellow Bricks - Block sizes, think before you decide
Command line
Blogposts/Articles
Get information on a QLogic HBA
For the first HBA:
cat /proc/scsi/qla2300/1
Change 1 to 2 for information on the second HBA, 3 for the third HBA, and so on.
From thick VMDK's to thin VMDK's
Execute the following on the console:
vmkfstools -i mydiskfile.vmdk -d thin newdiskfile.vmdk
Edit the VM configuration, remove the fat VMDK and attach the new VMDK.
And then remove the fat VMDK.
Add NFS datastore from ESXCLI
esxcli storage nfs add -H=192.168.10.1 -s /hammer/hdisk1 -v esx01-nas-dfly-ds-01
Source:ESX Virtualization - ESXi 5.x – Managing and troubleshooting NAS/NFS datastores via CLI
Register VM
vim-cmd solo/registervm /vmfs/volumes/datastore_name/VM_directory/VM_name.vmx