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• Create notification of a particular hardware for ESXi host problem?

  Hello

  One of our 5.1 ESXi hosts is constantly a hardware problem (with hardware alert status).

  We would like to ask for your opinion

  (1) if we create a notification, should we use 'host' alarm?

  (2) is it possible to send a notification to the staff for this particular host with error alarm "host" other than other ESXi hosts (i.e. send to Tony and Stephen for ESXi host A Harware problem BUT only sent to Tony for another hardware ESXi hosts problem)?

  Your opinion is requested.

  Hello

  No, there is no option to select specific host in a cluster. When you set the alarm, it is fixed for the whole army in the cluster.

• Performance using the virtualization problem

  If we compare our software installed in a physical host and a comparable VM (same CPU, memory), we notice that the product is twice slower when running in a virtual machine (guest operating system is Windows 2003, the use of an ESXi 4.0 host. The software uses a single CPU)

  As we are not in the production environment, we tried with all other VM turned off. We tested our VM with and without reserve of CPU (best results with), with and without memory (absolutely no difference) and 1, 2 and 4 vCPU

  After several tests, it seems that the problem comes from the use of semaphores: when replacing them with critical sections (but we cannot just replace), the performances are quite the same between the physical host and the virtual machine. All the code is executed with similar performance, but when using semaphores, the VM uses longer than the physical host CPU.

  Someone at - it something on such a problem ears already? Is there a reason to explain the poor performance when using semaphores Windows hosted by ESXi 4.0?

  For example, we wrote a simple program to compare hosted by ESX Windows semaphores (in our laboratory, it took 10 sec on a physical host and 22sec in a virtual machine):

  #include "stdafx.h".

  int _tmain (int argc, _TCHAR * argv)

  {

  unsigned __int64 nCount;

  NTickCount = DWORD: GetTickCount();

  HANDLE hSemaphoreBridgets = CreateSemaphore (NULL, 1, 1, NULL);

  for (nCount = 0; nCount < 10000000; ++ nCount)

  {

  WaitForSingleObject (hSemaphoreBridgets, INFINITE);

  ReleaseSemaphore (hSemaphoreBridgets, 1, NULL);

  }

  printf ("%d s\r\n duration", (: GetTickCount() - nTickCount) / 1000);

  CloseHandle (hSemaphoreBridgets);

  return 0;

  }

  I have your reference of profiling and found that he spends most of his time in these three Windows HAL functions:

  HAL 39.83%! KfLowerIrql

  HAL 19,82%! KeRaiseIrqlToDpcLevel

  19.07% hal! KeRaiseIrqlToSynchLevel

  Hot spots in each function are the access TPR (0FFFE0080h is the address of the TPR in the local APIC):

  HAL! KfLowerIrql:

  807168e4 890d8000feff mov dword ptr ds:------[0FFFE0080h], ecx

  807168ea a18000feff mov eax, dword ptr ds:-[FFFE0080h]

  HAL! KeRaiseIrqlToDpcLevel:

  807168a 0 8b158000feff mov edx, dword ptr ds:-[0FFFE0080h]

  807168a 6 c7058000feff41000000 mov dword ptr ds:------[0FFFE0080h], 41 h

  HAL! KeRaiseIrqlToSynchLevel:

  807168bc 8b158000feff mov edx, dword ptr ds:-[0FFFE0080h]

  807168c 2 c7058000feff41000000 mov dword ptr ds:------[0FFFE0080h], 41 h

  Since the local APIC is virtualized, TPR access usually causes a VM exit under hardware virtualization.  However, Intel has introduced FlexPriority, which prevents the release of the virtual computer for all TPR readings and some TPR Scriptures.  For this reason, ESX 4.0 by default x - VT for 32-bit Windows 2003 on Intel FlexPriority chips.  Unfortunately, FlexPriority isn't a panacea.  On native hardware, TPR access are usually only a few cycles.  With FlexPriority, TPR access which do not cause a VM output may still take hundreds of cycles.  Access TPR cause VM-output take several cycles of a thousand.  Fortunately, we still have the possibility to use binary translation.  Under the binary translation, TPR access usually take dozens of cycles.

  For this particular workload, you must configure your client to use binary translation.  On my system of Penryn, benchmark runs in 22 seconds using VT - x (with FlexPriority), but it takes 13 seconds using the binary translation.  (For completeness, it takes 90 seconds using VT - x without FlexPriority).

  Your client's situation is different.  AMD has never introduced an equivalent to FlexPriority technology.  However, if your customer has configured their VM to use the material support of the MMU, then the virtual computer will use AMD - V, which suffers from the same problems that VT - x without FlexPriority.  Make sure they have configured computer virtual for the MMU software support so that it runs using the binary translation. (For this guest under ESX 3.5 default execution mode is binary translation).

• ESXi network problem

  I have a strange problem of networking with ESXi, my infrastructure is described below:

  I'm under vCenter 5.5 on a VCSA (5.5.0 update 2d, Build 2442330). The environment is a mixture of ESXi 5.1 (especially U2) and 5.5U1a. We have 1 primary site with 5 sites all remote connected via GRE VPN tunnels, The VCSA is in the main site, each remote site has at least 1 ESXi server managed by the VCSA. Each remote site has independent internet so for each site, the basic router (which ends the GRE VPN) routes inside networks (essentially 10.0.0.0/8) through the tunnel and has a default route to the local firewall. ESXi boxes that are not configured with the router as the default gateway, none of the custom static routes have been added to ESXi.

  Two of my remote sites (a site has two servers ESXi, the other has a site) ESXi servers keep losing contact with vCenter. Nothing else on these networks is never a problem to talk to the main site, including talking to the VCSA. Three servers are different versions of 5.1. Here's what I've done for troubleshooting:

  1. ESXi can ping on virtually any host through the tunnel to the main site with the exception of the VCSA.
  2. I isolated my network management in ESXi to a physical NETWORK card and made a SPAN on the switch port, a capture of packets revealed that when the rattling of the VCSA ESXi put the packet on the wire with a destination MAC of the firewall. For all the other hosts on the main site of subnet ESXi sends the packet with a destination MAC address of the core router. Packet capture on ESXi itself (using tcpdump-uw) shows the same thing.
  3. The ARP tables on all hosts show correct MAC addresses for the router base and the firewall.
  4. Make a "vmkping - I vmk0 - N < core router > < VCSA >" succeeds (destination MAC is correct in this case).
  5. Add a static route to ESXi to the address of the VCSA force it to the top of base does not work, ESXi continues to send the packet to the Mac static routes these firewall have been removed after the failed test of workaround.
  6. Restart the host will solve the problem for a short time.

  Some info:

  These three server 1 is an IBM x 3300 M4 using Intel I350 GB network cards, the other two are R620s from Dell. The R620s each have 1 4-port Broadcom BCM5720-1 4 Intel 82580 ports. IPv6 has been disabled on all three hosts. Right now vmk0 is linked to an Intel NETWORK card on three servers, but barely I started to watch it, so I don't know if we saw the problem with vmk0 with a Broadcom.

  The Dells are inherited, so we have not done installs it but I reinstalled one of them yesterday (it was 5.1 U2 I reinstalled 5.1 U3) at the request of support for VMware. Support noted that the firmware and drivers were outdated and did not meet the HCL for those who have been updated when I reinstalled.

  IBM has been purchased and installed by our care last summer, firmware and drivers correspond to this LIST with the exception of the version of the BIOS that is a future release (it corresponds to the HCL for 5.5).

  I have a pension case, SR 15633456803. Initially, they tried to blame the network. Although it is clear to me that this is not a network problem, I put a case of Cisco in any way. Cisco has quickly threw the evidence I had gathered and made the same determination. The only way that this could be a network problem is with ProxyARP. ProxyARP is disabled on my firewalls, ESXi has correct ARP tables and when you talk to anything on the main network, in addition to the VCSA it sends the packet to the MAC address so clearly not a question of ProxyARP. At this point VMware said essentially that they are running out of ideas. I hope my reinstalled host stay online for more than a week, then I'll reinstall the other two hosts and call it a day if all goes well, but I'm preparing for the possibility that may not happen.

  We never seen anything like this or have any ideas?

  I understand the problem, ESXi does not correctly release the generated ICMP redirects. You can force the issue by restarting the vmk0 interface (or any port of kernel VM is your management interface) VMware KB: Internet control management protocol redirects, because a permanent fix I will disable ICMP redirects on my routers.

• 5.5u2 on X99s Mpower ESXi installation problem

  Hello world

  I have problems installing ESXi 5.5 u2 on a card mother MSI MPower X99S.

  Questions:

  No not initially on "out of resources" when loading tools.t00 (think it was solved by loading from a USB drive (UNetbootin used to create) instead of a CD.) Also updated sata-xahci - 1.10 - 1.x86_64.vib)

  Now the system crashes just after loading imgpayld.tgz with error "cannot resolve the circular movement".

  The system is as follows:

  Card mother MSI X99S MPower

  I7-5960 x extreme CPU

  64GB DDR4 RAM 2133

  10 * 6TB red WD

  permit aboard RAID5 with 6 of the HARD drive.

  She's.

  So, I tried the following:

  Re-download all the ISO images

  Install Esxi 5.0 (GROUP just after 'Initializing memory')-VMWARE ESXi - 5.0.0 - Rollup - 20111216.iso

  

  Installation of VMware Esxi 5.1 (GROUP just after "Initializing memory" as described ci-dessus)-VMvisor-installateur-201210001-838463.x86_64.iso)

  and 5.5 (error described above)-VMware-VMvisor-Installer-201501001-2403361.x86_64.iso

  Looking for esxi implemented x 99 chipset and Intel ICh10r driver but found

  Any help is much appreciated and needed!

  Hello world

  I managed to solve it in a roundabout way.

  I gave the card combination mother/cpu/ram and swapped the Council, ram and cpu out to a different core I7 with 32 GB memory ddr3 Ram.

  Installing ESXI on this other configuration (motherboard is GA - X 79 - UD3) I discovered that ESXI captures not software raid created by the bios of the motherboard and I bought an Intel RS2WG160 raid controller and battery, updated the BIOS RAID intel, set up the raid that I needed and installed ESXI without any problem (VIB files after uploading the last VIB for the http://www.v-front.de/2013/11/how-to-make-your-unsupported-sata-ahci.html sata and the technical support site offers Intel)

  Once I had installed ESXi, I decided to try to swap the GA - X 79 - UD3 mobo, ram and cpu out with my configuration of origin either the MPower X99s, DDR4 RAM (and I7 CPU 5960 X)

  , but without having to re - install ESXI.

  It worked perfectly for me at this time there

  Bottom line - install the ESXI using another mobo, cpu and ram, then those Exchange and restart.

  Hope that helps others

• ESXi installation problem

  Hello

  I install Esxi - 5.0 on the i3 system.

  Previously, this system was 4 GB of RAM and now we have updated to 8 GB x 2 = 16 GB

  After upgrading the RAM, I am unable to install Esxi.

  I started the Setup-> CD Boot-> after the first screen, it is stuck @ starting VMkernel initialization...

  And blocking system.

  Help, please...

  To test the memory, you can use Memtest: http://www.memtest.org/

  You can also have a corrupt ESXi install image, however if you installed successfully with the disc before that is probably not your problem.

• ESXi installation problems

  Hello

  I'm new on this and so far Google has not found my problem.  I try to install ESXi on a Dell PowerEdge 2950, but the installer crashes just after the start to useropts.gz screen just after jumpstrt.gz.

  Anyone got any suggestions?

  What version of ESXi? The installation program is perhaps corrupt? Try downloading and using one of the Dell versions found here.

• script to find configuration of esxi host problems.

  Need a script to find if all configuration host on all issues the esxi host in the vCenter...

  example: alert, warning.

  Hello, nareshunik-

  You can consult the properties TriggeredAlarmState and ConfigIssue to display HostSystem for the VMHost objects, such as:

  Get-View -ViewType HostSystem -Property Name,TriggeredAlarmState,ConfigIssue | ?{$_.TriggeredAlarmState -or $_.ConfigIssue} | `    select name,         @{n="NumConfigIssues"; e={($_.ConfigIssue | Measure-Object).Count}},        @{n="NumAlarms"; e={($_.TriggeredAlarmState | Measure-Object).Count}}
  

  This will return just all hosts with a triggered alarm, a configuration problem or two (and the course of each):

  Name       NumConfigIssues  NumAlarms
  ----       ---------------  ---------
  myHost001                1          0
  myHost122                2          0
  myHost212                1          1
  

  How does do for you?

• Broadcom BCM57781 and esxi 5 problem!

  Hello vmware forums.

  Currently, I'm stuck with my Asrock 990FX Extreme3 onboard lan.

  
  The chipset is Broadcom BCM57781 well, I have the following problems with it:

  -It does not have dhcp, dhcp sends offers to the host, but somehow it says dhcp server is offline.

  -tried the static ip configuration (10.10.10.1 pc - 10.10.10.2 - esx) pc for esx ping failed, ping of esx to pc failed, so the static ip address does not work.

  -tried with input/output router, direct connect both pc and still does not get an ip address from the server dhcp or answer ping from both hosts, it's like a dead machine!

  -i see vmnic0 as work and active!

  What can I do?

  Are there drivers BCM57781 for esxi 5?

  Thank you

  Catalin-Aline

  No problem, glad it helped... Please come back and let others know that it works.

• How to create on multiple ESXi virtualization?

  Hi, I am a newbie in virtualization, and I would like to create a virtualization like this:

  

  I use Dell m620 Blade Server, using the generic Server SAN using Openfiler OS.

  I tried to install ESX on each blade, but VMware client can only connect to a single server at a time, and I can create virtual server only in a single machine. I was also connected with the ESXi iSCSI. I went through the tutorial on this friendly virtualization, but could not find those that describe the steps in detail.

  y at - it those who speak the VM technology could share knowledge for me. Thank you very much

  Hi Dhie20,

  Welcome to the forums.

  You must have VMware vCenter Server to manage multiple ESX servers and create a virtual infrastructure complete. Without this central management application, you can not your hosts work together to create a cluster to support hardware failures or balancing for example.

  It will be useful.

  Concerning

  Franck

• Qosmio F30-140 - virtualization problem

  Dear,

  I know that my virtualization of laptop computer support from the setting in the BIOS, and I let him.
  but when I use the program [\"SecurAble\"| http://www.grc.com/securable.htm] to see what my decision-making system supported, I find that my laptop ' * virtualization locked out. "
  This message appears for me ' advanced taken this processor in hardware virtualization support has been disabled and "locked off" by certain outside influences - very probably by the BIOS on this system that the system was booting.» As for hardware virtualization will allow faster and more secure virtual machines and their hosting operating systems to run at full speed 100%, you can search in your system BIOS to see if you are able to find all references to the "hardware virtualization" or "VMX", etc.. »

  Can anyone help to enable virtualization?

  I use Windows XP SP3

  When virtualization is enabled in the BIOS, have you tried to use some under VMware virtualization software? Does work or not?

• ESXi bnx2x problem!

  Hello, today the esxi server failed in CMTF. In a discharge of these events:

  [7m2015-09-24T22:50:54.755Z cpu19:33255)WARNING: LinNet: netdev_watchdog:3678: NETDEV WATCHDOG: vmnic0: transmit timed out [0m
  2015-09-24T22:50:54.755Z cpu19:33255)WARNING: at vmkdrivers/src_92/vmklinux_92/vmware/linux_net.c:3707/netdev_watchdog() (inside vmklinux)
  2015-09-24T22:50:54.755Z cpu19:33255)Backtrace for current CPU #19, worldID=33255, rbp=0x43063118ecb0
  2015-09-24T22:50:54.755Z cpu19:33255)0x4390cf39be10:[0x41800d696dfe]vmk_LogBacktraceMessage@vmkernel#nover+0x22 stack: 0x13, 0x41800dd1f
  2015-09-24T22:50:54.755Z cpu19:33255)0x4390cf39be30:[0x41800dd1f7b7][email protected]#9.2+0x27f stack: 0x43063117cce
  2015-09-24T22:50:54.755Z cpu19:33255)0x4390cf39bea0:[0x41800dd45a5f][email protected]#9.2+0xd7 stack: 0x4306
  2015-09-24T22:50:54.755Z cpu19:33255)0x4390cf39bf30:[0x41800d64fa52]helpFunc@vmkernel#nover+0x4e6 stack: 0x0, 0x43063117cce0, 0x27, 0x0,
  2015-09-24T22:50:54.755Z cpu19:33255)0x4390cf39bfd0:[0x41800d812aee]CpuSched_StartWorld@vmkernel#nover+0xa2 stack: 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0
  2015-09-24T22:51:16.840Z cpu10:33254)<3>[bnx2x_clean_tx_queue:1626(vmnic0)]timeout waiting for queue[0]: txdata->tx_pkt_prod(65183) != txdata->tx_pkt_cons(63170)
  2015-09-24T22:51:38.901Z cpu10:33254)<3>[bnx2x_clean_tx_queue:1626(vmnic0)]timeout waiting for queue[0]: txdata->tx_pkt_prod(65183) != txdata->tx_pkt_cons(63170)
  2015-09-24T22:51:51.244Z cpu16:33415)NMP: nmp_ThrottleLogForDevice:3178: Cmd 0x12 (0x43a5c8c7cd00, 0) to dev "naa.600508b1001c06cde91a898a5f4a6294" on path "vmhba0:C0:T0:L1" Failed: H:0x0 D:0x2 P:0x0 Valid sense data: 0x5 0x24 0x0. Act:NONE
  2015-09-24T22:53:29.623Z cpu0:33254)<3>[bnx2x_state_wait:319(vmnic0)]timeout waiting for state 7
  2015-09-24T22:53:29.857Z cpu0:33254)IntrCookie: 1903: cookie 0x1c moduleID 4110 <vmnic0> exclusive, flags 0x25
  2015-09-24T22:53:29.857Z cpu0:33254)IntrCookie: 1903: cookie 0x1e moduleID 4110 <vmnic0-fp-0> exclusive, flags 0x25
  2015-09-24T22:53:29.857Z cpu0:33254)<6>bnx2x 0000:02:00.0: vmnic0: using MSI-X  IRQs: sp 16  fp[0] 26 ... fp[7] 33
  2015-09-24T22:53:31.078Z cpu0:33254)IntrCookie: 1903: cookie 0x1f moduleID 4110 <vmnic0-fp-1> exclusive, flags 0x25
  2015-09-24T22:53:31.122Z cpu9:33249)<3>bnx2x: [bnx2x_attn_int_deasserted3:4518(vmnic0)]MC assert!
  2015-09-24T22:53:31.122Z cpu9:33249)<3>bnx2x: [bnx2x_mc_assert:894(vmnic0)]XSTORM_ASSERT_LIST_INDEX 0x2
  2015-09-24T22:53:31.122Z cpu9:33249)<3>bnx2x: [bnx2x_mc_assert:908(vmnic0)]XSTORM_ASSERT_INDEX 0x0 = 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00010026
  2015-09-24T22:53:31.122Z cpu9:33249)<3>bnx2x: [bnx2x_mc_assert:922(vmnic0)]Chip Revision: everest2, FW Version: 7_8_52
  2015-09-24T22:53:31.122Z cpu9:33249)<3>bnx2x: [bnx2x_attn_int_deasserted3:4524(vmnic0)]driver assert
  2015-09-24T22:53:31.123Z cpu0:33254)<3>[bnx2x_esx_set_vlan_stripping:5947(vmnic0)]Failed to configure VLAN stripping for Queue 1
  2015-09-24T22:53:31.123Z cpu0:33254)IntrCookie: 1903: cookie 0x20 moduleID 4110 <vmnic0-fp-2> exclusive, flags 0x25
  2015-09-24T22:53:31.145Z cpu0:33254)<3>bnx2x: [bnx2x_setup_queue:9147(vmnic0)]Queue(2) SETUP failed
  2015-09-24T22:53:31.145Z cpu0:33254)<3>[bnx2x_esx_setup_queue:599(vmnic0)]Queue 2 setup failed[0xfffffffb]
  2015-09-24T22:53:31.145Z cpu0:33254)<3>[bnx2x_esx_init_netqs:932(vmnic0)]Could not start tx netq[-5]:2
  2015-09-24T22:53:31.166Z cpu0:33254)<3>[bnx2x_queue_chk_transition:5310(vmnic0)]Blocking transition since pending was 20
  2015-09-24T22:53:31.166Z cpu0:33254)<3>[bnx2x_queue_state_change:4499(vmnic0)]check transition returned an error. rc -16
  2015-09-24T22:53:31.360Z cpu9:33249)<3>bnx2x: [bnx2x_panic_dump:1097(vmnic0)]begin crash dump -----------------
  2015-09-24T22:53:31.360Z cpu9:33249)<3>bnx2x: [bnx2x_panic_dump:1103(vmnic0)]def_idx(0x2)  def_att_idx(0x3)  attn_state(0x101)  spq_prod_idx(0x6) next_stats_cnt(0x0)
  2015-09-24T22:53:31.360Z cpu9:33249)<3>bnx2x: [bnx2x_panic_dump:1108(vmnic0)]DSB: attn bits(0x0)  ack(0x101)  id(0x10)  idx(0x3)
  <3>bnx2x: [bnx2x_panic_dump:1109(vmnic0)]     def (0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x2 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0)  2015-09-24T22:53:31.360Z cpu9:33249)igu_sb_id(0x10)  igu_seg_id(0x0) pf_id(0x0)  vnic_id(0x0)  vf_id(0xff)  vf_valid (0x0) state(0x1)
  2015-09-24T22:53:31.360Z cpu9:33249)<3>bnx2x: [bnx2x_panic_dump:1150(vmnic0)]fp0: rx_bd_prod(0x3fd)  rx_bd_cons(0x0)  rx_comp_prod(0x40c)  rx_comp_cons(0x1)  *rx_cons_sb(0x1)
  2015-09-24T22:53:31.360Z cpu9:33249)<3>bnx2x: [bnx2x_panic_dump:1153(vmnic0)]     rx_sge_prod(0x0)  last_max_sge(0x0)  fp_hc_idx(0x1)
  2015-09-24T22:53:31.360Z cpu9:33249)<3>bnx2x: [bnx2x_panic_dump:1163(vmnic0)]fp0: tx_pkt_prod(0x152)  tx_pkt_cons(0x0)  tx_bd_prod(0x2a6)  tx_bd_cons(0x0)  *tx_cons_sb(0x0)
  

  I understand that the driver is broken. could not help me?

  Is this esxi 6.0 or later?  If so, it's a known issue. Please refer to KB KB VMware: ESXi 6.0 the network connectivity is lost with the NETDEV WATCHDOG timeouts in the vmkernel.log

  There is a workaround script in the KB.

• ESXI connection problem

  Hello

  I can authenticate but after connecting when I try to open a Virtual Machine using Fusion 7 Pro console, I get this error message:

  "Unable to initialize the SSL session on the remote host."

  I can connect to the same server using a Windows machine and the client vSphere without problem.

  Any help or things to try would be appreciated.

  Thank you

  Thomas

  I had this problem.

  I uninstalled my AntiVirus (SCCM R2 2012) software on my MAC and it works again.

  -Tom

• Setup ESXi backup problems

  I use vCLI to perform the backup of host ESXi on my Windows 7 PC. I use the following command:

  "c:\Program Files (x 86) \VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin > vicfg - cfgbackup.pl - Server".
  "10.8.7.73 s c:\temp.

  And get the following error:

  Configuring backup of the firmware in c:\temp...
  GET https://10.8.7.73/downloads/configBundle-xyx.net.tgz expired
  successful: 500 unable to write in "c:\temp": den PermissionEEI

  Please tell us which account needs to access my folder C:\temp.

  
  

  If I am not mistaken the command expects a backup file rather than a backup as the target directory. Try:

  "C:\Program Files (x 86) \VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin > vicfg - cfgbackup.pl - Server 10.8.7.73 s c:\temp\ESXi-Backup.bak.

  André

• License with ESXi 5 problem

  Hello

  I am trying to add the license key to ESXi 5 host but I get this error:

  Invalid license key: not found license file

  License key is for the most part of vSphere 5.

  I tried to assign this key directly to the host and vCenter. Both are giving the same error.

  I understand that all critical issues are grouped with vCenter server. Is this correct? I need separate key elements of ESXi, vCenter host?

  This 5 vsphere Essentials is one of HP.

  I think that what is happening you will need to save the key to your receipt from HP to VMware Licensing Portal years download ker approrate and then apply that to the vCenter server.