So, I whipped up the simplest one-liner PowerCLI script to tell me what release an ESX or ESXi host is at, as well as its install date. This is helpful to reconcile what we are expecting for the state of a host, as well as the supported configuration and o...
step1: ssh ESXi; step2: /proc/scsi/qla2xxx or lpfc820; step3: #ls -lia; step4: cat 3 or cat 4; http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/02/25/vmware-how-to-check-hba-firmware-version-without-rebooting-esx-host/
$./check_esxi_hardware.py -H IP.of.esxi.server -U monitoring -P "very.secret" UNKNOWN: Authentication Error But as the new monitoring user was created without shell access (set to /bin/false), the risks are minimized.SSH logins (if SSH is enabled) is not possible for this m...
2.Select the ESXi 8.0 version from the drop-down list on theESXi version. ClickSAVE. 3. Confirm to continue finish image setup. 4. Check compliance at the cluster level. We need toRemediatethe hosts. Here, I am clicking theRemediate Allbutton. ...
4. Firmware Incompatibilities: The ESXi installer interacts with the system's firmware to configure boot settings. If there are incompatibilities between the firmware (BIOS/UEFI) and the ESXi version, it might result in incorrect or incomplete NVRAM configurations. ...
VMFS metadata check is important if you frequently experience any of the scenarios listed below. This check is carried out through the command line using the VOMA utility. But you need to be on ESXi host version 5.1 or later. The VOMA utility checks both the logical and VMFS volumes for me...
The vSAN cluster is upgraded to a newer ESXi version but the on-disk format has not been upgraded. The vSAN cluster contains mixed ESXi versions. The disk format version in use by one or more hosts in the cluster is newer than the current version of the cluster. ...
ESXi profile name: contains the version and build number that is equal to the ESXi version and build number defined in the name of the ZIP file used for the ESXi upgrade. You can run the command “vmware-v” to check the current version of ESXi running on your server. ...
Many times administrators are caught in the difficult situation where the VM ( Virtual machine) on the VMware ESXi host doesn’t respond, especially after rebooting the server. Most of times the reason for this unresponsiveness is the fact that VM machines are not configured to automatically switc...
Check if the LUN/datastore is used as the persistent scratch location for the host. For more information on persistent scratch, seeCreating a persistent scratch location for ESXi 8.x/7.x/6.x (broadcom.com). Note: When using the vSphere Client with vSphere 6.x and later, only these chec...