vSphere vCSA 6.7u3 Networking
Hello,Before diving into the problem I am having, let me give you a brief background. Previous to my current job, I would say I was pretty comfortable using VMware Workstation Pro 14 or 15. Having not...
View ArticlevNetwork Distributed Switch is not visible
Hello, I'm using ESXi 6.5.0 build 4887370, vSphere Client 6.0.0 build 2502222 and VSphere Web client. I can use and configure vSwitch on both vSphere Client and Web Client without errors or...
View ArticleHelp Needed - Networking Configuration for simple nested lab..
Hi Folks I am struggling with the basic network configuration for a simple nested lab environment for personal use. I am hoping someone can please point me in the right direction.. My setup is as...
View ArticleNIC Teaming - Failover settings
Hi.I would need some recommendations for the failover settings at NIC Teaming for ESXi 7. I have following Hardware:Server with two phsyical NIC's (ESXi 7)Firewall-Cluster (2 physical FW) in...
View ArticleUnable ping any IP address of the other VLans from newly created VMA virtual...
Unable ping any IP address of the other VLans from newly created VMA virtual machine in Vsphere 6.5.But i could ping the VM gateway (10.134.112.1) and any IP Address from Same Vlan (112) .Please assist...
View ArticlePort mirroring on vSwitch
Hello, I have this scenario: vSwitch0 -> vmnic0 --> physicalAppliance | |--> PortGroup0 | | | |--> VirtualMachine0 | | | |--> VirtualMachine1...
View ArticleMigrating from Virtual Switch to Distributed fails even with Redundant Uplinks..
Hi,To begin with I'm observing lately that the last 2 versions of Workstation has a lot of connectivity issue. This specifically occurs snapshots are taken and restored, and/or when VMs are paused and...
View Articlehigh Latency between 2 VMs on same hosts
Hello Team, There are two VMs which are part of same VLAN on same esxi host but intermittently we are getting high latency between them how we can troubleshoot the same. need your asisstance
View ArticleDv Switch Upgrade 6.5 to 6.6 (ESX 6.7)
Hello EveryOne..!!! I am in process of in-place upgrade of vCentre and its equipment’s followed by DV switch upgrade, Client environment is a set of Mix hardware, were as they are grouped into...
View ArticlevDS cluster level
HI I have two clusters within a DC, is there a way to create a vDS on just ONE of the cluster and not at the DC level.?? Thanks
View ArticleVLAN Setup with Meraki
Hello,we have a problem with VLAN on the VMWare side. The hosts are connected to a Meraki MS250-48LP. The ports on the Meraki switch are trunking and configured for native VLAN 0, VLAN 1 and 177. A new...
View ArticlevCenter destroyed, trying to recreate LAG to restore connectivity and failing...
Hey, guys, I'm dealing with a client right now who I hear from every year or so, so I am not in the environment all the time. He had a bunch of drives fail in short succession which took out his...
View ArticleBest way to add 10GbE NIC to existing ESXi hosts with 1GbE NICs
I'm getting 10GbE NICs to add to my ESXi hosts that already have 1Gbe NICs, and I wanted advice on adding the 10GbE NICs. Each ESXi host's current setup is: - VMWare Essentials license, so I am only...
View Article6.7 Distributed Switch Design
Hello All,We are currently planning to migrate from standard switches to distributed switches with vCenter & hosts running at version 6.7. We have about 30 hosts.Is it recommended to use one vDS...
View ArticleMove from vmnic to another
HI all I have an esxi host with two adapter, all traffic goes through vmnic0 , while vmnic1 is on standby, what are the step by step , I need to follow to change all traffic from vmnic0 to vmnic1 , so...
View Articleactive-active adaptor
i am curious about a topic. when i use active-active mode vSwitch configured. There are 10 virtual servers. Which active nic does it use if I open these virtual servers respectively? Is there a rule?
View ArticleCisco ACI and vMware environment
did anyone have implement cisco ACI with vmware? I am looking to find better way to do this implementation. please advise. thanks
View ArticleMoving from Standard to Distributed Switch
Hi, We will be moving from Standard to Distributed Switch in our virtual environment. My concern is around vCenter. We have 1 vCenter for each of our 2 data centres and they manage the other data...
View Articleframe check sequence is dropped by VDS swicth
VDS switch strips IPv6 eth.fcs bytes when transmitting the packets. The behavior looks weird across the hardware. In some ESXI host the fcs trailer bytes are stripped by the VDS switch and on other...
View ArticleNIC Teaming - IP Hash - Network link drops
Hello,I'm trying to setup some new ESX hosts with IP Hash NIC teaming. They are HP ProLiant DL360 Gen10 servers.The hosts have 2-port 10Gb fiber NICs in them. The NIC is connected to the same physical...
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