PSOD(Purple Screen of Diagnostics) <SHIFT+O Edit boot options> 2. Shift+O [root@localhost:~] esxcli system settings kernel list --option=cpuUniformityHardCheckPanic Name Type Configured Runtime Default Description --------------------------- ---- ---------- ------- ------- ----------- cpuUniformityHardCheckPanic Bool TRUE FALSE TRUE Panic if CPU uniformity hard check fails [root@localhost:~] esxcli system settings kernel set --setting=cpuUniformityHardCheckPanic --value=FALSE [root@localhost:~] esxcli system […]
When you try to install ESXi 7.0 or 8.0 on a system with a 12th Gen Intel CPU, the installation fails with a purple diagnostics screen: HW feature incompatibility detected; cannot start Fatal CPU mismatch on feature “Hyperthreads per core” Fatal CPU mismatch on feature “Cores per package” Fatal CPU mismatch on feature “Cores per […]
The ASUS NUC 14 Pro (formally known as Revel Canyon) is the first ASUS-based NUC since the acquisition of the NUC Division from Intel last fall. I know many of my readers have been requesting a review of the new ASUS NUCs, but to be honest, it has been pretty difficult to get samples directly from ASUS, which […]
esxcli system settings advanced set -o /VisorFS/VisorFSPristineTardisk -i 0 cp /usr/lib/vmware/esxcli-software /usr/lib/vmware/esxcli-software.bak sed -i ‘s/mem=300/mem=500/g’ /usr/lib/vmware/esxcli-software.bak mv /usr/lib/vmware/esxcli-software.bak /usr/lib/vmware/esxcli-software -f esxcli system settings advanced set -o /VisorFS/VisorFSPristineTardisk -i 1
As someone who is always on the lookout for interesting and clever ways to make the most out of your vSphere homelab investment, I was surprised there has not been more noise about the new NVMe Tiering capability in vSphere 8.0 Update 3!? NVMe Tiering is currently in Tech Preview and it enables ESXi to use an […]
This article focuses on how to upgrade an HP ProLiant Gen10 server from ESXi v6.5 to v6.7 using ESXCLI but could be used for any supported upgrade. Online and Offline methods are both shown. Review the correct version VMware ESXi Upgrade documentation to ensure any pre-requisites are identified/actioned, that the system hardware complies with ESXi […]
List DNS servers ~ # esxcli network ip dns server list DNSServers: 192.168.76.2 ~ # Add DNS server ~ # esxcli network ip dns server add -s 8.8.8.8 ~ # esxcli network ip dns server list DNSServers: 192.168.76.2, 8.8.8.8 ~ # Remove DNS server ~ # esxcli network ip dns server remove -s 8.8.8.8 ~ […]
Version Release Name | Release Date | Build Number ESXi 8.0a 2022/12/08 20842819 For Xeon D-1500 series system like mine, I had to add the –no-hardware-warning flag to be able to execute this ESXCLI command successfully, you might not need to use that flag. Also, I was getting the “Unable to download from any URLs” […]