vSAN Health checks can be silenced through UI as well as RVC. Using both methods, we can silence the check and also restore any silent check. Through vSphere UI :- Through vCenter Ruby Console (RVC) :- RVC method uses the check IDs to silence or restore vSAN health checks. To list the status of all […]
Category: VMware
PSOD on ESXi version 7.0 Update 2 with a race condition by “portset lock acquire request”
Please check “vmkernel.log” for following entries to confirm if you are affected by the the race condition bug The PSOD issue has been resolved by VMware in their future release of ESXi host versions above 7.0 Update 3*. *Please Note: Check KB 86398 for more detailsQ. What are the tentative timelines for the next vSphere 7.x […]
VCSA “wcp” service keeps crashing
“wcp” service crashes due to which the ESXi host can not be put out of maintenance mode (other symptoms can also occurs however I have never come across those) The VCSA “wcp” service keeps crashing while starting due to an invalid entry in the wcp config file Error executing start on service wcp. Details { […]
Important ESXi Networking Commands
To get the available virtual switches information on ESXi host :- # esxcfg-vswitch -l [root] esxcfg-vswitch -lSwitch Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU UplinksvSwitch0 6656 4 128 9000 vmnic3 PortGroup Name VLAN ID Used Ports UplinksVM Network 0 0 vmnic3Management Network 4095 1 vmnic3 DVS Name Num Ports Used Ports Configured Ports MTU […]
Disable vSAN Modules during ESXi boot process
Sometimes the ESXi host may stuck for very long time while loading vSAN while ESXi reboot. To isolate the issue from vSAN, you may need to boot the host without vSAN. Note: This may not be a feasible option if the data still exists on the host and the objects do not have sufficient raid […]