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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 […]

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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 { […]

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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 […]

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