Remove Orphaned VM in VMware vCenter Web Client
Recently, I ran into an issue where I had a VM that was showing as orphaned in vCenter 6.5 web client. The VM was not showing on the host itself…
Tag: troubleshooting
Copper 10g Twinax cables not linking
Most by now are running 10g network connections at least in the core network or especially in virtualization environments with top of rack switches aggregating network traffic from ESXi hosts.…
VMware ESXi 6.5 Can’t Add Existing iSCSI LUN
In playing around with adding an existing iSCSI LUN to a new VMware ESXi 6.5 host in a lab environment, I ran into a peculiar issue adding the storage to…
Veeam Object reference not set to an instance of an object
I wanted to share an issue recently I ran into with Veeam 9.5 running a restore job on a production VM into a test/development environment. I received the error in…
Snapshot The features supported by the processors in this machine are different
Recently, I ran into a catch 22 of sorts with a VM that was running a snapshot in a development environment. The VM had a snapshot created for a quick…
Use VIRL Images in GNS3
In the first post of the GNS3 VM series, we looked at how to setup GNS3 VM VMware ESXi. One of the awesome features of the new GNS3 VMs is…
Windows 10 launching browser automatically after login
I ran into a peculiar issue the other day in a lab environment where workstations that others were remoting into, were not able to remote in any longer. Well, thinking…
Lost access to volume due to connectivity issues
Recently, I ran into an issue with a host where performance would tank from the client side. VM consoles and RDP sessions would disconnect as well as the host would…
ESXTOP troubleshoot VM network connectivity
ESXTOP is one of the best all around troubleshooting tools in the toolbox of a VMware administrator and it is a built in commandline tool available as soon as you…
Troubleshooting VMware Workstation Network connectivity
Typically, I use VMware Workstation every day running work VMs and performing other testing. I also troubleshoot VMware Workstation for other users as well. From time to time, I have…