Category Archives: VMware

Network adaptor disappeared from a Windows 2012 virtual server

One of the application team has reported that, Windows 2012 server was in hung state and unable to connect. Then, I’ve tried to connect Windows 2012 server via remote desktop and I was able to get in with my active directory credentials. Some time later, they asked me reboot the virtual server and I did… Read More »

Cluster high availability error alarm VMware vCenter Server 6.5

Cluster high availability error alarm VMware vCenter Server 6.5: In the VMware world, we keep receiving different types of vCenter server alarms to the configured email address in the vCenter alarms. Today I’ve received the below alarm to my email address – VMware vCenter – Alarm * Cluster high availability error] vSphere HA initiated a… Read More »

IPv4 vmknic gateway configuration doesn`t match the specification

IPv4 vmknic gateway configuration doesn`t match the specification – Host Profile not compliant error on the ESXi 6.5 hosts. In our environment we use host profiles and DV switches configured. And the vCenter Server version 6.5 u3 (Windows 2012 vCenter). When I’ve applied the host profile, all the settings have been applied, except IPv4 vmknic… Read More »

elxnet_reset:3547: [vmnic0] f/w init failed, adapter in Error State

One of the ESXi host has lost the ping response and the virtual servers which are there on the host, have lost the network. When I look into the vCenter logs, found that “vSphere HA detected that host” with an yellow colour warning also found red colour error “vSphere HA has detected the network isolation… Read More »

Steps to reconfigure the vSphere HA agent on ESXi host 6.5

I built a new a ESXi host with operating system 6.5 and host has been patched. Later, added to the existing cluster. Have taken the host out of maintenance mode and immediately started showing the below error message in Summary tab – There was an error unconfiguring the vSphere HA agent on this host. To… Read More »