ESXi host connection failure triggered by event 1821659

ESXi host connection failure triggered by event 1821659 – This event occurred when ESXi host experienced the PSOD (Purple Screen of Death). And also seen this event too in the vCenter – failed to sync with the vcenter agent on the host. When looked at the host status from the remote console session, PSOD screen… Read More »

VMware Tools 10.3.0 recall – update 10.3.2 fix released

VMware Tools 10.3.0 recall – update 10.3.2 fix released now. The replacement version is 10.3.2 is now available to download. This release of VMware Tools resolves a number of VMware AppDefense issues. It is recommended that VMware AppDefense users use VMware Tools 10.3.2. Note: VMware Tools 10.3.0 is deprecated due to a VMXNET3 driver related issue. For… Read More »

System Management Software 1 SEL Fullness – IBM Lenovo Flex x440 hardware

After rebooting the server, started seeing this error message System Management Software 1 SEL Fullness – IBM Lenovo Flex x440 hardware. This server has ESXi hyper visor operating system and it is a IBM Pureflex hardware. And also an alarm received like ‘Hardware sensor state‘ error (Status of other host hardware objects). Logged into the… Read More »

VMware recalled its newly released VM Tools Version 10.3.0

Yes, its true – VMware recalled its newly released VMware Tools Version 10.3.0 as they found two issues with vmxnet3 driver which are being investigated. The identified issues are – network disconnection issue and a PSOD (Purple Screen of Death) issue (yes, unfortunately of the host). VMware Tools Version 10.3.0 Recall and Workaround Recommendations (57796)… Read More »

VMware Tools version 10.3.0 known issues – VMXNET3 is losing connection

VMware has released VMware tools version 10.3.0 in the month of July 2018. However, its been identified that, serious issues with network stability associated with VMware Tools v10.3 on Windows Systems (Virtual guests). If you are not yet running version 10.3 or planning an upgrade to version 10.3 of the VMware Tools on Windows Servers,… Read More »