This host is potentially vulnerable to issues described in CVE-2018-3646

This host is potentially vulnerable to issues described in CVE-2018-3646

This host is potentially vulnerable to issues described in CVE-2018-3646, please refer to https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/55636 for details and VMware recommendations. I’ve installed ESXi 6.5 OS version on a IBM Lenovo server hardware and ESX host has been patched with latest patch bundle. ESX host added to the active directory network and I was able to login … Read more

Steps to enable ESXi Shell to run commands or batch jobs

As part of the regular job activities, some times, we need to run few commands or batch jobs from ESXi shell. Lets discuss here on steps to enable ESXi Shell to run commands or batch jobs. Take a remote console of the ESXi host and then login using root or active directory credentials as shown … Read more

vMotion error – No guest OS heartbeats are being received

For one of the VM on vCenter 6.5, backup started failing. I tried to take quiesce manually, but, still failing. Thought, try migrating the virtual server to another ESXi host. However, while I’m trying to migrate, it is showing this error – “No guest OS heartbeats are being received. Either the guest OS is not … Read more

VMware ESXi datastore GPT primary table corrupt

The primary GPT table is corrupt, but the backup appears OK, so that will be used. This is what the message received when we check the status of a datastore. How to fix VMware ESXi datastore GPT primary table corrupt, here is the answer. VMware recommends to fix the GPT error when identified GPT primary … Read more