ESX SD Card?
May06

ESX SD Card?

KB ID 0001785 Problem For a while it’s been common knowledge that running ESX 7.x from a server that boots with an SD-Card is a no no. VMware themselves said (originally) that they would not support it. Then they said they would ‘sort of’ support it, if there was additional persistent storage. Then in the past week they’ve said, VMware will continue supporting USB/SD card as a boot device through the vSphere...

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VMware ESXi Syslog Errors – ‘System logs  on host {host-name} are stored on non-persistent storage.’
Sep01

VMware ESXi Syslog Errors – ‘System logs on host {host-name} are stored on non-persistent storage.’

KB ID 0000456  Problem Syslog Error Seen on ESXi 6.0 and 6.5 System logs on host {host-name} are stored on non-persistent storage. Syslog Error Seen on ESXi 5.1 Error Configuration Issues System logs on host {host-name} are stored on non-persistent storage. Syslog Error Seen on ESXi 5 Error Configuration Issues System logging is not configured on host {host-name}. Syslog Error Seen on ESXi 4 Error Configuration Issues Issue detected...

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Audi – MMI v3 – Showing Album Art With Mp3 Files
Jun25

Audi – MMI v3 – Showing Album Art With Mp3 Files

KB ID 0001116  Problem A few weeks ago I changed cars, I was pleased to see that the entertainment system in my new car could play music from SD card. These are cheap and can hold a Lot of songs, so rather than have my iPod in the car, I could simply drop music onto an SD card. Which I did but, annoyingly non of the ‘album artwork’ was displayed, even though the music played fine. I did some Googling and read a few Audi...

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ESXi Error “HA agent must have userworld swap enabled”.
Nov17

ESXi Error “HA agent must have userworld swap enabled”.

KB ID 0000045 Problem Seen on diskless ESXi Servers, this happens because, to perform HA, the server needs some swap space, and a diskless server has none. Solution 1. Using your VI client log into your Virtual Center Server. 2. Select the first ESXi host > Configuration > Advanced Settings 3. Select ScratchConfig > Type in a directory with at least 1GB of free storage e.g /vmfs/volumes/SAS1_V1/Scratch/ESXi1 Note: I’ve...

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Cannot Format a SDHC Card to NTFS
Nov17

Cannot Format a SDHC Card to NTFS

KB ID 0000187  Problem I had a 16 GB SDHC card, and windows would format it to FAT but not NTFS, this is how to cure the problem. Solution Option 1 Download this and use it to format the drive. Option 2 1. Click Start > In the Search/Run Box type devmgmt.msc > Device Manager will open 2. Navigate to your SC Card reader > Right Click > Properties > Policies > Select Better Performance > OK > Reboot the PC >...

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