Re: VSphere 6.7: Server 2016 CPUID changed.
Agree - all things being similar, it should not have changed. I'm also assuming that there hasn't been an upgrade to VM HW either? Look forward to your testing in the LAB.
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Re: VSphere 6.7: Server 2016 CPUID changed.
Just to post an update. I did some lab testing of the following scenarios: Windows 7 and Server 2016 standard:Live vmotionCold vmotionUnregister and re register machine on a different host. In all...
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Hi,I think the CPUID will not change unless you power cycle the VM.You can vmotion a VM to another CPU type and the guest still thinks it is on the old CPU.Only by rebooting the guest it recognizes...
View ArticleRe: How Do I Fix The VSphere Web Client Certificate Error?
Finally realised I was copying over the wrong cert you need to copy over the castore.pem cert, not the rui.cert one. Anyways, here's a short procedure which might help someone: - go to your ESXi host,...
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Yes - you are right. Thinking about it, it’s only a full power cycle that can/could change the CPUID on a VM.
View ArticleRe: VSphere 6.7: Server 2016 CPUID changed.
Hi AllAs I said in my lab test post, I have rebooted machines, moved machines, re registered machines and yet the CPUID hasn't changed.The only thing I think that might have done it is the U1 patch.
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Hi MC1024, Agreed that might have been a possiblity. Have you tried modifying the edx and eax values? I know this is not perfect and pretty scary to be honest so perhaps try on a clone or snapshot?...
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Hi ThompsGThis is the thread from 2014 I found referencing those values, but they don't exist in the .vmx of my machine. Do they exist somewhere else? How do I modify the values? Manipulating Guest CPUID
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Re: VSphere 6.7: Server 2016 CPUID changed.
Found this interesting comment in the 6.7U1 release notes (VMware vCenter Server 6.7 Update 1 Release Notes ):Maybe this was set then unset with this change?
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Re: VSphere 6.7: Server 2016 CPUID changed.
The thing is we've not reverted a host to an earlier version of ESXi. I did a search on what IBRS, STIBP and IBPB mean and it's all related to the Spectre/Meltdown stuff. I know the VMWare servers had...
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Hi, Just running the Spectre/Meltdown update will expose those CPUID values to the guest OS.An actual firmware update is not required to see those changes. Just having hosts at different patch levels...
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Re: VSphere 6.7: Server 2016 CPUID changed.
Hi MC1024, Okay looking a little deeper and that was a curve ball we didn't need Firstly before preceding, let me say all the standard disclaimers apply from this part on. Please do thorough testing...
View ArticleNewbie: VMWare Hypervisor to host transparent firewall
Hi everyone, Sorry if this is a trivial question, but I am new to VMWare and still trying to get to know it a bit better. I have a server with VMWare ESXi 6.5U2 (free Hypervisor) installed, which is...
View ArticleRe: Newbie: VMWare Hypervisor to host transparent firewall
Welcome to the Community, you don't want to forward ingress traffic to the ESXi host, but to your virtual firewall in such a case.One option to achieve your goal would be to use two vSwitches on the...
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Re: Newbie: VMWare Hypervisor to host transparent firewall
Thanks, that was really helpful! Do I need to set the switches to promiscuous mode? If the firewall is really transparent, the traffic should be forwarded to the IP of the Linux server, right? Also, I...
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Re: Newbie: VMWare Hypervisor to host transparent firewall
Do I need to set the switches to promiscuous mode?I don't think so, although I'm not familiar with the firewall you are using. If you need want/need to have a separate management network, then you'll...
View Articledisk was changing from thin to thick after detach and attach the disk back.
Hi,I detach a disk from one VM and move it to other VM. while doing that the disk was changing from thin to thick. I want to mention that the disk is full capacity.Why does VMware changing it to thick...
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Hi dotan1234567 and welcome to the community! Using the ESXi console can you post the contents of the VMDK descriptor file for the disk that has changed format. It will be the small file that looks...
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This is not possible for me to get the ESXi console.I just wondering what is the option that VMware can change the disk from thin to thick.The disk only gets bigger or it can shrink while working with...
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... and move it to other VM.How exactly did you move the virtual disk?Thin provisioning is a file system feature. Depending on how a thin provisioned virtual disk file is moved, it may inflate to it's...
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