ESXi 6.7 Keep Getting PANIC bora/vmkernel/main/dlmalloc.c: 4924 – Usage error in dlmalloc

So the only fix for this is to roll back to ESXi 6.5 after many calls with VMWare. The issue i came across was because i upgraded to 6.7 then did another upgrade to a 6.7 patch i couldnt just roll back my hosts to 6.5 – Vmware said i need to rebuild from scratch Read more about ESXi 6.7 Keep Getting PANIC bora/vmkernel/main/dlmalloc.c: 4924 – Usage error in dlmalloc[…]

vCSA warning: The ‘/storage/log’ filesystem is low on disk space or inodes

Problem The webinterface of the VMware vCenter Server Appliance shows the following warning message: The /storage/xxx filesystem is low on disk space or inodes Solution Check the free space of the vCSA using SSH and the command df –h. See VMware KB article for explanation about which VMDK is used for corresponding mount points (or Read more about vCSA warning: The ‘/storage/log’ filesystem is low on disk space or inodes[…]

VMWare Monitoring in Zabbix

Ive pulled together information from a few places to get something that worked for me together so here goes…. Our setup is Zabbix 3 and ESXi 6. Any questions just give me a shout… 1. on the ESXi hosts, enable SNMP: – esxcli system snmp set -r – esxcli system snmp set -c your-community-string – esxcli Read more about VMWare Monitoring in Zabbix[…]

Space Reclamation from VMware

This is another quick note for me as its not something i need to do alot. After migrating a VM to another datastore i noticed our Nimble was showing less free space than VMware – from the past i remember running a command to rectify this but obviously forgot it hence me making a note Read more about Space Reclamation from VMware[…]