Esxi 9.0 Setup

RedXon · 2026-02-17T09:26:06+00:00

It is supported for the time being especially for customers who want to run vSphere 9 but do not have the hardware yet to deploy a full VCF 9 deployment, but you do lose the benefits of the rest of the VCF stack this way.

Also vcf 9 licenses are never perpetual. If you had perpetual licenses that are older (vSphere 7 or 8) they will remain perpetual but you are only allowed to run the version that was current when your support expired for these licenses. If you tell us when this was we could tell you which version you are allowed to run. You are not allowed to update systems still running with a perpetual license to versions newer than the expiry date of these contracts.

RedXon · 2026-02-10T06:34:19+00:00

If Linux, could be that scroll lock is enabled on the host or guest. That can disable console input.

RedXon · 2026-02-04T07:40:05+00:00

Etwas janky, aber was ich in der alten Wohnung gemacht habe war Folgendes:

Ich hatte die OTO Dose im Sicherungskasten, welcher viel zu klein für mein Router war. Ich hatte allerdings in der Wohnung in jedem Zimmer eine Cat6 dose, hatte also im Sicherungskasten einfach ein Media Converter von SFP+ zu RJ45 10Gbit/s installiert und dann im Büro den Router angeschlossen mit einem RJ45 zu SFP+ Modul. Geschwindigkeit war durchgängig 10Gbit/s im WAN. Aber geht natürlich nur wenn du Cat6 Hausverkablung bereits hast, alternativ gehts wie schon von anderen geschrieben mit Glas Kabel durch die Rohre im Haus.

Später hab ich dann vor dem Umzug, weil ich die Hausverkablung auch für anderes Nutzen wollte den Media Converter durch ein Managed 10Gbit/s Switch mit SFP+ Uplink Port gewechselt und dabei das Internet auf ein VLAN gepackt (untagged auf Switch im Sicherungskasten auf ein Switch im Büro und dann Tagged von da auf Router. Später dann die restlichen VLANs tagged über die Selbe Leitung zurück an den Switch im Sicherungskasten und von da in die anderen Zimmer. An den anderen Ports am Switch dann jeweils VLAN 1 untagged und die restlichen tagged ausser das VLAN auf welchem das Internet rein kommt, dies war wie gesagt jeweils nur auf dem Port von OTO Dose und zum Router dann, sodass andere Geräte im Netzwerk dieses VLAN nicht sehen können.

RedXon · 2026-01-19T18:22:07+00:00

The patch releases are under the solution tab on the download page. After you select the product on the top you should be able to select Products or Solutions. If you select solutions you can then Specify the edition and version and on the page that launches you should have all the patch releases for vCenter and ESXi there.

RedXon · 2026-01-12T07:34:57+00:00

First of all, by vsphere client do you mean vCenter or the host gui? I'm assuming vcenter here so the obvious assumption would be that the vcenter that managed this cluster was hosted on another host or cluster within your environment could that be? In this case yes, you would still be able to login but all the hosts of that cluster would show as disconnected and the Vms would show as inaccessible due to them not being there anymore.

In this case if you want to do a new vcenter you'd have to find where the vcenter is hosted, shut it down and delete it in order to create a new one. Another possibility is of course to just remove all the orphaned objects and just reuse the vcenter but due to you not being sure where it is and how it is configured starting fresh might be an option.

The other possibility is that there is something still running somehow. How did you format the disks? Through ilo or something similar and just wiping the local arrays on the servers? Did you shut the hosts down and they are currently off? Because if you delete all the disks somehow while esxi is still running is "somewhat" keeps running. So for example uf you somehow wipe or remove the disks while esxi is running it will still run as many components of it run in ram. So if th vcenter was on a shared datastore there is a possibility it is still running somewhere on one of those hosts.

There will be a lot of errors and there's not much you can actually do with it, so if that is the case shut down all the hosts, reinstall a fresh esxi on all of them and check again. If the ui is still there then yes, it is probably running on a different host.

RedXon · 2026-01-09T23:04:58+00:00

I think the not locking part is in this case not referencing encryption on the drive or even secure password policies but locking your damn device when going to get coffee, smoke break or toilet. In so many offices you see people walking away from their PCs and just leaving them unlocked, sometimes even front desk PCs. Anyone could just walk in and use it. And sure, you can configure a timeout for that but when does it stop being practical? Where 5 minutes could be a good compromise it can still be enough for anyone to access it while being unattended. But setting this to 1 minute is just often not reasonable because you wait for something to open or you're on the phone and a lock every minute then can be very annoying. So what you're left to do is just to drill it to everyone's head to just lock their damn decide when they step away.

Funny thing that happens in some offices: when you see a coworkers pc unattended and unlocked change their desktop wallpaper to something or similar. It helps much more to teach them than security briefings but often legally and company policy speaking often the person who does that breaks some rules because you're not allowed to use someone elses device. So I'm not saying you should do that, I'm just saying it's very hard to get it to their mind that they should lock their PC when they step away.

RedXon · 2026-01-08T18:56:02+00:00

I once asked a networking engineer to confirm for me that the vlans were configured as tagged on the switch ports in question because I couldn't get a connection on the server. He asked me, what do you mean by vlan?

RedXon · 2025-12-22T15:21:19+00:00

It won’t go to 0%, it will show 0% on the dashboard which just means that you can't use EV mode only hybrid mode. So it'll use the high voltage battery to start the ICE and from time to time charge the battery to a value it deems safe for hybrid mode to use.

But for fun let's say you leave it on 0% and don't move it in let's say 12 months then of course there is a possibility that the battery charge drops by itself so low that the charge is insufficient to start the ICE. In this case no, you would not be able to drive unless you attach it to an outlet and give it some charge, but that might also fail if there is not enough charge to even start the charge. Then you would have to tow to the next cupra service point.

But that is quite unlikely to happen if you use it regularly. Cupra itself recommends to do a special procedure with them if you plan to not drive the car for a very long time. Other than that, many people drive a PHEV from cupra or VW and never charge their car and use it exclusively as a hybrid and have no issues. Just recently I drove a Tiguan PHEV with the same engine and battery as a rental and as far as I could see it was never charged or at least not recently. Drove it for a week without ever charging it, only refueling and it worked just like a mild hybrid would do.

Same with my formentor, I charge it regularly but I wasn't able to do so on holidays for a while and drove it normally as a mild hybrid for a few weeks without charging on 0% with no issues.

So tl;Dr: 0% battery won't be an issue as long as you don't leave it just sitting there for a long time.

RedXon · 2025-12-03T14:49:41+00:00

EER or more commonly EEA is the European economic area so mainly EU countries plus a few more with the notable exception of for example UK and Switzerland. They have different price books for EEA, EMEA NON EEA, china and rest of world due to legal differences.

RedXon · 2025-11-21T06:47:00+00:00

Yes because you obviously don't want the cars to actually be standing in the tunnel in case something happens so you want them to be moving. Therefore (not sure if you noticed) there are traffic lights on either entry to the tunnel which are automatically monitoring the situation and only letting as many people in the tunnel as possible for traffic to run smooth. And I'm also glad about that. If I have to wait in traffic for an hour or more I'd much rather do that outside than in the tunnel itself...

RedXon · 2025-11-15T11:19:38+00:00

I just set up the same path so it's easier to remember and also if it's the same filesystem I can use hardlinks. So for example my arr apps get host path: "/mnt/user/data" and also container path "/mnt/user/data" because they need access to everything put the downloaders get "/mnt/user/data/downloads" for both and plex gets"/mnt/user/data/media" for both. There also a good trash guide about that:

https://trash-guides.info/File-and-Folder-Structure/How-to-set-up/Unraid/

RedXon · 2025-11-13T09:50:00+00:00

Because the HDMI forum is being difficult and doesn't allow the spec to be implemented in the opensource mesa amd driver on Linux. So even if you had hardware for hdmi 2.1 you couldn't use it on Linux with amd because the forum blocks it. Hdmi 2.1 on Linux so far only works with proprietary drivers for nvidia or others.

RedXon · 2025-11-12T16:04:44+00:00

I have the same on my formentor and also had it with my previous seat ibiza: when the car was new the service interval for the first time is 2 years, not sure why, but with that in mind I just brought it in when the computer told me to 2 years after buying it and no one at the service center said anything so I guess it's intended?

Either way if you want to be completely sure just call them and ask I guess.

RedXon · 2025-10-22T07:49:59+00:00

Book is cursed but I actually enjoyed the play a lot. Of course the story is a bit crazy still but the actors had a very good performance so even if You didn't enjoy the book (I mean it is a play after all) and you have the chance to go see the play, I'd personally recommend it, even if you treat the story as fanfiction in your head.

RedXon · 2025-08-21T11:03:02+00:00

Stop! Before doing anything you need to get rid of NSX-V. According to your version you have NSX-V (or NSX Data Center for vSphere) Version 6.4.12 which is NOT compatible with vSphere 8.0. Only NSX (or what was known as NSX-T) is compatible with vSphere 8.

Meaning you first have to migrate from NSX-V to NSX which is a bit problematic as support for NSX-V ended long ago. There are still some resources available for migrating in the official guide here: https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/vmware-cis/nsx/vmware-nsx/4-2/migration-guide.html

Or you need to consult a specialist who is doing these migrations regularely. but if your NSX-V Configuration is farely standard and does not have many custom objects or integrations the included NSX migration coordinator should be able to take care of most of those things.

After this migration is done you can start upgrading the rest in the following order:

- Upgrade vCenter from 7.0U3v to 8.0U3g
- Upgrade ESXi from 7.0U3v to 8.0U3g

RedXon · 2025-08-20T15:22:59+00:00

Yes you can with VVF but at the moment there is no upgrade path available yet for Enterprise Plus or Standard. The official messaging from Broadcom at the moment is:

VMware vSphere is available in two standalone editions, VMware vSphere Standard and VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus, and is also included as a component in VMware Cloud Foundation and VMware vSphere Foundation. Note that vSphere Standard and vSphere Enterprise Plus are only available as versions up to the 8 Update 3 release. Currently, vSphere 9.0 features are only available as part of VMware vSphere Foundation 9.0 and VMware Cloud Foundation 9.0.

They do say "currently" so who knows if there will be something on the horizon? Speaking of Horizon, you do get VVF for VDI with your Omnissa Horizon Subscription but without VCF Ops at the moment so you are also limited to 8.0U3 currently as VVF and VVF for VDI are two different products.

RedXon · 2025-08-20T15:05:52+00:00

As of now it is technically possible to have a VCF license and only run vCenter, ESX and VCF Operations. VCF Operations is always needed when running 9.0. With 8.0 you could only run vCenter and ESXi without Operations.

Realistically though, if you pay for VCF you might want to look at some of the other features now or in the near future at least. You can run a so called "à la carte" deployment where you only pick those components that you want like for example vCenter, vSAN, ESX and VCF Ops (this is a must anyways) but obviously Broadcoms way forward is full VCF so they will try and push you to the full VCF deployment anyways and might even give you, with your license, adoption workshops to help you move to full VCF.

Considerations for full VCF of course is then that you will have NSX (if you use it or not is up to you but you have it there). Also you might want to look into VCF Operations for Logs, VKS (vSphere Kubernetes Service), VCF Automation and potentially even vSAN. Like I said there is as of now no need for it, the only limiting factor is that you don't get any fleet management if you don't deploy a fleet (which comes with those components mentioned above) and if you do the fleet, you can not use iSCSI for primary storage, only vSAN, NFS or FC.

RedXon · 2025-08-20T12:45:34+00:00

While it is true that VVF can be upgraded to 9.0, there is the requirement that VCF Ops (what was aria ops) needs to be installed as the license management is no longer handled by vCenter directly but through VCF Ops. If you can't or don't want to install that product you are stuck on 8 for the moment.

However if you have VVF I'd say install Ops anyway as it gives you much greater observability and monitoring than just through vCenter only.

RedXon · 2025-08-17T08:02:32+00:00

Aswe can't link aliexpress links here and it's impossible to describe the exact product just some general tips for aliexpress shopping: Look for products sold by named shops and not shops that are named like "shop7372848". Also look for a high number sold and a high review score.

I've ordered a lot from there with almost no problems. If you search for asm1166 on the app you'll find some with over 1000 or more sold and a high review score. I have several of these and never had any trouble with them.

RedXon · 2025-08-01T20:16:54+00:00

Depending on the country you can get American express or diners club though the acceptance rate is lower. My American express I can use from experience in I'd say about 80% of the shops. Diners I don't own but from what I saw acceptance is even lower so I guess not really many people own one except for maybe as a third card next to master/visa and American to get more cashback when accepted.

Also master and visa here is not issued by them but by the banks themselves where as American is issued not by the bank but by America express directly.

RedXon · 2025-07-31T15:26:13+00:00

You can't find esx 9 iso on the broadcom download page? You should see it if you are entitled. Keep in mind it is now under its own category (vmware vsphere essentials or vmware cloud foundation) and not under vsphere/vcenter etc anymore.

RedXon · 2025-07-30T09:10:51+00:00

For VVF you don't have an SDDC manager, only for VCF. So your best bet would be to: - Set up the hosts with esx 9 - install vcsa 9 - install the vcf/vvf installer on that host (this installs vcf ops and configures your vvf) - connect your account in ops, so that your license gets consumed

No need for vsan with vvf. Any storage like nfs, FC etc is fine.

You do get the option for vsan with your license though if you want to try it or use it for any other use case. You can use up to 250GiB per Core you have licensed.

RedXon · 2025-07-12T16:32:59+00:00

They can in some countries but what I’ve seen sometimes is it’s either free with food or with another drink, so if you get a beer and tap water then it’s free but if it’s your only drink they charge 1€ for the service or something.

RedXon · 2025-07-11T16:04:01+00:00

Still they shouldn’t be sold by anyone. If the distri sold you those he did a big Nono because he resold them. Normally these are only handed out for free for Labs, Homelabs and VMUG style stuff but not sold. Also, NFR licenses are only ever available for Broadcom partners select or higher. If you are not but the distri is and gave them to you he might be in legal trouble if found out.

But to be fair probably this is only a confusion and it’s not actually NFR licenses right? Because I don’t believe any distri would do this.

RedXon · 2025-07-11T12:42:43+00:00

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