When a VM is rebooted in OS, it keeps powered on at ESXi host during the whole boot process. Sometime it would be very useful when a OS reboot triggers a cold boot. In this post I show how to cold boot VM by guest reboot. Cold boot is like to power cycle a computer. A VM needs to get through a power off state […]
An uncommon EVC mode situation?
This post about setting EVC mode on cluster-level. It is not about per-VM EVC mode that was introduced in vSphere 6.7. When you try to select a suitable EVC mode on cluster, it could happen that no mode can be set. The wizard shows a compatibility-error on every mode that because of running VMs the mode cannot be enabled or changed. [In Text:CompatibilityThe host cannot […]
Error when enabling EVC mode
When you try to enable EVC on a cluster-level it could happens, that you get an error saying VMs cause problems enabling EVC on a host. Error when enable EVC mode is like: The host cannot be admitted to the cluster’s current Enhanced vMotion Compatibility mode. Powered-on or suspended virtual machines on the host may be using CPU features hidden by that mode. One reason […]
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