Troubleshooting

Bug: Purple Screen of Death caused by E1000 adapters and RSS (Receive Side Scaling)

If you are using E1000 adapters in your virtual machines, you should take a look at KB 2059053. If the operating system is using RSS (Receive Side Scaling, practically all operating systems since Vista are using it) it is possible…
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“vSphere 5.5 ESXTOP quick overview for Troubleshooting” diagram available

Last year I have published a diagram called “ESXTOP quick overview for Troubleshooting” with the most frequently-used ESXTOP metrics and thresholds. It was downloaded very often and there was a lot of positive feedback – so I decided to publish…
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