vSphere power supply count
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While diagnosing someone else's client server issue, I noticed vSphere power supply count shows PSUs 2-6 as healthy, 1 as failed.
Server is only capable of 2 PSUs. Any idea why it would show 6?
Currently running vCenter/ESXi 5.5, HP custom ISO.
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Might be a board that supports more. The chassis might have a physical limit of two, but the motherboard might have a logical limit of six.
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How many Host though you have in Vcenter? Or is it just one server with Vmware.
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That's odd. Are you in the process of upgrading from 5.5 since it's coming end of life? Maybe a current HP custom .iso will fix the issue.
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@dbeato said in vSphere power supply count:
How many Host though you have in Vcenter? Or is it just one server with Vmware.
3 hosts, but the hardware status that is showing is only for the one host.
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@mike-davis said in vSphere power supply count:
That's odd. Are you in the process of upgrading from 5.5 since it's coming end of life? Maybe a current HP custom .iso will fix the issue.
I wondered the same about the custom ISO. It's not my client, but told the engineer on the account to not waste too much time, in the event that resolves the issue. They have not been receptive to upgrades and recommendations in the past, but I'm very blunt so things are getting sped along.
New host to replace 2 old SuperMicros, new shared storage (based on changing needs), low capacity onboard SSD RAID to fall back on for mission critical systems in case shared storage were to ever critically fail (considered using Synology NAS as shared storage, but the database to be used would run very slow after seeing other clients try the same thing... not acceptable in this case). Various other upgrades in their 1-3-5 year plan that I drafted but, again, not my client; just assisting the junior engineer assigned to the account when he asks for help.
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@bbigford said in vSphere power supply count:
@dbeato said in vSphere power supply count:
How many Host though you have in Vcenter? Or is it just one server with Vmware.
3 hosts, but the hardware status that is showing is only for the one host.
I found this:
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1010716
might not apply but it is where I am going to. -
@dbeato said in vSphere power supply count:
@bbigford said in vSphere power supply count:
@dbeato said in vSphere power supply count:
How many Host though you have in Vcenter? Or is it just one server with Vmware.
3 hosts, but the hardware status that is showing is only for the one host.
I found this:
https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1010716
might not apply but it is where I am going to.Hmm... appears to be a known bug then due to lack of support for certain things. Maybe it'll change in 6.7 but only an upgrade will tell.
That generates another question then... Are you using HP/Dell tools (thereby having to configure VIB with the tools being on a management/LOB VM), are you relying on 3rd party systems monitoring tools/vmware/etc?
