Vmware Esxi Driver Fails To Install; Pcie Ssd Is Listed In Esxi Host But Cannot Be Accessed In The Virtual Machine; Vmware Reports A Missing Virtual Disk After A Pcie Ssd Is Removed; System Is Booting - Dell PowerEdge Express Flash PCIe SSD User Manual

VMware ESXi Driver Fails To Install

Cause Full path to the offline zip depot or VIB (vSphere Installation Bundle) is not specified.
Description When the full path to the zip depot or VIB is not specified, the following error message is
displayed: [MetadataDownloadError] Could not download from depot at
zip:/var/log/vmware/ <offline_zip_depot>? index.xml, skipping
(('zip:/var/log/vmware/<offline_zip_depot?index.xml ', '',
"Error extracting index.xml from /var/log/vmware/
<offline_zip_depot>: [Errno2] No such file or directory:
'/var/log/vmware/<offline_zip_depot>" ")) url = zip:/var/log/
vmware/ <offline_zip_depot>?index.xml
Solution Specify the full path to the location of the offline zip depot. For example, if the file is located
in /tmp/driver, then the command must be: esxcli software vib install -
d /tmp/driver/<offline_zip_depot>

PCIe SSD Is Listed In ESXi Host But Cannot Be Accessed In The Virtual Machine

Cause The PCIe SSD is hot swapped.
Description The virtual machine may become unresponsive and shut down.
Solution Reboot the ESXi host and restart the virtual machine.

VMware Reports A Missing Virtual Disk After A PCIe SSD Is Removed

Cause The PCIe SSD is either ungracefully removed from the system or it is properly removed but the
virtual machine is not properly configured.
Description VMware reports a missing virtual disk in the path /vmfs/volumes/.../.../VD-name.vmdk after a
PCIe SSD is removed.
Solution Dell PowerEdge Express Flash PCIe SSDs do not support hot swap in VMware ESXi. If the PCIe
SSD is properly removed while the ESXi host system is shut down, ensure the virtual machine
is reconfigured to reflect the removal.
VMware ESX 5.5 With Native Driver Version 3.3.4 Does Not Respond When The Host
Operating System Is Booting
Cause The host system is set to boot in the UEFI mode.
Description VMware ESX 5.5 with native driver version 3.3.4 does not respond when the host operating

system is booting.

Solution Set the host to boot in the BIOS mode.
VMware ESX 5.5 With Native Driver Version 3.3.4 Is Unable To See Or Manage The PCIe
SSD On The OpenManage Server Administrator
Cause You are using native driver version 3.3.4
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