Armitage318

Senior Technical Architect - HA/Compute/Storage

Philip Elder

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Hi Andrew, this host is part of an ESXi cluster. Since I am going to reinstall from scratch this node, can I safely remote the host from VMware cluster (through vSphere web client)?<br>Thank you again
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Hi Andrew, this host is part of an ESXi cluster. Since I am going to reinstall from scratch this node, can I safely remote the host from VMware cluster (through vSphere web client)?
Thank you again

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Yes, you can just select remove from inventory, delete.
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Yes, you can just select remove from inventory, delete.

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<p>Hi, I have an ESXi 6.7 node (Dell PowerEdge R630) which is no longer boot.</p><p>I get this message:</p><pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-10-29223332-1">Both of the Internal Dual Secure Digital Module (IDSDM) SD card media are missing, or not responding.&nbsp;
Make sure both the SD card media are properly installed and retry the system start up. If the issue persists, replace the &nbsp;SD card media. </code></pre><p>(I have just one SD card on this server).</p><p>In your opinion is it possibile to try repair filesystem on SD card, before declaring it definitely dead?</p><p>Thank you</p>
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Hi, I have an ESXi 6.7 node (Dell PowerEdge R630) which is no longer boot.
I get this message:
Both of the Internal Dual Secure Digital Module (IDSDM) SD card media are missing, or not responding. 
Make sure both the SD card media are properly installed and retry the system start up. If the issue persists, replace the  SD card media.
(I have just one SD card on this server).
In your opinion is it possibile to try repair filesystem on SD card, before declaring it definitely dead?
Thank you

Dell R630 internal SD card failed

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