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'VMware esx problem hyperthreading unmitigated' Quick Fix he ESXi patches available in VMSA-2018-0020 to mitigate CVE-2018-3646 introduced a new notification to indicate remediation status of the 'L1 Terminal Fault' (L1TF - VMM) vulnerability. Helllo all, I used to use the test below before I told clients there new servers were ready for hosting virtualized apps. I also use it in my lab too and I thought it might be helpful for other people so I am adding it to my blog. Run VMware's memory tester overnight. It is Continue reading Success Criteria – for VMware hosts →. We have some new ESXi 6.7 hosts that are showing the message 'esx.problem.hyperthreading.unmitigated' after applying the Press J to jump to the feed. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. VCenter Server, ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion updates include Hypervisor-Specific Mitigations for L1 Terminal Fault - VMM. This issue may allow a malicious VM running on a given CPU core to effectively read the hypervisor’s or another VM’s privileged information that resides sequentially or concurrently in the same core’s L1 Data cache.

After installing VMware patches you might see a warning:

XXX esx.problem.hyperthreading.unmitigated.formatonhost not found XXX

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Those patches which are addressed in VMware Security Advisory VMSA-2018-0020 migitate a vulnerability named L1TF. Because the patch will result in a performance impact, it is not activated by default. Administrators need to decide what is their main focus: performance or security.

Suppress warning

If one decides to have more performance and neglects the potential threat, then it is possible to suppress the warning. Just set advanced option UserVars.SuppressHyperthreadWarning from 0 to 1 and the warning will disappear. This should only be done after reviewing KB 55806.

Activate migitation

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Connect to the vCenter Server using either the vSphere Web or vSphere Client. Switch to “Hosts and Clusters” view and select an ESXi host in your inventory.
Select an ESXi host in the inventory.


Click the Manage (5.5/6.0) or Configure (6.5/6.7) tab and then switch to “Settings”.
Move to System > Advanced System Settings and enter in the filterbox: VMkernel.Boot.hyperthreadingMitigation.

Select the setting and click the Edit pencil icon. Change the default value (false) to true and click OK.

In order to take effect, the host needs to reboot.

PowerCLI

Using PowerCLI is recommended if you have more than one host.

Check current values.

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Set values

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The next command will activate the migitation on all hosts without confirmation (be careful!).

In order to take effect, the host needs to reboot.

Links

VMware KB 57374 – L1TF related “esx.problem.hyperthreading.unmitigated” vCenter Server Updates

VMware KB 55806 – L1 Terminal Fault – VMM

Are you seeing yellow triangle warning on ESXi hosts on vCenter? What could be the reason you are seeing those warning? Can these warnings be disabled?

The reason you see the yellow triangle/exclamation mark on ESXi host is when you enabled SSH (Remote) and the ESXi Shell for Management of host from Console or web client or VSphere client.

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Either you can disable warning or you can disable SSH and ESXi Shell. Both the ways are shown below.

Via Vsphere Client Console – Disable SSH and ESXi Shell

  • Login to Vsphere Client > Open Host Console
  • Press “F2” to Customize System/View Logs
  • Enter root credentials
  • Go to Troubleshooting Options
  • Disable ESXi Shell > Disable, if Enabled
  • Disable SSH > Disable, if Enabled
  • Press ESC to Exit and again ESC to logout

Via VSphere Client – Disable the Warning

  • Login to Vsphere Client
  • Select the Host which gives the Triangle/Exclamation Error
  • Go to Configuration > Under Software > Click on Advanced Settings
  • Click UserVars > UserVars.SuppressShellWarning
  • Change the Value from 0 (Zero) to 1 (One) and Click on OK

That’s all!! Hope it helps.

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