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Frequent Query container volume async Tasks in vSphere UI 

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If you are running vSphere workloads that leverage Cloud Native Storage (CNS), whether through upstream or third party Kubernetes, vSphere Kubernetes Service (VKS), vSAN File Services, or VCF Automation (VCFA), you have likely noticed recurring "Query container volume async" tasks appearing in the vCenter Recent Tasks pane.


I have generally treated these as informational events and ignored them, but during a recent VCFA upgrade I had noticed an uptick in the frequency of these tasks and wanted to understand where they were coming from and whether I could reduce the frequency of these events.

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Quick Tip - Debugging "stuck" vSphere Supervisor being removed

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Disabling or deactivating vSphere Supervisor can take some time depending on the number of resources you may have deployed, which all need to be properly cleaned up.


In case the removal is taking longer than expected, there is not much information provided to the user in the vSphere UI.

However, I recently learned about a useful way to understand what is actually happening on the backend by looking at the vSphere Supervisor service logs, especially if you believe the operation is "stuck", which ended up being my situation.

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USB Native Network Driver for ESXi supports Realtek RTL8157 & RTL8156BG

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In response to community feedback, we are excited to announce an update to the popular USB Native Network Driver for ESXi Fling . This release is currently available for ESXi 8.0 Update 3 and adds support for the latest Realtek USB devices: RTL8157 (5GbE) & RTL8156BG (2.5GbE), bringing the total number of supported chipsets to over 25+. A similar update is also planned for ESX 9.0, which will be published hopefully in the next few weeks.

Several of you have asked about specific models compatible with the latest Realtek chipset. Below are the two I am currently using for testing, which you can find the links below. If you have other recommendations that work, feel free to share them in the comments.

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