Does installing an ESXi enterprise license 'phone home' to ensure authenticity?
When you install a windows OS it connects to Microsoft servers to authenticate the key is legal and never used before. Does installing an ESXi license have the host connect to any sort of VMware...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 install - server with just two 10g NICs into a network LAG via LACP
Group, We are trying to install a new ESXi 5.1 server with just two NICs attached to a network via a LACP enabled LAG. The issue for us is that the boot option only offer interface, vlan, tag/untagged...
View ArticleNewbie Question: Hard Disk Capacity
Hi, I have 4 x 73GB HDD and when I installed VMWare it showed me only 2 disks each of 63GB capacity approximately (I do not remember the exact number but close to this). I wanted to build at least 3 to...
View ArticlePXE installation HP Image
Hi,I am trying to install esxi using PXE.I can install Esxi not HP Image but can't install HP image as a "VMware-ESXi-5.5.0-Update1-1623387-HP-5.73.17-Mar2014" or...
View ArticleESXi 5.5 installation issue on HP Zbook 15- Integrated Intel I217LM Gigbyte...
hi Team, Greetings!! I am trying to setup a small test lab of ESXi 5.5 on HP Zbook 15 Mobile Workstation. the Config of the machine is Intel core i7 vPRO, 32 GB RAM, 500 GB smart Sata HDD. During the...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Installation through PXE problems
Hi,I'm trying to install the ESXi 5.1 through PXE but I have some problems. I've read the vsphere 5 documentation about how to install ESXi via PXE linux. I've set up the TFTP and DHCP correctly. In...
View ArticlePSOD while updating ESXi 5.1 to 5.5 on Dell PowerEdge r520
Hello Everyone, we have tried to install ESXi 5.5 on our Dell PowerEdge R520 yesterday.Before we had the possibility to do anything, a PSOD appeared, saying:No place on disk to dump data.No file...
View ArticleReinstalled ESX 5.1 to upgrade from 4.1 - Disk Extent Issues
Hi... I am having troubles after reinstalling ESX, version 5.1 over 4.1, as a means to upgrade to 5.1, while preserving the datastore. After the reinstall was successfull and I have updated all the...
View ArticleRAID HDD degraded after installing ESXi 5
Hi, Im trying to install ESXi on my server which has mirrored HDD's. My problem is that after installing ESXi and the computer reboots I am told that the RAID volume is degraded so one of the HDD's is...
View Articleunable to install esxi5 on i7 processor laptop
i have quad core i7 processor hp laptop i am unable to install ESXi 5 on this it has 8 gigs of ram can anyone help
View ArticleInstalling ESXi 5.5 onto HP Proliant G7 N54L
I am planning on doing an install on this server that I have bought. It currently has a 250gb SATA HDD installed. I am going to expand the HDD and upgrade to 8gb RAM.I believe it also has an internal...
View ArticleESXI 5.5 Problem with SSD 512 GB
Hi today i download ESXI 5.5 and now i try install, but i have problem ESXI 5.5 not see on install my SSD, model: "ts512gssd370"On install ESXI 5.5 see just my USB Drive but not SSD hard Can u help me...
View ArticleKickstart create a VMFS Volume
Hi I'm building a kickstart config for our branch offices. I wish to install to a SD card and then format and create a VMFS volume on the RAID 6 set of disks. It installs fine to the SD card. How ever...
View ArticleNeed suggestions
Hello Expert,We have some physical servers running with ESXi 5.5 U2. Some configuration changes have been done on those servers by others. We do not want those changes. I was just wondering , do you...
View ArticleVSphere Installation Question
Hi All,I am in the process of building the following server:Case: Fractal Design Define R4 ATX Tower Case Black PearlPower Supply: Corsair Professional Series HX750 750W ATX Fully Modular 80PLUS Gold...
View ArticleESX 3.5 to ESXi 5.1 upgrade question
I have an ESX 3.5 server and I'm aware there is no direct upgrade to ESXi 5.1, but I'm curious about my current volumes. I have one volume on my RAID array for the VMware OS and the other volume for...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 Installation through PXE problems
Hi,I'm trying to install the ESXi 5.1 through PXE but I have some problems. I've read the vsphere 5 documentation about how to install ESXi via PXE linux. I've set up the TFTP and DHCP correctly. In...
View Articlesystem mirror (raid 1 or?)
If I would like to keep my ESXi (5.5 most likely) and vmstore on a system mirror (e.g., 2x SSDs), what is my best controller option fora) at a minimum 2x6Gb sata ports (with matching bandwidth for...
View ArticleNo License Icon
Hello,I'm new to VMware setups.I'm trying to obtain and then install a license for ESXi 5.0. I have the trail installed (59 days left) and plan on requesting a license this afternoon. When I go into my...
View ArticleImplementation of two ESXi and new switch setup.
Hi.Right now I have 3 ESXi servers, which connects to an SAN with ISCSI, which is using an Essentials license.The two switches, which the ESXi and SAN are connected to now, is being used to ISCSI, VM...
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