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• workstion 8 - cannot install 64-bit on the esxi Server vm

  I installed VMWARE WORKSTION 8.2 on my system after I installed Win7 64-bit.

  Then, I installed the server ESXI WORKSTION Version 5 469 512 on VMWARE WORKSTATION

  Now I'm running the server via VSPHERE CLIENT 5.

  Whenever I try to install a virtual system on the ESXI 64-bit version, it gives an error that the system is not supported and I can only use it for information.

  If I install the 64-bit version of virtual on my computer without problem systems, why I can not install on the ESXI SERVER ?

  Change the settings for the virtual machine for the VM ESXi.  On the processors tab, check the box next to 'Virtualiser VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/IVR.'  If your hardware supports this feature, you will be able to run embedded 64-bit clients.  For more information, see nested running VMs.

• Update/migration 2.5 to 4 on the other server vCenter

  I read the vSphere Upgrade Guide. In particular at page 49 the topic "upgrading to vCenter Server on a different Machine and keeping the existing database" seems to correspond to what we intend to do.

  We have a 2.5u4 physical vCenter with SQL 2005 local and we wish to migrate to vCenter 4 on a local virtual machine with 2008 x 64 with SQL 2008.

  Some questions I have:

  Q1: What happens to all the 3.5u4 of ESX host? Are they automatically made the new FQDN to the new destination server name? Are they members of the same cluster...

  Am I basically look the same except for: a) I am now on vCenter 4; (b) my vCenter server name is now different and GUESTS know this change.

  Q2: What happens to all Virtual Machines? They are members of the same groups / pools of resources etc.

  Basically, T1 & 2 are the same, the guide does not seem to explain what happens after the process upgrade/migrate as clearly as I would like.

  Q3: What time is it "safe" uninstall the SOURCE server vCenter?

  VCP3 32846

  VSP4 VML-306798

  All the guests reconnection and cluster reconfiguration will be done automatically. You don't have to do anything manually after the migration. Please make sure that the users and groups who use VC inherited is available on the new configuration also.

  I think it will be a good idea to uninstall VC inherited when vCenter 4.0 is operational and works correctly with all the hosts and reconfigured clusters.

• Migrate to the new server vCenter hw

  I make plans to migrate all my my old hardware of server vCenter ESX hosts to a new (and much faster). Both vCenter servers are version 4. To delete a my old vCenter ESX host, I need to put it in maintenance mode. Maintenance mode means turn it off or by moving my VMs to other hosts.

  Is there a way to move my ESX hosts to the new server vCenter without voltage VM?

  Hi bjornl,

  If you need to keep the virtual machines running on the host computers, while removing a cluster host, data center or same vCenter, and then select the option 'Disconnect' first. The host shows as grayed out and disconnected. Once in this state you can 'remove' the host of your first vCenter.

  Create your new data center and then "Add host" Cluster in the new. Everything will be powered on your virtual machines.

  The only issues I've had with this is if the original or the new cluster using vMotion improve compatibility (EVC). This aspect must correspond to both ends. Once you do this, it works fine.

  Hope this helps,

  Dan

• Nested inside the ESXi Server ESXi

  Nested run ESXi in ESXi server.

  I can't turn on the virtual machine for Vcenter, I get an error "this host does not support Intel VT - x. Here's my server BIOS settings.

  Is there a solution for this?

  
  

  See attached screenshot.

  
  

  My server is running an Intel Xeon processor E5540 Proliant DL380 G6 2 x Xeon Quad-Core 2.53 GHz

  
  

  Physical server Bios settings

  -Intel(r) Hyperthreading Options-> active

  -Intel(r) Turbo Boost Technology-> active

  -Intel VT - d-> active

  Your hardware supports nested ESXi.  Is that you checked the box next to "Hardware-assisted virtualization expose to the guest operating system" on the settings of the processor in the web client?

• Cannot add free license to the ESXi Server

  I have an ESXi host 4.1 I can't add my license key for free also.  I installed this on 8 other identical servers, but this one gives me the penalty.

  If I go to configuration > license I see the following:

  Product: Assessment 1 host peer Mode
  License key: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
  Expires: expired

  Product features:
  Up to 8 - way virtual SMP
  for ESX Server vCenter agent
  vStorage API
  VMsafe
  dvFilter
  VMware HA
  HW hot pluggable virtual
  vMotion
  VMware FT
  Data recovery
  vShield Zones
  VMware DRS
  Storage vMotion
  MPIO / third-party Multi-Pathing
  vNetwork Distributed Switch
  Profiles of the host
  Remote virtual serial Port concentrator
  Storage i/o control
  dpvmotion
  Vaai

  The strange thing is that the button "Edit" in the upper right is grey.  It is not a link on which I can click.  What I am doing wrong?

  Yes.  See, http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003490

• How to reset the ESXi Server?

  Hello

  We have two servers ESXi in vCenter, a ESXi server running a VM to openfiler that shares the data store local as iSCSI target that is mounted by the two server ESXi, for some reason any ESXi and vCenter no longer meets, and after connect you in ESXi via ssh, command df stuck, I suspect that they lost connection to openfiler web interface works always (said status current user 0).

  I'll reset ESXi servers? I tried to restart command, also stuck.

  Thank you

  William

  You could try to restart with the option - f.   Or services.sh restart to see if it shakes things upward.  Something in particular by logging in var/log/messages?

  Dave

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• Advice on the ESXi server conversion

  Hi all - I have a project, I work on the weekend and hoped comments before you start. I have a HP Xeon bicoeur recently purchased Windows Server 2003 running server is installed directly on the hardware (no virtualization yet). I want to convert the VMWare ESXi 4.0 running server and run the same operating system on this material. Here's the tricky part. I want to run ESXi on the same computer, Windows Server running on right now. I understand that VMWare converter exists for this, and it would be no problem I got a 2nd ESXi Server I could use as the destination for the new virtual machine running. But I have only 1 server. And the converter interface looks like it requires a host ESXi to connect to, when converting from one physical machine to a virtual machine. (please, correct me if I'm wrong)

  My plan to achieve this is:

  1. temporarily install ESXi on another computer

  2. use VMWare workstation to converter to convert the physical operating system to a virtual machine running on the ESXi host temp

  3. carefully test the new virtual machine!

  4. download files of the virtual machine to the host temp to converter with vSphere client workstation

  5. clean the hard disks on HP Server, install ESXi

  6. download VM files on HP Server with vSphere client

  7. I hope that new start VM brilliant without problem

  8 go back home and get some sleep!

  If anyone has any input on this point, known pitfalls to avoid, or how to go faster, please let me know!

  To make it a little easier (you save setting up ESXi twice) just to use VMware workstation and VMware converter (even just an eval version will do). Then...

  1. install VMware workstation and VMware converter on a decent existing computer (that has enough cpu/ram to support the windows server).

  2. use the windows VMware converter for P2V server in VMware workstation.

  3. test the virtual windows server 2003 works correctly

  4 install ESXi on HP Server and configure it.

  5 use the converter once more to shoot on the virtual machine in the front of the workstation in an ESXi virtual machine format hardware version 7.

  Andy, BSc (Hons)

  VCP 3/4 / vExpert / MCP / MCTS / TCSP

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• Copy ESXi 4.0 VM off the ESXi server and start using it

  Hello

  I want to know if it is possible to copy virtual machines stored in the ESXi 4.0 data store server that I can download just outside the server, let's say in a the position of work/external HDD and start using it immediately. Request, the reason why it is we have some scenarios that our demos are field office and so you are obliged to distribute virtual machines in a laptop or external hard drive. I have been using VMWare Converter 4.0 to convert the VM VMWare Server ESXi, but it takes time, is there another way to do much faster this process or any product VMWare Player or workstation that can run ESXi virtual machines without conversion.

  Looking forward to your feedback.

  Nikhil

  VMware Converter is the best choice and really one of the fastest.

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• Move the VM of the ESXi server to another

  Hey guys.  Fairly new to ESXi.  We have an ESXi server that has 3 SQL servers running, 2 Web servers and a domain controller.  Too much for one box.  So they bought more than 4 servers for me to set up ESXi on them and for me to migrate existing virtual machines to the new boxes.

  My question is what is the best way to do this and there at - there a tutorial on how to do this?  I downloaded and installed Veeam FastSCP, but I don't know if this is the best way.  If anyone can lead me to a tutorial, that would be awsome!

  I think would be best to use VMware vCenter Converter Standalone , if you do not have vCenter.

  I do not use FastSCP, so I can't really comment on.

• How to move the ESXi server in a data center

  Hello

  I'm new to VMware so I hope someone can help me with this small request! Currently in our environment, we have two ESXi servers (both with several virtual machines) and we would like to add to vCenter.  vCenter is configured, acting as a license server & when attempting to add a host to the data center, we get the following message "there is not enough licenses installed to run the operation. Is it possible to add an ESXi server to vCenter?

  Thanks in advance,

  Peter

  Of http://www.vmware.com/products/esxi/uses.html

  "In addition, manage a VMware ESXi with VMware vCenter Server host requires a VMware vCenter Server Agent for each host, available only with the purchase of a VMware Infrastructure license (Foundation, Standard, or Enterprise)."

• After STARTING the ESXi server stopped all VMware images...

  Hi people!

  The version of server 1 using I could mark images to start automatically with the VMware Server.

  I have not found the place to install VMware images to auto-start with the server - or which is not possible with this product.

  Best regards, Hans Holt

  Is in the configuration under Machine tab virtual start / stop

• Join the ESXi server to the advantage of the AD domain?

  Hello

  What are the advantage of joining the 5.1 U1 to the Windows Active Directory domain ESXi hosts?

  is it for the purpose of synchronization NTP?

  I'm in the process of migration from the old WIn2k3 box NTP role in one of the virtual WIn2008R2 machine so I was wondering if this is the case.

  Thank you.

  Hello

  NTP is one of the advantages of the machine of authenticated domain. Other benefits are the domain-wide authentication (you can connect as a user with elevated privileges, if you are the Member of preset "ESX Admins" domain group, but this name can be changed dynamically) and also VMware Update Manager relies on DNS resolution - you will not be able to update your guests without a reverse lookup.

• Could not introduce additional new 1 TB in the VMFS datastore to the ESXi Server?

  Hi all

  Does anyone know what should I do to make my 1 TB of hard drive using my eSATA connector housing on the HP DL 360 G7 Server?

  I installed the card eSATA PCI Express successfully on the server as is apparent from the screenshot of console vSphere below:

  

  but for some unknown reason, I do not see the hard drive 1 TB after multiple Rescan, still in white or nothing to present to ESXi.

  Here's what can see the BIOS of HP Server:

  

  When I move the eSATA connection to my Toshiba laptop, it went well, I can transfer the data and format the drive in the enclosure eSATA.

  Hello

  Unfortunately your controller (Host Controllers, SiI3124 SiI3114, SiI3132, SiI3531) is not supported.

  VMware KB: Obsolete and unsupported features in ESXi 5.5

  VMware Compatibility Guide: search for i/o device

  Some people, the community was able to make this work with 5.1GA output (ESXi 5.1.0 GA, 2012-09-10, 799733):

  https://communities.VMware.com/thread/399476

  Therefore, it seems that the only way is to return to the 5.1GA version...

  You can also see this post:

  Before VMware experience: how to do your job does not support SATA AHCI Controller with ESXi 5.5

  Kind regards

  P.

• How to download the file on the Esxi Server using c# and SCP data store

  Hi I want to connect to 6.0 Esxi hypervisor and download a file.

  I write code to connect with esxi:

    using (var scp = new ScpClient("10.8.58.26", 22, "root", "MyPasword"))

  {

  scp.Connect();

  }

  But I'm getting exception "no suitable authentication method proven to complete authentication.". SSH on the hypervisor is now and manually I can connect using PuTTY or winscp.

  I tried with linux and it works. Is it possible to perform this action? How should I authenticate properly to esxi?

  Thanks for the replays, but I understand it on my own. I use winscp library instead of the scp. Code looks like this:

  SessionOptions sessionOptions = new SessionOptions

  {

  Protocol = Protocol.Sftp,

  Hostname = "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"

  UserName = "root."

  Password = "MyPasword"

  SshHostKeyFingerprint = "ssh - rsa 2048 xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx"

  };

  ' Private Sub WinScp (SessionOptions sessionOptions, string Cheminaccesfichiersource, string Cheminaccesfichierdestination)

  {

  using (session = Session()) new

  {

  Connect

  session. Open (sessionOptions);

  Download files

  TransferOptions transferOptions = new TransferOptions();

  transferOptions.TransferMode = TransferMode.Binary;

  TransferOperationResult transferResult;

  transferResult = session. PutFiles (transferOptions, Cheminaccesfichiersource, Cheminaccesfichierdestination, true);

  Throw on any error

  transferResult.Check ();

  }

  }

  SshHostKeyFingerprint can be found in "Customize the Logs to view system"-> "Show Support information" of ESXi.