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• VSphere ESXi hypervisor free, re-usable clon server tests?

  Hello

  I tested VMWare vSphere, ESXi Hypervisor, the free program.

  I try to get tips motherboard I should buy to test the vSphere Hypervisor?

  I tested some form of Intel and Asus motherboard and Boot CD saysit cannot detect the network card. But in a Dell 2950 PowerEdge, it works very well.

  Another thing is that I read that in a motheboard with only SATA2 ports, the data store is detected as 'rare' and not 'local', so my final question is if vSphere is recommended only from servers brand or certification or if this could work in a re-usable/clon/DYI Server?

  Thank you very much

  Oliver

  Although the ESXi Hypervisor can run on office equipment - often only when equipped with an additional supported NIC - it's officially supported only on the server hardware that can be found in the VMware Compatibility Guide

  André

• Maximum number of virtual machines by free ESXi hypervisor?

  Community of VMware,

  I just installed the free 5.5 ESXi hypervisor and I wonder if the same virtual machine limits apply to the stand-alone scenario as vCenter? Can I run actually 512 VMs? What, if any, is the maximum number of virtual machines, I can run on a free version of ESXi?

  From 5.5 ESXi limits most have been removed, but only a limit of 8 vCPU per VM remains. So if I'm wrong, the VM 512 mentioned for each host (see http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdf) affect the free hypervisor.

  André

• VMWare ESXi hypervisor of 5.5 Free Edition on a server explosion 2

  Hi forum,

  I just installed a hypervisor 5.5 ESXi on a HP Server a test socket.

  It works great and I could license with free ESXi license.

  Now, I would like to upgrade an acual ESXi 5.1 Fujitsu server with two explosion (2 x Xeon E5-2630 6 c/12 t) and 64 GB of RAM.

  The server is in eval mode 60 days of ESXi 5.1 because of the 64 GB of Ram. The license hypervisor free ESXi 5.1 only works for 32 GB of Ram, so I couldn't activate it.

  Is it possible to update AND license the machine two struggling with ESXi hypervisor from 5.5?

  My housing a real test-system shows that the license is valid for a power outlet. Can I register two free hypervisor 5.5 licenses on the Fujitsu 2-socket-server or is a license enough.

  In the worst case, it does not work with 5.5

  I only have a single ESXi server, so I need a vCenter and so on.

  At would be in your opinion?

  Thank you very much

  Yes it's quite right.

• Download ESXi hypervisor from 5.5?

  Where can I download ESXi hypervisor 5.5 (or 5.5u2)?

  All I can find is link to 6.0, but I do not want the version...

  Try https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi5

  André

• 5.5 ESXi is free for use only on 1 server or I need a license?

  Hi all

  I installed ESXi 5.5 on 1 server, I thought that ESXi is always free, but at the end of Setup that I have seen that ESXi is free just for 60 days... I need just to create 1-2 VMS with no HA or cluster situations... could you help me before starting to work on it, please?

  Thanks in advance for your answers.

  Hi Welcome to the communities,

  Yes, there is a free version of ESXi, but you will need to register to

  Download VMware vSphere Hypervisor for free

  to get a free license for your server code.

  Concerning

• ESXi Hypervisor - start of the guest on the question of booting operating system

  Hi all

  I am very new to the game of VMware and I intend to start playing with free products available and to acquire a good understanding of it.

  My question that I have currenty obtained is:

  I have my desktop PC, I intend to install 5.1 ESXi hypervisor on it and then install a version of windows as a guest operating system.

  I hope that I can set up so that when I turn on the computer, windows automatically boots - so if my wife wants to use the computer, it can still, and his experience is no different. However, I can then install several other OS and turn them as and when I need and have a good game.

  Reading through the documentation that it doesn't look like this is possible?

  I know that this is not strictly the destination of the product, but it would be convenient for me.

  Has anyone encountered this before? / You know a way to do this?

  Thank you very much

  Tom Whittle

  Welcome to the community - it is possible to have a virtual machine to run at startup of the ESXi Hypervisor but where your solution falls short is you are not able to access the virtual machines in the ESXi host console - you still need another machine to run the vSphere client so you can manage the ESXi host and access the virtual machine.

• Update ESXi Hypervisor using CLI

  Hi all

  I have ESXi 4.1 hypervisor (free version). IM managing it in vSphere Client. Good enough for now. But I want to update host (ESXi) with all the patches (security, occasional updates). I read that the only way to do this without having to buy special tools is by CLI. So can you tell me if the following steps are correct and safe for my case?

  1. download vsphere CLI

  2. go to the judgment and customer vshpere machines

  3. Enter maintenance mode

  4. go to the CLI and type:

  > cd bin

  > vihostupdate.pl -i -bundle [path_to_patch].zip -url https://[IP_of_ESXi_host]/sdk/webservice
  
  
  
  5. Repeat this for all patches i want to insert into ESXi
  6 Turn off maintaince mode
  7. Start all machines
  
  
  Is that ok and safe to do it. I don't want to broke my ESXi host instance, couse then im in pretty troubles.
  
  Second question is in this steps above i can upgrade to ESXi 5.0?
  
  Thanks in advance,
  Bastian

  Looks like you have only 1 host, so an upgrade would probably be best.

  Here is a link to an easy upgrade to ESXi5

  http://blog.vmpros.nl/2011/07/13/VMware-easy-upgrade-ESXi-4-1-to-ESXi-5-0/

  concerning

  Please allow points to useful/correct answers

• ESXi hypervisor fere CPU limits

  Hi all

  Could someone me if the free version of vmware esxi hypervisor could use all the range of two quadricoeurs xeon processors 6-core CPU?

  I know I can create a VM with only 4 logical processors. But vmware uses my two processor six hearts?

  Thanks in advance

  Martin Pasquier

  Virtual machines are limited to 4 vCPUs unless you upgrade to Enterprise Plus.  In this case, you can configure 8 vCPU VMs.

  Dave

  VMware communities user moderator

  Now available - vSphere Quick Start Guide

  You have a system or a PCI with VMDirectPath?  Submit your specifications to Officieux VMDirectPath HCL.

• What are the limitations of esxi hypervisor

  I want to determine what features are not available with esxi hypervisor in comparison with vSphere Standard license? What would be the reason to buy a license when I am currently satisfied with the free hypervisor?

  Any help on this appreciated that I could not find the missing features other than the VC Server Mgmt and support.

  Thank you

  This page has the ventilation kit with what each brings to the table: http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/buy/small_business_editions_comparison.html

  Made this page (in the store): http://www.vmware.com/vmwarestore/vsphere_purchaseoptions.html

  As soon as you want to use one of the best features, such as the management of one or more hosts with vCenter Server, you must purchase a license. You don't also get really good features such as vMotion, Update Manager, HA, DR, etc...

  The way I see it, whether it is for a business setting, purchase the appropriate license, with the SnS and vCenter Server... For home test labs, often the free version is everything you can to allow/get... Just keep in mind, that it limits what you can test in this environment...

  VMware VCP4

  Review the allocation of points for "useful" or "right" answers.

• ESXi 100% free which on the VMAs and vCLI?

  I use ESXi with a free license and I'm trying to figure out what I can do with this hypervisor. I was looking for my prospective VM backup solutions and I came across two scripts William Lam, ghettoVCB (http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8760) and ghettoVCBg2 (http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9843).

  It seems that I can exclude ghettoVCBg2 immediately because it takes vMA which will not work with the free license. I'm not sure how ghettoVCB works (I know that I need to enable SSH which is unsupported) if I can't use CLI with the free license.

  Basically, is - can anyone clarify what I can do with ESXi and free license? The vMA and vCLI are unnecessary with this license?

  Thank you

  Please take a look here for your answer:

  FYI - you should try to search the forum before posting, generally, you will find that the question has been asked before probably

  =========================================================================

  William Lam

  VMware vExpert 2009

  Scripts for VMware ESX/ESXi and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/

  repository scripts vGhetto

  VMware Code Central - Scripts/code samples for developers and administrators

  http://Twitter.com/lamw

  If you find this information useful, please give points to "correct" or "useful".

• What are the new features included in ESXi Hypervisor improvement?

  What are the new features included in ESXi Hypervisor improvement?

  Refer to the technical white paper VMware for what's new in 6.0

  https://www.VMware.com/files/PDF/vSphere/VMW-WP-vSPHR-whats-new-6-0-PLTFRM.PDF

• 5.1 ESXi hypervisor: embedded network card fails on HP ML350p G8

  Install ESXi hypervisor to 5.1 fails, causing no network adapters not detected!

  Installation stops at the configuration of the network, causing no network interface card

  Material is marked as compatible VMware.

  When I install WinServer 2008R2 as an operating system, there are problems,

  are all the current and functional network card, also the function of the team for failover and load balancing.

  So, the material is OK.

  Can someone help me?

  Hardware: HP ML350p G8

  Intel® Xeon® E5-2630 (2.3GHz/6-core/15MB/7.2GT-s QPI/95 w, DDR3-1333, HT, Turbo2-3/3/4/4/5/5)

  Intel® Chipset C600
  E5-2600 Intel® processor family

  Adapter Ethernet 4 ports 331i HP 1 GB

  HP ProLiant ML350p Gen8 E5-2630 2 P 32GB - R RAM P420i Hot Plug SFF 750W PS ARE Server
  678237 - xx1

  Processor
  2 x Intel® Xeon® E5-2630 (2.30GHz/6-core/15MB/7.2GT-s QPI/95 w, DDR3-1333, HT, Turbo2-3/3/4/4/5/5) ProcessorCache memory
  20 MB (1 x 20MB) L3
  Memory
  32 GB (4X8Go) PC3L-10600R (DDR3-1333) DIMM
  NOTE: 20 slots DIMM available.
  Network controller
  Adapter Ethernet 4 ports 331i HP 1 GB
  Storage controller
  Controller HP Smart Array FBWC P420i / 2G
  Hard drive, internal storage
  8 x bays for pluggable SFF SAS HARD drives hot; 2 for Raid-1 BONES, 4 for data as Raid 1 + 0, 2 spare drive
  HP half-height SATA DVD - RW optical drive
  Power supply
  2 x HP 750W common Slot Platinum more hot plug power supply
  Fans
  4 hot plug, redundant fans and louvers
  Accessories
  USB keyboard and mouse ship standard
  NOTE: The models EURO (-421) excludes the keyboard.
  Management
  HP iLO Management Engine (standard)
  

  Have you tried using ISO custom HP, which includes the drivers in the image;

  http://vibsdepot.HP.com/

• Changing the ESXi hypervisor type console colors?

  Hello.

  Is it possible to change the default colors on the ESXi hypervisor console? My copy of HP iLO makes it almost unreadable. I do not use the console much, but when I do I'd like to not have to squint.

  Attached is a representation of PNG to my problem. Thank you!

  Take a look at the article...
  http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2010/09/how-to-add-splash-of-color-to-ESXi-dcui.html
  Sakibpavel

• VM on esxi 5 free auto turn off?

  Hello - I installed esxi 5 free on a home server that I use currently.  I currently have 2 vm installed on this host and VMS seem to close within one hour when I disconnect the vsphere client.  I tried to look through the parameters of power, etc. in vsphere, but did not find anything.

  Thanks in advance!

  Welcome to the community,

  What guest operating system are you running? In the case of Windows, it's a genuine Windows? In case of problems of licences or activation Windows may stop after 1 or 2 hours.

  If the above can be rejected, please join the latest vmware.log two files to know what can cause the VM to stop.

  No have you configured the VMs to turn on automatically with the host?

  André