ESXi running inside VMWare Workstation 7.1.4

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• 64-bit in ESXi running in Vmware Workstation machines

  Hi all

  I have a Lenovo Thinkpad W510 with an i7 processor.

  I have Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit as OS for my vmware Workstation 7.1.3 (64-bit), I install ESXi 4.1 as a virtual machine in my machine and now start importing the VM since my ESX datacenter (you want to use what I already create in data centre infrastruture in my laptop)

  I was very surprised, inside my ESXi 4.1 it says when I try to start a Windows Server 2008 R2 or trying to create an image of the installation CD to:

  msg.cpuid.noLongmodeQuestionFmt: this Machine vistual is configured for 64-bit systems Nailer quest. However, exploitation of 64-bit is not possible. This host does not support VT for more information, see http://vmware.com/info?id=152. Continue support 64 - bit wihout?

  Any thing I can change or change to make it work?

  Thank you

  Paulo

  You can't execute nested invited 64bits.  Autoprogramming comments any64bit hardware assisted virtualization must be enabled (VT-x/AMD-v). When you run ESX (i) as a guest, it is not possible to passdown technology.

  In conclusion, you can run 32-bit clients nested

• ESXi running inside VMware Player

  For pure test purposes, I trying to run VMware ESXi as a virtual machine in VMware Player 3.1.3.

  According to KB article http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1030283 I have to configure my VM as 'Server ESX 4' and the option is available in VMware Player 3.x.

  I don't see any option to configure my VM as suggwested.

  What should I do to let my ESXi as a virtual machine in VMware Player?

  Concerning

  Marius

  You could create a virtual machine with a virtual disk free based and then edit the vmx file:

  . Encoding = "windows-1252".
  config.version = '8 '.
  virtualHW.version = "7".
  numvcpus = '2 '.
  maxvcpus = "4".
  scsi0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  scsi0.virtualDev = "free".
  memsize = "2048".
  scsi0:0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  scsi0:0. FileName = 'VMware ESXi - 4.vmdk.
  IDE1:0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  IDE1:0. AutoDetect = 'TRUE '.
  IDE1:0. DeviceType = "cdrom-raw"
  floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE".
  floppy0. FileName = "".
  floppy0. AutoDetect = 'TRUE '.
  ethernet0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  ethernet0. ConnectionType = "nat".
  ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000".
  ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE".
  ethernet0. AddressType = 'generated '.
  pciBridge0.present = 'TRUE '.
  pciBridge4.present = 'TRUE '.
  pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
  pciBridge4.functions = '8 '.
  pciBridge5.present = 'TRUE '.
  pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
  pciBridge5.functions = '8 '.
  pciBridge6.present = 'TRUE '.
  pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
  pciBridge6.functions = '8 '.
  pciBridge7.present = 'TRUE '.
  pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
  pciBridge7.functions = '8 '.
  vmci0. Present = 'TRUE '.
  roamingVM.exitBehavior = 'go '.
  displayName = "VMware ESXi-4.
  guestOS = "vmkernel".
  NVRAM = "VMware ESXi - 4.nvram.
  virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted".
  extendedConfigFile = "VMware ESXi - 4.vmxf.

  After changing the vmx file or reboot the virtual machine to inventory or leave VMware Player and restart it.

  (The vmx file above was created with VMware Workstation 7.)

  André

• Can I access physical disks inside VMware Workstation?

  Hey there,

  I'm curious to know if it is possible to access the physical hard drives within a real operating system.  Lets say I am running Windows XP inside VMware workstation and I have an additional physical hard drive installed in my computer (we'll call it E drive in the operating system of the host that is Windows Vista).

  I want to access drive E in the virtual Windows XP for storage space.  Is it possible to do?

  Now suppose another scenerio,

  I have drive G in my host OS and it contains all sorts of delicious data I want to see the inside of my virtual Windows XP and maybe even add some other delicious from within the virutal OS files.  Is this also possible?

  Thanks in advance, I did a lot of research and could not find anything regarding these issues.

  The answer is Yes.  Under the parameters of the virtual machine, you can add, and then select the physical disk, and choose the drive to mount.  It's good if you have a physical drive side that does not use the computer itself.

  Now if you want to just copy or move files 1-2 here and there in your physical machine to the virtual, you can still drag and drop between two desktop computers.  Another great way to transfer files is to do it via network shares.  I wouldn't ride the host o/s of hard disk to the virtual machine to a few files and then just pull...

  • Kyle

• ESXi vs. VMware Workstation 7.1.1

  Hi guys,.

  I got a good question for you.   I have a workstation at home that has the following hardware specifications:

  AMD Quad Core

  8 GB RAM

  HARD DRIVE 500 GB

  1 GB Intel NIC

  It is currently running ESXi.   I wonder I should come back to Ubuntu Linux or keep ESXi.

  Any suggestions?

  Much easier to make ESX stable inside the workstation.   You can create virtual maps whenever you want give to the ESX virtual machines

  -MattG

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

• How to add a second hard drive Ubuntu Server, that runs on vmware workstation 9

  Hello

  I am running vmware workstation on windows 9 8, and I installed Ubuntu 12.10 as a virtual machine on my SSD. I installed a second hard drive in the machine and use the "Add a HDD" feature on vmware workstation to add and pre-allocate space. The problem is that the drive does not appear in Ubuntu. I have checked/Media and / dev, I expected to see something like /sda *. It is a procedural step, I missed it, please help!

  Do I have to mount the drive in a special way? How can I check if it is properly attached?

  Thank you!

  What you said so far, it's like adding a second physical drive to a physical computer and the operating system cannot access until it was partitioned and formatted, and then it can be mounted.  To do the same thing in a VM!

• VMplayer running in VMware workstation OS comments

  Hello

  I am a newbie in this community, so sorry if I ask something already asked, but I couldn't find the answer.

  I just want to run VMplayer in windows 2003 virtual machine under VMware workstation 7.1.

  I managed to install vmplayer, but when I run a virtual machine I get the following messages:

  "Running on a virtual machine VMware Player requires the external virtual machine is configured to run a VMware ESX guest operating system." You can not power on a Windows virtual machine until the external machine is reconfigured. »

  Does anyone know how to reconfigure the external virtual machine? If it's possible/supported...

  Welcome to the forums!

  Read this: http://xtravirt.com/how-to-install-vmware-esx-4.0-on-workstation-6.5.2-vm

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• Remote SSH to ESX 4.1 (running in VMWare Workstation) is not possible

  I installed VMware Workstation 7.1 (latest) on Debian 5 (64-bit).  In which I installed ESX 4.1

  I followed the article to allow ROOT access on the server SSH (to ESX) http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 8375637

  However, when I try to access the SSH server on the ESX Server from a remote system (for example my workstation that is on the same network) I get

  "Error (connection refused) network.

  Any ideas on that?

  Dirk

  To allow anyone to use the "Promiscuous" mode:

  # chmod 777  /dev/vmnet*
  # cd /lib/udev/devices
  # mknod vmnet0 c 119 0
  # mknod vmnet1 c 119 1
  # mknod vmnet8 c 119 8
  # chmod 777 vmnet*
  

• Students who need assistance for a virtual machine to run on hyper-v inside vmware workstation 12

  OK sorry first time here. I am currently a student and I have windows running R2 server 2008 as a Workstation VM. I activated the Hyper-v technology and got of no problem, the question I meet is that when I go to start a virtual machine, hyper v, I get the error failed to initialize. Initially, I had a mistake before, who told me he failed because he would not score, I think I've fixed this error by changing the. VMX file. I need to be able to start these machines virtual hyper-v because I am doing some laboratories for a class. Ideas, suggestions or help would be appreciated.

  Thank you for taking the time to read. I have attached a few screenshots of the error.

  Your processor is a Haswell, that supports AVX.  This problem occurs because Windows Server 2008 R2 does not support the AVX feature. See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2517374 for a fix or a workaround.

• How to configure the network adapter when you run ESXi on VmWare workstation?

  How to configure the network card installing ESXi on VmWare workstation 6.0.0?

  These are the options: I tried bridged, host-only NAP.  None of them works

  

  What Miss me? driver or adapater?

  I'm running on vmware workstation on Windows 7 with Lenovo laptop.

  in the configuration of your virtual machine, the main issue is memory. you gave the 2 GB of RAM, whereas ESXi 6 cannot go forward without minimum 4 GB of RAM.

  If please have 4 GB of RAM and re-run Setup. you will get through.

  message about the network card should also not appear after that. What kind of network you choose depends on your need.

• Our guests in ESXi running VMWare Workstation can join LAN

  Educaional purposes, I have the following configuration:

  1 'server' with 6 cores and 16GB of RAM

  On this server, I installed Fedora 15

  On fedora 15, I installed VMWare Workstation 7.1.4

  Inside VMWare workstation, I have isntalled ESXi 4.1

  Windows

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  ESXi

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  VMWare W.S.

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  Fedora 15

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  Material

  Now, my problem is the following.

  Any isttalled of the virtual machine in VMWare Workstaion can surf the internet and see the other devices connected to the local network. Physical and virualized machines.

  Virtual machines installed in the ESXi peut obtain DHCP from the DHCP server on the local network or physical addresses.

  Virtual machines installed in the ESXi cannot ping the GW, nothing beyond the Gulf war or other machines on the same LAN. BUT they can ping the ESXi...

  For ESXi virtual machine is implemented with bypass and four NIC

  Now, anyone have no idea why my Windows machine gets DHCP but cannot send traffic the other way around? For me t looks like it stops at the level of the ESXi host. But I canoe understand why.

  T.I.A. for your time and help

  Welcome to the community,

  I'm not sure, however it could be related to fashion "Promiscuous" which may need to be enabled. See http://kb.vmware.com/kb/287

  André

• ESXi on VMWare Workstation with widows 2008 comments

  Hello

  I am about to begin a new deployment and I tested some things before that I have shell out money for new equipment and software.

  I tested Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit on VMWare Workstation and everything is good.  My VMWare Workstation is on Win 7 64 bit

  Ultimately, this equipment will run on ESX, vSphere Essentials through.   To test this, I installed ESXi 4 Update 1 inside VMWare Workstation.

  Because the vSphere client is not supported on Windows 7, I installed the Client vSphere on Win XP 32 bit inside another guest of VMWare Workstation.

  During the installation of Windows 2008 R2 64-bit on ESXi, via vSphere on XP, I get the following error

  Trying to load a 64-bit application, however this CPU in is not compatible with the 64-bit mode.

  Well, I know that my cpu is 64-bit capable, because I'm already under 64-bit so much already.

  It worries me a bit, because I wasn't expecting this obstacle - my test was to validate a number of other things, not this and now I think I might switch to Hyper-V.

  I already searched the forums, and from what I found, nothing has solved the problem yet

  However, there could be a saving grace - could the fact that I'm under esxi in vmware workstation cause this problem?

  Paul

  You're out of luck.

  You cannot run 64-bit inside a virtual ESX clients.

  Nested VMs have no VT support, you need to run a 64-bit client

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• 6u2 ESXi host nested on VMware Workstation for Linux referee v12

  Hello all, I have

  I have a lab environment virtual running in VMware Workstation for Linux v12, and my ESXi hosts do not work correctly on one of the virtual networks. All my troubleshooting suggests a problem with nested ESXi hosts that may be a bug, but I want to assure you that I did everything properly first. That's why I post here with the hope that if I made a mistake that maybe someone else can point out he me.

  Physical system

  8 core Intel Xeon 2.1 GHz CPU

  128 GB of RAM

  OS - kernel Linux 64 - bit w/3.19.0-32-generic Linux Mint 17.3 (fully updated from this announcement)

  VMware Workstation 12 Pro - 12.1.1. Build-3770994 (fully updated from this announcement)

  Nested ESXi host VM

  ESXi v6.0.0 (Build 3825889, completely updated from this announcement)

  4 cards 'physical' (only 3 used for now)

  -all use the e1000 NIC hardware virtual, but also tried vmxnet3 NIC with no difference

  -vSwitch0 use vmnic0 & 1 vmnet16 of virtual network in a pair of active / standby

  -vSwitch1 uses vmnic2 on network virtual vmnet18

  -vmk0 used for management on vSwitch0 and vmk1 for iSCSI on vSwitch1

  -"Promiscuous" mode and forged passes enabled on all Port vSwitch groups (activating or turning off these features makes no difference)

  Test performed until now

  I checked that all the IP addresses and network masks used are correct.

  With the help of vmkping I ping other nodes on the network vmnet16 with success.

  With the help of vmkping I tried to ping the other nodes in the network vmnet18, but that has failed.

  I have depolyed other non - ESXi VMs on the vmnet18 network, and they are able to ping each other, but are unable to ping or ping by the ESXI host.

  I tried various material virtual NIC as mentioned before, but without changes in the results.

  I tried to use only local network instead of the vmnet18 guest network segments with no change in results.

  When I find out the status of the network adapters on the ESXi host through vCenter or host incorporated client vmnic0 & 1 time display network information, but vmnic2 shows no networks. Yet, I know that there is a network with different VM communicate on it. Moreover, I was able to get all of this work on a Windows system running 10 Workstation (this is the laptop that my employer gives me with).

  Having built nested ESXi labs on different platforms as well as physical environments in the past, I'm very confused as to why I can't get this special configuration to work. At this point my gut tells me that this is probably a bug any with the nested themselves ESXi hosts. Since I can get all this work on vmnet16 including the management of ESXi hosts and the VCSA that I use, I am sure that my vSwitch configuration is correct (other than the IP address space and vmnic configurations is bascially the same). Because I can get other virtual machines to communicate over the network vmnet18 I don't see how can be a VMware Workstation for the issue physical Linux host. Is there something obvious I'm missing here? I read on the ESXi hosts nested under VMware Workstation after having known problems and bugs with networking. If anyone else has experienced this?

  Thanks for any help others can provide!

  Kind regards

  Patrick

  Well, the problem is now resolved. The problem was what covelli was trying to explain, but I couldn't because the physical host network adapters being mentioned.

  The problem on the Linux host, but it was a problem of permissions with the virtual Ethernet adapters. The following article has the fix:
  With the help of Ethernet virtual cards in Promiscuous Mode on a Linux host (287) | VMware KB

  Even if I launched the workstation under the root user I have yet met this problem and which still makes no sense to me, but change the permissions solve the problem. I was not getting an error message on my Linux Mint and Ubuntu system, but when I tried on a second box of Linux Mint that I just got the error has been generated, and the error message was the above link it contains.

  So, here's what I learned:

  (1) the question has nothing to with a VMware Workstation definition that you can configure.

  (2) the question has nothing to do with a physical network card.
  (3) the question has nothing to do with any vmnic on the nested ESXi host.

  (4) apparently virtual Ethernet adapters are not the correct permissions when created.

  All you have to do to fix this is:

  (1) open a terminal.

  (2) run the command ' sudo chmod a + rw/dev/vmnet * "(don't forget to run this each time that you create a new virtual network).

  You can also create a group, as shown in the link above and simply give this group the correct permissions. Personally, I think it's easier to just give everyone the rw permission.

  I appreciate the help that others have offered. I did not understand what was asked for in previous answers because of the terms that have been used.

• Migration from VmWare Workstation to a server solution

  I am running 8 virtual machines of Windows XP inside VMWare Workstation on Windows 2008 (which I use as a workstation) in a box of Quad Core with 8 GB RAM.

  My plan is to move the virtual machines of Windows XP on a separate server and possibly add a bit more to their number. I would also like to migrate the server functions of the current WIn2k8 box on that same server. These functions are the portion of light file, very lightweight SQL server and a few other minor services.

  I am happy with VMWare Workstation and in particular the VMWare Tools application, because it makes the Windows XP virtual machines as reagent as if they were not VMs. It is important that after the migration, the virtual machines are as sensitive as they are now, given that I have would be to connect to them via ethernet to a Vista/Windows 7 machine by any means is the best (Office distance or something else).

  I would like to know what solution I should opt for, I think that the options are either ESX/ESXi (what is the difference here?) - am I right that the best way to buy, as part of VMWare Server or VMware vSphere - 1.x on WIndows Server.

  I have no requirements of availability/redundancy.

  This means that ESX has a management console - what is a Linux kernel, you can perform operations as if you were on a Linux machine.

  ESXi uses a very small SSH server and officially there is no way to interact with the machine on the console - everything is done by outside

  They give the same ESX features no matter what version you use, just to manage that you need to do differently.

  Of course ESX/ESXi works that on some hardware - there is a HCL and also a community supported the list machines that are capable of runnning ESXi, but are not supported by VMware.

  VMware server - can run on practically a Windows y / OS Linux

  Good luck to you ventures!

  Maish

  Architect of virtualization & Systems Administrator

  http://technodrone.blogspot.com

• ESXi5 in Vmware Workstation

  Hello friends, ESXi only 5 runs virtualized VMware Workstation 8? I tried to put it in version 7 and I got an error.

  I am able to uninstall Workstation 7 8 to install, the stands of the screen install again, without showing what it is, nor let go.

  Thank you!

  For the white screen problem, take a look at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1027986 and follow the steps in this KB. Most likely, the second part on the ActiveX will solve the problem.

  André