ESXI version 3.5
So I was told that we could add still 3 500 GB disks to our 5 existing RAID, which was already 3 500 GB drives installed. I discovered that I need to upgrade to 5 in order to correctly add storage (two windows 2003 servers are VM). I found out that we also have the free version, so my question is if we have updated with the free version of 5.5 it will allow me to see the readers?
One of the important questions is to find out if your hardware is supported by the new version!
With regard to the extension of RAID. What could be possible – if your RAID controller supports - is to add 3 additional drives in RAID5 set and create an additional logical volume on the additional disk space, rather than to increase the existing logical volume (which would not work because the data store size limit of ~ 2 TB). This way you would end up with two data warehouses, one with ~ 1 TB first/existing and new with ~1.5TB.
André
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Where can I find a complete list of the ESXi version free limitations and characteristics?
Have changed since version 5.x?
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- Number of cores per physical processor: no limit
- Number of physical CPUs for each host: no limit
- Number of logical processors for each host: 480
- Maximum vCPUs per virtual machine: 8 Maximum
- No support of VMware.
- No vStorage APIs available.
Free virtualization with VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) | United States
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Ciao a tutti sono as nuovio e mi augour di poter ricevere UN consiglio.
Sto iniziando a vmware esxi study da poco ed ora devo installarlo not allow Ray quale di queste versioni demo mi di esercitarmi exploiting gran parte degli arguments set.
The esxi version allows each an esercitazione di purpose?
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Chi mi nice want
Dalla versione 5 is the version of ESXi, pure procedi esiste he partendo da questo download link: free VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) free virtualization | VMware Italia
Per I primi 60 giorni you UN prodotto completo di tutte the sue funzioni (Licenza Enterprise Plus in the 60 giorni prova).
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Hi all
I wrote script below to get the Version single ESXi host build, but I don't get any output.
$hvs = get-VMHost | Get-View
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{foreach ($hv to $hvs)
$hv |? {$_. Parent - game $cv. MoRef} | Select @{N = 'Node ESXi Version'; E={$_. Config.Product.FullName}} - single
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I miss something in this script, please suggest.
In this case, the variable $cv will be a table and $cv. MoRef do not exist.
Try like this, ESXi nodes will belong to a cluster.
Get-Cluster | Get-VMHost |
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I get the following error when I try to stop or restart a 5.5 ESXi update 2 host so that start, suspend or shutdown VMs: "the current permit or ESXi version banned the execution of the requested operation." I use version 1.4.509000 of the Android app. This application should let me not do these basic operations as free vSphere client does as well. I don't know if VMWare is deliberately restrict what we are allowed to do in the application or if the application has a bug that prevents it to perform these basic tasks.
I am able to reproduce the problem on another ESX Server.
The problem has been resolved.
This is beta version if you don't mind trying:
https://horizonworkspace.VMware.com:443 / data/shf/EUVKOvu6TV29BOXfLkF30gAENzA5OQA =
Let us know how it goes.
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Hi all
can someone give me a script with an input parameter and the output parameters.
Input (VC:HostSystem) and a string with the output ESXi version.
Thank you.
Here, this will help:
System.log("Version: "+host.config.product.version); System.log("Build: "+host.config.product.build); System.log("FullName: "+host.config.product.fullName);
Displays the results as follows:
2013-03-06 10:14:58.799] [I] Version: 5.1.0
[10:14:58.800 2013-03-06] [I] build: 799733
[10:14:58.801 2013-03-06] [I] FullName: VMware ESXi 5.1.0 build-799733 -
Firesight Management Virtual Center in ESXi version 6
Hi all
Is it possible to install any version of virtual appliance Firesight Management Center of vmware ESXi 6?.
Thanks and greetings
I have not tried it personally - it may be possible to install.
However ESXi 6.x is not a supported platform yet. Even with the power of fire (new name for FireSIGHT) recently published Management Center 6.0, the supported versions of ESXi are 5.1 and 5.5.
The source of this information is the Release Notes:
http://www.Cisco.com/c/en/us/support/Security/Defense-Center/products-re...
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I guess that the host is allowed with the free edition of hypervisor! One of the few restrictions of the free version of hypervisor is access to the API. In order to have "write access" (i.e. change things rather than the list of them) you must run the host in evaluation mode, or license (Essentials or better).
André
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We receive an error message that I am trying to make sense. I understand very well the notion of compatibility, CPU, CPUID, masking and so on, after working on a competitor hypervisor. However, this error seems wrong (or needs better wording) based on my understanding:
Here is the message:
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A general error occurred: the version of the product to the destination host does not support one or several features of the CPU currently use by the virtual machine.
Characteristics of CPUID level 0 x 1 'ecx' register are indicated with a '1' bit: x00x:xxx0:xx0x:x 000: x 0 11xx:00: 00xx:11xx
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This happened during the migration between two hosts ESXi with the same physical processors - in this case, a Westmere X 5650.
The source host is on ESXi build 2068190 (5.5). The destination host is on ESXi build 1474528.
The bits it seems to complain are:
DTES64
Monitor/MWait
Cx16
PDCM
The punch line seems to be: "the product version of the destination host. However, I have trouble believing that support for these features have been added to ESXi between the two versions. If it were, VMware has been certainly silent about.
For what it's worth, explicitly set us the CPUID masks in our virtual machines (no, CVS is not an option for us at this time.) This is the mask:
CPUID.1.EAX = "00000000000000100000011001010001".
CPUID.1.ECX = "00000010100110001110001000111111".
CPUID.1.EDX = "10001111111010111111101111111111".
CPUID.80000001.ECX = "00000000000000000000000000000001.
CPUID.80000001.EDX = "00101000000100000000100000000000".
cpuid.d.EAX = "00000000000000000000000000000000".
cpuid.d.ECX = "00000000000000000000000000000000".
cpuid.d.EDX = "00000000000000000000000000000000".
Note that the bits of the message complains (2, 3, 14, 15) * are * in fact forced to '1' in our mask of cpuid.1.ecx. That means (if I understand correctly), ESXi does not have the virtual machine unless the host processor supports the feature. And in our case, the virtual machine will start with happiness on nodes, with both versions. It will be not simply migrate between them.
So, long story short, is this a bug of ESXi? The error message is misleading? I understand something?
Thank you
MattTo use the masks feature VM in this way, you must replace all the 1 to your masks with-'s:
CPUID.1.EAX = "00000000000000-000000 - 00-0 - 000-
CPUID.1.ECX = "000000-0-00--000---000-000---".
CPUID.1.EDX = '-000 - 0-0 - 0-
CPUID.80000001.ECX = "0000000000000000000000000000000 -"
CPUID.80000001.EDX = "00-0-000000-00000000-00000000000.
cpuid.d.EAX = "00000000000000000000000000000000".
cpuid.d.ECX = "00000000000000000000000000000000".
cpuid.d.EDX = "00000000000000000000000000000000".
Zeros erases the features that are not available on your hosts Westmere, and dashes will leave the other one features. The problem with those masks was forced to you certain features on who would have normally been off.
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I have a 2 cluster nodes ESXi 5.0.0.
I intend to spend one of the 2 nodes to ESXi 5.5 U2 by inserting the CD of U2 ESXi 5.5 in the CD from the host and performing an upgrade: is there a question I should?
Since a few days/weeks, I can't upgrade the second node.
Is there any problem if one of the 2 i ESXi 5.0.0 and the other nodes is 5.5 U2?
I plan to upgrade my vCenter as well after the upgrade to 2 knots. Where can I see the version of the vCenter (a virtual Windows VM)?
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Marius
Hi guy,
Yes, connect your vSphere Client to your vCenter server.
In the inventory on the left, click the server vCenter Server. The version number and compilation appeared in the main tab on the right.
Tim
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If anyone knows where to submit a request for product feature please let me know!
I need to upgrade my hosts ESXi 4.x to 5.5 accompanying beautifully AUVS. But some of my servers are not compatible with highest 5.5, they are 5.1 U1 then they file the list supported. Using vCenter 5.5 VUM I can manage one of my servers ESXi in order to update to 4.x, but I would need to go all the way to VUM 5.5 does not allow me to download an ISO for 5.1 versions longer. I can always patch 4.1 and 5.1 hosts.
For the moment I can do manual updates for servers, but who wants to do that? I had much rather use the tools to manage it.
Kind regards
Jeff
I have experienced the same problem in some clients where host hardware was not supported by the latest version of ESXi.
With respect to the feature request, consult: KB VMware: VMware feature request
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Hello.
I'm looking to adapt the free version of ESXi.
I checked the limitation of the free version, but I do not see a feature available
Please let me know what features can I use?
Thank you.
You can deploy and run virtual machines on it. That's basically all
Most of these characteristics of fantasy of the paid license will require a vCenter and is not available for the free version.
the features it will show in the license tab in client vSpere is:
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I checked in / sbin on ESXi and didn't see a version of ESXi "esxcfg-auth."
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Thank you!!!Drew
See http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1012033
Note: To ensure that changes to the file persist on reboot, run this command before making changes to the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file: chmod + t etc/pam.d/system-auth.
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Hello
How can I make a 'normal' version of ESXi edition of Dell management components? Can I burn a CD with iso ESXi Dell and update installation CD?
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(1) download the latest patch of ESXi from here - http://download3.vmware.com/software/vi/ESXe350-200904401-O-SG.zip
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(3) in this ZIP you will find VMware-OEM - image.tar.gz - extracted Dell.tgz.
(4) copy that /bootbank/oem.tgz and restart your host.
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