Install ESXi 4.1u1 USB to USB

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• My concerns about installing ESXi on a USB Flash Disk

  Hello!

  There was a lot of messages about installing esxi hypervisor on a usb flash drive, what I've done and I think it's ok because there's no need to waste expensive disks for installation of a very light bone

  But I have a few questions and concerns in this regard. appreciate your answers.

  1 - first of all I can't find my DL380 G7 Server internal usb. can someone give me a link or a picture where he is exactly?

  2 - Suppose that after boot completely the host, something happens on the usb drive. If nothing happens? I think there should be nothing to worry about, because the hypervisor has been loaded into the memory of the server. Am I wrong?

  3 - my concern is to have backup and the ability to restore that very quickly. some time in the past I had a single esxi host. I used powercli and commands appropriate for configuration backup host (I think that the command was something like esx-cfgbackup or like that).

  so if the flash has been corrupted, I would replace it with another and restored the settings that

  but now I host 4 esxi and vcenter. should I worry about this? How should I have backup? I know that SQL backup database of vcenter and its certificate is sufficient to have a backup of the settings of vcenter but on those who are just to vcenter and which are on the host? just want to say, what should I do to be able to replace a faulty usb disk (esxi is on it) with a new and all get back to work as it was?

  Sorry if the questions are easy to answer. I'm just a beginner

  and sorry for my bad English

  Assuming that I don't have the license for the host profiles, what should I do?

  It depends on the complexity of the configuration of the host. You can back up the configuration of the individual hosts or just reconfigure reinstalled once. In a larger environment, you'd probably for example the hosts scripted installation.

  Because the server vCenter Server usually runs as a virtual machine, it is a good idea to do an image based backup (using backup vDR or 3 rd-party applications), and - in the case where you use a dedicated SQL Server - certainly back up the database. For the backup and restoration of vCenter Server, you can also take a look at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1023985.

  In the rare cases where an SD card fails, you can always vMotion virtual machines to another host and then reinstall the host with a new SD card.

  André

• Install ESXi on a USB key Dell Power Edge T310 5.0

  I would like to know if anyone has tried to install ESXi 5.0 on a USB key with Dell T310? Advantages and disadvantages?

  The system is not for production only for the test, I would save some costs and only get 2 hard drives to store data

  Thank you!

  Daniel.

  Hello

  Daniel Berneling says:

  I would like to know if anyone has tried to install ESXi 5.0 on a USB key with Dell T310? Advantages and disadvantages?

  The system is not for production only for the test, I would save some costs and only get 2 hard drives to store data

  Thank you!

  Daniel.

  Yes it has an internal USB slots (2) and Dell Power Edge T310 is the HCL just check your CPU

  People had a lot of problems installing ESXi4 on boxes, but it is associated with RAID controller driver.

  This should be included and sorted on ESXi 5: see http://communities.vmware.com/thread/243513?start=15&tstart=0

  I use a HP Microserver with ESXi 5 fortunately boot from USB

  Please allow points if it is useful/correct

  Added the: you can download the Installable ISO from Dell on specific ESXi from the Dell site

• ESXi on a USB

  Hello

  I like the idea to install ESXi on a USB key. Took a test today on DL380 G7. First available opportunity Sundisk 4 GB stick... Run absolutely perfect.

  1. I read earlier on this forum about model particular Sundisk (recommended).

  Please advise...

  2. how to the backup of the key with ESXi installed on it. I know that the host continues to operate, but I would like to know how to make a reliable backup.

  Thank you.

  You want a quality certified USB 2.0 key.  A particular brand is not a requirement.

  For the backup of your ESXi host (the config only) you can use vicfg-cfgbackup of the vCLI or Get-VMHostFirmware of PowerCLI.

  vCLI - http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/esx_3i_rcli/vicfg-cfgbackup.php

  PowerCLI - http://blogs.vmware.com/vipowershell/2010/12/better-firmware-management-in-powercli-411.html

  In the case of having to recover you launch the ESXi installation CD, set an IP address for management, patch your webhost to match the version running in the latest backup and then restore your backup file.

• How do I create ESXi on a USB

  If anyone can help with installing ESXi on a USB key.  I have a USB 1 GB it's OK to use?

  Thank you

  Try this

  http://www.Veenema.NET/index.php?Virtualization:HOW_TO_Create_your_own_bootable_ESX_3i_usb_stick

  or this

  http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/07/29/ESXi-35-update-2-on-a-USB-memory-key/

• Install ESXi - small Question.

  Hello

  You want to install ESXi 5 on a USB to a HP Server. The server doesn't have a CDrom drive.

  Can I install ESXi on a USB stick on another computer and then plug in the USB on the HP Server?

  
  Sam

  Hello

  Why don't install you on USB on USB?

  Download http://www.linuxliveusb.com/ to make your USB bootable with the ESXi ISO 1 key, plug it into the server, launch the installation and choose as the target key USB 2.

  P.S. an alternative to linuxliveusb is this one: UNetbootin - homepage and downloads

  Concerning

• How to use a part of the DRIVE to install ESXi 3.5

  Hi, I'm a lab with ESXi 3.5, I can not use the part of the installation disc. I can do this and dual boot with another OS on the server

  See you soon

  It is very messy and can all screwed if done wrongly. I suggest to install ESXi on the USB key and start from there instead.

  http://www.techhead.co.UK/how-to-create-a-bootable-VMware-ESXi-USB-pen-drive

  iDLE-jAM | SC 2, SC 3 & VCP 4

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• Preparation for the integrated USB ESXi 4.1u1 key

  Hey guys,.

  I just want to check that the method I use to create my key USB ESXi is healthy.  I think that the official production method to use the ESXi Installable on a CD and then install VMware ESXi on USB media, and this is considered to be "shipped".  Instead, I chose to use the SD method and write straight on the USB.

  I extracted: "imagedd" of Imagedd.bz2 in the HP provided ESXi 4.1u1 ISO April release.  The ISO was titled: "4.1_U1_Apr_2011_ESXi_HD_USB_SDImgeInstlr_Z7550_00096.iso" this iso includes all CIM providers for monitoring of hardware, drivers and others.  Also, I did an md5sum against imagedd and checked that it is exactly the same as that provided by HP.

  Under Linux, I plugged in my USB drive which has been recognized as a certified HP: / dev/sdb

  Then as root, I typed: dd if = imagedd of = / dev/sdb bs = 500 M (I forget if it's 500 MB or 500 M, just a note)

  I then tested the stick on a separate portable 64 which has virtualization features.  Everything looks good, ESXi 4.1.0 started very well.

  Any thoughts against my method before I pull the trigger here?  I'm sure I need to configure the zero (newspapers and others) for hard/VMFS disks at any given time.  Thank you.

  -Va

  http://blogs.vmware.com/esxi/2011/03/ops-changes-part-5-scratch-partition.html created on disk during installation.

• Installed ESXi on USB/Flash but swap does not seem to have been placed on the virtual disk

  Hello

  I've read several times that when you install ESXi 5.1 on flash media he creates a work space available on a virtual disk of 4 GB in/tmp/scratch so that the USB itself is not used for temporary data to extend the life of the USB.  However, this doesn't seem to be from my experience and I was wondering if someone can help me to confirm that my disc scratch is actually on a virtual disk or whatever on the USB.  I should mention as well as installing ESXi has identified correctly as 'flash' disc type and the disc as a "Generic USB drive»

  After installation, I noticed two things:

  1 log-in user activity logs are able to survive a reboot (I don't think they should the ramdisk is dissolved after a reboot)

  2. There is no directory with the path/tmp/scratch

  Unfortunately I can not directly determine where the partition scratch is (be it on USB or RAM) because I did not have a file ' / etc/fstab "watching (even if I under ESXi 5.0 disk a hard base install?) and it doesn't seem to be a 'mount' command I can use to look at the existing mounts either.

  Can anyone tell me what can I do to verify that the directory used for temporary files is actually a virtual disk and not on the USB drive itself?  Hours of research are presented only the forum messages and documentation clearly indicating that the file will use "/ tmp/scratch", but that just isn't the case.

  Thanks in advance for all your help.

  As you can see from the output

  ~ snip ~

  drwxr-xr-t 1 root root 1260 28 Dec 23:08 50de22a5-f4afafa0-f7b5-001517197ad8
  root drwxr-xr-x 1 root 8 1 January 1970 50df4c30-82b86e61-8522-001517197ad8
  lrwxr-xr-x 1 root root 35 1 Jan 22:21 640GB_WD_Black_AALS-1 -> 50de22a5-f4afafa0-f7b5-001517197ad8

  ~ snip ~

  the UUID is a store existing data "640GB_WD_Black_AALS-1".

  This proves that with an existing data store, a folder ".locker" (which is a ScratchLocation) is automatically created.

  André

• Install ESXi 5 on a usb flash drive

  Guys,

  What is the minimum space required when you install ESXi 5 on a USB?

  Kind regards.

  Hello

  I came across this time, since it doesn't seem to be documented nowhere in official documents, not in the knowledge base and not in vSphere Guides 5.

  But if you run the installation you will be asked to "Select a disk that has a capacity of more than 910 MiB".

  So, this would be the answer I guess

  Concerning

• What are the advantages and disadvantages about installing vSphere 5 on USB

  I am having trouble to make the iscsi boot and mused with a temporary workaround.
  I want to install vSphere 5 on a USB key, boot on USB and when all the problems with boot iscsi are resolved, use vMotion to migrate the virtual machine to another ESX host.

  What are the advantages and disadvantages regaring USB-install?

  Maybe it's even better that run start iscsi.

  Hello

  We have no difference between USB install and install ESXi on hard drive. all functions and features are the same. You have following additional configuration on USB Installer if necessary

  -Remote Syslog configuration

  -Netdump configuration or change the coredump on hard drive partition by creating additional VMKcore on hard drive.

  -Try to use the qualified USB key (refer to the hardware vendor documentation).

  Not looking for any specific limitation other than mentioned above.

  Thank you

  Nithin

• Flexible scenario using ESXi 4 on USB

  Hi all

  I intend to get a good USB 2 GB and install ESXi in it, can the following scenario happens using USB install ESXi?

  No need to reinstall the ESXi when existing local RAID hard drive changed on the data store, since I can just

  1 VMotion the VMS and empty data store

  2. stop the ESXi

  3. disconnect the USB

  4. perform the reconfiguration of RAID.

  5. plug the USB back again and the bot the ESXi

  6 detect the new data store, format as necessary

  7 return the virtual machine to the new data store?

  is this feasible?

  Kind regards

  AWT

  It works completely. Not need to unplug the USB unless your server is not a way to start directly in your raid tools or a CD.

• How to install Firefox for Mac USB 3.0 drive external and run portable Firefox?

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  If so, I would like to do the same with Thunderbird...

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  All you have to do is open and point your USB installation directory

• Try to install Windows 7 via USB, El Capitan, Macbook Pro 2011 but get this error "No. BOOTABLE DEVICE - INSERT BOOT DISK AND press ANY KEY ' when bootcamp restart my macbook to begin the installation. Any ideas?

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• Re: Unable to install Win XP from USB for Toshiba NB250

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  I would like to install windows XP by USB, but when I finshed install system files and restart the machine to start windows to resume the installation, this message appears:

  http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/7272/sam0955.jpg

  What is the solution?

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  It seems that the flash USB key has been configured incorrectly.
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  Have you received a notification that Toshiba Recovery Media Creator has created the stick flash to recover successfully?