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• New to VMware and Exchange 2010

  Hello

  I'm new to VMware and have some questions about the installer.  We just bought a HP DL380 G7 server and Exchange 2010.  I want to virtualize this server with a BES.  I'm trying to understand the best way to proceed.  We also have a Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SAN (PS4000).  Wouldn't it be better for me to boot from SAN and have ESxi installed on the SAN?  Or would it be preferable for ESxi installed on the server and have my VM hosted/installed on the SAN?  Thanks for the help.

  Hello owblueiii,

  I almose same infrastructure such as this, when I started the virtualization process was confused in this place, finally, we kept the boot on local, VMs oniSCSI SAN.

  advantages: 1. because if you have any questions you can the Como.

  2 and also a little difficult to troubleshoot if you have the on iscsi san boot partition.

  3. you can register your vms on san iscsi timing if you want the new ESX installation.

  Hope it's useful to your question.

• Basic VMWare question

  Hello, people:

  Please forgive my very basic questions, but I'm totally new to VMWare.

  Yes, as a R & S Cisco engineer, I worked with server

  specialists to get their online environments, but my focus was on the

  network component, from the access layer.

  Anyway, when you create a virtual machine and associate a request,

  This virtual machine has an IP address assigned to its own vNIC?  So, if it

  5 virtual machines run on a physical server, the number of addresses IP are you going

  have? How the allocation of an IP address of the physical NETWORK adapter is bound to the

  others?

  Once again, thank you for your help in advance.

  Take a look at the document I linked in the previous post.

  The virtual network is based on vSwitch which are "dummy" brigde.

  So has each VM's own MAC address (which is virtual and the part of the seller is dedicated to VMware).

  A physical NETWORK card is simply an uplink to the physical switch and the physical MAC address is generally not used and not visible in your network traffic or your ARP table (think a unmaged switch, it can have a MAC address, but you don't see it on your network).

  When you have several (more than one bear on a vSwitch) uplink you can have different types of team policy.

  (For you is probably the simplest to understand) is like the etherchannel on Cisco switches (and it takes a good configuration of the physical switch).

  André

• New to VMware - problems with P2V

  I am very new to VMware, so I don't know exactly where to start to get out of trouble. I try to P2V a couple of machines (an older office and about a year laptop) just to test it and get comfortable with the process. I managed with the creation of new virtual machines, but whenever I try to convert one, converter Stand Alone Client shows the conversion as having successfully completed. When I try to run the virtual machine in vSphere Client, all I get is a black screen with what appears to be a progress bar gray little in the upper left of the screen.

  I'm sure that more information is needed, the only thing is that I'm not sure that I have all the information I provide and where to find it. Any help is greatly appreciated.

  bstaton,

  Re-convert and go to the SCSI instead of IDE.  This is a bug, here's the cover note:

  http://www.VMware.com/support/converter/doc/releasenotes_conv401.html#97

  Kind regards

  EvilOne

  VMware vExpert 2009

  NOTE: If your question or problem has been resolved, please mark this thread as answered and awarded points accordingly.

• I'm new to VMware and need help.

  I'm new to VMWare and barely installed ESXi 6.0 created a host but now I can not install Windows 2012 r2. Cannot access the ISO. Do I need the plugin integration customer or what. I called tech support and they would not help because I am on trial. Any help would be great. Thank you

  You select the ISO in the settings of the virtual machine and select 'connect at Power On "? Alternatively, you can connect the ISO in the current state (power on) and then press CTRL-ALT-INS to 'hot' start the virtual machine.

  André

  PS: If it still does not work, check that you have a bootable ISO image, for example not only a picture of Service Pack.

• Is it possible to hide the news of Vmware's Virtual Machine?

  Hello just a small matter of team.

  We have 5 ESX

  Is it possible to hide the news of Vmware's Virtual Machine during the creation of the Virtual Machine (not in registry) that we have a lot of VM?

  Start > run > msinfo32 >

  Thank you

  GoldTipu

  Hello

  It is possible that you could change some things in the registry, but there are many other "clues" as something being a virtual machine, such as the presence of tools VM, MAC address, drivers, etc.

• New on VMWare... Login and password problems

  Hi all

  I inherited a few major COMPUTER disasters with a client. I'm new to VMWare and have found that several virtual servers are no longer running. We have pay to this topic. When I run the Home Page of VMWare Server it takes me to VMware Infrastructure Web Access with a login and password, but I have no idea what could be. The person who set up the system is not reachable. Is there a way to identify and fix this mess?

  Thanks in advance.

  Rob

  Please reward points - we must know if we helped.

  Click here to solve the problem-[http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9390: d-9390]

  Click here for the manual http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vmserver2.pdf

• New to VMware and questions.

  Hi all
  IV has recently set up a server esxi and converted a 64-bit Linux on Visual disk computer.
  It runs on a server poweredge 2900 with a xeon 5050 which is capable of 64-bit.
  When you try to add the machine to the server, it tells the host does not support 64-bit guest...
  I don't see anywhere in the BIOS where the visualization can be enabled or disabled.
  Also, I managed to install a 32-bit operating system, 2003 server, on the same server esxi, so that must mean that VT is enabled, correct?
  Thank you

  I do not know the DELL 2900 server, but http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/pe2900/en/hom/html/syssetup.htm#wp1054756 can help you find the setting of "virtualization technology". Make sure the power cycle the server after you change this setting. A simple reboot is not enough.

  VT is necessary in VMware to run 64-bit guests. 32-bit clients can run without VT

  André

• Dell/VMware questions

  Hey all,.

  First post, so be nice :)

  I have inherited an ESXi environment and get familiar with how it works.   I just had a new delivered r.620 and after that start he realized he had installed 4.1 VSphere.     So I downloaded the ISO 5.1 Dell site and installed, everything is fine (no VM on it yet, but it starts and I can connect etc.).

  Now, I noticed it is released for the 5.1 Update1.   My question is, should I download the Dell specific 5.1.1 ISO and reinstall?  Is there a way I can just put on U1 on top of what I have?    If so, does the U1 has to come from Dell or I get VMware?

  Thank you

  Bush,

  If you follow this link it will show you several procedures on the different update methods.

  KB.VMware.com/.../Search.do

• new to vmware, vsphere and networking vswitch

  Hi all

  I am new to virtualization, but decided to try it since my company is going full on ESXI5.5.  That is why I hope that some kind gurus here can point me in the right direction regarding some doubts I have... and do not forgive me if I ask ridiculous questions...

  ==========

  So far, I know that VMs, through their vNIC connect to vSwitch which is in turn connected to the physical machine or the host ESXI (vmnic) network card. The vmnic is then connected to a real L2/L3 switch.

  [VM Vnic] <>- [vswitch] <>- [vmnic] <>- [physical switch]

  However, what I don't understand is how the vmnic actually works to spread the traffic "inward" to the vswitch? I can't really come up with one question to explain my doubt, but below are the doubts that I asked myself->

  • How is he able to assign the IP off the internal virtual machines?
  • When an outer package of the physical switch is being sent to the vmnic how he spend in-house for internal virtual computers?
  • How even knows designated IP belong to a virtual machine inside and "inward" to happen to the vswitch?
  • Is the vmnic using address IP or MAC to decide if it means putting the package inside the switch?
  • When an arp request for a virtual machine IP is send from the outside, the vmnic will reply with its mac address?
  • When an arp request is sent from an internal virtual machine, the vmnic keep track of the mac address of the virtual machine so that next time, when he saw a response to this MAC, he knows inside 'before' the vSwitch
  • What is this work something like a 'bridge' mode fill the vswitch internal to the external physical switch? Is there a table of addresses belonging to the vmnic mac?
  • Whenever the IP of the virtual computer is assigned, the IP address will be "bind" to the vmnic?
  • How register us all IP or Mac addresses (if any) that are associated with a vmnic?

  Or rather simply, I wonder how the physical network adapter on the host (esxi), knows that he must transfer a frame "inward" to the vswitch? is there a link OF the virtual machine to the interface? or nic was a table of addresses mac or something... (but the mac address table guess belong to vswitch?)

  Thank you.

  Kind regards

  Noob

  Hello

  Welcome to the community!

  I would like to start with a doc. I recommend you to read our VMware Virtual Networking Concepts guide that I hope will help you to better understand the basic details of the virtual in VMware switch, even if it's a bit old.

  On your last question, however:

  > Or rather simply put, I wonder how the physical network adapter on the host (esxi), knows that he must transfer a frame "inward" to the vswitch? is there an IP link from the virtual machine to the interface? or nic was a table of addresses mac or something... (but the mac address table supposed to belong to vswitch?)

  The vminc (i.e. the physical card) on the ESXi host is not that there is a virtual switch behind it. It transfers the packets to the driver and then the top layer software it management. There is no magic to this topic. In some cases, there are a few added techniques (for example netqueue), but the basis remains the same. Vmnic (i.e. the physical NETWORK adapter card) does not keep the information of MAC address of the virtual machine on virtual machines, but does the vSwitch. But even the vSwitch does not retain details of the IP address.

  A virtual switch, as such, doesn't have the same kind of as a physical switch mac address table. If a virtual machine under tension then the vSwitch stores the virtual port <->combination MAC address number and keeps it like that (so far it's really no different a physical switch). A big difference is that, well that the vSwitch does not learn the MAC addresses of the external network. If there is a picture of outside with the MAC address of unicast for which there is no port isn't linked then the packet gets dropped. And if the virtual machine sends traffic to another MAC that does not exist in the virtual switch and then it will be sent out via the uplink (s) (if it exists).

  The MAC address of the vmnic does not play here (unless one of the vmkernel interface pulls his MAC to an adapter of uplink).

  I hope this helps. Let me know if you still have any questions.

  Roland

• New server Vmware - config network

  Hello everyone

  I'm new with the VMware Vcenter world.

  what I need, is to create virtual servers 3 but I don't want them to see each other.

  It's going to be 3 servers for 3 different clients.

  I was looking for the knockout but cannot find the correct answer.

  Can I do with the Vlan? If so, should I buy switch Vlan?

  Hope that I was clear with my question.

  Thank you.

  In order to use VLANs, your physical switch/router must support this too.

  André

• New to vmware - network speed help please

  Hi all

  I recently joined and installed ESXi 5.1.0 Build 799733 on a box tailor-made purely to test many of our customers use it and I need to familiarize myself with it. Everythings went well except 1 perticular question so far. I have 2 vm Win Server 2008 on a test domain that work very well. However my pc if I rdp to one of the servers and start a copy of the file to say 4 GB RDP, its says its will take about 5 hours ago, transferring 1 mb/s all about surely is not fair?

  The server and my pc are on ssd and a local network of 1 GB connection. Ive browsed the forums and found an article on sending disable unloading on the two network cards, which I did, but it remains the question of speed. Someone at - it any guidance please as its really frustrating. I rang vmware for support but was advised to try here before you buy a solution of their own.

  Please remember I'm new on this and don't have much linux background. I hope someone here can help solve it please?

  ESXi Spec:

  1 x 250 GB SSD - running two VMS

  16GB DDR3 1666 mhz

  Intel Core i7 870 processor 2.93 mhz

  Realtek 8168 Gigabit Ethernet - vSphere reports 10MB Full Duplex Auto negotiate (read online that this speed is not serious because it will be more efficient?)

  PC Spec:

  Windows 8

  1 x 250 GB SSD

  8 GB DDR3 1333 mhz

  AMD Phenom II x 6 1055 t.

  Network Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller card

  The two Spec VM:

  4 CPUS (2 virtual Sockets, 2 by heart)

  4 GB of Ram

  E1000 network card (tried other types but without success)

  50GB partition C

  Thanks in advance

  With a 1GBit switch port and a 1GBit "Auto/Auto" NIC (speed and Duplex auto-negotiation) is the recommended setting. If you get a lower speed, or one of the components (switch port, NIC, or network cable) has a problem or your NETWORK card is is simply not supported on ESXi, i.e. the required drivers are missing. In this case, you can get a NETWORK card, or at least one which is known as work.

  André

• New to VMware - I could use some requirements of ram help waking up.

  Hello

  We are new on the construction and using VMware, even if we had a couple of host servers running ESx4i for a few years.  A previous team set up servers and we have a great thing since.

  I'm trying to build 3 new virtual on a single host machine.  I have a question about the requirements of the ram for the virtual servers.

  The physical host computer is a Dell 2950 with 64g of ram.

  I need to build three virtual servers that were spec'ed as required the following physical requirements.

  Machine SQL: 32g

  Machine App: 64g

  test machine: 32g

  With the physical ram of these requirements is to say my host will require 128g of ram to meet these requirements?

  Thank you and sorry for the lack of knowledge,

  James

  It is quite easy to give less memory and then change it later.   I would consider even for virtual processors.  If you are prompted for 4 or 8 by VM, start with less.  It is not necessarily bad to have multi - vCPU VMs, but it is best to start with vCPUs less if you can.

• Very new to VMware need to free up some space on the host

  New to a company running VMware ESXi, 4.1.0. I connect using vSphere client.  Made some instruction free, installed a new test ESXi Server successfully created several virtual machines.  Now I want to install a new one on the production server, but before you start wanted to clean the previous IT guy.  4 old VM running on the host on which take place there, I need free of charge.  What is the standard procedure to remove the old virtual machines for free space?  I searched around but can't see anything I hope enough to do it on a production machine.

  For example, select a virtual machine on the host computer, click on remove brings to the top of the dialog box stating "are you sure you want to delete the"VM name"and he has associated with basic disks? If other virtual machines share these basic disks, they won't have access to these drives"I do not know yet the exact definition of a basic disk leaves only if another machine is sharing...

  I tried on my test server and it seems to work but I installed these and did not indicate how it is shared between them that I know and on the production machine, I'm reluctant to roll the dice.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  Well, we are talking about two things here now. Data warehouses and vDisk (hard). When you delete the virtual machine of the disc it will remove only that is the files in the data store, which are elements such as hard, .vmx, .vswp, files etc. of newspapers. It will not remove anything in the data store that does not belong to the virtual machine you are deleted. To see these use your VI-Client and select a host-> go to the tab settings-> then under Select storage hardware component-> in the do right pane right click on a data store and select Browse. a from there, you will see the a file structure that should have the files that correspond to the names of your VMs. Select one of the folders, then to the right, you will see all the files inside. So basically when you delete a virtual disk computer it will delete the file. The big question is you do anything as a group which would require vDisk shared between two or more VM (s) that you do / or do not want to delete.

• New record of question mark SSHD screnn

  My Seagate SSHD should fail, so I ordered a replacement.

  In the meantime I backed up with time machine on my external hard drive in my MacBook, and then I created a bootable USB key.

  This morning, I replaced the SSHD with a new one, but I get the white screen with a folder with an exclamation mark.

  It also happened that the laptop turns off unexpectedly. Could you help me please understand what is happening?

  Thanks yo!

  The question mark appears when the drive specified in the last

  System Preferences > startup drive...

  ... is not available. Your Mac can't find the boot drive, or the drive specified is not a bootable disk (does not contain Mac OS X).

  --------

  Start with the Alt/Option key, select your key USB Bootable and install on the new SSD.

  Long-term, make sure that you enable some version of TRIM, especially if your SSD is only 8 x the size of Mac OS X or smaller.