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  where the virtualization is technology BIOS setting aspire v5-561-6607

  
  

• Card mother ASUS and VMWare ESX 4.0

  Could someone install ESX 4 on an ASUS P5E WS Professional motherboard model? I tried to get a clean work install but no luck. I use RAID to recognize 2 partitions. I can't even ends the installation when it CMTF on me. I read someone turn off ACPI but you disable all interrupts the CPU and he's going nowhere in it. The version of BIOS ASUS is 1101; Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad CPU @ 2.66 Ghz, 4 GB DDR-2 800 Mhz.

  If you have been able to get a clean install, please let me know.

  Thank you

  I hold at this stage to ESXi 4.1... Since there will be another version of ESX go ahead (4.1 is the final version) you might as well get on ESXi now. In addition, there is no ESX, ESXi upgrade path. So if you want to install the next version (assuming that you can get the equipment to work for the next version), you will need to perform a complete reinstallation.

  You could also install ESXi 4.1 on a USB flash drive to avoid the hard drive problems (where lives of ESXi) on your installation. I managed to install ESXi 4.1 on 4 GB SanDisk Cruzer flash drive (model SDZC6-4096). I installed ESXi 4.0 on a 2GB SanDisk Cruzer Titanium (SDCZ3-2048) flash drive. More recent variants same lines should give good results. You can get the latest version (SDCZ36 - 004G - A11) 4 GB disk for<$10 on="" newegg...="" i="" would="" avoid="" using="" cheap="" branded,="" or="" non-major="" branded,="" flash="" drives="" (kingston,="" crucial,="" corsair,="" lexar="" are="" good).="" i="" would="" also="" go="" with="" their="" high="" performance="" models,="" to="" ensure="" that="" you're="" not="" setting="" yourself="" up="" for="">

  What drives do you actually use inside this box? I have seen that make a difference too, not just the controller.

  VMware VCP4

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• Mix of ESX 3.5 and VMware ESX in the same cluster

  Hello

  I'm currently involved in ESX 3.5 Migrating virtual machines to a new vSphere environment.  All ESX 3.5 hosts running on obsolete kit and will be decomm had at the end of the project.  All hosts are managed by the same server vCenter.

  The only problem is, I have to add an additional ESX4 server, but there is not enough available physical switch ports.  I have decomm one ESX3.5 servers in order to free ports, but they run at 2 knots, and I will lose redundancy if a hardware problem arises.

  My proposed Solution: -.

  I think decomming ESX3.5 host 1 and move it to the new vSphere cluster.  The type of brand/model/CPU is different between the old and the new servers and I am not concerned by VMs DRS'ing between 2 environments, however, I understand that I have would be protected by HA if anything disastrous happened.  All hosts are connected to the same storage.

  You don't see any problem with that?

  You can have a mixed cluster, but this must be managed by vCenter 4.x.

  And you also need a license for the former hosts of 3.x server.

  HA will work.

  If the CPU is compatible VCA, then as VMotion, DRS, VCA will work.

  André

• Licenses of Microsoft and VMware data center

  Hello

  You have a question regarding Microsoft Licensing and VMware ESX hosts.

  We have a Microsoft School Agreement and a lot of our windows servers are running standard edition. One is business running. All about the physical servers.

  We are virtualizing some of our Windows servers and schools prices are very favourable if we buy a license of data center. Its about £70 and it means that we can run an unlimited number of Microsoft server VM in VMware. relation to the enterprise which is only £5 cheaper, but only allows you to run a maximum of 4 people.

  Question, I realized that a Windows license for data center would be per processor, so if I have 2 physical processorsin each esx host, I need to get 2 X Datacenter license per ESX host, is - that correct?

  If I bought 6 data center licenses (3 ESX host with 2 physical processors in each), what version of Windows server can be used, I understand his only standard or Premium, can anyone confirm this? It also covers Windows XP?

  Thank you

  > Question, I realized that a Windows license for data center would be per processor, so if I have 2 physical processorsin each esx host, I need to get 2 X Datacenter license per ESX host, is - that correct?

  Fix.

  License from Microsoft Windows Server 2008 to run with Virtualization Technologies

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  Instead of license servers with enough licenses Windows Server 2008 Standard to satisfy the greatest number of simultaneously running instances of Windows Server, the processors in servers could be allowed with Windows Server 2008, Datacenter Edition. This would allow an unlimited number of instances of Windows Virtual Server to run simultaneously in operating systems. Because the servers have two processors, two licenses of Windows Server 2008, Datacenter Edition for each server should be. Licenses of Windows Server 2008, Datacenter Edition provides the flexibility to move instances of Windows Server without concern to maintain the license compliance.

  > If I bought 6 data center licenses (3 ESX host with 2 physical processors in each), what version of Windows server can be used, I understand his only standard or Premium, can anyone confirm this? It also covers Windows XP?

  Anton is correct - Datacenter license covers only the OS Server.

  Some info about OS desktop VMware licenses - FAQ VMware: licenses Microsoft Windows Vista on a VM for VDI.

• ESX and VMware scripting Backend process...

  Hi all

  I look forward to hearing the internal processes that continue on the street within the ESX Server. For example:-that the ESX actually did when the user fires rescan command esxcfg-rescan & lt; vmhba. & gt;. Is there any script is triggered on commanded this shooting? and even on the backend to another ESX processes orders too. I want to update my self on these things. Hope someone here could give me a helping hand.

  Concerning

  MRM

  If you are interested about how ESX (i) and some of the inner workings, you should take a look at some of the documents/charts architecture, this is available on VMworld if you have an account, and the majority of it should be free of previous years, less the recent VMworld Europe / U.S..

  Here is another good site for a collection of documents to help: http://vsphere-land.com/top-10-list/top-10-list-index.html

  If you are only interested in some of the esxcfg-* commands, a good way to learn what it is doing and the parts of the system it touches is to download the vCLI/RCLI: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/#vmware_rcli

  These commands are similar to that of those on the classic ESX which are used to manage/configure remote both ESX(I) hosts and they use the VI API http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/visdk25pubs/ReferenceGuide/index.html

  You can open each of these scripts and get a good understanding, most of the classic esxcfg-* commands are compiled binaries which makes internal calls to the system, but some are normal Perl/bash scripts such as esxcfg-rescan or vmware-cmd and you can open these and take a look at what he does.

  So it really depends on what you're trying to understand and explain how you want to enter.

  I hope that gives you an idea of where to go.

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• VMware ESX 3.5 and MSCS

  Hi all

  I noticed the MSCS in the release notes for ESX 3.5 indicating that VMware is not supported in this version

  http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/vi3_esx35_vc25_rel_notes.html (about halfway)

  Is there an official answer as to why this is, it is not supported?  I'm running on 3.0 production systems in this scenario, and I fear that an upgrade will cause problems

  Any help would be apprecated

  3.5 MCSC 1 update is supported

  Support for Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS)

  VMware ESX Server 3.5 Update 1 supports the Microsoft Cluster Service.

  Support is similar to ESX Server 3.0.1 with the following additions:

  -The customers of Windows 2003 64-bit and 32-bit are supported with MSCS.

  -Start-up of the SAN for virtual machines by using MSCS is now supported.

  -The majority node set of clusters with application-level replication (for

  for example, Exchange 2007 Cluster Continuous Replication (CCR) is now

  supported.

• VMware ESX 3.5 and disabling carrots

  Hi all

  We have a Cluster ESX from VMware ESX 3.5 U3 that was built for a specific product that has a licensing model that doesn't fit well with the virtual server running model.

  The basis of this cluster is 3 x BL465c G1 Dual Core servers HP with 16 GB of memory each. We're going to run out of memory, and I can't add memory without add because of the architecture of AMD processors.

  Adding more CPU will have a big impact on licensing costs - once again not the licenses of VMware.

  I want to do is add a second processor DC and then use BIOS to disable half of the cores in each processor.  This will allow me to add an extra 16 GB memory per server and stay within the limits of the license.

  My question - has anyone with disabilities hearts on a host ESX from VMware, specifically after ESX has been installed. All that needs to be done?

  I tested the disabling function of carrots on a Windows Server and who did replace the drivers, I was wondering if VMware ESX should similar updates / management.

  Rob of TIA.

  You'll be fine, apart from the fact that, by adding the Jepp second you will need an additional CPU, per ESX host licensing doesn't mind.

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• Virtualization and hardware Protection keys

  I have a few dongles with license keys that are supposed to be used for various applications within the virtual infrastructure.  If the goal is 100% virtualization in a multi-tenant environment, how can I move that and always allow these applications to access their dongle?  I don't want to paste material usb devices anywhere in the data center.  All the world is facing this problem?

  Hello

  Unless you have a compensation control aka physical security, such as a locked cupboard with limited access to the keys, then take the USB over IP is a security zone not reliable as such should be separated from the rest of your network. You can use VLANs, or you can use a firewall. Anyway you need a way to ensure that the only thing on the USB network devices USB from a set specific IP address, and specific to a set of devices. a mix of physical and virtual security is needed here.

  Best regards
  Edward L. Haletky
  VMware communities user moderator, VMware vExpert 2009-2015

  Author of the books ' VMWare ESX and ESXi in the business: Planning Server Virtualization Deployment, Copyright 2011 Pearson Education. ' Of VMware VSphere and Virtual Infrastructure Security: securing the virtual environment ', Copyright 2009 Pearson Education.

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• Cannot find device write VMware esx server 3i image support to.

  Hello

  I'm fairly new Virtualization.

  I downloaded: VMware ESX Server 3i Installable U4, Refresh Version 3.5 Update 4 | 153875-30-03-09 on the site and it burned on a disc. at the start of the disk and following the instructions in the installation guide, I get the following error:

  The installation operation failed!

  The installation operation has encountered a fatal error!

  Cannot find device write VMware esx server 3i image support to.

  The following system information will help the forum of VMWare support with your problem. Please note the information before proceeding.

  Information System

  Manufacturing: abandoned

  Model: abandoned

  Service etiquette: abandoned

  BIOS Rev: SGP4510H.06A.0083.2008.0819.1026

  OK, I can tell that you are new to this sort of thing, using windows XP, it is the best guide I have found for you should you walk through all the way.

  http://www.Symantec.com/connect/articles/how-create-your-own-bootable-ESX-3i-USB-stick

• With the help of VMware ESX in a business continuity Plan

  I'm looking to set up a Plan for continuity of the business using Vmware ESX. I would like to install an outside site that will duplicate a few key servers. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can do this with ESX? Is it as simple as pushing Server snapshots to the offsite location? Any ideas...

  Thank you

  Scott

  Hello

  Welcome to the forums.

  I'm looking to set up a Plan for continuity of the business using Vmware ESX. I would like to install an outside site that will duplicate a few key servers. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can do this with ESX? Is it as simple as pushing Server snapshots to the offsite location? Any ideas...

  One thing to know is that a snapshot in terms of "VMware" is not a full copy of the disc, it is a file that contains the changes to the drive block since the snapshot was created. Snapshots of assistance in making backups of virtual machines running, but allowing the basic disk to copy while the data is written to the snapshot. Then, you're the snapshot.

  So how do DR/BC is having a good backup strategy using one of the available backup/replication tools.

  There are:

  Veeam Backup w/replication

  Vizioncore vRanger backup and vReplicator for replication connection

  EsXpress doctorate for backup (restorations of use for replication)

  There is also some SRM if your San is supported, etc.

  So there are a lot of options the question is how 'real time' you need the data. You could also use the replication SAN, Double Take, etc.

  Best regards
  Edward L. Haletky
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• AIX, HP - UX, Solaris running under VMware ESX

  Is it possible to run any flavor of Unix under VMware operating system at the server level? I know Linux is able to, but it is if Unix is possible. If this is not the case, is there any intention to do so in any future project. Thank you.

  Alan.

  Hello

  If Tom said there are ways to sort of make a difference...

  Solaris x 86-> Yes

  Solaris Sparc-> Yes if you use transitive

  IRIX-> No. (not x 86)

  AIX-> No. (not x 86)

  OSF/Tru64 Unix-> No. (not x 86)

  HP - UX-> No. (not x 86) but they have the software of HP Integrity (Itanium) Virtual Machine

  OpenVMS-> No. (not x 86)

  BSDi-> not really (if you can find something with SCSI support)

  FreeBSD-> Yes

  OpenBSD-> Yes

  Ultrix-> No. (not x 86)

  UnixWare-> not really (if you can find something with SCSI support)

  SCO-> not really (if you can find something with SCSI support)

  So, for running a Unix as a VM, UNIX must support x 86 hardware (or something to translate x 86) and if you want it run in ESX UNIX must support SCSI LSI or BUSlogic SCSI adapters. For workstation IDE may work. In addition, it must support the ethernet as well AMD PCNET32 device.

  Best regards
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• HP EVA Business copy and VMware

  Hello

  did anyone of you using HP EVA Business copy (snapshots SAN) with VMware?

  What happens if you create a snapshot of a VMFS LUNS? Present you this snapshot to the ESX' are? Do you need tuning to get this working? I think San resignaturing and allowing snapshots of SAN...

  Or is it better to only instant RDM LUN? Which will work? Introduce an instant LUN to a virtual machine?

  Best practices on this usage?

  TIA.

  Hello

  did anyone of you using HP EVA Business copy (snapshots SAN) with VMware?

  Yes, people use it.

  What happens if you create a snapshot of a VMFS LUNS?

  You make a consistent copy of the crash of all the data on this LUN. Check if VMware SRM will work with Business Copy to make the best copies.

  Present you this snapshot to the ESX' are?

  Yes.

  > Do you need tuning to get this working? I think San resignaturing and allowing snapshots of SAN...

  Yes, you need to authorize instant SAN, etc.

  Or is it better to only instant RDM LUN? Which will work? Introduce an instant LUN to a virtual machine?

  6 of these half dozen of those. Yes, you can provide a snapshot of the RDM to a virtual machine.

  Best practices on this usage?

  Treat Business Copy in the same way you use any mirror of SAN LUN/snapshot.

  Best regards

  Edward L. Haletky

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• VMware ESX server CPU use test alarm

  Hi all

  For a new client, I need to show the alarm and ticket slot functionlity vmware ESX server logging settings

  • Use of the CPU of a server ESX VMW
  • Use of memory for the server ESX VMW

  While I reduced the threshold value of VMW ESX Server CPU use as beloow format

  WARNING - 5% and STDev.warning - 0

  I made this two days before configuration, but still no alarm generated for this rule.

  Help the creation of a test of the abveo metric ESX alarm

  Hi - I ended up having to do such things in the past as well. I just built a virtual machine added lots of processors and memory, then for the CPU, I used the script CPUBusy.vbs from VMware (Google search which) and down it load times so that he began to max real physical processors... For memory, I just opened a massive text file in Wordpad and scroll up and down it. This gave me the circumstances to test the alarms, just don't do as a busy time or use some dev ESX servers... Danny Bravo

• Configuration of VMware ESX 5.1/5.5 pass through for PowerEdge 2970

  Hello

  I tried to configure VMware ESX 5.1/5.5 pass through for a 8 GB Qlogic FC HBA on PowerEdge 2970 server.

  Even after activation of the virtual technology in the BIOS, the PCI device is not listed in "Advanced settings" to configure pass-through. Attached screenshot shows the current setting of the processor.

  Y at - it all the additional steps required to configure it.

  Concerning

  E.

  Hello Sara

  You're talking Direct path IO or single root i/o virtualization? If so, none of these features are supported on the 2970 system.

  http://www.VMware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php

  I don't think that or the other of these characteristics were available until our 11 generation systems.

  Thank you