To upgrade 4.1 Esxi hypervisor to vSphere 5 Essentials

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• VSphere ESXi hypervisor free, re-usable clon server tests?

  Hello

  I tested VMWare vSphere, ESXi Hypervisor, the free program.

  I try to get tips motherboard I should buy to test the vSphere Hypervisor?

  I tested some form of Intel and Asus motherboard and Boot CD saysit cannot detect the network card. But in a Dell 2950 PowerEdge, it works very well.

  Another thing is that I read that in a motheboard with only SATA2 ports, the data store is detected as 'rare' and not 'local', so my final question is if vSphere is recommended only from servers brand or certification or if this could work in a re-usable/clon/DYI Server?

  Thank you very much

  Oliver

  Although the ESXi Hypervisor can run on office equipment - often only when equipped with an additional supported NIC - it's officially supported only on the server hardware that can be found in the VMware Compatibility Guide

  André

• ESXi 4.1 vSphere vs 4 Vsphere hypervisor

  Hello

  I am confused in versions of esxi.

  I found on the web site that vmware Vsphere hypervisor (Esxi) is free and no license must be purchased.

  So what's the average of Vsphere ESXi 4.1 version?  Is this a licensed version?  How this version is compared with the free esxi version?

  I have the license for vcenter foundation and licenses processor... Can I use vsphere 4.1 for the production facility?

  Please calrify this free version of vsphere hypervisor with vsphere 4.1 esxi edition...

  Can I manage esxi vsphere 4.1 with virtual center? Is it recommended to use in the configuration of production? or I have to download esx 4.1 normal to use for production?

  Hey there, it's like this:

  The VMware hypervisor is ESXi. There are different versions of ESXi today, are more up-to-date ESXi 4.1 and 4.0.

  You can download ESXi 4.1 and 4.0 and use with a stand-alone free license.

  If you have purchased the kit of Essentials, you can either download ESXi 4.1 or 4.0 (ditto for vCenter)

  ESXi 4.1 brings a number of improvements over version 4.0:

  http://www.VMware.com/support/vSphere4/doc/vsp_41_new_feat.html

  Keep in mind that if you want to install vCenter Server 4.1, you need a 64 bit OS, while 4.0 runs in 32-bit.

  If this post was useful/solved your problem, please mark the points of wire and price as seem you. Thank you!

• ESXi 5/VMWare vSphere 5 tool Mgmt Essentials

  I got the upgrade of the v5 FREE ESXi from VMWare vSphere Essentials 5 hypervisor.  I'm looking for what we call the 'vCenter Management Console", which I'm supposed to have access with me purchase vSphere Essentials 5, to manage multiple servers within a single console ESXi and also have a GUI based ESXi management tool for updates to update my v5 ESXi servers.

  With the naming conventions wonderfully confusing of all the different productions of VMWare, I can't find anything with that name.  The closest element I can find reference only ESXi v4 and when I try to download, I gives me a warning that I am not allowed to download.

  Could someone shed some light on this topic for me so I can clarify what I'm looking for?  Still, it comes to a VMWare vSphere 5 Essential Kit that I just bought.

  Thank you

  Dave

  Yes, you could use an Oracke VM or VM VMware running under VMplayer or in the essential of vSphere environment - or you can manage ESXi and the individual instances servers using the client installed on your workstation vSphere with them having to use vCenter -

  VCenter integration in an AD environment is not a requirement it just makes managing easier users/groups in a large environment - you can actually have the server part of a workgroup and use groups the and users on the access - default server administrators locala groups is given administrator access to the environment of vcenetr -.

  With regard to updating a ESXi host, you do not need VMware Update Manager, it can be done using the CLI - you can update with software esxcli 5.0 ESXi hosts vib commands discussed in vSphere upgrade documentation included in the documentation of vSphere set 5.0. You cannot run the command vihostupdate against a 5.0 ESXi host.

  If you are looking for to deploy individual hosts with likited resources that, I would suggest deploythe free version of ESXi - weak positive points cost disadvantages: you need to manage each host individually and will be capped on memory - which I believe is 32 GB

  With the essentials, it will be more expensive, but you know be able to manage several servers ESXi to a place more depending on your license, you will be able to take advantage of VMware HA allowsing your environment to recover from a failure of the host, VMware DRS, which will ensure the delivery of resources to VMS in times of conflict and can back up the virtual machine with them affecting the performance of the virtual machine or access

• Update ESXi 4 to VSphere essential Trial

  I'm a bit confused here and would appreciate your help. I have two computers ESXi 4 all together upward (through the help I've been out here).

  My next step will be to upgrade one (or two) of these ESXi 4 on VSphere Essentials servers so I can try

  various strategies of backup on them. I have it in mind to use Veritas Backup Exec on one to save the methods virtual hard on the other.

  Where I'm confused, how I will spend one or two of these computers to the 60 day trial of VSphere Essentials.

  1. I am downloading the VMWare VSphere evaluation software. My understanding is that it was really not necessary

  because all I had to do was get a license key for VSphere Essentials, put it in through the VSphere Client and voila! -J' would have a

  VSphere Essentials server for 60 days. When the 60 days has increased, the server would automatically return to free ESXi.

  2. I don't really have to do another installation of the VSphere demo software I download on my ESXi servers, I do? If I did I think that would blow my existing virtual.

  How does this work? Where can I get the keys, that I need to update my 4 Essentials ESXi servers? Or always do 'demos' here

  Go directly to the full version of VSphere?

  Thank you for your continued support!

  Mike Gallery

  Moving between the levels of license is just a matter of changing the license. There is no necessary relocations. For the trial version it is possible to move between the free under the license and Enterprise Plus by selecting without license in the configuration tab. Once the 60 days have passed, however, you will not be able to use the features of Enterprise Plus only the free hypervisor.

• ESXi hypervisor fere CPU limits

  Hi all

  Could someone me if the free version of vmware esxi hypervisor could use all the range of two quadricoeurs xeon processors 6-core CPU?

  I know I can create a VM with only 4 logical processors. But vmware uses my two processor six hearts?

  Thanks in advance

  Martin Pasquier

  Virtual machines are limited to 4 vCPUs unless you upgrade to Enterprise Plus.  In this case, you can configure 8 vCPU VMs.

  Dave

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• What are the new features included in ESXi Hypervisor improvement?

  What are the new features included in ESXi Hypervisor improvement?

  Refer to the technical white paper VMware for what's new in 6.0

  https://www.VMware.com/files/PDF/vSphere/VMW-WP-vSPHR-whats-new-6-0-PLTFRM.PDF

• Maximum number of virtual machines by free ESXi hypervisor?

  Community of VMware,

  I just installed the free 5.5 ESXi hypervisor and I wonder if the same virtual machine limits apply to the stand-alone scenario as vCenter? Can I run actually 512 VMs? What, if any, is the maximum number of virtual machines, I can run on a free version of ESXi?

  From 5.5 ESXi limits most have been removed, but only a limit of 8 vCPU per VM remains. So if I'm wrong, the VM 512 mentioned for each host (see http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdf) affect the free hypervisor.

  André

• VMWare ESXi hypervisor of 5.5 Free Edition on a server explosion 2

  Hi forum,

  I just installed a hypervisor 5.5 ESXi on a HP Server a test socket.

  It works great and I could license with free ESXi license.

  Now, I would like to upgrade an acual ESXi 5.1 Fujitsu server with two explosion (2 x Xeon E5-2630 6 c/12 t) and 64 GB of RAM.

  The server is in eval mode 60 days of ESXi 5.1 because of the 64 GB of Ram. The license hypervisor free ESXi 5.1 only works for 32 GB of Ram, so I couldn't activate it.

  Is it possible to update AND license the machine two struggling with ESXi hypervisor from 5.5?

  My housing a real test-system shows that the license is valid for a power outlet. Can I register two free hypervisor 5.5 licenses on the Fujitsu 2-socket-server or is a license enough.

  In the worst case, it does not work with 5.5

  I only have a single ESXi server, so I need a vCenter and so on.

  At would be in your opinion?

  Thank you very much

  Yes it's quite right.

• ESXi Hypervisor - start of the guest on the question of booting operating system

  Hi all

  I am very new to the game of VMware and I intend to start playing with free products available and to acquire a good understanding of it.

  My question that I have currenty obtained is:

  I have my desktop PC, I intend to install 5.1 ESXi hypervisor on it and then install a version of windows as a guest operating system.

  I hope that I can set up so that when I turn on the computer, windows automatically boots - so if my wife wants to use the computer, it can still, and his experience is no different. However, I can then install several other OS and turn them as and when I need and have a good game.

  Reading through the documentation that it doesn't look like this is possible?

  I know that this is not strictly the destination of the product, but it would be convenient for me.

  Has anyone encountered this before? / You know a way to do this?

  Thank you very much

  Tom Whittle

  Welcome to the community - it is possible to have a virtual machine to run at startup of the ESXi Hypervisor but where your solution falls short is you are not able to access the virtual machines in the ESXi host console - you still need another machine to run the vSphere client so you can manage the ESXi host and access the virtual machine.

• Can I use VMware vSphere Hypervisor™ with vSphere Client?

  It's the question next poped upward.

  -Can I freely use for my business need VMware vSphere Hypervisor™, and what will be the difference with VMware vSphere Starter Kit?

  and

  -Can I use VMware vSphere Hypervisor™ with vSphere Client software for free?

  Yes - it is freely permitted, but he he has limits and lack of features compared to the vSphere Essentials kits. Another thing to note is the absence of vCenter Server to manage multiple ESXi hypervisors with the free version. The backup API are, in my opinion, one of the main obstacles to the use of this.

• Newbie - ESXi Hypervisor v5 but the license question is v4?

  I am a newbie of VMWare, has received licenses for VSphere 4 Enterprise Plus and VCenter Server 4.

  As a result, I went to the site web download ESXi 4.1 vmware.com hypervisor to install on my Dell of bare metal server.  When you select "Download", it shows a page to download ESXi 5.0.

  From the web since I downloaded 5.0 ESXi hypervisor requires I guess it works with licenses v4 that I registered, but I wanted to confirm that there is backward compatibility.  Or I have to put the hand on ESXi 4.1 hypervisor?

  Thank you.

  V - nice

  BTW. If you want to use version 4.1, you will be able to download this by clicking on the link

  Other versions of VMware vSphere: 4.1, 4.0       

  on the download page

  http://downloads.VMware.com/d/info/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/5_0

  André

• What are the limitations of esxi hypervisor

  I want to determine what features are not available with esxi hypervisor in comparison with vSphere Standard license? What would be the reason to buy a license when I am currently satisfied with the free hypervisor?

  Any help on this appreciated that I could not find the missing features other than the VC Server Mgmt and support.

  Thank you

  This page has the ventilation kit with what each brings to the table: http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/buy/small_business_editions_comparison.html

  Made this page (in the store): http://www.vmware.com/vmwarestore/vsphere_purchaseoptions.html

  As soon as you want to use one of the best features, such as the management of one or more hosts with vCenter Server, you must purchase a license. You don't also get really good features such as vMotion, Update Manager, HA, DR, etc...

  The way I see it, whether it is for a business setting, purchase the appropriate license, with the SnS and vCenter Server... For home test labs, often the free version is everything you can to allow/get... Just keep in mind, that it limits what you can test in this environment...

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• Unable to connect to ESXI 5 of vSphere...

  ERROR - "vSphere Client cannot connect to (IP/server) a unknown connection error has occurred." (The request failed due to failure of the connection. (Unable to connect to the remote server)) ..."

  Everything worked fine for several months, BUT now cannot connect to esxi 5 with vsphere client.

  of DCUI

  -network passes Test Management Network

  -Restarted network management

  -Management of Agents restarted.

  Worried about restarting a esxi host in the cases where I am still unable to connect with vsphere to launch the virtual machine (sbs 2011 running with rdp access)

  Help...?

  Can you ssh to the esxi host and verify pass and vpxa are running?

  status of /etc/init.d/hostd

  status of /etc/init.d/vpxa

• Download ESXi hypervisor from 5.5?

  Where can I download ESXi hypervisor 5.5 (or 5.5u2)?

  All I can find is link to 6.0, but I do not want the version...

  Try https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=free-esxi5

  André