Upgrading to ESX 3.5 host to ESXi 4.1 where the VCenter is installed on the guest system

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• I can crash any server ESXi 4.1 of the guest operating system

  Two months we went from ESXi 3.5 to 4.1. All servers are 320173 construction, all the virtual machines have the latest VMware tools installed. Among several hundred other reviews dare, we have 4 very old virtual machines, using SuSE Linux 8.x or 9.x with kernel 2.4. They are the remains of our stone age, but they work well and do their job.

  When I have one of these virtual machines, stop everything ist fine.

  When I boot these VMs upward once again, everything is fine.

  But when I restart one of these virtual machines, the ESXi host crashes with all other virtual machines on it!

  The usual image on the console remains the same, but it will not answer strikes more. Also, it does not ping, you can not connect you SSH or vSphere Client - nothing. She is completely blocked. The only options are the key reset or power button.

  He will not make a difference, if you issue restarts the VM inside the os, as/sbin/reboot, or will it deliver you from vSphere Client with "Restart Guest". The result is always the same: a total crash of the whole army - and of course all other virtual machines on it.

  We do not really know, if accidents are due to the fact, that these virtual machines use the old 2.4 kernel or some other problem. But those 4 virtual machines are the only ones that could damage the VMware host and they also are the only ones we have with the 2.4 kernel. + 100 other guests Linux with kernel 2.6 work as well as before with ESXi 3.5.

  During this time we could improve (restore) 2 of these virtual machines with a modern with kernel 2.6 Linux. No problem with their reboot more. But the other 2 use old software that is not available for moden more Linux distributions. We have yet no work around. One of the remaining VMS cravings to restart last night and crashed the server [it's 07:00 right now in Vienna] and SMS alerts woke me out of bed about two hours ago.

  Anyone else have these problems?

  Everyone maybe there one alternative that "install a modern operating system"?

  Thank you!

  A shot in the dark, but have you tried to update your tools from VMware and the upgrade to vHardware 7 on those virtual machines?

• 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.

• What support VMware Windows 7 as a guest host and Windows Server 2003 as the operating system operating system?

  People,

  Hello.

  Because my laptop is preinstalled Windows 7 and cannot dual boot multiple operating systems. I need to install VMware in Windows 7 host and then install Windows Server 2003 as a guest operating system.

  I installed VMware Server 2.0.2 in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003 operating system as a guest host. Everything works fine for a while. But VMware Server Home Page https://mylaptop:8333 / IU cannot display more.

  I found that Windows 7 is not a host for VMware Server 2 and strange operating system might happen at any time. I found that 'VMware Player 3' is fully supported in Windows 7 as host operating system but is not taken in charge of Windows Server 2003 as a guest operating system.

  People knows what product VMware Windows 7 support as host operating system and Windows Server 2003 as the operating system prompted?

  Thanks in advance

  Hello

  IMHO, I think that Workstation is the vmware product just for you, the requirements

  It supports Windows 7 as a facilitator and Windows 2003 as a host with no problems. You can be confident about it at 100%.

  Best wishes / Saludos.

  Pablo

  Please consider providing any useful answer. Thank you!! - Por favor considered premiar las useful responses. MUCHAS gracias!

  Virtually noob blog

• Upgrading to ESX 4.0 host autonomous with local storage to ESXi 4.1 on a USB

  We have a stand-alone host with a single raid array that is local to the server at a remote site from ours.  The question of what I've done research, you need to reformat the raid array if you install ESXi 4.1 on this host.  Since there is no shared storage, the only option would be to copy the data from one server to another, or maybe install ESXi on a USB key.

  It seems to work fairly well in a test environment.  Are there warnings that I may have missed when I take a system that can be started locally on ESX 4.0 and change it to boot from a USB key with ESXi 4.1?  In my test environment, I know that you can not install ESXi 4.1 on a USB key, if this system had ESXi 4.1 installed on the local disk.  He ended up giving me the GROUP when he discovered another ESXi installation.

  Thoughts?

  Matt

  As you may have noticed a new ESXi installation will wipe away the installation partition.  If you have just a single Bay, then you'll want to go to the root of the USB.  If the data store was on a LUN or a separate table, then you'd be OK to install ESXi on ESX.  As long as the boot order is set correctly, you'll be fine.

  In my test environment, I know that you can not install ESXi 4.1 on a USB key, if this system had ESXi 4.1 installed on the local disk. He ended up giving

  me the GROUP when he discovered another ESXi installation.

  What kind of system did you use for testing?

  Dave

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• Trying to find a link to upgrade my Pro 9 Pro XI (Mac OX 7.5) where the devil is it?

  I have Adobe Pro 9 and you want to upgrade to Adobe Pro XI on my Mac. Tell me there is a way to do it without having to pay more than $400! Where is the link to order? I can't find anything on the site except the 9 upgrade itself.

  Hi Stephanie,.

  You can buy and upgrade to Acrobat Pro Acrobat US $ 9 199 11.

  Please check: buying guide | Adobe Acrobat Standard XI

  The link to buy is in the right column of the page above.

  It is compatible with Mac 10.7.5

  Please check the technical specifications at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/tech-specs.html

  Kind regards

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• Upgrading memory on ESX 3.5 hosts

  Hi all

  We are trying to upgrade the memory of our esx 3.5 hosts.  If we properly close the guests, then we properly stop the host, will be the guests of vmotion.  According to me, they won't, but I was curious to know if it is happen.

  If the guests are turned off, then stop you hosts, there is no HA/DRS.  All guests will stay in an engine out of State until the ESX host come back online.

  If you have vCenter with vMotion/DRS, you can do a rolling upgrade.  vMotion all guests to another host in the cluster, put vacuum host in maintenance mode, it off, add RAM, if power return, exit maintenance mode.  Rinse and repeat.

• How do I upgrade to ESX 4.0 Update 2 to 4.0 3

  Can someone provide me with a way to upgrade from ESX 4.0 update 2 to 4.0 update 3? I found that I can't do this by Vsphere update manager. I have the ESX - 4.0.0 - update03 - 398348.iso file you downloaded, do I need to burn this disc and put in there and start up to it? Who will provide a graphical user interface to upgrade? What are my options? I appreciate any help you can provide.

  Thank you

  Jeff Koelker

  You cannot use the ISO file to upgrade an ESX 4.0 host existing. This is only supported for ESX 3.5 Update 5 guests. Please, take a look at for example http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_esx40_u3_rel_notes.html (supported Upgrade paths to upgrade ESX 4.0 Update 3 host) to find out what options are available.

  André

• HDD not getting detected on the host virtual esxi nested 5.5

  Hi all

  on my home office, I installed ESXi on bare metal on USB. From a laptop computer, I was able to connect to it. I created an esxi embedded and followed

  Howto: create a nested laboratory However, it did not help.

  On the bare metal Office the esxi is able to recognize the network and it works fine.

  The nested esxi is not abkle to see the hard drive. Anu suggestions?

  Thank you

  Vaibhav

  ESXi you selected as the operating system for the nested host? What model of HARD disk controller is used for one or more hosts that are nested.

  André

• After the upgrade from vista to win 7 can install vista on another system?

  I have an older system which will be an upgrade of vista, can I use my vista software and the key for the upgrade of the old system because I upgraded vista to win 7?

  If you have used the license system / operating of Vista as part of the Windows 7 upgrade process: No.

  You cannot use your Vista license anywhere else if it is part of the Windows 7 upgrade process.

  See you soon...

  .

  Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• Can upgrade you 5.1 to 5.5 ESXi host using the zip file?

  I read the KB articles which seem to indicate that, to upgrade an ESXi host, you must use a vSphere Manager or an ISO on CD or USB.   But I saw someone go from 5.1 to 5.5 by downloading a zip file and running the commands, as indicated in http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 2008939.

  When you connect through the vSphere client, it seems to indicate that it has updated to 5.5, but I fear that this may not be an upgrade path has officially supported or may be missing something.

  Anyone here can comment if you can upgrade between the press point with a zip and and the upgrade of the above method fix?

  Thank you

  Yes, it is a supported upgrade path, take a look here: VMware KB: methods of upgrade to ESXi 5.5

  Summary of 5.5 ESXi upgrade methods

  This table summarizes the methods supported for ESXi 5.5 upgrade:

  Upgrade methods	Upgrade from ESX/ESXi 4.x 5.5 ESXi	Switch from 5.0 to 5.5 ESXi ESXi	Go to ESXi ESXi 5.5 5.1
  vSphere Update Manager	Yes	Yes	Yes
  The CD interactive update DVD or USB drive	Yes	Yes	Yes
  Scripted upgrade	Yes	Yes	Yes
  vSphere Auto deploy	NO.	Yes, if the 5.0.x ESXi host has been deployed by using automatic deployment	Yes, if the 5.1.x ESXi host has been deployed by using automatic deployment
  esxcli	NO.	Yes	Yes

  And here's the documentation: update or update a host with Image profiles

• Update Manager fails during upgrade from 5.0 to 5.5 ESXi host.

  Nice day

  I am trying to upgrade to 5.0 and 5.5 ESXi host using Update Manager. However, when I scan my host I get incompatible error. When I click Details I get the error "unsupported configuration.

  Update Manger newspapers show that SANE_ESX_CONF is not in the host logs see below:

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:219 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: "SUCCESS", the planned test of "PRECHECK_INITIALIZE", "version esx.conf" found "version esx.conf".

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:219 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: 'SUCCESS', 'SUPPORTED_ESX_VERSION', wait 4 5' found '5'

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:219 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: "SUCCESS, test 'SPACE_AVAIL_ISO', expected '347872773', '347872773'.

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:219 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: "SUCCESS, test 'MEMORY_SIZE', expected '4261412864', '34357448704'.

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:219 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: "SUCCESS, test 'HARDWARE_VIRTUALIZATION', expected '3', 3'.

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:219 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: "SUCCESS, test 'CPU_CORES', expected '2', 4'.

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:219 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: "SUCCESS, test ' 64BIT_LONGMODESTATUS', wait 1', found 1' «»

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:219 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: ' SUCCESS, 'NXBIT_ENABLED', '1' expected, found test 1'.

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:220 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: 'ERROR', 'SANE_ESX_CONF', expected 'True' to test, found 'False. '

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:220 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: 'SUCCESS', the test plan "UNSUPPORTED_DEVICES", ", found"

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:221 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: 'ERROR', 'PACKAGE_COMPLIANCE', test

  I tried to reboot the host but still no luck. the search file is the esx.conf file. When I ssh host I find the file here.

  Any help/thoughts is appreciated.

  Thank you!

  -Ali

  Give UUID uppercase. This is not the result we are looking for. It should give the UUID or raise an error.

  Review the allocation of points for answers useful/correct

• The upgrade of the host, VMware ESXI 4.1

  Hello

  I am running a host VMware ESXi 4.1. It seems that VMware claims now this product VMware vSphere Hypervisor (am I right?). Was it a name change purely marketing, or they introduce new functions as well? Is VSphere Hypervisor a more recent version of ESXi

  Is there a tool to upgrade VMware ESXi 4.1 for newer versions (no matter if their output yet or not, just wondering about the upgrade in general)?

  Thanks in advance!

  Don't worry, it's all the same. You have the same binary files for all editions of ESXi, it is only the license key that locks or unlocks features. I think that the main reason why VMware decided to call ESXi free edition "Hypervisor" was because many people were confused that ESXi is free or not.

  There are two upgrade options ESXi. For the first, you must have a licensed version of vCenter Server, which offers the "Update Manager". The second is to use the command line utility "vihostupdate".

  In addition, you can take a look at http://www.vm-help.com/esx41/Patching_4.1_with_the_host_update_utility.php

  André

• Upgrading to ESX 4.0

  Thanks in advance for any advice.  I am the IT Manager at a school district and I am planning to upgrade to Vmware 5.1.  I currently have three servers ESX 4.0 and Vcenter 32 bits on a physical machine servers.  Since I have to migrate to a 64-bit platform and Vcenter ESX to ESXI, I was thinking about a facility own would be the best approach, but I don't know which would be the most effective way.  At first I thought something like this:

  1. Create a virtual machine for the new Vcenter server on one of the 4.0 hosts.
  2. Installing Vcenter 5.0 and migrate settings from the Vcenter 4.0 (is it necessary or do I just start with a fresh VM Vcenter?)
  3. Remove the three 4.0 cluster hosts and add them to a cluster of 5 Vcenter
  4. Upgrade or install clean each host to 5.0 (can I vmotion all my VM for the two other boxes and still all keep it up)
  5. To update everything to 5.1

  I am open to any suggestion.  Also, how the update affects data banks? Volumes need to be updated to 5 VMFS.

  Thanks again for any help.

  In this case, I'd probably do a clean install of all components. First release of one of the hosts and disconnect/remove it from the current Server vCenter. Then update its firmware (if applicable), install and configure ESXi 5.1 and then configure vCenter Server 5.1 (unless you need Update Manager, you can consider the vCenter Server Appliance).

  Once done turn off HA/DRS on the old server vCenter Server, disconnect/remove hosting it and add the host to the new vCenter Server server. If guests have similar hardware, you should be able to vMotion the VMs and this way a rotation of hosts resettlement.

  André

  PS: Regarding VMFS. Although it is possible to upgrade VMFS3 to VMFS5 on the fly (after that all hosts are running the new version), I usually tend to create new warehouses of data and migrate virtual machines rather than the upgrade of VMFS.

• The host has not enough space on the boot partition to store the image upgrade. It takes a minimum of size_in_MB. After the release of space or perform an installation from the CD-ROM.

  Hi everyone, the difficulties in trying to update the Update Manager. ESX4.1 to ESXi5.0

  Error I get is below to correct the scan before update:

  The host has not enough space on the boot partition to store the image upgrade. A minimum of 299MB is necessary. After the release of space or perform an installation from the CD-ROM.

  There is enough space in the local disk

  Size of filesystem used Avail use % mounted on
  / dev/sdd5 4.9 G 1.6 G 3.0 G 35%.
  / dev/sdd2 2.0 G 107 M 1.8 G 6% / var/log
  / dev/CCISS/c0d0p1 99 M 67 M 27 M 72% / Boot
  / dev/CCISS/c0d0p2 4.9 G 1.6 G 3.1 G 34% / esx3-installation
  / dev/CCISS/c0d0p1 99 M 67 M 27 M 72% / esx3-installation/boot
  / dev/CCISS/c0d0p7 2.0 G 101 M 1.8 G 6% / esx3-installation/var/log

  Cannot continue installation due to the lack of space and don't have the option upgrade CD directly (of complicated issues)

  Do you have any suggestions?

  Thank you

  It sounds like this host has already been improved 3.x! In this case you will not be able to upgrade to 5.x using the Manager to update because of the small partition/boot (99 MB).

  to remedy the hosts against a basic upgrade

  ... You cannot use Update Manager to upgrade to 5.0 ESXi host, if the host has upgraded ESX 3.x to ESX 4.x. These hosts have not enough free space in the partition/Boot to support the process of update Update Manager. Use either interactive or scripted upgrade.

  André