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Re: PXE installation HP Image

Hi did you get around this issue.. I'm having the same problem on a dl360p Gen8.

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Re: PXE installation HP Image

Hi,I removed vib "net-mst" from Image.You can read about this module here http://www.mellanox.com/page/management_tools

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Re: Adding a drive to ESXi

Just click on Storage adapter and scan after installation of HDD, it will detect new HDD and now click on Storage option in Vcenter in ESX host configuration option---Storage--Add Storage----Select the...

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Re: No License Icon

and then go to the Edit hotlink in the upper right corner. then you will be able to enter a licence in the dialog that results.

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Re: PXE installation HP Image

Hi, How did you solve the issue? I'm in same boat I can't even reach to modules. All I'm getting is "Boot failed: press a key to retry, or wait for reset"Please can you share your tftp file ?

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ESXi 5.5 installation issue on HP Zbook 15- Integrated Intel I217LM Gigbyte...

hi Team, Greetings!! I am trying to setup a small test lab of ESXi 5.5 on HP Zbook 15 Mobile Workstation. the Config of the machine is Intel core i7 vPRO, 32 GB RAM, 500 GB smart Sata HDD. During the...

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Re: ESXi 5.5 installation issue on HP Zbook 15- Integrated Intel I217LM...

Hi  Welcome to communities.  http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=1003686 Please follow steps if not    

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Re: ESXi 5.5 installation issue on HP Zbook 15- Integrated Intel I217LM...

Seems like this guy have success using the net-e1000e-2.3.2.x86_64.vib file: VMware ESXi 5.x onto a Dell OptiPlex 9020 (Intel I217-LM) | ComputerComputerComputer

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Re: ESX 5.1 config changes do not save

I cannot answer your question, however I do wish to thank you. Your post helped me fix my problem at home where my white box does exactly the same thing. Moved the usb key to a usb 2.0 port and all the...

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PSOD while updating ESXi 5.1 to 5.5 on Dell PowerEdge r520

Hello Everyone,  we have tried to install ESXi 5.5 on our Dell PowerEdge R520 yesterday.Before we had the possibility to do anything, a PSOD appeared, saying:No place on disk to dump data.No file...

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Re: PSOD while updating ESXi 5.1 to 5.5 on Dell PowerEdge r520

Hi, try install Dell customized ESXi image:http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/Drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=YGH6K&fileId=3397524992&osCode=XI55&productCod…

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Re: PSOD while updating ESXi 5.1 to 5.5 on Dell PowerEdge r520

Hello, with the Dell Custom Image it worked.Problem is Solved.Thank you for your help!   Regards

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ESXI 5.5 Problem with SSD 512 GB

Hi today i download ESXI 5.5 and now i try install, but i have problem ESXI 5.5 not see on install my SSD, model: "ts512gssd370"On install ESXI 5.5 see just my USB Drive but not SSD hard Can u help me...

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Re: ESXI 5.5 Problem with SSD 512 GB

Before that, I installed ProxMox 3.3 and no problems all establish normal

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Re: ESXI 5.5 Problem with SSD 512 GB

Hi, If you go to your ESX host and click configuration -> Storage Adapters -> Do you see your SATA/SAS controller? If there is nothing there (vmhba0 usually) then you are missing the driver for...

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Kickstart create a VMFS Volume

Hi I'm building a kickstart config for our branch offices. I wish to install to a SD card and then format and create a VMFS volume on the RAID 6 set of disks. It installs fine to the SD card. How ever...

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Need suggestions

Hello Expert,We have some physical servers running with ESXi 5.5 U2.  Some configuration changes have been done on those servers by others. We do not want those changes. I was just wondering , do you...

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Re: Need suggestions

To revert back to a previous configuration, you need to backup the configuration that was working fine once. The option is there but you need that previous state's backup. Just like snapshots. They do...

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Re: Need suggestions

Thanks Abhilashhb,Do you know what all files need backup ?

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Re: Need suggestions

This KB article will help you with the steps and the files that need to be backed up VMware KB: Backing up and restoring ESXi configuration using the vSphere Command-Line Interface and vSphere PowerCLI…

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Re: Need suggestions

Hi, Please ssh to ESXi host. vim-cmd hostsvc/firmware/backup_config You'll find the file in /scratch/downloads/ Later, when you need to restore the settings, copy the file to any location on esxi (like...

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Update from ESXi 5.0 to 5.5 doesnt work

Hi all, we want to update our ESXi Server Version 5.0 to Version 5.5 but the Update doesnt recognize the old Version (5.0). How can we fix this ? CheersDirk

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Re: Update from ESXi 5.0 to 5.5 doesnt work

see if following KB helps http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2058352

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Installation erro

Dear all, I am having the following error as shown below while installation VMware 5.5.0. Any help will be deeply appreciated.

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Re: Installation erro

Did you have another ESXi hosts installed on this system previously? the error I see is that installer cannot create the installation disk and couple of times I came across an existing VMFS volume...

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VMXNET3 abruptly disconnects from the vDS on a server running Windows 2012 R2

VMXNET3 abruptly disconnects from the vDS on a server running Windows 2012 R2. When this happens, the affected server also loses it's static IP for a 169. address.Any ideas on what could be causing...

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Re: VMXNET3 abruptly disconnects from the vDS on a server running Windows...

Hi.Did you try reinstall vmtools and restart on this vm's?

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Re: VMXNET3 abruptly disconnects from the vDS on a server running Windows...

Hi,  I have not seen this on VMXNET3 issue, this was common with e1000 vnics, have you tried updating the VMware Tools which updates the...

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How many Data storage can we add in ESXi 5.5 ?

How many Data storage can we add in ESXi 5.5 ?

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Re: How many Data storage can we add in ESXi 5.5 ?

please refer Configuration max of vSphere 5.5 from following URLhttps://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdf Under ESXi host maximums you will find answer to your...

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Re: How many Data storage can we add in ESXi 5.5 ?

Thank you Sir!

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Dell CS24 Opteron - No puedo instalar ESXi

Buenas tardes, Hemos comprado en la empresa 2 servidores opteron cs24 de Dell, cuando vamos a instalar cualquier versión de ESXi desde la 4.1 hasta la 5.5 actualizada, una vez que configuramos el RAID5...

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Re: ESXi ON a laptop

Hello everybody some news with last version of ESXI about that question ? "The question is if i build a esxi on a laptop as a base and try to build multiple vm's, what do i use to manage the server on...

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Re: ESXi ON a laptop

Dr.Acrobat (no adobe) No, ESXi is a bare-metal hypervisor designed to run host VMs as efficiently as possible. Imagine if I have a datacenter that has 1000 servers running esxi, and all 1000 were...

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Re: ESXi ON a laptop

Morning schmitgreg thanks for answer.My idea would be to not have a laptop with the operating system to avoid as often as you change to install all necessary applications.Anyway maybe is a stupid...

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Re: ESXi ON a laptop

Dr.Acrobat (no adobe), I know what you want, but really a type 2 hypervisor that runs on top of a normal OS is what you want. ESXi is a type 1 hypervisor and because those are used in datacenters, they...

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Re: ESXi ON a laptop

Hi schmitgreg just to bother you last time.Do you think that creating two partitions on the laptop even this idea is to be discarded?1 for hypervisor and second for vSphere client.Thanks.Regards.

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Re: ESXi ON a laptop

Hi schmitgreg just to bother you last time.Do you think that creating two partitions on the laptop even this idea is to be discarded?1 for hypervisor and second for vSphere client.Thanks.Regards.

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Re: ESXi ON a laptop

Dr.Acrobat (no adobe), Two partitions would permit you to run ESXi or Windows, but not both at the same time. I assume your second one would be windows, since that is what vSphere client runs on. Best...

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Question: CPU Compatibility ESXI 5.0

Hello everyone, I want to install ESXI in a small type server (Lenovo TS440) with the following specifications. - CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 4C 3.2 GHz- Mem: 16GB- HDD 2x 600Gb 15k 3.5" SAS HS Is this...

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Re: Question: CPU Compatibility ESXI 5.0

Please enter the server model TS440 in the HCL to find supported versions. Keep in mind that this doesn't automatically include e.g. RAID controllers, so you'll have to check on this individually under...

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Re: Question: CPU Compatibility ESXI 5.0

Hi, You can look here VMware Compatibility Guide - System Search, but yes, it is supported on 5.5, 6.5. See below  

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Re: Question: CPU Compatibility ESXI 5.0

I really appreciate both for the quick answer. Kid Regards,

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How can i configure RAID1 with ESXi 5.5?

Hi,I am trying to install ESXi 5.5 and RAID 1 on the server, But two disk space is encountered during installation. When I try to test it with ubuntu and windows, there is only one disk space as it...

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Re: How can i configure RAID1 with ESXi 5.5?

Hi , Please reboot the server and login to Raid controller bios and check how many RAIDs configured there if there is more than one verify that you need any data from any os take backup , delete the...

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Re: How can i configure RAID1 with ESXi 5.5?

Hi,  i did both of you said before. But not changed anything. Clear all partition, disks and raid settings. After tried it again, but not did. By the way ESXi is an operating system or a software? I...

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Re: How can i configure RAID1 with ESXi 5.5?

It looks like you are using a Software RAID Controller, i.e. one that requires additional drivers in the operating systems to do the RAID calculations.ESXi only support Hardware RAID Controllers, which...

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Re: How can i configure RAID1 with ESXi 5.5?

May be you are right. Thanks for suggest.

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Re: How can i configure RAID1 with ESXi 5.5?

Hi , you have two HDD one is 1.8 TB and another 931 GB . Once you created the RAID it should show only one drive with 931 GB (It will take only lowest capacity drive size to creation of RAID  ) ....

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Re: ESXi ON a laptop

I have not come across any successful idea to accomplish that goal exactly, although there are few manufacturers that build Xeon processor based laptops for the same purpose but that is more like a...

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