!!!!!!HELP !!!!!! No network card detected during instalation ESXI 5.5 in a...
Hi,I want to mount a lab and install in a laptop Lenovo T430 16 GB RAM an ISO image of ESXI 5.5 from the scratch. All seems normally ,BOOT from CD, copy files from , start services and near the end,...
View ArticlevCenter Server 6.5 for Windows OR VCSA 6.5?
Hi All, With vSphere 6.5, can we completely abandon vCenter server 6.5 for windows? is VCSA 6.5 able to take the place of vCenter for windows? Regards
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Increasing number of CPUs on Win 2012 R2 VM?
I have upgraded to new hardware (HP 360p Gen8 from G7) which gave me more CPU cores. There are now 2 CPUs with 10 cores each.However my Windows Server 2012 R2 moving from old hardware was configured to...
View ArticleUpgrading Licenses - What happens to old licenses currently in production?
Hi All, This will hopefully be an easy one for you guys. We have to upgrade from vSphere 5.1 to vSphere 6.5 soon. I signed into the licensing area of the myvmware portal and went to the "Upgrade...
View ArticleMove Web Client 5.1 to different SSO - upgrade path to vSphere 6
Hi, I'm following VMware KB: Re-pointing and re-registering VMware vCenter Server 5.1 / 5.5 and components I have tested this on vSphere 5.5 and works fine. Now i testing version 5.1 which will be...
View ArticleVCSA 6u2 check for updates fails using internet proxy
I am having this problem that if I use Check Updates -> Check URL I get the error "Download Failed." in the VMware Appliance Management Interface (VAMI)Internet Proxy is configured in VAMI. This...
View ArticleMake a baremetal NEW installation of ESXi with RTL8111/8168/8411
Hi, I have never used ESXi or vSphere before but I need to get it work on a PC that only has a RTL8111/8168/8411 Ethernet controller. I've tried using ESXi-Customizer-PS...
View ArticleUpgrade from free ESXi 6.5 to vSphere Essentials Kit (academic) - Web Clients...
Hi, I assume I can upgrade the currenty installed free ESXi 6.5 Hypervisor to vSphere Essentials Kit 6.5 by just changing the license key. At least I've read this on those forums lately. 1) Does this...
View ArticleVSphere VCenter Server Appliance install issue
Hi,After welcome help from you guys I have managed to set up my isolated home lab with an evaluation version of VMware 6.5 ESXi.. The Server 2008 R2 PDC (10.0.0.1) acts as an AD/DNS/DHCP server and it...
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Adding a Second Cluster
We are going to be doubling our View environment and I am going to put View in it's own cluster so i have a few questions. What my 30,000 foot plan is is to Create a new cluster, add another vCenter...
View ArticlevRealize Automation Complete Installation Order Only
I am new to this VMware Virtualization world. I wanted to create my own test environment of vRealize Automation (with all installation/configurations from scratch) to create few tenants and some...
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VCenter 5.5 U3e Database SQL Availability Group Support (non shared storage)
Hi Guys, I seem to find lots of info (that is mostly old) that hosting the Center and VUM databases is not supported using SQL server Always on Availability Groups (in this case non shared storage),...
View ArticlevShpere NAS and small business environment
Hi, I have studied computers and I want to help in my family's business to set up the network right so that I can have security and high availability. In this frame, I am considering of building 2 ESXi...
View ArticlevCenter Appliance deployment
I have 2 ESX 6 servers in an isolated environment (no internet access or local DNS). I am trying to deploy the vCenter appliance 6.5 to manage them. All devices are on the same subnet. Deployment...
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Question on Workstation Network Editor vs ESXi & vCenter
Hi, I am interested in the virtual world and I am following some video lessons for vSphere 6.5. In the video lessons they are adding networks adapters to the ESXi from Virtual Network Editor (Edit...
View ArticleNew vCenter, ESXi Host and vSphere Upgrade
Hello Everyone, I have a bit of an interesting situation I want to run past everyone. In one of my datacenters, I am going to be doing three things: Installing a new vCenter 6.0 server on-site (old...
View ArticleMissing Disk?
Hi all, wondering if you could help? one of our VM's has managed to delete its E:\ drive. Now looking for the virtual disk I can't see it in the datastore? if there anyway of recovery this disk from...
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VCSA Upgrade From 6.0U2 to 6.5 - DNS Error on Stage 2
Hi,I have tried to upgrade my home server VCSA 6.0U2 to 6.5. I am getting the attached DNS error in the stage 2 process. I dont have any DNS server. I am not sure how to resolve this issue.ErrorHost...
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Sun X4100 M2 vSphere install hangs
I'm trying to perform a fresh install of 6.5 and it seems to hang after the initial screen. The server originally has 5.0 installed. The same problem occurs with 6.0 too. Did not see the server listed...
View ArticleUpgrade considerations from 5.5U1 to either 5.5U3 or 6.5a
Hi Everyone, I am looking for some guidance. We have a small datacenter in a region running VCenter on a Windows Server 2012 version is 5.5U1, there are 2 ESXi hosts running 5.5 U1, they both replicate...
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