Problem while installing ESX 5.5 to an SD card
I get error codes when trying to install esx 5.5 to an SD card I got for it, does this mean I am unable to install to that specific SD card or is it the usb 3.0 SD card reader? Am I just better off...
View ArticleAdding more ESX hosts and upgrading at the same time. What's the preferred...
We are budgeting for more licensing and hardware for 2014 and want to do this right away in January. I am trying to decide what is the best order of operations for adding two additional vmware hosts...
View ArticleQuestion on a config with Vsphere 5 licensing
Hello all,Here is my scinario. I have 4 servers with 2 procs and 96gb ram each. The lics i have are 8 single proc VMWare Vsphere Standard. Assuming i go into my.vmware and combine the lics into 4, 2...
View ArticleBest Practice for Windows Security Updates on VMs
Hi, I'd like to know what is the best practice for applying monthly MS Windows Security updates. Just like we've been doing this before, we apply the patches by logging in to each VM, and run the...
View Articleinstallation problem with ESXi 5.0
hi I am a newbie to VMware community.I am trying to install my first ESXi 5.0 host on my dell OptiPlex 990 system using the customized ISO burned on a dvd.I downloaded the iso from VMware site and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
vSphere Essentials Plus upgrade from 4.1 to 5.5
Hi all, I'm beginning the process of upgrade from a Essentials Plus 4.1 to 5.5, also Essential Plus.My question is not related directly to the upgrade issue, but more to ask a few advice's from a more...
View ArticleVSphere Client VSphere Server upgrade question from 4 to 5.5
Hello, Our VM guy left so I have now been handed the tasks of taking over so please forgive me if this is a silly question. We currently have Product: ESXi 4 Single Server Licensed for 2 physical CPUs...
View ArticleHW Compatibility beetwin ESXi 5.1.0 U1, U1a, U1b or U1c
Dear all,Is ESXi 5.1.0 Update1 supported server also support ESXi 5.1.0 Update 1a or 1b or 1c? Checked the "VMware Compatibility Guide" site link and find the information on Product Release Version on...
View Article5.5 on Mac mini: "BANK6: not a VMware boot bank:
I installed ESX 5.5 on my Mac mini. The first time it wouldn't boot after installation, giving the following error: BANK6: not a VMware boot bankNo Hypervisor found. I found this knowledge base article...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VMStartTomcatImmediate not starting 1603 error. Now ....MainEngineThread is...
Starting a New Discussion thread. So i started with this issue... TomCat reporting 1603, being unable to start.... But all i got from the logs was: CustomAction VM_Start Tomcat Immediate returned...
View ArticletcServer from v5.5.0.b fails to install on x64 Win8.1
I'm trying to install vCenter for the purpose of access the vSphere Web Client.While running the Simple Install on VMware-VIMSetup-all-5.5.0-1476387-20131201.iso (5.5.0b) the program errors out during...
View ArticleUpgrade from ESXi 5.1 to 5.5 hangs at tools.t00
All - Have been running ESXi 5.1 successfully for sometime. Downloaded the ESXi 5.5 install ISO to upgrade and ran into serious issues. Booted from the CD, the server hangs and stops the install at...
View ArticleAutoDeploy boot file missing
I have setup an enviornment to support AutoDeploy vShpere installations as describe in the vShpere documentation (vshpere 5.5) , my host are receiving the reserved ip addresses from the DHCP however...
View ArticleVSphere client authentication after installing SSO
Hi, I upgraded to vSphere 5.5 with no problems some months ago without completing with the SSO installation (I continued using vSphere Client 5.5 to access my VCenter server). In the holidays I decided...
View Articlehow VUM process work.
Dear team, please let me know below process is correct if we use VUM to upgrade host / cluster. 1)IMPORT THE ISO TO UPDATE MANAGER2)CREATE A UPARDE BASELINE 3)ATTACH UPGRADE BASELINE TO CLUSTER /...
View Articleinstalling ESXi 5.5 on HPBL460
Hi.I am planning to Upgrade or re-install ESXi on my HP BL460 G6 hosts. Do I need an HP image, or can I use the VMware 5.50 ISO-image? The hosts are currently running ESX4.0.
View ArticleMoving VM from esxi 5.5 to VMware Essentials Plus
Hi, Is it possible to move a VM running under Esxi 5.5 to a full licensed version of Essentials plus? My plan is to install Esxi on a server with internal storage and configure a VM but we have future...
View ArticleMigrate Host to New vCenter
We are in the process of planning the upgrade of our 4.1 hosts to 5.0. Once the host is upgraded, we would like to move the hosts to a new vCenter within our environment. When the host upgrade is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
VMware 3.5 to 5.5
I've been reading where we can't upgrade 3.5 to 5.5, which is fine. What I have read is we need to use V2V to migrate 3.5 VMs to 5.5. Is there a location to read up on how to use V2V for this or how to...
View Article5.5a SSO and LDAP - unable to add users
When on the 5.1 vcenter appliance, we had SSO configured to point to LDAP on a 389-directory server.When we moved over to the 5.5 applicance, it would no longer recognize our usernames. It was only...
View Article