vSphere 6.0 on HP DL360 G9 servers?? -- experiences?? issues??
I'm hoping to get new servers this year and I want to get HP G9 servers since they will be supported longer then G8 servers.Has anyone installed vSphere 6.0 on HP G9 servers yet??Experiences??...
View ArticleWhat's the easiest virtual storage appliance to use to try/test vSphere 6.0??
I now have enough RAM and CPU to set up ESX and VCSA etc. inside VMware Workstation...Looking to find the easiest available virtual storage appliance whatever to use for storing the hosts and vCenter...
View ArticleAuto Deploy and Kickstart - pros and cons
I have an existing kickstart setup I am able to use for deploying a basic installation of ESXi as well as other OSes. For this, we PXE boot a server, go through a menu, and choose the appropriate...
View ArticleError while installing vCenter Server 6.0
Hello! Got error while installing vCenter Server 6.0 on a Windows 2012 R2. During install pop-up said "An error occured while starting service 'invsvc'". What is the matter? Should I simply repeat the...
View ArticleAnyone interested that is in the long island ny area-that is certified in...
That's basically it i am interested in knowing if there are any individuals certified in any VMware product that wants to earn while teaching me how to know the product and pass the cert.This is a real...
View ArticleVCSA error while installing or upgrade
While trying both an upgrade or an installation, I receive the following error: Migration FailedFailed to download vCenter Server support bundle logs.All other logs can be found...
View ArticleHow did I get this wrong and not so obvious?
Hi, IBM System x3100M5 - ESXi5.5 Nothing spectacular about the install. Configured 1Tb RAID5 set and installed ESXi5,5 from CD.Quite likely that I had a USB drive, which I keep a lot of various helpful...
View ArticleVCSA 5.5 to 6.0 upgrade failes
Hi admins, Trying to upgrade my vcsa 5.5 to version 6.0New appliance is deployed (6.0) but when its gonna try to contact/connect to the legacy vcsa errors occurs. "Internal error occurs during...
View ArticlePros?? Cons?? of using SD chips/disks instead of HDDs for ESXi install??
I'm hopefully getting new servers and hopefully they will be HP Proliant DL360 G9 servers, which have two SD card chip slots wherein I could put SD cards to install ESXi (HP custom install).Wondering...
View ArticleUpgrade/Install ESX 6.0
Hi Admins, Trying to upgrade my hosts to version 6.0 but run into some issues. Bl 460 gen 9 Intel Xeon E5-2699HP FlexFabric 10gb 2-port 536flb adapter Advice? CheersJohan
View ArticleChange vSphere 5.5 SSO server FQDN of existing infrastructure vCenter, how to...
Hi,I had to change hostname and FQDN of the SSO server. Since that, nothing works.Is there a way to change SSO's FQDN ?Thanks for your help.Marc
View ArticleRunning DB for 5.5 and 6 in parallel on same SQL server
I currently have a 2012 SQL server with my vcenter 5.5 DB and a windows vm running vcenter server. For version 6, I plan to spin a new windows VM and install vcenter on there, do a little testing, then...
View ArticleCisco UCS c240 Can't have a partition outside the disk
Hi, I'm trying to install ESXi 5.5 on a c240 M3 UCS Cisco. The local drive is a FlexFlash Raid 1 of 2 sd cards.At the time of install, esx sees the local 30g card.asks language, root password and when...
View ArticleUpgrading vCenter 5 foundation
Hello, everybody!I have several questions about upgrading vCenter 5 foundation:1) Is vCenter foundation edition is deprecated in vSphere 6?2) If a customer has vCenter 5 foundation license and valid...
View ArticleUpgrading from 5.1 to 5.5
Greetings,I am the network administrator at a medium size school district. We have a small VMware environment consisting of 3 hosts running ESXi 5.1 and Vcenter appliance 5.5. I will be replacing the...
View ArticleIn which order would you upgrade first, firmware or ESXi ?
We have an environment with UCS blade firmware about 1 year old and ESXi at 5.1 Patch 6. Upgrading to Cisco Custom ESXi 5.1 Update 3. What order would you do first, firmware on the blades then ESXi or...
View ArticleVmware Hypervisor 6.0 failed atempts
I was trying to install Vmware Hypervisor 6.0 the free version on "Dell XPS 8700” that has Windows 8. --------------- First attempt: 1- I downloaded EXSI ISO image from:...
View ArticleOpening Vcenter 6.0 with Virgo Server shows VCenter Servers/DataCenters/Host...
Hi All, I recently configured VCenter 6.0 server. Then to connect with that vcenter 6.0, i configured my development machine as it told in SDK docs. After starting "Virgo Server", i opened my...
View ArticleTrouble booting server to the ESXi 6.0 ISO
Hey everyone thanks for taking the time to help!First of all, I may have made an obvious mistake. Ok, I have downloaded ESXi, VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.0.0-2494585.x86_64.iso, from the download...
View Articleenable the port in vcsa 6?
Hi,how to enable the ports in vCenter Server Appliance 6 ?-Balu
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