Virtualized iSCSI storage to vHost - Multipathing
I am running openfiler as a guest under 5.1, and I am presenting iSCSI LUNs to virtualize 5.1 hosts. If I place trunking vSwitch or vDS port groups on the same switch as the openfiler NICs with no...
View ArticleCan I nest 5.1 inside 4.1 esxi?
I kinda screwed the pooch yesterday and haphazardly upgraded my lab machine (that has 48GB RAM) from ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.1.The upgrade went fine, but I hadn't picked up on the 32GB RAM limitation in...
View ArticleVirt. itself esxi5.1 on 5.0 - longmode required 64 bit
Hello,I have physical server Dell powerEdge R710 with ESXI 5.0.I would like to build LAB enviroment so I installed on this Physical host 2 virtual host ESXi 5.1, vcenter, web vcenter etc. Everythink is...
View ArticleHow to configure Openfiler for ESXi 5.0(which was installed in Workstation).
I installed VMware Workstaion 9.0 in my Laptop. I created one ESXi 5.0 as a virtual machine in Workstation. And i Installed vSphere client 5.0 in my laptop. And i am able to access ESXi from my laptop...
View Articlerunning centOs 6.3 KVM under esxi 5.1
Hi all,I am trying to run Linux CentOs With KVM under esxi 5.1, Is it possible?I am trying to load kvm_intel but I receive error.ThanksLucas
View ArticleNot Able to TURN ON the FT
Hi Friends, I have set up a Home lab in the Server which has the ASUS Mother board - P8B WS (VT - x & VT - d enabled), Intel Xeon E3 - 1230 V2 Processor. I have installed Esxi 4.1 on...
View ArticleRunning VMware VMs unmodified on AWS/Rackspace/HP Cloud
Hi nested virt community! ... Im a bit new here, but wanted to find the premier group of users thinking about this topic and get some feedback on something that we are working on. Its called Ravello...
View ArticleNested ESXi5.0 - Installation Issue
Hi This is my first Qustion in VMTN. I have ESXi5.1 on baremetal, Trying to install ESXi5.0 as vertual - means vESXi5.0. I selected "Thick Provision Eager Zerod" as disk provision. Also did,...
View ArticleRunning Nested Hypervisors
Hello, I am trying to run a openstack hyp in my esxi 5.1. I googled and built a container which is hw version vmx-09. However I keep getting the error - "Please enable hardware virtualization" The HV...
View ArticleNested hypervisor guest - DHCP but no internet access
I've got a Hyper-V Server 2012 running on a ESXi 5.1 hypervisor. In the Hyper-V server I have installed a server 2008 R2 OS. The OS is working fine except for the fact that it isn't getting internet...
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Connection question, virtualized esx 5.1
Hi, I have interested question about nested virt. of my lab.According this pict. have virtualized esxi5.1 on 5.0. Linux VM running on physical esxi5.0 and have 10.1.103.100, Linux VM can ping physical...
View Articlenested esxi and ft
Hi there, I am studying for VCP and already set up a lab environment at home to practice. I know FT is not officially supported on nested esxi but I would like to ask anyway.I have a SuperMicro board...
View ArticleGetting boot log error while installing win 2008 64bit in the nested vm's
Hi Vmx team, Need help to sort out the problem. I install the Win2008 R2 in the Nested VM's getting Boot log error stating Win 2008 64 bit is not supported.checked Hardware Configuration Intel VT/VX...
View ArticleVM Guests can't see beyond Bridge Network
My nested ESXi seems to works ok. Is able to to pick up office DHCP. vmnet0 mode is set to Bridge as I want its VM guests to use the office DHCP ips. Humm DHCP boot request does not work for guest VMs....
View ArticleRunning a 32-bit application within a virtual Windows Server 2008 R2 x64
Hello, I am starting to go cross-eyed looking for a solution to my problem. ----------- The following is backgroundinformation as to WHY I am asking the question below ------------------------ I got an...
View ArticleUnable to ping Virtual Machines inside ESXi host (vSphere Home Lab)
I am using VMware workstation 9, I have 4 VMs created inside the workstation.(192.168.1.0 this network is defined inside VMware workstation using VM network editor) Domain controller -...
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unable to boot x64 VMs on nested ESXi host
Hi Gurus, I would like to seek your expertise on checking the issue with my nested 5.1 ESXi. I was able to install nested ESXi host but I can't boot a x64 VMs. I keeps on prompting me the following:...
View ArticleThis virtual machine is configured for 64-bit guest operating systems....
I'm trying to install Windows 2008 server 64 bit operating system on VMWARE workstation 9 which is installed on WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM 64 BIT . and i'm getting this error "This virtual machine is...
View ArticleLongmode is disabled for this virtual machine
I'm running a Gateway DX4850-57 PC, Intel Core i7-2600, 3.4 GHz, 64-bit, 8GB. VT is enabled on the BIOS. I installed Workstation 8 and created a ESXI5 host (60 day trial). I connect to the ESXI5...
View ArticleESXi 5 Loading New VM from ISO
I have ESXi 5 loaded on my server and I have uploaded a known working ISO file ( I booted it to a stand alone server and it works) to my datastore, yet when I boot the new vm it goes straight to pxe...
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