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ESXi whitebox comparison AMD FX6100 vs Intel i5 3330
My ESXi whitebox is for lab testing and educational purpose only at this moment. Set 1:AMD FX-6100Asrock 970 Extreme 4 or Asrock 970 Extreme 3 is fine. Kingston 8GB 1333 (KVR1333D3N9H/8G) x 2pcsWD 1TB...
View ArticleRTL8139C not recognized by ESXi 5.1
Hi everyboda,i have a Problem with my ESXi 5.1 Server. My Server has 2 Network-Cards.The First Card is a RTL8168 Card which is running fine.The Second Card is a RTL8139C, which should be ok according...
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Event 1000 When opening the console to guest VM on ESXi 5.1 free
I have ESXi 5.1 with a free license installed on a workstation for lab testing. Everytime I open a console for a vm from the VSphere client, their are 3 event warnings entered into application event...
View ArticleThe rhel 6 guest on esxi5.1(support vmxnet3) with 3 nic with driver(vmxnet3)...
Questions:Host:Install the esxi5.1 hypervisor on the bare-metal machine with one physical nic.Guest:install the rhel6 on esxi5.1,add the 3 virtual nics into the guest,after finished...
View ArticleVirtual machine PhoenixBIOS Setup Boot sequence
Need help with the Boot sequence on the PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility on Virtual Machine instance. Details:I have a VSphere host running with VSphere hypervisor (free version) - ESXi 5.1. Virtual...
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My Home Network
Hi All, So i took advantage of some black friday deals and got myself a whitebox to use for playing with ESXi at home. i have been using workstation for a while, but not as much as i would like, so i...
View ArticleTesting vSphere ESXi Free Hypervisor, clon baremetal server?
Hi,I'm testing VMWare vSphere ESXi Hypervisor, the free one. I'm trying to get advise which motherboard should I buy for testing the vSphere Hypervisor? I tested in a few motherboard form Intel and...
View ArticleRealtek RTL8111E only 10mbit?
I have been running ESXi 5.1 on a TZ77B BioStar motherboard in a system I got from a NewEgg deal of the day. It's not high end; it's not server grade; but it's a lot better than what I had running...
View ArticleShould I use the original or the ESXi based OEM Custom ISO?
Hi! I have a HP ProLiant DL380 G5. It runs with an original vSphere Hypervisor 5.0 (the first version). Now I have time, and I want to start the upgrade procedure to version 5.1, and I saw, that there...
View ArticleFTP Server for Exsi
Hi there Can anyone reccommend an FTP Server application for Exsi ( Not for windows etc. but "bare metal" or at least as mutch as possible) with user management, folder management etc. Thanks
View ArticleCan a program print chinese text on vSphere Client console?
This question pertains to vSphere Client 5.0.0 and ESXi 5.0.0. I have a Java program (text based) running on a RHEL 6 Linux VM which outputs text on many languages. When I access the VM through SSH...
View ArticleASRock EP2C602-4L/D16
I just purchased an ASRock EP2C602-4L/D16 to upgrade my existing vSphere / ESXI free server. I am using two Intel XEON 2620 processors with 32gb of ram so far, probably going to max it out. Even though...
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ESXi 5.5 Installation
Hi,Currently my host is running ESXi 5.1. When I attempt to upgrade it today, I was greeted with purple screen of death during restart, upon inspection of the message, it says PF Exception 14. I have...
View ArticleCustom Firewall Ports?
Im trying to open custom ports in the firewall and I don't see any way to add them. Is it not possible to add custom ports? Also, I noticed that ports in the firewall can be restricted to specific...
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basic esx (and rdp) network setup
Hello together - I'm playing around with my testlab, that looks as follows: - physical server, hosting vsphere 5.1 (and within vsphere about 10 virtual machines, that host a windows domain and are...
View ArticlevSphere 5.5 management interfaces not responding
I've got a vSphere 5.5 Essentials Kit; One of the hosts, a Dell R410, is running vSphere 5.5 and as of yesterday it is unresponsive to any of the management tools. I've tried the following: Web...
View ArticleWhat product do I need to have Clustering for High Avaliablilty
I have experience in installing the vSphere Hypervisor. Now I want to do something about clustering. I want a structure that the VM can still run when one of my host have hardware failure( for...
View ArticleScheduled task does not trigger a dedicated alarm
Hello to everyone. I need to create an alarm triggered by the start of a scheduled task. While the alarm seems to be correct from a semantics point of view, in never gets triggered. I tried various...
View ArticleESXi 5.5 install on mac mini server 6,2 fails
Hello, I want to install ESXi 5.5 on a mac mini server 6,2. I'm using the hints and steps provided by William Lam already...
View ArticleCannot add new plug-in
Hi, I'm new in ESXi and vSphere, my problem is I can't add or create a new plug-in.I have ESXi 5.1 installed,When connecting from vSphere and choosing from the menu Plug-ins --> Manage plug-ins all...
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