Re: Passthrough NIC does not pick IP address from DHCP, nor work wit static one.
Does the switch show mac address? Break it down ... sounds like you have done a quick check on physical... but do a shut on port... see it effect state reported to vSphere, to the VM.... check mac...
View ArticleESXi free license
I got a free license key for ESXi and I use it for testing purposes in a lab environment.Given I install and re-install ESXi (free version) using the same license key, is there a maximum number of...
View ArticleRe: vSphere 5.5 - Boot Menu - Scripted vsphere Installer
So done quite a bit of poking around and think I am close but missing a few pieces. What is the boot mode is very important. The server I have does support "Legacy" boot mode. As such the vSphere...
View ArticlevSphere 6.0.0: Fault Tolerance Not Supporting Guest IDE Controller?
Hello, I'm seeking a specification advise concerning vSphere 6 and Fault Tolerance (FT) in conjunction with virtual IDE controllers. Problem--When trying to enable FT, vSphere 6 complains as...
View ArticleRe: vSphere 6.0.0: Fault Tolerance Not Supporting Guest IDE Controller?
Hi,I searched through VMware documents, KBs but could not find anything related to Disk controller requirements. However, See below post, where VMware tech support has informed to MoneyChang that IDE...
View ArticleRe: vSphere 6.0.0: Fault Tolerance Not Supporting Guest IDE Controller?
Hi Haridas, thank you. There's only 1 vCPU assigned. The small footprint guest os is proprietary. To go for SCSI meant a bit of development. Regards,Martin
View ArticleRe: vSphere 6.0.0: Fault Tolerance Not Supporting Guest IDE Controller?
Try to open service request with VMware to get confirmation on IDE controllers, if they provide some solution it can save your time.
View ArticleRe: ESXi 6 free: Web client
there is, the mentioned web client fling has gone gold and ESXi6 U2 has the web client build in. See VMware Host Client 1.0.0. Release Notes for reference.
View ArticleNew vShpere Hypervisor and Backup Question
Hi Community, we are planing to upgrade our IT Infrastructure in the next months and I want to go with VMWare vSphere Hypervisor.We had VMWare ESXi 3,5 a few years ago and for the last few years we are...
View ArticleRe: New vShpere Hypervisor and Backup Question
My question is now; a vShpere Essential Kit License should be ok for it right?If so, and I go with the Essential Kit, can I also use the Veeam Backup and Replication FREE VERSION to Backup the Guest...
View ArticleWeb access
Is there any way to access a free VMware ESXi host via web (instead of the vSphere client)?Regardsmarius
View ArticleRe: Web access
Depending on the ESXi version you are using, https://labs.vmware.com/flings/esxi-embedded-host-client might be what you are looing for. André
View ArticleRe: Web access
In vSphere 6 embedded host client comes standard. If you open browser and point to the host IP you will get to a Getting Started screen, where you can click on Open the VMware Host Client link to open...
View ArticleRe: vSphere 5.5 - Boot Menu - Scripted vsphere Installer
First is a baseline that systems when they boot can boot "Legacy" (BIOS boot loader) or EFI The boot path they take impacts the flow of the boot order, and by necessity, the ability to call your...
View ArticlePlease let me know scenarios when different VMs with same UUID get created in...
Please let me know scenarios when different VMs with same UUID get created in VMware Hypervisors apart from by editing .vmx file?
View ArticleRe: Please let me know scenarios when different VMs with same UUID get...
The only other way I've seen it is when you manually copy the VM to another location on the datastore (or another datastore) and then when powering on the VM, choose I Moved it, rather than I copied it...
View ArticleRe: ESXi Installation Error: Fatal Error 10 (Out of resources)
Hi Alex, Just trying to installed ESXi 6 U2 on a Lenovo P70 Xeon Laptop and I have faced the same issue. I have only tried booting from a USB drive. The Error I get is very similar and happens at the...
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