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Re: New VMware Tools for XP in 6.7U1?
At the time I am writing this, the latest is VMware Tools 10.3.2 "12 SEP 2018 | Build 9925305", and can be applied by just running the .exe from inside the Guest OS. So far I have only used this on...
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I tryed already to install "VMware-tools-10.3.2-9925305-i386.exe" and got that this is not a valid Win32-Application...
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I think it is a bug. I get the same prompt with an XP VM on VMware Player 14.1.3 on Windows. It also gets prompted for new VMware Tools. But the legacy Windows OS VMware Tools (pre-Vista, pre2K) has...
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Re: New VMware Tools for XP in 6.7U1?
o.k. 2018-10-16T19:49:23.970Z| vcpu-0| I125: TOOLS Received tools.set.version rpc call, version = 10252, setting type to 1 from guest OS2018-10-16T19:49:23.970Z| vcpu-0| I125: Tools_SetVersionAndType...
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Re: ESXI 6.5 lowering syslog logging levels (again..)
same issue here, have tried even bumping the global level to error (and ofcourse reloading), but my remote syslog server is filled with logs of a much lower level than error (more like debug, and...
View ArticleESXI 6.5 root account
I have a bad feeling you all will tell me I am out of Luck but I have run into an issue. I have an ESXi Hypervisor running at home. It is the free version running on an older Dell PC I have. I only...
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Re: ESXI 6.5 root account
I am really Lucky! I kept looking over the internet and found this VMware KB ESXi Passwords and Account Lockout That is this really helped me except when I read the part about password complexity....
View ArticleHardware for esxi 5.5-6.7
First of all I want to apologize for my ignorance as I am new to VMware. I got access to an old dell Poweredge 1950 server for my home lab. Without checking the compatibility list I tried to...
View ArticleRe: Hardware for esxi 5.5-6.7
My recommendation would be to look for a 12th Gen Dell server on eBay as these can come fairly cheap. If you don't need much more RAM than 32, don't need beefy CPUs, and don't need internal storage,...
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ooops I should have said vcenter. I saw somewhere a guy was running esxi 6.x on the Dell workstation below. There around $300 on ebay and would seem to work for a home lab. I would just hate to...
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Re: Hardware for esxi 5.5-6.7
Dell Precision desktops were basically made with server-grade mainboards, and that particular one should work fine with 6.x . "Jet engine" servers are a symptom of "thermal runaway" issues that come...
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Re: Hardware for esxi 5.5-6.7
Thanks for info. Below is an example of one of the VSAs that I need to run just to demo the environment. Below on "System disks" it says 250GB root disk and 10GB vNVRAM. I am a newbie, can someone...
View Articledisk not detected to installing esxi 5.5
Hello, I am trying to install ESXI on my brand new build. I got my system booting off an Optical drive with ESXI 5.5.0 in it. When it is time to decide where to install the ESXI, it does not detect any...
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Verify if the latest firmware version is installed and are the internal drives visible in the BIOS?
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Re: disk not detected to installing esxi 5.5
Also ESXi 5.5 is and old and unsupported version of ESXi. Any reason why installing this version?
View ArticleRe: host random reboot
I just ran across this thread. I'm experiencing the same problem (for 6 months or so now). Sporadic reboots of ESXi 6.5. I've updated to the latest firmware which includes BIOS 2.8.0 as well as...
View ArticleHome lab Internet access from new esxi host
I recently got an old Dell T5500 workstation and verified it can run esxi 6.7. I'm waiting for hard drive to arrive so I can install 6.7 and then learn about VMware and then install some simulators...
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Re: Home lab Internet access from new esxi host
Hi there, You will need to build a guest VM in order to do this. You will also need another machine to access the console or RDP to this guest. You will not be able to see the VMs console (screen)...
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I don't know why people can't admit that ESXi is indeed an 'OS', as you correctly put it. Some think that the ESXi 'OS' can be keyboard&moused at it, as discussed here:How to view the Guest OS (VM)...
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Re: Home lab Internet access from new esxi host
Thanks Dave, great info. I just got my 2TB disk drive tonight and installed into the Dell T5500. I did the Rufus thing and created a bootable 6.7.0 usb. Booted on usb and installed to the new 2TB...
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