Bought Essentials License, now it's saying the trial is over?
So today when I tried logging into our lab server running Essentials 5, I got a notice saying that our trial has expired. However when I connect directly to the server and not the vsphere VM I look at...
View ArticleRe: Bought Essentials License, now it's saying the trial is over?
By default vCenter Server and the ESXi hosts will run in evaluation mode after installation. For ESXi hosts the evaluation mode offers all features of the Enterprise Plus version, that's why you...
View ArticleRe: Bought Essentials License, now it's saying the trial is over?
Thank you. When I try to put the Essentials license in through the vsphere client it says wrong product, and when I try to do it for the web interface on the appliance it says incorrect remote key?...
View ArticleRe: Bought Essentials License, now it's saying the trial is over?
That's strange. The "vCenter Server 5 Essentials" key is for the vCenter Server instance (no matter whether this is the appliance or a Windows based installation) and the "vSphere 5 Essentials for 1...
View ArticleRe: Kickstart installation troubles
Are you sure that your setup is having this specific model and driver.You can the same using esxcfg-scsidevs -c from command line.This give you device type,model details etc.Hope this helps!! -SatyS
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.5 U1 on IBM x3650 M4 Server
Hi Richardson, I have update all firmware of my server, now I can boot up with USB but still esxi setup(5.0, 5.1 and 5.5u1) stuck at imgpayld.tgz everytime. Do you have any idea regarding same?
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.5 U1 on IBM x3650 M4 Server
I had the same problem and solved it by editing the boot list to look like this:1. Legacy Only2. CD-rom3. Harddrive 0 this was probably some sort of uefi boot problem but I didn't do more research as...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.5 U1 on IBM x3650 M4 Server
I can confirm this. Server x3650 M4 freshly updated with BOMC, thank you Porto.Originally I changed the boot order to1. CD2. Hypervisor key3. HDD 0and _then_ I tried to install using the IBM custom...
View ArticleRe: Kickstart installation troubles
Thanks for the reply. The text from my original post was just a copy/paste from VMware documentation. So it doesn't match my current hardware. I just included it as an example of what I believe...
View ArticleRe: Kickstart installation troubles
You can try usinginstall --drive=mpx.vmhba32:c0:t0:l0
View Articlevmtools licensing
Hi, Can someone help me to understand if vmtools is free ? I didn't find anywhere saying people can download, use and distribute vm installed with vmtools with no charge....
View ArticleRe: vmtools licensing
Hello Sunny, Welcome to the community. VMtools can be directly installed or upgrade from the vm itself. Just Select the vm> right click > Guest> install/upgrade vm tools installation and it...
View ArticleRe: vmtools licensing
Hi Anjani, Thank you for your reply. Is vmtools also free to download and use from http://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/index.html ? If possible, can you show me a page/link saying vmtools is free ?...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Re: vmtools licensing
Yes. these are free from this location. you can find the latest vmtools from below location. https://packages.vmware.com/tools/esx/latest/index.html As vmtools is the package included with the virtual...
View ArticleRe: vmtools licensing
As Anjani said, you probably won't find any explicit mention that they are free anywhere, but that's because they are a key component in all vSphere editions and included by default in the hypervisor...
View ArticleUpdating / patching single ESXi host with VCSA running on it.
We've just upgraded from the free version of ESXi 5 by ordering the Essentials Kit. In the process, of course, we were able to deploy vCenter and thus Update Manager (which was the primary motivation,...
View ArticleRe: Updating / patching single ESXi host with VCSA running on it.
Welcome to community, And since you have only one ESXi host and your vCSA is running on this host, you will be unable to patch this host with Update Manager for reason that you already knows: the host...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ESXi 5.5 install on Gigabyte BRIX
Hello everyone, I'm trying to install ESXi 5.5 (tried 5.1 too) on Gigabyte BRIX GB-BXi5H-4200. Unfortunately, without luck so far. Haven't checked but I'm almost sure it has many hardware not...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.5 install on Gigabyte BRIX
Maybe not the answer you expect, but why don't you simply setup a virtual lab based on VMware Workstation (see e.g. Building the Ultimate vSphere Lab). This way you won't have to bother with hardware...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.5 install on Gigabyte BRIX
Hi a.p.Yes it is not solution I'm looking for, as I already have hardware (have read that people running ESXi on this boxes).Of course there is such option, but it is last option for me.Cheers!
View Article