Re: vSphere Essentials Kit - virtual machine vcpu
Andrea,have you already implemented the solution? Does de vSphere Essentials Kit 5.5 licence have really no vCPU limit per VM, as seems from the KB article?ThanksWojtek
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I have the same problem too and no antivirus software installed. My SO is Windows Server 2012 R2.
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Re: Issues installing vSphere 5.5 U2 Web Client on Windows 7 professional
Thank you for the clarification. Sometimes one can't see the forest for the trees! Referring to KB article (2058262): VMware KB: Installing the vSphere 5.5 Web Client on a Microsoft Windows platform I...
View ArticleInstallation of ESXi before vCenter Server? How can I get vCenter Server on a...
My plan for a fresh installation of vSphere Essentials Plus 5.5 U2a is to have the vCenter Server existing on a VM on the host servers onto which ESXi is installed. However, all installation...
View ArticleRe: Installation of ESXi before vCenter Server? How can I get vCenter Server...
Hi, Typically, you install ESXi first as that is the hyper visor which allows you to build vms on top of that. If you have existing ESXi servers that will be part of the same cluster, you can install...
View ArticleRe: Installation of ESXi before vCenter Server? How can I get vCenter Server...
Thank you for the response. That was my understanding of the process until I read the installation instructions that put vCenter first. There are no other ESXi servers. These 2 servers (I'll be...
View ArticleRe: Installation of ESXi before vCenter Server? How can I get vCenter Server...
Hi munkyman welcome to the communities, after you installed your first ESXi host, open a browser and go to https://your-ESXi-ip-or-FQDN You can download the vSphere Client there. It's a windows...
View ArticleRe: Installation of ESXi before vCenter Server? How can I get vCenter Server...
Very helpful, thank you! Can you provide some insight into the legacy BIOS vs UEFI options? Does it really matter? I haven't installed ESXi yet, so I can still change the server's setting to UEFI if...
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Re: Installation of ESXi before vCenter Server? How can I get vCenter Server...
You're welcome. ESXi supports UEFI boot since version 5.0. So you definetly could use it (I think there were some features like network boot and autodeploy that needed BIOS, but you normally only need...
View ArticleVMWare Essentials package
hi,how could you support more then 3 hosts with the VMWare Essentials package i know each pack is for 6 cpu's setup by default for 2 cpu's per Host.thanks.
View ArticleRe: Replacing Existing Host with New Host/Hardware
Aloha, We are about to do the same thing. Configurations will not change. I vaguely remember reading somewhere that there is a folder(s) on each ESX host that if we copy from the old hardware to the...
View ArticleRe: Where to get/How to install Broadcom BCM4401 network card drivers?
So let me get this straight: install a minimal Linux, install a Workstation isntance and in that instance dwploy ESXI. Did I get it right? What I am a bit affraid is that it will beat the purpose. I...
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Re: Where to get/How to install Broadcom BCM4401 network card drivers?
Yes, well... Apparently finding an expresscard that has a chipset compatible with ESXI is indeed a big challenge. .. . My experiment seems doomed...
View ArticleRe: Where to get/How to install Broadcom BCM4401 network card drivers?
what exactly would you be doing with a bare metal installation that you could not do with your virtual instance of ESXi? I would argue that you have even more flexibility with the virtual instance....
View ArticleVshpere package
Hi Guys,VMware vsphere is my first virtualisation experience, i would like to know what is the exact package name to install, i want to do the following:1 - I have a linux virtual machine hosted in...
View ArticleRe: Vshpere package
Welcome to the community, I just verified jenkins vsphere cloud plugin web page and it requires vCenter server to be installed.If you are planning to create clones via Jenkins plugin - First step is to...
View ArticleVmware 5.5 Distributed Architecture and UpdateManager installation
Hello everybody I have installed a new Vmware vCenter 5.5u2.Actually, I have 2 servers for this new architecture : The first one with SSO, Inventory and the WebclientThe second one with SQL Server and...
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My question is : Can I install the Vmware Update Manager on the first server (adapting RAM) and linked the VUM to the SQL Server database on the second one (using ODBC source) ?Yes, you can. You are...
View ArticleRe: Vmware 5.5 Distributed Architecture and UpdateManager installation
Hello MKguy I would have feedback of customer to make sure that solution could be well on vmware production solution. Thanks you for your reply i install the VUM on my vm with have SSO, inventory and...
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