Re: Upgrade from 5.0.0 build 914586 using HP custom image shows as incompatible
This is resolved. Tech Support determined that my host wanted a reboot before continuing with the install. I don't know why there was a pending reboot - no updates I had applied to the server...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 4.1 to ESXi 5.1 A general system error occurred source detected that...
Patch released yesterday for this! http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2035777
View ArticleReplacing/installing on new hardware
We are replacing (4) existing ESXi 4.0 hosts servers with (4) new hardware replacement servers. We first upgraded our Vcenter server to version 5 which was successful. We now would like to replace the...
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Re: Replacing/installing on new hardware
Hi Welcome to the communities. yes you can use the host profile of current hosts and apply the host profiles to the new hardware after "a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single...
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I do not know i you have reveiwed the upgrade guid - http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-51-upgrade-guide.pdf - it will step you through what you...
View ArticleESXI 4.1 to 5.1
Hi Folks THe company i work for has a corporate license for esxi 4.1.I am currently setting up a working area that requires roughly 15 systems using esxi.The problem is that the new systems we bought...
View ArticleRe: ESXI 4.1 to 5.1
Hi and welcome to the forums. Its not clear for me what you want to workaround, do you want to run 4.1 on the new systems or do you want to run 5.1?What do you mean exactly with "a corporate license"?...
View ArticleRe: ESXI 4.1 to 5.1
Hi Linjo Thanks for the reply,I waqnt to run 5.1 on the new systems, as 4.1 is not compatible.Yes we only have a licence for 4.1. thanks again.Declan
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.1 Installation local or domain user?
Hi Deniss, I am facing same problem, how you solved the issue? Do we must need domain account for vCenter 5.1 installation or we can install using local admin and ignore this message.
View ArticleRe: Upgrade vCenter 5.0 to 5.1
finally am able to Upgrade my vCenter 5.0 to vCenter 5.1 with saperating SSO and Inventory services on diefferent and all other remaining vCenter services on other servers. Thanks to Derek's great blog...
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So then its easy, buy new licenses for the new hosts unless you want to run ESXi free. // Linjo
View ArticleRe: ESXI 4.1 to 5.1
Declan, As long as you are up to date with your support maintenance contract then you should be able to upgrade your licenses from v4 to v5. To abide by the EULA you can upgrade the licenses a few at...
View ArticleHow to backup b4 moving from ESXi4.1 to vSphere essentials 5.1
Just bought vSphere essentials. But I have a VM running under ESXi 4.1 free that I cannot lose. How can I backup the old host installation with it's VM before upgrading the host to ESXi 5.1 and...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.1 Installation local or domain user?
HI Khu11, I am using a new domain account like svc_vmware to install. You need a Domain User in order to get SSO working. regardsDennis
View ArticleRe: ESXI 4.1 to 5.1
I understood it as you already have running hosts with 4.1 but maybe I missunderstood, if you want to replace the current hosts with new ones its just to download the new licensekeys from the portal....
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.1 Installation local or domain user?
Regardless of the recommendations, I regularly run into builds where "step 1" is to build a vSphere infrastructure. It's not until "step 2" that I reach "build a VM and promote it to create a domain"....
View ArticleRe: How to backup b4 moving from ESXi4.1 to vSphere essentials 5.1
You can do an in place upgrade and avoid needing to restore anything - although backups are still recommended before anything major. The easiest and most supported way is to build a Windows VM in your...
View ArticleHelp: Troubles downloading English documentation
Hi! I can’t download the English documentation of vSphere 5.1 from the vmware.com website. I’m connected to the US version of the website, the web site itself is English, but when I download for...
View ArticleRe: Help: Troubles downloading English documentation
You basically have two options to view and download documentation in another language.Open http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/index.jsp and switch to "English". As long as your browser session is...
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