Re: Required client support files missing, prompting the user to run the...
The vSphere Client version you need (you can have multiple different versions installed at the same time) depends on the ESXi host version. If the "Launcher" application doesn't detect the required...
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Andre, thanks I go the answer I was looking far, I had uninstalled the earlier versions of vsphere client, that caused the problem. Thanks again.
View ArticleUpgrade from ESXi 5.1 to 5.5
I have a datacenter running ESXi 5.1 and plan to build a second one. The second site has its own VMs but also being used as a DR site if site one is completely down for a long time. Since ESXi 5.5 is...
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Hi Welcome to the communities.Its always recommend both side should have same version to over reduce downtime .
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Re: L2 / L3 Cache problem when 5 or more CPUs asigned to a VM
Hi people! i know that its not a common problem this. I see that when the server turns on, shows a red message and dissapears, and when i put ALT+F11 i see the L2/L3 cache error: i dont know if this...
View ArticleHow should I set this lab up?
Ok so I just recently bough some stuff to build my own computer to set up a lab. Its an i5 3rd gen processor with 16 gb ram and a 1Tb hdd. I also have another older desktop from 2008 with windows 7 on...
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Welcome to the Community - I would look at installing VMware Player(Free) or VMware Workstation(you have to purchse) and create your lab environment in a nested virtual environment -...
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Cool Yes I have purchased VMware Workstation so I can use that, but will my setup be able to run vspher 5.5 or should i use 5.1?
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I found vmware isnt very demanding on cpu, but I would definitely get more ram especially if you are looking to test some adavanced features (usually involves vcenter, multiple hosts, shared storage...
View ArticleRe: The requested resource is not available
Strange I can't even get it to install in the default path, C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure. It seems that the space in "Program Files" is the issue for me. Anyway, I will not spent more time on...
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Here's what you can do, if you really want to get the most out of your setup. And also to truly get the most out of your lab. Partition the HDD into 3 main partitions, and a 4th partition that's 8GB...
View ArticleRe: Upgrade from ESXi 5.1 to 5.5
Go to 5.5. There are better solutions, and with vSphere Replication, you can actually truly have a DR site. it's hard to have a DR solution when both vCenters are different major releases. I would...
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+1 to what lloydm said. I would also recommend planning for upgrading the 5.1 site. 5.5 has received two refreshes anyways and with update 1 not so far away is fairly stable. RegardsGirish
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Thanks for the information. I forgot one of the features I want to use and this is the first experience I have with VSA. Are there new features with VSA 5.5 that I should consider installing ESXi and...
View ArticleRe: vSphere Essentials Plus upgrade from 4.1 to 5.5
Another thing to be aware of... When bonding together multiple connections, you do get more bandwidth, but maybe not how you might think. If you have four 1Gbit connections bonded together, then 4Gbit...
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Don't use VSA. It's hard to configure, easy to break, and all but requires you call support when it does. I would recommend VSAN. It's an object-based, object-RAID, storage "hypervisor." It can support...
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just deployed vCenter 5.1 appliance won't boot
I just deployed the vCenter appliance and it won't boot. I used the OVF and VMDK file method as outlined in these 2 articles. I'm attaching a view of my datastore. The only corrective action I've...
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Errors like this are often related to corrupted downloads. Did you already verify the checksum for the .ovf, .vmdk, ... files you use? André
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Thank you Andre. No I didn't. I'll make that my next step and report back. Cheers Paul
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