ESXi Setup!

[takeshi_umuro]

well, you could add a usb device in the vm and passthru USB harddisks to the VM from the ESXi host in ESXi 4.1. It also supports vMotion

Refer to the vSphere VM management guide for more details or browse vmware kb with usb drive

good info thanks! shld have read up more on the new feature sets released in 4.1 rather than anything else. lol.

 

[seowbin]

well, you could add a usb device in the vm and passthru USB harddisks to the VM from the ESXi host in ESXi 4.1. It also supports vMotion

Refer to the vSphere VM management guide for more details or browse vmware kb with usb drive

muahaha...
all use and use nia, never see that new feature

 

[anime_toys08]

muahaha...
all use and use nia, never see that new feature

actually to be honest, me too!


till my customer asked me then i discovered ^^"

 

[SKinny86]

Hmm. anybody tried ESXi 3.5 before? Wonder if there's much difference from ESXi 4.

Sadly my server has a 100Mbit adapter and ESXi 4 dosent support 100Mbit anymore
in order to make use of it have to downgrade.

 

[SKinny86]

well, you could add a usb device in the vm and passthru USB harddisks to the VM from the ESXi host in ESXi 4.1. It also supports vMotion

Refer to the vSphere VM management guide for more details or browse vmware kb with usb drive

Hmm it seems like passthrough also requires a Intel-VT or AMD-V supported processor. Cuz i tried on mine which does not support HVM and i got a "Host does not support passthrough configuration" error.

 

[HeeroYuy84]

any freeware for the ip to usb thing??

 

[SKinny86]

any freeware for the ip to usb thing??

hmm think i saw one on sourceforge. Not very sure how it works though :\

 

[kitaeshi]

ESX4 cluster node1
ASUS M2NPV-VM
AMD 5200
4 x 2GB DDR2 Ram
Sata HDD
Da shui niu casing

ESX4 cluster node2
ASUS M2NPV-VM
AMD 5200
4 x 2GB DDR2 Ram
Sata HDD
Da shui niu casing

3. Open-E Storage
MINIX™ 780G-SP128MB
1 x 1GB DDR2 Ram
2 x 500GB 7200.12 Seagate HDD Raid 0

 

[kitaeshi]

Hmm. anybody tried ESXi 3.5 before? Wonder if there's much difference from ESXi 4.

Sadly my server has a 100Mbit adapter and ESXi 4 dosent support 100Mbit anymore
in order to make use of it have to downgrade.

where got.. i recently setup a cluster using esxi 4.1u1, client network is 100mb...vc is virtualise...vmotion vc failed.. haha

 

[SKinny86]

where got.. i recently setup a cluster using esxi 4.1u1, client network is 100mb...vc is virtualise...vmotion vc failed.. haha

weird. its confirmed at vmware forums that e100 modules are not supported in esxi 4.1 anymore. checked the HCL too :\

 

[klap_hanz]

Yes, there are a list of vmware tested and approved device list to used with directIO. Usually is those nic cards.

However, unapproved devices are fine for non-production use. Just like mine, i virtualized my TV recorder

bro, i oso wanna virtualized my PCI Raid Controller and TV tuner card and exposed it to my VMs, but after some googling, i discover that the CPU and Mobo used need to support Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) and IOMMU for AMD in order for VMware VMDirectPath to work....

Can you tell me what cpu, mobo and tv recorder card are you using right now bro ??

Thanks for the help in advance bro

 

[seowbin]

i using lenovo desktop leh and some china made tv tuner card

 

[HeeroYuy84]

u record what? tv shows?

 

[seowbin]

u record what? tv shows?

watch tv from my other desktop la

can record also if required..

 

[blackie83]

Anyone tried using active directory to authenticate? Vsphere?


What happens when the domain controller in the vm fails? Can it still login as local root?

 

[HeeroYuy84]

u asking something about windows login or vm? lol

i think there is a gpo which allows credential checks saved if login previously

 

[blackie83]

Never mind founded it. Esix host authenticate by active directory.

http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/resources/582

The local "root" user is still valid.

 

[anime_toys08]

Never mind founded it. Esix host authenticate by active directory.

http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/resources/582

The local "root" user is still valid.

Root is always enabled by default - it is the first login that you will configure as well. some people disable root and create 2nd admin as well.. . depending on how you look at it. ...

anyway ESXi5 has firewall again . . sianz.

 

[yukita]

i remember there is post saying raid such as from amd sb850 or Intel ICH-R is not supported in esx or esxi.

how about IBM ServeRaid M1015, on the pdf it says support esx/esxi 4.0/4.1. is that mean it support raid 0 in the setup?

 

[yukita]

btw anybody know mini sas 8087 to sata cable, how much and where to get?