We tried to create/install a new virtual machine (Ubuntu system) in our new ESXi 3.5 server and we got confused about setting up the cd boot. There are two ways to connect a CD/DVD to an ESXi 3.5 VMware machine.
Use Client Device - which means use the CD/DVD rom on your local PC
Use Host Device [...]
We have a Dell PowerEdge 2950 running VMWare ESXi 3.5. To monitor the Dell hardware, we are using the DRAC feature. Make sure you have a DRAC management card installed, and set it up with an IP address. Access the management page with any browser, and from there you can setup email notifications whenever there’s [...]
Four ways to manage VMWare ESXi 3.5.
VI Client - Provides you with a GUI to manage your virtual machines. This can be downloaded from VMware website or if you go to your ESXi server Welcome Page, you can get it there too.
SSH - Before you can SSH onto the ESXi machine, you need to enable [...]
I am currently setting up a brand new test environment, and I will be writing down the whole project here.
Hardware - Using Dell Optiplex GX620. This is one of the Dell workstations that will support ESXi 3.5. I tried to get ESXi working on Dell Optiplex 745, without any luck. It has a 3 GHZ [...]
In case one of the application servers blows up. For servers such as SQL and Exchange, you will need a beefed up server hosting the ESXi server.
The BIG picture
Convert physical machines (mostly Windows 2003 servers) into virtual machines (.vmx)
Save the virtual machines into a central repository
Restore the VM image when needed to a standby VMware [...]
On Monday, I was getting this error “Could not interpret the client’s request” when connecting to my ESXi 3.5 server using VI Infrastructure client v2.5. Without access to the VMware server, I could not manage the virtual machines. I did a bit of research on the internet, and according to a post on the VMware [...]
In July 2008, VMware released a free version of the VMware ESXi hypervisor. The free version is officially called VMware ESXi 3.5.
This move has not only increased VMware presence in the market, but the majority of VMware’s revenues come from selling its Virtual Infrastructure management suite, which you have to buy.
Earlier this month I was [...]