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165. Re: Ability to run ESX as a Workstation guest
DaveP Jul 5, 2007 1:42 PM (in response to continuum)I only used 2 processors as the VMware contact I had said it was more stable with it, but if it works for you then should be good for all.
Yes I saw the post on ESX and had a look on the web site. Very cool!
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166. Re: Ability to run ESX as a Workstation guest
ClayMon Jul 5, 2007 1:58 PM (in response to continuum)I use more or less the same with only one CPU and
more SCSI-disks
That is great news. I was bummed out because my home machine is a single core Athlon, but now there is hope. ; )
To summarize, these are the only lines that need to be added to the .VMX file?
scsi0.virtualDev = lsilogic
ethernet0.virtualDev = e1000
monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = TRUE
monitor_control.vt32 = TRUE
or for AMD processors
monitor_control.enable_svm = "TRUE"
More specifically, the scsiX.virtualDev line(s) need to be changed if not lsilogic. The other three lines need to be added at a mininum, and additional NICs need to be set to "e1000".
Thanks
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167. Re: Ability to run ESX as a Workstation guest
jmattson Jul 5, 2007 2:01 PM (in response to ClayMon)SVM (aka AMD-V) is not available on all AMD processors. You will need Rev. F or later.
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168. Re: Ability to run ESX as a Workstation guest
continuum Jul 5, 2007 2:17 PM (in response to DaveP)Dave - 2 CPUs may work nice on hosts with 4 cores.
I tried with one and two CPUs until Oliver convinced me to use one only.
Dave - do you know that you can run the same VMs that you run on your WS 6 directly inside the ESX in a VM ?
I use a Windows NFS-server to offer a directory to ESX.
If you edit the diskdescriptor you can exchange VMs between WS and ESX - see
http://www.vmware.com/community/thread.jspa?threadID=91694&tstart=0
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169. Re: Ability to run ESX as a Workstation guest
hharold Jul 6, 2007 11:17 AM (in response to richard6121)What a great topic!
After i got my laptop from my new boss, i noticed it was a VT aware Dell D620.
So first thing to do was to surf to this topic, and start to create my own virtual infrastructure. And i got it rolling! Fast and nice.
Workstation 6:
2x ESX 3.01
1x OpenFiler Appliance (iSCSI)
VirtualCenter + Client on the physical laptop.
Just for playing and testing i can run 1 vm on the ESX hosts, and even VMotion between them!
Next thing to do is to get my new boss to throw in some extra Memory.
Thanks to all that contributed to this topic!
Cheers,
Harold
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170. Re: Ability to run ESX as a Workstation guest
aspx Jul 6, 2007 2:46 PM (in response to richard6121)Hi all,
Somebody can help me, I have install ESX in VMware sucefull, but the boot as very slow, 60miutes or more...
I have an AMD Athlon 64 3500+ , and I followed the manual of xtravir, and change the configuration to
###
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"
ethernet0.adressType = "generated"
###end
.....
###
monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = TRUE
monitor_control.enable_svm= TRUE
##
The line monitor_control.enable_svm, it did not help, the ESX in slow slow slow on boot, and my computer CPU always in 100%...
Help Me
Best Regards
aspx
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171. Re: Ability to run ESX as a Workstation guest
continuum Jul 6, 2007 3:16 PM (in response to aspx)Did you install the system to IDE or to SCSI - I got the impression that IDE is faster ...
Did you give enough RAM ?
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172. Re: Ability to run ESX as a Workstation guest
jmattson Jul 6, 2007 3:24 PM (in response to aspx)Is your 3500+ a socket AM2 part or a socket 939 part? I believe the 3500+ comes in both flavors. Only the socket AM2 parts have SVM.
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173. Re: Ability to run ESX as a Workstation guest
aspx Jul 6, 2007 3:44 PM (in response to jmattson)Thanks continuum, jmattson
I have installed with SCSI, my VM Machine has 512RAM
The problem is the CPU, my Athlon, not have socket AM2
Best Regards
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174. Re: Ability to run ESX as a Workstation guest
ClayMon Jul 6, 2007 4:33 PM (in response to aspx)The problem is the CPU, my Athlon, not have socket
AM2
Here is a tool that will state, among other things, whether or not your CPU can do hardware virtualization. Unfortunately, mine can't.
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175. Re: Ability to run ESX as a Workstation guest
ClayMon Jul 6, 2007 5:57 PM (in response to aspx)The problem is the CPU, my Athlon, not have socket
AM2
Here is a tool that can tell you, among other things, if your CPU can do hardware virtualization.
http://www.grc.com/securable.htm
(I wish we could edit our posts) : (
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176. Re: Ability to run ESX as a Workstation guest
TomHowarth Jul 7, 2007 2:39 AM (in response to ClayMon)You can if you return within 15 minutes of posting. the behaviour was changed to prevent nefarious posted from bumping their post back to the top of the list be editing.
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177. Ability to run ESX 2.5 as a Workstation guest
ringadingding Jul 7, 2007 3:40 PM (in response to TomHowarth)Does anyone know if it is possible (or has been successful) to run ESX 2.5 as a virtual machine.
Let me clarify - I am able to successfully install ESX 2.5, boot, etc.
The problem is that I am not able to configure any vmfs partitions therefore there is not much I can do.
Thanks.
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178. Re: Ability to run ESX 2.5 as a Workstation guest
oreeh Jul 7, 2007 4:57 PM (in response to ringadingding)The same settings as with ESX 3 apply.
Make sure to use an lsilogic SCSI controller.
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179. Re: Ability to run ESX 2.5 as a Workstation guest
ringadingding Jul 7, 2007 7:34 PM (in response to oreeh)Yep, just got it working.
I used the "Workstation 4, ESX Compatible" and, as oreeh correctly stated, used the LSI logic SCSI controller.