Unable to install ESX3.5 under WS6

[Chris_S_UK]

Whereas it's well documented how to install 3.0.x under WS6, when I try to install 3.5 in the same way, it reports "Unable to find any supported network devices" very early on in the install process and won't go any further.

The VM has 1 virtual NIC installed.

Anyone else tried 3.5 under WS6 yet?

Chris

[LucD]

Did anybody already try this with the WS 6.5 beta ?

[esloof]

Yes , I did. It takes for ever to start ESX 3.5 and a VM doesn't start.

[Dave_Mishchenko]

The current beta has debug symbols enabled so it runs pretty slow. The release candidate should include the ability to run ESX 3.5 plus VMs on it - http://communities.vmware.com/thread/117676?tstart=0.

[Tinkis]

Hello,

I bought new PC with AMD Phenom 9850 Processor (QuadCore) and 4 GB RAM. Now I am able to run Virtual Machines on ESX 3.5 that is installed on Vmware Workstation 6.0.2.

I'v had one crash first day I was trying. Somehow ESX server got broken when I powered it off via VMWorkstation. I reinstaled it today and imported virtual machine on it. Now it's runing stable for 5 hours.

[esloof]

ESX 3.5 is running on Workstation 6.5 Build 91182 !!!

Last night I received an anonymous tip from someone deep inside the VMware Workstation development team. The tip I received was all about running ESX 3.5 inside Workstation 6.5 and the possibility to power on a VM.

Try the latest Workstation 6.5 Beta 1 Refresh and you are in for a surprise...

This afternoon I downloaded the latest build of the Workstation 6.5 Beta and try to run ESX 3.5 on it.

Download VMware Workstation 6.5 Beta VMware Workstation 6.5 Beta

Latest Version: Beta | 5/12/08 | Build 91182

I created a standard (other Linux) VM with two CPU's, 1024 Gb mem and a 20 GB SCSI disk. I also added the following tree lines to the VMX file.

ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

monitor.virtual_exec = "hardware"

monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = "true"