i7 2600k P8H67-i delux MB and vCenter Server appliance ESXi 5

[BoyQuiet]

i7 2600k P8H67-i delux MB and vCenter Server appliance, 16GB and ESXi 5

Has any one been able to run vCenter Server Appliance on this hardware?

vCenter Server Appliance will not start

I run ESXi 4.1 on a server and built a more office friendly machine to get to know ESXi 5

ESXi 5 installs and start ok and runs a test VM ok.

But having downloaded vCenter Server appliance and deployed the ovf , the virtual machine will not start.

Im reasonably confident the deployment was OK as I did it before on ESXi 4.1 ( but on a server with a Xeon CPU).

The console message is

Virtual Machine message
This virtual machine is configured for 64-bit guest operating systems. However , 64-bit
operation is not possible.
Longmode is disabled for this virtual machine
For more detailed information see http://vmware.com/info?id=52
Continue without 64-bit support

Yes

No

If i select "No" I get "Insufficient video RAM"

If I select "Yes" I get

This kernel requires an x86-64 CPU but only detected an i686 CPU.
Unable to boot - please us a kernel appropriate for your CPU.

I have been through the settings and advice re longmode, but just cannot get the right settings.

Thanks in advance for any response

[a_p_]

Maybe you'd get more responses if you would describe any issues you have with the deployment of the appliance!?

André

[BoyQuiet]

Thanks André - I've edited the post.

[a_p_ · Accepted solution]

In order to run 64-bit guests you need to enable "VT-x" in the system's BIOS. In addition to this I'd recommend you also enable the "Execute Disable Bit" and - unless needed - disable "VT-d" as well as "Trusted Execution". Once done, save the BIOS settings and power cycle the system (power off/power on). If this does not solve the issue, please post the VM's latest vmware.log.

André

[BoyQuiet]

André

Thanks - vCenter Server Appliance up and running.

I cannot belive I completely missed the setting "Intel Virtualisation Technology" and that was disabled in BIOS - I think I saw "EM64T supported" and "Hyperthreading enabled" and mentally confused those with "Virtualisation enabled".