When you built the box, how did you configure the hard disk drive partitions?
If you only have two drives, chances are they are mirrored. What is the size of the HDDs?
If you only one partition and you store the esx os there, you won't have any storage for vms.
You will need to split the partition into two logical drives. Use the first partition for system files and the second for storage of the vms.
With the setup you have now, you will need some kind of external storage. If you can use a server that has more drive bays it would be better as I don't know how much space you will have to creates vm with the current arrangement.
Never experienced this before on install, good thing it's new then.
I'll wipe it and reply.
(This is most likely the issue. " You have selected an IDE that will require a special configuration to fully support ESX server. ...............")
When you built the box, how did you configure the hard disk drive partitions? (2 160gb)
hdc
/hdc1
/hdc2
/hdc3 swap
/hdc4 extended 146gb
/hdc5
FREE 144GB
/hde
FREE 155GB
If you only have two drives, chances are they are mirrored. What is the size of the HDDs? 160gb
If you only one partition and you store the esx os there, you won't have any storage for vms.
You will need to split the partition into two logical drives. Use the
first partition for system files and the second for storage of the vms.
2 partitions on drive1 and drive2 has one.
With the setup you have now, you will need some kind of external
storage. If you can use a server that has more drive bays it would be
better as I don't know how much space you will have to creates vm with
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Message was edited by: GoodMorningDave
(This is most likely the issue. " You have selected an IDE that will
require a special configuration to fully support ESX server.
...............")
Dell 5 series card not supported.
Change my address for what? ?:|
Hello,
Moved to ESX 3.5 forum.
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