install of ESX 3.5

[GONar2407]

Hi!

I try to install the ESX 3.5 on VMware Workstation 6.5

and receive an error message that didt come longer .

It appears the error, so stop it der.Jeg hope someone will help me.

see the picture.

[madda]

ESX is not supported under Workstation, so its no wonder you are getting errors.

There are ways to do it, but bare in mind they are still not supported.

[atbnet]

First of all you must create a new virtual machine with following virtual hardware requirements:

• Workstation 6 virtual hardware type

• Red Hat Linux guest OS type (guest OS type should be vmkernel but it's not implemented in VMware public products at today)

• one or more SCSI hard drives (LSILogic type, for ESX Server 3.x compatibility)

• one or more network cards

• no USB ports or sound adapters

After that you have to manually modify your virtual machine configuration file (.vmx) to change your network card type. To do that replace similar entry with following one:

• ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

Finally, if you have an Intel VT powered CPU or an AMD SVM (or AMD-V) powered CPU you have to add to your .vmx file one of the following entries to improve performances:

• monitor_control.vt32 = "TRUE" or

• monitor_control.enable_svm = "TRUE"

Without one of these settings ESX Server virtual machine performances will be almost inacceptable: on a Intel P4 3.06GHz (no VT) host with 1024MB RAM assigned to virtual machine, the ESX Server 3.0.1 boot process takes 15 minutes (100% physical CPU spike for all time). Other host configurations may take hours to boot up same machine.

On any Intel VT powered host instead, ESX Server boots in 2-3 minutes, achieving similar times of installations on physical systems.

A final entry is reported as needed to avoid virtual machines inside ESX Server recognize they are running on a nested virtual infrastructure:

• monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = "TRUE"

ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

ethernet1.virtualDev = "e1000"

ethernet2.virtualDev = "e1000"

monitor_control.enable_svm = "TRUE"

monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = "TRUE"

Andy, VCP,

[GONar2407]

Thank you Atbnet for the answer. I will remember this.

[GONar2407]

Hello again!

I've made the following description here and ESX server can not be started yet. Is there something wrong I have done here, or is the mysterious wrong?

Thank you so much

see the picture

.encoding = "windows-1252"

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "4"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"

memsize = "512"

scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"

scsi0:0.fileName = "ESX Server.vmdk"

ide1:0.present = "TRUE"

ide1:0.fileName = "G:\Downloads\VMware ESX Server Version 3.5\VMware ESX Server Version 3.5.ISO"

ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"

floppy0.autodetect = "TRUE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"

erhernet0.connectionType = "bridged"

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"

roamingVM.exitBehavior = "go"

displayName = "ESX Server"

guestOS = "redhat"

nvram = "ESX Server.nvram"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "esx"

ft.secondary0.enabled = "TRUE"

tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"

monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = TRUE

monitor_control.vt32 = TRUE

extendedConfigFile = "ESX Server.vmxf"

floppy0.fileName = "A:"

[atbnet]

Whats the error you get? If the host is INTEL is VT enabled in the bios? There will be some settings to turn it on. If its a celeron aka celery I dont think they work with this. But if its a Xeon or pentium should work when enabled.

Andy, VCP,

If you found this information useful please award points using the buttons at the top of the page accordingly.

[GONar2407]

sorry, but what is VT? and how can I do this in the BIOS?

I get the same error as before. It is also very slow in the end does not start or get the same error.

CPU : Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz

4 GG Ram

[petedr · Accepted solution]

If you haven't seen it already Xtravirt has a good whitepaper on installing ESX 3.5 in Workstation 6.5

http://knowledge.xtravirt.com/white-papers/esx-3x.html

[petedr]

thanks for the correct

[Gang_of_New_Yor]

I am not sure if you system support the VT.... if it does...then you have to enable VT from Bios

go to Bios ---advance tab....then fourth option from the top....i think it call......Inten Virtualization Techanology ..by default is is disable...so enable it ....

Restart the PC...open up VM Workstaiton....start the esx server.....

[GONar2407]

The problem has been resolved and thank you to all for your help.

I found the solution here.

[petedr]

Good to hear, xtravirt does some really good whitepapers.