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bblencowe
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ESXi 4.1 install stalls

I've been attempting to provision an ESXi 4.1 VM with Fusion 3.1.1. After accepting the license agreement the install of ESXi appears to stall and I see a warning about Syslog not configured. A search on the Internet suggested checking the md5 checksum which I did, so it appears the ISO download is good. Any other suggestions would be most appreciated!

Thanks!

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WiEmWaerUser
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Enthusiast

We have the same problem (exactly the same red warning message) on a fresh installed HP ProLiant ML350 G6 (Raid 5)

After using the ESX4i "583772-005.iso" file from HP, we have a matching MD5 64f54da329a2348307f700fa41c91eb9 as found in the HP Software Depot.

Any ideas to solve this problem are welcome.

BTW: This red line appears installing from CD or USB-Stick as well.

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admin
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Hi WiEmWaerUser,

Since you are getting this issue on a Physical server i would sugget you open a new thread in the ESXi section of the forums.

You should also hit Alt + F1 to drop to the console and collect the install.log form /var/log and post it for more help.

If you have a support agreement you should also open a support request on this issue.

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WiEmWaerUser
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Enthusiast

Uups, sorry for hi-jacking this topic!

I'll act on your advice.

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Edificom
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Contributor

Hi,

We are seeing the same eror exactly, trying to install ESXi 4.1 onto Fusion 3.1.1.

We also see this if we try to install as a VM onESX 4.0.

Anyone found a way around this?

Thanks,

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Kasraeian
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Hi,

Currently I don't have access to my MAC Book so I will check for a way to install the ESXi 4.1 directly on Fusion 3.0 and trying to post the answer (if I find any) here but as I remember I didn't get any warning during installation of ESXi 4.1 on Fusion 3.1. (link)

But before that, may I suggest testing some other way to install VMware ESXi 4.1 on the VMware Fusion 3.1.

As far as I know and I remember it's possible to install VMware ESXi 4.0 (w/o u1) on the Fusion 3 by creating new "Linux Red Hat 5 (64-bit)" VM with having 2 processor and at least 4 GB memory.

After installing the VMware ESXi 4.0 on the VMware Fusion the guest system can be updated (ESXi 4.0 ---> ESXi 4.1) using the update file which is accessible from same page which ESXi 4.1 downloaded. (link)

I think this may help, if the goal is "running ESXi 4.1 on Fusion 3.1".

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Immortal
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As far as I know and I remember it's possible to install VMware ESXi 4.0 (w/o u1) on the Fusion 3 by creating new "Linux Red Hat 5 (64-bit)" VM

I would just use the VMware ESX/ESX Server 4 guest type. FWIW I haven't run into problems any time I've tried installing it (maybe 2 or 3 times). I was using VMware-VMvisor-Installer-4.1.0-260247.x86_64.iso

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Edificom
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Thanks all, Etung, that is the same exact version I am trying. Very strange.

I will try another Mac i guess...

Not sure why it doesn't work.

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continuum
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maybe the vmx-file is not good for whatever reasons - we can check it if you post it




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darrylbowler201
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I had a similar problem with installing ESXi on Fusion.

Turns out that I had to send F11 from the Vmware console rather that using the sequence on the keyboard - strange Smiley Happy

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