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dkundu
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Getting following error when Installing ESXi 5.5 on Workstation 10

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Any idea why I am getting such error? Any direction will be appreciated. Thank you.

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abhilashhb
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Its not an error. It's just a warning. And it's nothing serious. What storage do u have?

Abhilash B
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abhilashhb
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To explain it. When you install Esxi it tries creating a scratch partition of 4GB. If that fails the logs are stored on RAMDISK. That s why it says that the logs are stored on non persistent storage. When you reboot the host the logs will be lost. This can be fixed by creating a scratch partition. It will be caused because of many reasons. That's the reason I asked for the type of storage. Have you installed it by just creating a vm on vmdk?

Abhilash B
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dkundu
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Thanks for your explanation. It is a normal PC with 8gb ram and sata HDD. I created vmdk and tried to install esxi. It is purely for learning purpose. After showing that warning it doesn't go to next step. Installation stuck at that page. What I should do.

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dkundu
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I fixed the issue by changing the disk type in VMware Workstation. Please check the following screenshot.

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Now, it is working and I have installed esxi 5.5. I few other questions.

I want to create 2 Windows 2008 R2 server. How I provision network? At this moment, I just added bridge network with IP 192.168.1.105. Do you have any guide to which can help me to set up a full blown esxi environment under Workstation? Thanks for your help.

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abhilashhb
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What is your requirement? how many machines will you have?

VMware Workstation Networking Basics | pibytes This is a link for networking basics of Workstation.

Abhilash B
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dkundu
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I will have following machines:

1. Windows Server 2012 R2 (DC, DHCP, DNS)

2. Exchange 2010 SP3

3. Windows 7

4. Windows System Center 2012 R2

I know, it will be dog in term of speed. I won't mind as long as it works and I can do my study and do exercise. I will increase RAM soon. Thanks.

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shayne54
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Try command +F11, Boss, that is just an error page you can command +F2 out of from most KVMs like Cisco UCS etc.... should work.

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