Last first, older h/w running esxi 4.0. Went with 5.1 as 6.5 complained about some unsupported deal on the hardware. Seemed to install fine and booted. But then I ran into issues I had forgotten about, such as no more windows client and found it confusing to sort out how to mange that version. Seemed to be references to "web client" and "client" as different deals but both seemed to refer to html. Being pressed for time and needing to get stuff back up, went with 5.1 which installed without complaint. Oh, and I have the genuine SBS DVD's.
I never got tools installed, as almost anything that opens a window seems to "hang" inside that window. The auto run windows pops up, but once something is executed from there, it hangs. Most times cannot even exit the window. Can to a "log off" and log in again to windows. Seemed a first it had to be a windows issue, as the Linux guests run fine and tools installed fine. Except for one where the iso did not automount and I had to go search for it. But as I dug into it, there seemed to be some issues at esxi level. And it all worked fine on 4.0
I do still have the 6.5 install on another HD and may to bring it up and import these (after a new export) just to see. But I guess I need the admin tools worked out first.
