Hi!
I have convinced my boss that WMWare is the way to go. But I have been trying to install 2 VM's for the last to days and only manageed the first. This is a 2003 advanced server 32 bit. I installed this successfully from a client PC wirh the WMWare client software, I used a few hours to acheve this, I cant remember what I did to manage this. Anyway I have used 2 days to try to install the second VM, a 2003 standard 32 bit. This is a list of some of the things I have tried:
Tried all of the sugestions I could find in this forum and other forums.
Tested that the medium is bootable.
Installing the guest OS from the host server
Installing the Guest OS from several clients-
Mounted the iso from a client PC.
Uploaded/mounted the iso directly to the ESXi Server.
Changing settings in the bios.
Adding a boot delay in ms for all of the above.
Adding a a second virtual cd.rom and mounting iso's and CD's to both client and host
tried almost all parameters and settings i could think of.
What is wrong with ESXi is it an alpha ore beta release? I have used VMWare Server 2.0 and it does not behave like this. If I dont find a solution for this problem today my boss will probobly give up on WMWare!
Please help!!!
Welcome to the VMware Community forums. Personally I prefer to use ISO images, so if you don't mind me just asking about that then
1) was the ISO image created from a copy of the CD you're trying to use and if so how?
2) does the ISO have a simple file name? i.e. windows.iso
3) when you select to use the ISO image, are you checking the connect at power on option?
Use checkbox "connect at startup" in VM's edit setting
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If find it correct dont forgot to award the points
1) was the ISO image created from a copy of the CD you're trying to use and if so how?
- We have used the ISO image on several server installs in the past. I have so far used 2 different ones.
We always use nero in our compter repair shop, we install servers weekly, and 3 computers each day using ISO created with Nero.
2) does the ISO have a simple file name? i.e. windows.iso
- The ISO image contains 10 uppercase letters and one underscore.
3) when you select to use the ISO image, are you checking the connect at power on option?
- yes
I just got the message that we must do a ordinary server install, if I don't manage to install the guest OS in 2 days
You might want to just delete the VM and create a new one of you haven't done so already.