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Mr-White

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I tried to install vmware ESXi 3.5.0 last night on the spec below, except i kept getting an error message saying "unable to find a supported device to write the vmware ESXi 3.5.0 image to. The disk shows up in the bios ok and i was able to install xp to it but vmware can't see it :(

Looks similar to this

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spec:
Shuttle S31G2
E6600
4gb memory
320 samsung F1

MW
 
i tried to install it on a spare machine i had p4 3ghz 1gb ram (just to see what its like)

but it would not let me install it because it was not server hardware :S

not sure if this helps you at all tho :(
 
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Looks to me like it's unable to find the hdd to write/read.

I can't remember off the top of my head what controllers ESX supports out the box, i've only been using up to 3.2.0. But it would be worth checking their support site and see if there's any way to add the drivers to your install setup.
 
I suspect as nade said its down to the SATA Controller not being supported.
There is a list of supported COntrollers and PC's some were if i have the time i'll try and locate it for you.

Edit : oddjob62 beat me to it.
 
wow lots of replies :)

if my SATA controller isn't supported by ESXi what's the work around to get vmware working ?

MW
 
Mr-White said:
wow lots of replies :)

if my SATA controller isn't supported by ESXi what's the work around to get vmware working ?

MW
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I'm afraid you can only go with what ESX supports. I know some guys from work have been buying HP ProLiant DL360's or DL380's from eBay just to install and run ESX at home.

Of course you might be able to avoid doing that if you were to find a supported SCSI/SATA disk controller and fit it to your PC. But personally I would chuck together a decent 2nd PC and get hold of one of the supported controllers and suitable hard disks.

oddjob62 said:
ESXi has a much smaller list of supported hardware compared to something like Windows. Here is a list of some tested configurations
http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3.5/Whiteboxes_SATA_Controllers_for_ESX_3.5_3i.htm
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oddjob62 has posted a brilliant link there, you could pick some kit from that list and build together a 2nd PC to run ESX.
 
That is the same type of thing, but you will need to buy Server 2008. Depending on how many VMs you want to run etc, it can get expensive.

I think: Server 2008 Standard gets you 1 Physical Host and 1 VM. Server 2008 Enterprise gets you 1 Physical Host and 4 VMs. And Server 2008 Datacenter is 1 Host and unlimited VMs.

Again, very expensive :)
 
Ringiho said:
That is the same type of thing, but you will need to buy Server 2008. Depending on how many VMs you want to run etc, it can get expensive.

I think: Server 2008 Standard gets you 1 Physical Host and 1 VM. Server 2008 Enterprise gets you 1 Physical Host and 4 VMs. And Server 2008 Datacenter is 1 Host and unlimited VMs.

Again, very expensive :)
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is this just licenses needed or does server 2008 actually need to be installed ?

MW
 
Ringiho said:
There is XenServer which is free.

http://citrix.com/English/ps2/products/feature.asp?contentID=1686939

Same type of thing, and I have heard great things about it. Apparently it is better than ESX!
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I Looked at this and found one problem was it require a 64bit processor, At least the current version does the older versions seemed to work with 32bit processors ok.

one alternative is perhaps to build a custom Linux versions with VMware server installed. Sip the Linux of as much as passable to free up system resources.
 
could try the live boot trick that some people employ on the ml110/115s by sticking part of the image onto a usb device (since even these 2 dont have supported sata controllers, ml115 doesnt anyway
 
Emo_hug said:
I Looked at this and found one problem was it require a 64bit processor, At least the current version does the older versions seemed to work with 32bit processors ok.

one alternative is perhaps to build a custom Linux versions with VMware server installed. Sip the Linux of as much as passable to free up system resources.
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The E6600 will be 64bit anyway :)
 
with xen i think the only thing you have to make sure is that your bios supports the virtualisation technology of the respective CPU, pretty sure most modern motherboards have this option anyway
 
it seems xen server is my only option, i will have server installed but 2003 trial version until i've finished a few exams and then i'll be upgrading.

i've already upgraded the bios to the latest version but will have to double check later if its supported

MW
 
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