ESXi 4/5 – Adding a license key
KB ID 0000272 Problem ESXi is free, however when you have installed it you will see, Solution 1. To get your key go to the VMware web site > Products > Download > Log in > It will give you a key with the download. 2. Connect to the ESXi host with your vSphere client. 3. Select the Host > Configuration tab > Licence sd Features > Edit > Enter Key > Type in the key > OK > OK. Related Articles,...
Installing ESXi 4/5 on SD Card (HP Proliant)
KB ID 0000274 Problem You have a diskless HP Proliant server – or simply a Proliant with an internal SD card (this procedure will work on internal/external USB drives as well). And you want to install VMware ESXi 4. Solution Pre Requisites Set the Server to Boot From USB Card First 1. When the server boots press F9 to Enter the RBSU. 2. System Options > USB Options > Removable Flash Media Boot Sequence. 3. Select the...
Upgrade ESX 3 to version 4.1.0
to upgrade ESXi to 4.1 Click here KB ID 0000305 Problem I had to upgrade some ESX hosts from ESX 3.5 the other day, as they are a long way away, and version 4.1 is hot off the presses (at time of writing) that’s what I wanted to upgrade them to. Lessons Learned 1. At first I tried with the “Host Update Utility”. 2. But no matter what version I gave it, it gave me this error, Unsupported ESX version: esx-4.0.0...
Update VMware ESXi from 4.0 to 4.1
for ESX click here KB ID 0000369 Problem You have an ESXi server running 4.0 and you want to update to 4.1 Note: This procedure is carried out on a stand along ESXi 4.0 host, if you have 4.0 ESXi servers managed by Virtual Center you MUST update your Virtual Center to version 4.1 FIRST. If you don’t you cannot connect to the updated 4.1 ESXi host post upgrade, if you try you will see the following error, Error: HA agent disabled...
Cannot Delete a Virtual Machine(Another task is already in progress)
KB ID 0000376 Problem When you try and delete a Virtual Machine from ESX or VSphere you see the following error. Error: Another task is already in progress. In addition, if you try and remove the VM from the inventory you will see the following error. Error: Call “VirtualMachine.Unregister” for object “{vm name}” on vCenter Server “{VCenter name}” failed. Solution In my case the VM in...