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  • 1.  Can ESX install onto D: drive

    Posted Dec 09, 2010 05:03 PM

    I'm a newbie and have not played much with ESX, therefore, I was thinking to install it onto my laptop.

    Per the hardware and HCL requirements, it meets all the specifications.

    What I like to know is if my drive has a C: and D: partition, is it possible for ESX to be installed onto the D: partition? D: currently has data stored on it... And if it is installable, once installed, can I run vCenter or vSphere Client (installed on my C:) to manage/view the ESX server that was installed onto the D: partition?



  • 2.  RE: Can ESX install onto D: drive

    Posted Dec 09, 2010 05:09 PM

    Per the hardware and HCL requirements, it meets all the specifications.

    A laptop?!?! you MUST be joking, no way a Laptop is on the HCL.

    What I like to know is if my drive has a C: and D: partition, is it possible for ESX to be installed onto the D: partition? D: currently has data stored on it.

    Has to be formatted, can't be existing...

    And if it is installable, once installed, can I run vCenter or vSphere Client (installed on my C:) to manage/view the ESX server that was installed onto the D: partition?

    Best thing for you to do is install VM Ware player, then install ESX as a VM, then you can manage it. ESX is bare metal, meaning it replaces the BASE OS, you can't dual boot ESX.



  • 3.  RE: Can ESX install onto D: drive

    Posted Dec 09, 2010 05:12 PM

    Very few if any laptops would satisfy the HCL. ESX(i) is a bare metal hypervisor which means it owns the hardware. You could not use the screen for viewing a Virtual machine or running another OS. You can try using VMware Workstation and installing ESX(i) as a Virtual Guest. Workstation installs on Linux or Windows so you could have vCenter running on the Windows OS or install it as a guest as well.






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  • 4.  RE: Can ESX install onto D: drive

    Posted Dec 09, 2010 10:48 PM

    I would install ESX on top of VMware Workstation;

    http://vmblog.com/archive/2007/11/01/more-on-installing-vmware-esx-server-inside-a-workstation-6-vm.aspx

    Regards,

    Paul Kelly

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  • 5.  RE: Can ESX install onto D: drive

    Posted Dec 09, 2010 11:19 PM

    The workarounds in the link aren't necessary for Workstation 7. ESX(i) is a directly supported installation wizard OS. With enough RAM and supported CPU it is possible to set up multiple ESX(i) guests and vCenter to do vMotion etc.






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