Comments on: VMotion from physical ESX 4 to virtual ESX 4 http://www.vcritical.com/2009/05/vmotion-from-physical-esx-4-to-virtual-esx-4/ Informed Virtualization Criticism Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:14:11 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Nicolas http://www.vcritical.com/2009/05/vmotion-from-physical-esx-4-to-virtual-esx-4/#comment-8241 Nicolas Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:49:23 +0000 http://www.vcritical.com/?p=1110#comment-8241 Hi, VMs could not start in virtual ESX : no bios, 100% cpu, I just bought a dual opteron for a lab, does somebody think of a possible hack ? Nicolas Hi,

VMs could not start in virtual ESX : no bios, 100% cpu,
I just bought a dual opteron for a lab, does somebody think of a possible hack ?

Nicolas

]]> By: Welcome to vSphere-land! » Running ESX/ESXi in a VM Links http://www.vcritical.com/2009/05/vmotion-from-physical-esx-4-to-virtual-esx-4/#comment-6751 Welcome to vSphere-land! » Running ESX/ESXi in a VM Links Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:36:03 +0000 http://www.vcritical.com/?p=1110#comment-6751 [...] vSphere within Workstation will take up a lot of memory VMware ESX 4 can even virtualize itself VMotion from physical ESX 4 to virtual ESX 4 vSphere Lab on VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation Author: esiebert7625 Categories: vSphere [...] [...] vSphere within Workstation will take up a lot of memory VMware ESX 4 can even virtualize itself VMotion from physical ESX 4 to virtual ESX 4 vSphere Lab on VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation Author: esiebert7625 Categories: vSphere [...]

]]> By: Cheap vSphere Server « Virtualization, Windows, Infrastructure and all that “stuff” in-between http://www.vcritical.com/2009/05/vmotion-from-physical-esx-4-to-virtual-esx-4/#comment-6745 Cheap vSphere Server « Virtualization, Windows, Infrastructure and all that “stuff” in-between Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:57:45 +0000 http://www.vcritical.com/?p=1110#comment-6745 [...] it on, although it does also run under VMware Workstation too – even supporting nested VMs and physical ESX to virtual ESX vMotion! unfortunately it won’t run on my trusty old HP D530 desktops which I’ve used to run ESX 3.5 [...] [...] it on, although it does also run under VMware Workstation too – even supporting nested VMs and physical ESX to virtual ESX vMotion! unfortunately it won’t run on my trusty old HP D530 desktops which I’ve used to run ESX 3.5 [...]

]]> By: Eric Gray http://www.vcritical.com/2009/05/vmotion-from-physical-esx-4-to-virtual-esx-4/#comment-6729 Eric Gray Thu, 28 May 2009 17:54:46 +0000 http://www.vcritical.com/?p=1110#comment-6729 Excellent, thanks for following up. Excellent, thanks for following up.

]]> By: Kevin Chan http://www.vcritical.com/2009/05/vmotion-from-physical-esx-4-to-virtual-esx-4/#comment-6727 Kevin Chan Thu, 28 May 2009 13:06:53 +0000 http://www.vcritical.com/?p=1110#comment-6727 Eric, Thanks for your reply. I think I have identified the problem. It is the AMD Athlon X2 7750 CPU that I am using. I have tried it on the Intel E6750 then everything works perfect. On the AMD, the VM was started but it is not actually running. It would run at high CPU but nothing happened. No BIOS screen, totally nothing but just a blank screen. Kevin Eric,

Thanks for your reply. I think I have identified the problem. It is the AMD Athlon X2 7750 CPU that I am using. I have tried it on the Intel E6750 then everything works perfect.

On the AMD, the VM was started but it is not actually running. It would run at high CPU but nothing happened. No BIOS screen, totally nothing but just a blank screen.

Kevin

]]> By: Eric Gray http://www.vcritical.com/2009/05/vmotion-from-physical-esx-4-to-virtual-esx-4/#comment-6722 Eric Gray Wed, 27 May 2009 16:16:41 +0000 http://www.vcritical.com/?p=1110#comment-6722 Kevin, that should be sufficient. Hard to say what is going on... are there sufficient resources on your machine? Kevin, that should be sufficient. Hard to say what is going on… are there sufficient resources on your machine?

]]> By: Kevin Chan http://www.vcritical.com/2009/05/vmotion-from-physical-esx-4-to-virtual-esx-4/#comment-6711 Kevin Chan Wed, 27 May 2009 02:07:58 +0000 http://www.vcritical.com/?p=1110#comment-6711 Is there any trick to set on the nested VM? I am able to power on the nested VM with the "monitor_control.restrict_backdoor / TRUE" trick but when I open the console of the powered on VM, I just get blank screen. I am running ESX 4 VM on top of ESX 4. Is there any trick to set on the nested VM? I am able to power on the nested VM with the “monitor_control.restrict_backdoor / TRUE” trick but when I open the console of the powered on VM, I just get blank screen.

I am running ESX 4 VM on top of ESX 4.

]]> By: Bobbi Perrin http://www.vcritical.com/2009/05/vmotion-from-physical-esx-4-to-virtual-esx-4/#comment-6661 Bobbi Perrin Tue, 19 May 2009 18:25:38 +0000 http://www.vcritical.com/?p=1110#comment-6661 Thanks Eric, I see it now, don't know what the problem was. I am still running IE 7. Looks great! BTW any comment on the AMD / Microsoft Live Migration announcement the other day? :-) Great information! -Bobbi Thanks Eric, I see it now, don’t know what the problem was. I am still running IE 7.

Looks great!

BTW any comment on the AMD / Microsoft Live Migration announcement the other day? :-)

Great information!

-Bobbi

]]> By: Eric Gray http://www.vcritical.com/2009/05/vmotion-from-physical-esx-4-to-virtual-esx-4/#comment-6660 Eric Gray Tue, 19 May 2009 18:21:09 +0000 http://www.vcritical.com/?p=1110#comment-6660 There is a YouTube video embedded. Do you not see it? If not, what browser are you using, etc? There is a YouTube video embedded. Do you not see it? If not, what browser are you using, etc?

]]> By: Bobbi Perrin http://www.vcritical.com/2009/05/vmotion-from-physical-esx-4-to-virtual-esx-4/#comment-6659 Bobbi Perrin Tue, 19 May 2009 18:11:44 +0000 http://www.vcritical.com/?p=1110#comment-6659 Hi Eric, Is there supposed to be a screenshot for this blog post? Hi Eric,

Is there supposed to be a screenshot for this blog post?

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