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ESXi 5.0 u1 on R620 VMFS 5
Have R620 Server with 2 internal SD cards for ESXi 5.0 U1, and 4 - 600Gb SAS local drives in Raid 5 config for storage.
(VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.0.0.update1-623860.x86_64-Dell_Customized_RecoveryCD_A00.iso) -> ESXi 5.0 U1 install disk
I successfully installed ESXi 5.0 U1 on the Server SD cards, but when I attempt to add the local SAS storage within vsphere client (selecting either vmfs-3 or 5) it shows "Loading...." message for about 2 minutes and then disconnects the vsphere client. Can't get it to create the Datastore...
I can install ESXi 4.1 U2 on system and everything works good, it sees the storage and adds it successfully (vmfs-3). Not sure why with ESXi 5.0 its disconnecting before completion.
Any ideas?
DELL-Chris H
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July 17th, 2012 15:00
Crawfca,
Here is what you will need to do; XXX and ZZZ will be information specific to your systems
Use putty to print out partitions on local storage and delete partitions
Print partition table:
/dev/disks # partedUtil getptbl "/vmfs/devices/disks/naa.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
msdos
XXXXX XXX XX XXXXXXXXX
1 ZZZZZ partition identifier
2 ZZZZZpartition identifier
After that to delete -
/dev/disks # partedUtil delete "/vmfs/devices/disks/naa.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" 1
/dev/disks # partedUtil delete "/vmfs/devices/disks/naa.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" 2
Print partition table after delete:
/dev/disks # partedUtil getptbl "/vmfs/devices/disks/naa.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
msdos
XXXXX XXX XX XXXXXXXXX
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Once the partitions were deleted use the gui to add local storage and format as vmfs
Let me know how it goes.
dmrsupport
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July 29th, 2012 16:00
Thanks Chris, I was having the same problem and your fix worked.
IpSerg
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May 23rd, 2013 00:00
Tell me I'm using to install ESXi 5.0 on DELL R620 server image VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.0.0.update1-623860.x86_64-Dell_Customized_RecoveryCD_A00.iso. However, when the server boots from the disk, it does not display the boot menu
"1. Installing VMware ESXi 5.0
2. Boot drive C "
VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.0.0.update1-623860.x86_64-Dell_Customized_RecoveryCD_A00.iso, this image of a boot?
When insert the disk into the drive server HP DL380G5, the boot menu appears.
Sorry for my english