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Hi. I've had a phpBB 3 forum running for a while that's running on a hosted service. I haven't been keeping the software updated and worried that it will become a security risk to the rest of the my sites so just want to shut it down and remove any access to the database. Does anyone have any...

Never mind, went and learnt how to set up an NFS server and mounted the iso from there. It's the cirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrcle of lifffffffffffffffffffe!

Hi. I've mapped the CD drive to the ISO under ESXi, The contents of the ISO popup inside the VM and it's show as mounted to /media/CentOS_6.5_Final. The bit I'm struggling with is how to make it into a yum repository now so that any package installs I make are coming from the mounted ISO. If...

Hi. Can't figure this out. I've created a CentOS 6.5 virtual machine under ESXi 5.5 by connecting the CD Drive in the VM to a CentOS iso I uploaded to a datastore, and then installing. Is it possible to mount that iso within the VM so I can use it as yum repository? I know I can upload the iso...

Bit of an old thread but picked a couple of TS140's up last week and wondering if anyone had managed to get the onboard SATA available to passthru in VMWare 5.5 U1? As for the previous post, I flashed the BIOS to FBKT82AUS and now the following are available for passthru:- Don't know...

Didn't realise these things were 7 years old. Thanks for the tips. This one looks like it could do the job and save me the hassle of building them. £660 each. LENOVO ThinkServer TS140 32GB ESXi 5.5 Bundle 1 x Intel E3-1225v3 processor 3.2 GHz, 4C, 8M Cache, 4.00 GT/s, 84W, 32 GB (4 x...

Hi. I'm looking to acquire a pair of ESXi hosts for a home lab but I'm tying myself up in knots at the possibilities so was looking for some general advice, if possible. I've set myself a ballpark budget of £500 ($855) per host and each need to have at least 32GB. They'll be used to host 3-4 VMs...

Apologies for the wrong forum. TightVNC won't connect whether root or another account is logged in to RHEL server.

Remote server is RHEL 6.3 with "Allow other users to view your desktop" set. I can ping the IP of the remote server, can SSH into it and can ping it from my W7 machine that's running the TightVNC viewer. Firewall is disabled on the target RHEL server. Every time, the message says, "Error in...

I thought these very good. http://boerlowie.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/building-the-ultimate-vsphere-lab-part-1-the-story/

Thanks so much for "ultimate vsphere lab" tip. Been reading the boerlowie one all afternoon - gold!

On a sort of related topic, if you have ESXi setup to auto-start your VMs in a particular order, is there anyway of cancelling this once the ESXi host starts? I have 9 VMs set to autostart 3 mins apart and there's the odd occassion when I dont want this to happen (patching etc). Any way?

Intel Core i7 960 3.20Ghz (Nehalem) (Socket LGA1366) Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard Corsair Vengeance 12GB (3x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel Kit x 2 Fractal Design Define XL Full Tower Case - Black Pearl Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 650W V2 High...

What's your motherboard and CPU?

For reference, the GA-X58A-UD3R motherboard does not support VT-d passthru so in hindsight I may have picked a different mobo (Asus P6X58D-E probably).