Last Updated on 20 February, 2014 by dolf
My IBM x346 machine was running ESXi 4.1.0, almost 3 years on build number 320092, with about 10 VM’s running on it. I intend to update this to the latest level, build number 988179, an update over ESXi4.1 U3 800380.
vSphere Client About info before update:
VM Tools About info before update:
4 of the oldest VM’s were converted from GSX server to ESXi 3.5.0 before they were moved to this ESXi 4.1.0 machine. These are maybe 1 of the oldest VM’s? Any museum wanna buy? 🙂
The move from GSX server to ESXi was about memory usage. Within GSX you can NOT give more RAM away to VM’s then there is physically in the system.
I bought 16GB RAM for that machine a long time ago but it was not enough to hold more VM’s.
The newer machines run ESXi because you can give more memory away to VM’s then physically in the system, AND you don’t need a Host OS!
My hardware
Actually i have 2 of the same machines, IBM System x346.
Test machine:
1 CPU, 7 GB RAM, different HD setup
Prod machine:
2 CPU, 8GB RAM, 6 x 150GB SCSI 320U RAID5
NOTES:
- Both machines actually are NOT supported to run ESXi 4.1.x at all !!
- DIY according these instructions is AT YOUR OWN RISK !!
These machines are just hobby objects, but still running fine!
At this moment (feb 2013) it runs 7 VM’s with different OS’s and hardware.
Due to machine and CPU limitations (HT but no VT) all VM’s can only run 32bits.
PROD is running 24 x 7.