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From: Tim H on 24 Sep 2009 19:50 Great now install 2008 and not 2003 :-) I am proceeding with the 2008 installation using the DHCP and I will just have to see what happens. It is likely that I will end up doing this a few times anyway just for good practice. "AllenM" <NoReply(a)NoEmail.com> wrote in message news:u2%23YdjWPKHA.764(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Tim that is fantastic. I did that and now no longer get the 60-day trial > message and can also see it no longer shows as an evaluation copy. thanks > a lot. > > "Tim H" <nospamstupid(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:OT2hnaWPKHA.3552(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Funny I thought the same thing but after some digging and reading >> throught the user docs I found out that you have to activate the copy. >> Now finding out how to activate was another story but I did ultimately >> find it and here is what I did and now I have a fully functional, no >> expiration version... >> >> >> a.. Once client is installed then go to "Inventory", then >> "configuration", "licensed Features", and then click edit on the right >> side of the screen. Here you can choose to activate your license file >> with the file provided to you when you registered. If you do not provide >> a license file then correct, your copy will expire in 60 days! >> >> I am running 2003 now and I just built this super server so now I want >> 2008 so I will keep searching for answers. >> >> Good luck! >> >> >> >> >> "AllenM" <NoReply(a)NoEmail.com> wrote in message >> news:%23EnrWRWPKHA.4580(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>>I was curious as to how they can offer this more robust virtual >>>application for free and after loading the VMSpere client and opening it >>>for the first time I got the 60-day trial message and if I let it expire >>>I will no longer be able to manage and maintain the ESXi host. So pretty >>>much you either but the client or you go back to VM Server. Your >>>thoughts? >>> >>> "AllenM" <NoReply(a)NoEmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:Oup04OWPKHA.1372(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>> Funny thing you should ask. I just finished loading ESXi but do not >>>> plan on loading SBS 2008 on it. I will be loading W2K3 Standard 32-bit >>>> for some legacy applications as well as Windows 2008 Standard Server. I >>>> found that even though the ESXi server is on the same network as my SBS >>>> 2008 Server that handles DHCP it ppears to be unable to obtain a DHCP >>>> lease so I just went ahead and used a static IP. >>>> >>>> >>>> "Tim Hays" <nospamstupid(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:eIlqPgVPKHA.1236(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>>> Anyone using ESXi with SBS 2008? I have installed ESXi on a new >>>>> server that I want to load SBS 08 on but I am not sure if I should >>>>> assign a static IP to the VMware interface or do you do that once the >>>>> server is loaded and leave the vmware DHCP? >>>>> >>>>> As always thanks in advance for the help!! >>>>> >>>>> Tim >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
From: SuperGumby [SBS MVP] on 24 Sep 2009 21:29 as SBS's DHCP server will not be available until ESX is up and running and the VM is started it is best that the host have a static, manual, IP. "Tim H" <nospamstupid(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:%23rIE9GXPKHA.4208(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Great now install 2008 and not 2003 :-) > > I am proceeding with the 2008 installation using the DHCP and I will just > have to see what happens. It is likely that I will end up doing this a > few times anyway just for good practice. > > > > "AllenM" <NoReply(a)NoEmail.com> wrote in message > news:u2%23YdjWPKHA.764(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> Tim that is fantastic. I did that and now no longer get the 60-day trial >> message and can also see it no longer shows as an evaluation copy. thanks >> a lot. >> >> "Tim H" <nospamstupid(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:OT2hnaWPKHA.3552(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> Funny I thought the same thing but after some digging and reading >>> throught the user docs I found out that you have to activate the copy. >>> Now finding out how to activate was another story but I did ultimately >>> find it and here is what I did and now I have a fully functional, no >>> expiration version... >>> >>> >>> a.. Once client is installed then go to "Inventory", then >>> "configuration", "licensed Features", and then click edit on the right >>> side of the screen. Here you can choose to activate your license file >>> with the file provided to you when you registered. If you do not >>> provide a license file then correct, your copy will expire in 60 days! >>> >>> I am running 2003 now and I just built this super server so now I want >>> 2008 so I will keep searching for answers. >>> >>> Good luck! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> "AllenM" <NoReply(a)NoEmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:%23EnrWRWPKHA.4580(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>>>I was curious as to how they can offer this more robust virtual >>>>application for free and after loading the VMSpere client and opening it >>>>for the first time I got the 60-day trial message and if I let it expire >>>>I will no longer be able to manage and maintain the ESXi host. So pretty >>>>much you either but the client or you go back to VM Server. Your >>>>thoughts? >>>> >>>> "AllenM" <NoReply(a)NoEmail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:Oup04OWPKHA.1372(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>>> Funny thing you should ask. I just finished loading ESXi but do not >>>>> plan on loading SBS 2008 on it. I will be loading W2K3 Standard 32-bit >>>>> for some legacy applications as well as Windows 2008 Standard Server. >>>>> I found that even though the ESXi server is on the same network as my >>>>> SBS 2008 Server that handles DHCP it ppears to be unable to obtain a >>>>> DHCP lease so I just went ahead and used a static IP. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> "Tim Hays" <nospamstupid(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:eIlqPgVPKHA.1236(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>>>> Anyone using ESXi with SBS 2008? I have installed ESXi on a new >>>>>> server that I want to load SBS 08 on but I am not sure if I should >>>>>> assign a static IP to the VMware interface or do you do that once the >>>>>> server is loaded and leave the vmware DHCP? >>>>>> >>>>>> As always thanks in advance for the help!! >>>>>> >>>>>> Tim >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
From: Cliff Galiher on 24 Sep 2009 21:37 Tim: Since SBS likes to be the DHCP server, you have a chicken and egg scenario if you have VMWare running with a DHCP assigned address. SBS...and by proxy your DHCP server, is running on a virtual machine and the host environment needs a DHCP address from the DHCP server that is down. Stick with static. :) -Cliff "Tim Hays" <nospamstupid(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:eIlqPgVPKHA.1236(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Anyone using ESXi with SBS 2008? I have installed ESXi on a new server > that I want to load SBS 08 on but I am not sure if I should assign a > static IP to the VMware interface or do you do that once the server is > loaded and leave the vmware DHCP? > > As always thanks in advance for the help!! > > Tim >
From: Tim H on 24 Sep 2009 21:51 Thanks SuperG! As I am finding out, this may not work for my production server after all. My new server, (obtained at an Intel TST event) is huge. In fact 2 Qaud Core CPU's, 6GB RAM and 3 SAS drives. Problem with that is this free version of ESXi only allows for 6 Cores! Basically meaning that I will not be able to take full advantage of the speed if I understand all this correctly. Right now I am testing SBS 2008 installation utilizing 4 cpu's just to see what happens. I'll keep plugging away and test, test, test but it looks like I should probably just install 08 without virtualization and save all this for a non production enviornment server. Your thoughts?? "SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not(a)your.nellie> wrote in message news:%23Sfs2%23XPKHA.1876(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > as SBS's DHCP server will not be available until ESX is up and running and > the VM is started it is best that the host have a static, manual, IP. > > "Tim H" <nospamstupid(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:%23rIE9GXPKHA.4208(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Great now install 2008 and not 2003 :-) >> >> I am proceeding with the 2008 installation using the DHCP and I will just >> have to see what happens. It is likely that I will end up doing this a >> few times anyway just for good practice. >> >> >> >> "AllenM" <NoReply(a)NoEmail.com> wrote in message >> news:u2%23YdjWPKHA.764(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>> Tim that is fantastic. I did that and now no longer get the 60-day trial >>> message and can also see it no longer shows as an evaluation copy. >>> thanks a lot. >>> >>> "Tim H" <nospamstupid(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:OT2hnaWPKHA.3552(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>> Funny I thought the same thing but after some digging and reading >>>> throught the user docs I found out that you have to activate the copy. >>>> Now finding out how to activate was another story but I did ultimately >>>> find it and here is what I did and now I have a fully functional, no >>>> expiration version... >>>> >>>> >>>> a.. Once client is installed then go to "Inventory", then >>>> "configuration", "licensed Features", and then click edit on the right >>>> side of the screen. Here you can choose to activate your license file >>>> with the file provided to you when you registered. If you do not >>>> provide a license file then correct, your copy will expire in 60 days! >>>> >>>> I am running 2003 now and I just built this super server so now I want >>>> 2008 so I will keep searching for answers. >>>> >>>> Good luck! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> "AllenM" <NoReply(a)NoEmail.com> wrote in message >>>> news:%23EnrWRWPKHA.4580(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>>>>I was curious as to how they can offer this more robust virtual >>>>>application for free and after loading the VMSpere client and opening >>>>>it for the first time I got the 60-day trial message and if I let it >>>>>expire I will no longer be able to manage and maintain the ESXi host. >>>>>So pretty much you either but the client or you go back to VM Server. >>>>>Your thoughts? >>>>> >>>>> "AllenM" <NoReply(a)NoEmail.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:Oup04OWPKHA.1372(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >>>>>> Funny thing you should ask. I just finished loading ESXi but do not >>>>>> plan on loading SBS 2008 on it. I will be loading W2K3 Standard >>>>>> 32-bit for some legacy applications as well as Windows 2008 Standard >>>>>> Server. I found that even though the ESXi server is on the same >>>>>> network as my SBS 2008 Server that handles DHCP it ppears to be >>>>>> unable to obtain a DHCP lease so I just went ahead and used a static >>>>>> IP. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> "Tim Hays" <nospamstupid(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >>>>>> news:eIlqPgVPKHA.1236(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >>>>>>> Anyone using ESXi with SBS 2008? I have installed ESXi on a new >>>>>>> server that I want to load SBS 08 on but I am not sure if I should >>>>>>> assign a static IP to the VMware interface or do you do that once >>>>>>> the server is loaded and leave the vmware DHCP? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As always thanks in advance for the help!! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Tim >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
From: Tim H on 24 Sep 2009 22:06 Thanks Cliff! I appreciate it. I think on my next attempt I will connect this to my extra Static from my ISP. "Cliff Galiher" <cgaliher(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:%231t0NDYPKHA.504(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Tim: Since SBS likes to be the DHCP server, you have a chicken and egg > scenario if you have VMWare running with a DHCP assigned address. > SBS...and by proxy your DHCP server, is running on a virtual machine and > the host environment needs a DHCP address from the DHCP server that is > down. > > Stick with static. :) > > -Cliff > > > "Tim Hays" <nospamstupid(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:eIlqPgVPKHA.1236(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Anyone using ESXi with SBS 2008? I have installed ESXi on a new server >> that I want to load SBS 08 on but I am not sure if I should assign a >> static IP to the VMware interface or do you do that once the server is >> loaded and leave the vmware DHCP? >> >> As always thanks in advance for the help!! >> >> Tim >>
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