Comments on: Can you run VMware vSphere Fault Tolerance (FT) on an HP Proliant ML110 or ML115?

By: VMware Fault Tolerance (FT) and CPU Compatibility Requirements « Lewan Professional Services Blog

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:49:49 +0000

[...] available. Here’s a few very useful posts that I’ve found regarding these requirements. http://www.techhead.co.uk/can-you-run-vmware-vsphere-fault-tolerance-ft-on-an-hp-proliant-ml110-or-m... [...]

By: vSphere – How to Enable FT for a Nested VM « Virtualization, Windows, Infrastructure and all that “stuff” in-between

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:25:56 +0000

[...] belongs to http://www.techhead.co.uk which he has kindly lent for this joint experiment – see his posts here, here and here on running vSphere on these HP ML115g5 servers and their FT compatibility. We have [...]

By: Kiwi Si

Kiwi Si — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:02:32 +0000

Hi Monty, That is a bit weird regarding the configuration settings not being saved back to the USB key. Have you checked that the ‘Read Only’ switch hasn’t been set on the outside of they key? Another scenario where I’ve seen settings not being saved back down to the USB key is when incorrect network gateway settings are specified. This VMware forum also mentions something similar: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1143850#1143850

Cheers, Si

By: Kiwi Si

Kiwi Si — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:01:25 +0000

Hi Dougie, You can have have vSphere (ESXi 4.0) run from a USB stick. Check out my article here for more details – it’s for ESXi 3.5 though it still applies to 4.0.

http://www.techhead.co.uk/how-to-create-a-bootable-vmware-esxi-usb-pen-drive

Hope this helps,

By: Running a HA / DRS ESX 4 cluster on a single HP ML110 G5 | blog.verlande.nl

Running a HA / DRS ESX 4 cluster on a single HP ML110 G5 | blog.verlande.nl — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:45:18 +0000

[...] Tolerance (FT) logging isn’t needed since the HP ML110 G5 isn’t FT capable. Read this blogpost by Simon Seagrave for more information. Perhaps anywhere in the near future I will buy a second [...]

By: monty

monty — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:17:53 +0000

hi, i’ve 2xML115G5 with the Opteron cpu and 8gb RAM each…i was able to get ESXi4 onto a USB stick, but any settings saved whilst it was running where not saved back onto the USB stick.

so just reverted to using the built in sata controller, and installed…everything was fine. works well.

when i get time, i’ll test out the FT features and report back, i just need to get an uncorrupted download of esx4…everytime it fails!