It's a support thing. There's a lot of information about getting ESX to run on non HCL equipment. I wouldn't do it if I needed support, but I've done it when I was playing around.
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Bob Hartung <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm interested in noodling around with server virtualization. I > downloaded VMware-VMvisor-Installer-4.1.0-260247.x86_64 and started checking > the requirements. I'm confused. The VMWare hardware compatibility guide only > shows server-class machines. You're running on an Optiplex. What am I > missing? > > ---------------------- > > Bob Hartung > Wisco Industries, Inc. > 736 Janesville St. > Oregon, WI 53575 > Tel: (608) 835-3106 x215 > Fax: (608) 835-7399 > e-mail: bhartung(at)wiscoind.com > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Tony Patton [mailto:[email protected]] > *To:* NT System Admin Issues [mailto:[email protected] > ] > *Sent:* Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:37:32 -0500 > > *Subject:* Re: RE: SAN question > > My esxi box is just a Dell opti-plex 960 tower pc. It's got 2x 1tb disks, > 8gb RAM & a quadcore cpu. So it doesnt even need to be anything special. > I'm running openfiler as a vm on it with no issues, great for playing about > and discovering different things. > > T > > On 23 Sep 2010 19:28, "John Aldrich" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks. I'll see what I can find that isn't outrageously expensive. :-) > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 2:02 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: SAN question > > Have a look at the ESX/ESXi HCL's and get something off there. > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security... > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
