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TJ_Vreugdenhil
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Mar 20, 2010

LTM 10.0.1 VE working w/ ESX Server 3.5

Hello F5 Community.

 

 

I am attempting to get the LTM VE (Virtual Edition) to work on ESX 3.5

 

 

I took the .ova file and converted this using the Standalone Vmware Conversion Tool, and it loaded without any errors as a regular machine on the ESX Server

 

 

 

When I boot the system up it is unable to mount the filesystem with the proper UID. Video is in the link below:

 

 

http://www.screencast.com/users/tj_variax/folders/Jing/media/17275839-8016-4bf2-a058-8e63f8865297

 

 

 

The release notes say nothing pre 4.0 ESX will work, but I am looking for a workaround.

 

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/products/big-ip_ve/releasenotes/product/relnotes_ve_10_1_0.html

 

 

Any comments are appreciated.

 

 

Thanks!

 

 

-Tj

 

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  • Hamish's avatar
    Hamish
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    Mar 29, 2010
    Looks like you're using a virtual disk controller that isn't supported by the kernel. Change the controller to one of the other SCSI options (Possibly the LSILogic one)

     

     

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  • JJ_Scott_44057's avatar
    JJ_Scott_44057
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    Apr 28, 2010
    I was not having much luck with VSphere on my hardware, so I had to go back to 3.5 and I finally sat down to see if it might work....

     

     

    To confirm the above posts.

     

     

    Download & unzip the ova

     

    Download and install VMWare Converter Standalone

     

    Use the converter to convert the virtual appliance to a virtual infrastructure virtual machine.

     

     

    Go through the process of creating the new VM. After conversion go into Virtual Infrastructure Client and edit the SCSI adapterof the VM you created to be LSILogic. On first boot you will have to answer the prompt for changing the disk from BusLogic - accept it.

     

     

    I have validated on ESX 3.5 update 4 and update 5.

     

     

    Good luck...