sebus Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 It does EXACTLY as described, VM power on will MOSTLY (but not always) fail Unlocker ONLY works correctly for Standalone ESXi & NO vCenter That ONLY applies to unlocker (editing BIOS & re-creating s.000 does NOT cause any problems - yet the executable is also "touched") The issue might be (I did not test) due to unlocker using overlay darwin.tgz Maybe recreation of s.000 (as per this - just s.z is now s.000) would make it work - worth testing sebus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orinoco253 Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I am connecting through vclient to the host running OSX, I am using vcenter to do anything on this host, in fact I shut down the other host and removed the host from vcenter and administered the OSX host through vclient directly and the same issue is still apparent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted January 25, 2013 Author Share Posted January 25, 2013 Try uninstalling and re-installing it. Also make sure you run it from a datastore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orinoco253 Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Osx install is running from datastore, whn you say uninstall and reinstall, do you mean Osx? The unlocker or ESXi? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebus Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Unlocker, just make sure ESX is standalone sebus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 Osx install is running from datastore, whn you say uninstall and reinstall, do you mean Osx? The unlocker or ESXi? Thanks As Sebus said uninstall and reinstall the unlocker. Make sure ESXi is standalone. Unlocker should be run from a folder on the datastore. I may have time and access to a machine to test this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 I have tested today on ESXi 5.1.0 build 914609 with Unlocker 1.1.0 and I have no problems running guests on it. If you are having a problem upload the vmware.log files for those VMs, and PM me a link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oli-j Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Has anyone had an issue with high cpu utilisation at idle? With no user connected the Vm uses almost all available CPU that is assigned to it. When I connect to my OSX vm (10.6) via VNC or the vSphere client then the cpu utilisation drops back down to about 15%. As soon as I exit the CPU utilisation shoots back up. I have since restricted how much of the host CPU it can use, but this doesn't really help because it still burns through what is available and impedes on the VM's performance when in use. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeAngry Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 It's because of the default screen saver. Just disable the screen saver completely since there isn't a screen attached to the guest any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oli-j Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 It's because of the default screen saver. Just disable the screen saver completely since there isn't a screen attached to the guest any way. Thanks - that's always among the first things I do by when I install windows VM's but it never occurred to me here! Doh! Now averaging 2.05% of the designated cpu capacity when at idle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSoK Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Thanks - that's always among the first things I do by when I install windows VM's but it never occurred to me here! Doh! Now averaging 2.05% of the designated cpu capacity when at idle. Just for completeness, also set Energy Saver settings to Never, i.e. Computer sleep and Display sleep also I un-tick "Put hard disks to sleep when possible" and "Allow power button to put the computer to sleep". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxe911 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 @ Dong - I can't find ESXi 5.1.0 build 914609 on the vmware site to download. VMVisor build 799733 is listed as latest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSoK Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 @ Dong - I can't find ESXi 5.1.0 build 914609 on the vmware site to download. VMVisor build 799733 is listed as latest. Build 914609 is a patch update for the original 5.1 build 799733, if you go to the Download Patches on the VMware site, link below: http://www.vmware.com/patchmgr/download.portal Select ESXi (Embedded and Installable) 5.1.0 and hit the search button, you will see the latest patch "ESXi510-201212001" with the relevant Build Number: 914609 This is a 602.4 MB download that can be applied to your original 799733 installation, please note the "Unlocker" will have to be re-applied following the patch. Also do not apply this patch if you are running ESXi 5.1 on a new MiniMac 6.2, pending the availability of the SMC patch for this new build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tha_ben Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Hi There, I have a question if I may. I have an OSX Install Setup in ESXi 5.1 build 914609 using donks unlocker (thanks!). On a previous installation I was able to get back to my mac working via the icloud settings app. However on my new install it it telling me it cannot connect to the icloud servers. Anything I can do? searching around found some bits and bobs relating to changing the bootloader to chameleon, and setting a valid computer serial number using some hacks. Something I would rather not do if I can help it. Can I set a serial number in the VMWare configuration and let it pass through? Any help at all? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esxidell Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 just passed the tests ok, running latest 5.1 from usb install, I copied 3 files on esxi host datastore, ssh'ed into host and run the command. I end up with : ~ # /vmfs/volumes/512622aa-c33016d4-2011-00101835e69d/esxi/install.sh VMware ESXi 5.0 Unlocker 1.1.0 ============================== Copyright: Dave Parsons 2011-12 Patching files... /vmfs/volumes/512622aa-c33016d4-2011-00101835e69d/esxi/install.sh: line 17: rm: not found ~ # /vmfs/volumes/512622aa-c33016d4-2011-00101835e69d/esxi/install.sh -sh: /vmfs/volumes/512622aa-c33016d4-2011-00101835e69d/esxi/install.sh: not found ~ # /bin -sh: /bin: not found ~ # /var -sh: /var: Permission denied seems like /bin deleted after process, also cannot login via ssh anymore. I had to reinstall esxi........ twice... Can someone help me with this issue, any help will be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebus Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 You run it by: cd /vmfs/volumes/512622aa-c33016d4-2011-00101835e69d/esxi ./install.sh If you try to do what you done, it will remove /bin sebus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxe911 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 MSoK thank you very much. Found it, downloaded and updated through appropriate esxcli command. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Risdon Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Hi All.... Ive been reading the posts for weeks now and I just got A Dell 2950 II server. I have been tearing hair out trying to figure out how to: A) install the patch 2 for ESXi i am currently using # esxcli software vib install -d /ESXi-510-2012120001.zip..the directory I am running it from is: /vmfs/volumes/51225005-2f446dbc-3bbf-001c23c9e598 which is where the ESXi-510-2012120001.zip is located. When I run it I get the following /vmfs/volumes/51225005-2f446dbc-3bbf-001c23c9e598 # esxcli software vib install -d /ESXi-510-201212001.zip [MetadataDownloadError] Could not download from depot at zip:/ESXi-510-201212001.zip?index.xml, skipping (('zip:/ESXi-510-201212001.zip?index.xml', '', "Error extracting index.xml from /ESXi-510-201212001.zip: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/ESXi-510-201212001.zip'")) url = zip:/ESXi-510-201212001.zip?index.xml Please refer to the log file for more details. /vmfs/volumes/51225005-2f446dbc-3bbf-001c23c9e598 # any help would be appreciated! Thanks! On a good note I did find a way to upgrade the bios on theses machines by using Dell Repository Manager ver 1.5 heres the link http://lonesysadmin.net/2011/03/07/the-easiest-way-to-update-a-dell-servers-firmware/ Thanks! Figures it out! You have to use the whole path statement to where your zip upgrade file is located even if your in the directory its located in. Did that make sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebus Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Honestly to update just BIOS you can boot with DOS bootable USB stick... You also should be using vMA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxe911 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 @ Jeff Risdon Here is a link that should get you going to update the ESXi host. The description is for use with vMA. I used esxcli instead. http://communities.v...e-esxcli-how-to Here you can find the windows esxcli: https://my.vmware.com/group/vmware/details?downloadGroup=VSP510-VCLI-510&productId=285 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgreszcz Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Hi there, I have been working with Mountain Lion on ESXi 5.1, but there are restrictions on that version as to what can be passed through using VT-d (say USB). I'm trying to install Mountain Lion on ESXi 5.0u2 (fresh install) but I instantly run into a (/) sign after the apple grey-screen boot sequence. I had no problems booting from this same NFS/dmg image for ESXi 5.1 and Mountain Lion. Do I need to convert the .dmg to .iso or is there something else that is causing the boot to break? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esxidell Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 You run it by: cd /vmfs/volumes/512622aa-c33016d4-2011-00101835e69d/esxi ./install.sh If you try to do what you done, it will remove /bin sebus Thanks! Neat trick! It worked, uploading .iso now, we'll see what will happen. Just finished installing 10.8, everything seems fine. Thanks for the tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebus Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 In fact unlocker esx script needs to have a tiny bit of logic build in to check if running at root level. Otherwise the consequence of deleting /bin can be unpleasant sebus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Risdon Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Hi All... Thanks for the quick responses! I am using a Dell 2950 II which is on the VMware compatibility list. I have been reading these threads for weeks now and still cannot get OSX on my ESXi server. The first thing I did was install Donk's unlocker on the ESXi box and then create the virtual machine from vShere I have tried booting form the USB stick via EFI Shell and get stuck at this point: And it seems to just stay there. I have i tried this with DVD and ISO images as well with the same results...as usual your help is appreciated!! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donk Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 In fact unlocker esx script needs to have a tiny bit of logic build in to check if running at root level. Otherwise the consequence of deleting /bin can be unpleasant sebus Will sort it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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