https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/Cloudera-Quickstart-VM-fails-to-start-on-VMware-ESXi-5-5/m-p/18918#M7988 <P>Hello,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I am trying to install : cloudera-quickstart-vm-5.1.0-1-vmware</P> <P>On : VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 1 (build 1892794)</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>- Frst the 7zip archive for Cloudera Quickstart VM is decompressed</P> <P>- I transfer the files to the VMware ESXi datastore</P> <P>- In vSphere Client I go to the datastore browser and can see the files there</P> <P>- I notice that the vmdk files are grouped in 1 file</P> <P>- Right-clik on the .vmx file and the add to inventory</P> <P>- In the inventory I try to run the VM</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>1st issue :</P> <P>- The vSphere Client says that the VM hardware needs to be upgraded</P> <P>- I right-click on the VM in the inventory and then upgrade,<SPAN> the virtual hardware is upgraded to version 10</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN>2nd issue :</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>- I try to run the VM again, it fails with :</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>"Transport (VMDB) error -32: Pipe: Read failed."</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>"Failed to power on"</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>- Then the VM is grayed-out in the inventory and cannot be started again</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN>- I have to remove it from the inventory and add it back in from the datastore</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN>Can anyone advise on any solution please ?</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN>Best regards</SPAN></P> Thu, 10 Nov 2016 21:23:49 GMT tagada 2016-11-10T21:23:49Z