https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/Cloudera-Quickstart-VM-fails-to-start-on-VMware-ESXi-5-5/m-p/18950#M7995 Since you're using VMWare, you could very well do what QuickStart basically<BR />is.<BR />- Create one VM and configure all services as you wish.<BR />- Take a snapshot or export the appliance<BR />- Clone it ten times for ten virtual machines<BR /><BR />When you want to update CDH just update the master image and repeat the<BR />process.<BR /><BR /> Thu, 18 Sep 2014 09:31:01 GMT GautamG 2014-09-18T09:31:01Z