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• New Vcenter server and host add

  Hello, we are planning to create a new server Vcenter.  Had a bunch of weird issues with Vcenter.  Vcenter 5.1 on Windows running.  have not decided if we will use the VCenter, or create a new virtual machine from Windows to Vcenter again but I don't think that will count for my question.

  My plan is to turn off HA and DRS on the old server Vcenter, then remove a host from the old server Vcenter, and then add this host on the new Vcenter server.  Then just repeat the process for each host.

  My question is, should I turn off any virtual machine running on the hosts before removing the old server vcenter?

  If I remember correctly you have not, the virtual machine must remain in place and running, no connectivity should be lost and users should not not the difference.  We plan to do this off-peak hours, but there are always a couple of vm that are used 24/7.  It would be therefore rather not have to stop first.

  Thank you

  Hi defrogger

  Yes, it's the right way to migrate a new vCenter ESX Server.

  Disable HA/DRS and then disconnect the ESXi, vCenter server and plug them into the new vCenter.

  By disabling the DRS, you will lose the Resource Pools. So its maybe you assign only manual DRS.

  Another thing that many people forget are the options of the virtual machine on the cluster options. they have been set up again on the new cluster.

  BTW. There is a guide of vmware:

  VMware KB: Move a managed ESX ESXi host to a vCenter Server to a different Server vCenter

• PowerCLI Script to migrate virtual machines with the same network Source for the new vCenter Server.

  Hi all

  I checked a few posts on the migration to the new vCenter Server virtual machine. But I'm not very good with Powercli and need some help here.

  We have a new vCenter server where we migrate virtual machines from one source vCenter server. Here are two things that I don't know how to connect together to make sure that bwfore we turn on the virtual machine to the virtual machine is connected to its source network.

  Part 1 - this script works well but do not get any network on the vCenter destination.

  cluster = Get-Cluster "clusterA.

  $inventory = get-Cluster $cluster | Get - VM | Add-Member - MemberType ScriptProperty-name "VMXPath" - value {$this.extensiondata.config.files.vmpathname}-Passthru-Force | Select-Object Name ResourcePool, folder, VMXPath |

  $inventory | Export-Csv c:\file.csv

  $inventory = import-csv c:\file.csv

  $cluster = get-group 'b '.

  {foreach ($vm to $inventory)

  $ESXHost = get-Cluster $cluster | Get-VMHost | Select - 1 first

  New-VM - VMFilePath $vm. VMXPath - VMHost $ESXHost - location $vm. Folder - ResourcePool (Get-Cluster $cluster |) Get-ResourcePool $vm. ResourcePool)

  }

  Part 2 - I want to preserve the Portgroup macaddress and the Ip of the virtual computers and connect them to the new vCenter. How can I do this with the script below. Or how can I combine them together?

  $vm_list = get-Cluster-name "clustera | Get - VM test * | Name sort

  $information = {foreach ($vm to $vm_list)

  $network_adapter_information = get-NetworkAdapter - VM $vm

  $vm | Select Name,PowerState,ResourcePool,@{N="Path; E=       {$_. ExtensionData.Summary.Config.VmPathName}},@{N="NetworkAdapter '; E = {[string]: join (":", ($network_adapter_information |))} %{$_. {{(Nom + "," + _.NetworkName $}))}}, @{N = "MacAddress"; E = {[string]: join (",", ($network_adapter_information | % {$_.}))} MacAddress}))}}

  }

  Step 2

  # Unsubscribe virtual machines

  Remove-VM - VM $vm_list-RunAsync Verbose - confirm: $false

  Step 3

  $cluster = get-group 'b '.

  {foreach ($vm to $inventory)

  $ESXHost = get-Cluster $cluster | Get-VMHost | Select - 1 first

  New-VM - VMFilePath $vm. VMXPath - VMHost $ESXHost - location $vm. Folder - ResourcePool (Get-Cluster $cluster |) Get-ResourcePool $vm. ResourcePool)

  }

  # Save virtual machines

  foreach ($info in $information)

  {

  $vmxpath = $info. Path

  $resource_pool = $info. ResourcePool.Name

  New-VM - ResourcePool (ResourcePool-Get-name $resource_pool) VMFilePath - $vmxpath - RunAsync-Verbose | Out-Null

  }

  Step 4

  # Put the network cards

  foreach ($info in $inventory)

  {

  foreach ($network_information in ($info.NetworkAdapter - split ":"))))

  {

  $virtual_machine = $info | %{$_. Name}

  $network_adapter = ($network_information-split ",") [0]

  $network_vlan = ($network_information-split ",") [1]

  Get-VM-name $virtual_machine | Get-NetworkAdapter-name $network_adapter | Together-NetworkAdapter - NetworkName $network_vlan-Verbose-RunAsync-confirm: $false | Out-Null

  }

  }

  # Start the virtual machines

  foreach ($vm to $vm_list)

  {

  Start-VM - VM $vm. Name-RunAsync Verbose - confirm: $false | Out-Null}

  }

  Thanks in advance for any help.

  Hi all

  I made some changes to the script and it worked for me. We have added a host on the destination with all exchanges and storage mapped vCenter.

  $vm_list = get-Cluster-name 'Site B - b | Get - VM | Name sort

  $information = {foreach ($vm to $vm_list)

  $network_adapter_information = get-NetworkAdapter - VM $vm

  $vm | Select Name,PowerState,ResourcePool,@{N="Path; E=       {$_. ExtensionData.Summary.Config.VmPathName}},@{N="NetworkAdapter '; E = {[string]: join (":", ($network_adapter_information |))} %{$_. {{(Nom + "," + _.NetworkName $}))}}, @{N = "MacAddress"; E = {[string]: join (",", ($network_adapter_information | % {$_.}))} MacAddress}))}}

  }

  # Unsubscribe virtual machines

  Remove-VM - VM $vm_list-Verbose - confirm: $false

  $cluster = get-Cluster "Site A - clustera.

  {foreach ($vm to $information)

  $ESXHost = get-Cluster $cluster | Get-VMHost | Select - 1 first

  New-VM - VMFilePath $vm.path - VMHost $ESXHost - location $vm. Folder - ResourcePool (Get-Cluster $cluster |) Get-ResourcePool $vm. ResourcePool)

  }

  # Save virtual machines

  foreach ($info in $information)

  {

  $vmxpath = $info. Path

  $resource_pool = $info. ResourcePool

  New-VM - ResourcePool (ResourcePool-Get-name "test1") VMFilePath - $vmxpath - RunAsync-Verbose | Out-Null

  }

  # Put the network cards

  .

  foreach ($info in $information)

  {

  foreach ($network_information in ($info.NetworkAdapter - split ":"))))

  {

  $virtual_machine = $info | %{$_. Name}

  $network_adapter = ($network_information-split ",") [0]

  $network_vlan = ($network_information-split ",") [1]

  Get-VM-name $virtual_machine | Get-NetworkAdapter-name $network_adapter | Together-NetworkAdapter - NetworkName $network_vlan-Verbose - confirm: $false | Out-Null

  }

  }

  # Start the virtual machines

  foreach ($vm to $vm_list)

  {

  Start-VM - VM $vm. Name-RunAsync Verbose - confirm: $false | Out-Null

  }

  Hope this will help many of you.

• 5.1 ESXi host rest disconnected when it is connected to the new vCenter Server 6

  Hello

  I created a new version of vCenter Server 6.

  I have e vCenter Server 5.1 connect my 5.1 hosts.

  I want to connect hosts to the new vCenter and then upgrade to ESXi 6 guests.

  I disconnect hosts on the old vCenter.

  The I connect hosts to the new vCenter, and it happens with all the vm´s, etc..

  But it is disconnected.

  And it keeps beeing disconnected even when you try to connect again.

  If anyone has experienced this?

  Thank you

  Thomas

  Have you added these hosts in your new server vCenter along with their licenses?

  Otherwise, if please add host license in your vCenter license inventory and assign to those of your hosts and then try to re - connect.

• Add a new table to the server ESXi 4.1

  Hello

  I try to add a new table on a server ESXi 4.1.0. Is it possible to build the table and add it without restarting the host? The server is an HP ML350 G5. I installed ESXi 4.1 on a hard drive, but I did not install HP driver packages. Is there something I could install from ESXi that would give me the features of configuration of the berries, etc. ?

  Thanks for any help,

  Stem

  Although it is possible (but unsupported) to install tools RIAD on ESXi (see VMware experience before: how to run the CLI of the ACU online HP for Linux in ESXi 4.x) you might have to restart the host still. Reading messages earlier, it would be also better to add the new table by using the ACU (Array Configuration Utility) rather than the ORCA (Option ROM Configuration for arrays). Of these posts, it looks like ORCA could possibly reorganize RAID sets, resulting in a non bootable host.

  André

• New vCenter Server Hardware

  Hello

  I go to the construction of a new vCenter server to my upgrade to vSphere 5.  The server vCenter 4.1 existing will be decommisioned and a new vCenter 5 installed.  I will keep the existing SQL database however.

  All settings are since I was on the existing DB?  I don't need to execute one of this batch of data migration tool file I do?

  If you use an existing DB, you all that you need to do is create your ODBC connection, test it and install vCenter ' help and existing DB.  VCenter all the setting is preserved.

  The existing DB is external to the vCenter Server Correct?

• I can point my Lab Manager 4.0.2 to point to another new vCenter Server?

  Hi guys,.

  I have a client with a LM4.0.2 production and we are considering moving to one another new/a vCenter server.

  It is important to note that the new vCenter will NOT have the same DB or FULL of the old domain name. It's a completely different vCenter with other ESX hosts.

  Now the questions:

  Can I redirect my Lab Manager (VM) at the new vcenter without any problem?

  What of the ESX (resource) on the old vcenter?

  Is it possible to do this without downtime for laboratories? If this is not the case, how can I minimize downtime? cancel the deployment will be enough?

  Does anyone have this done successfully?

  Any comments would be much appreciated.

  Eyal

  etamir,

  There are some excellent discussions within this forum on the same topic.  I strongly suggest to read first, and I'll see if I can find an example.

  Before going further, data warehouses used in the new vCenter/ESX environment will be exactly the same as the current one?  If you want to keep all of your configurations, I need to know that the UUID of the LUN does not change during this process.

  Can I redirect my Lab Manager (VM) at the new vcenter without any problem?

  You can change the IP/domain FULL name vCenter in the settings section of the Lab Manager site... now on the problems that could result.

  You will need to remove anything from the GUI of Lab Manager that has to do with the current vCenter (unedploy, unprepare host esx, resource pools, configurations etc.).  There will be more on this in the dedicated thread

  What of the ESX (resource) on the old vcenter?

  ESX doesn't really matter, it's the data UUID store that matters.  ESX is just virtual machines.  Note: you'll want to throw all States/suspend points on the VMS where processors are different on the ESX hosts.

  > Is it possible to do this without downtime for laboratories?

  No, there will be a form any downtime.  Either that LM site will be useless (no resources with Betclic, consoles will does not work until the guests are prepared, etc.).

  > If not, how can I reduce downtime? cancel the deployment will be enough?

  Yes, to cancel the deployment of will help... but there will be some lag as you reconfigure Manager of laboratory to use the new vCenter.

  > Has anyone successfully done this?

  Yes.  I saw others to do this.

  Subjects in the sample: http://communities.vmware.com/message/1592762

  Kind regards

  Jon Hemming, b.SC., RHCT, VMware vExpert 2009
  http://Twitter.com/vJonHemming

  If your question or problem has been resolved, please click the "right answer".  If someone helped him, please click "useful answer.

• The upgrade to vSphere + SQL Express to SQL 2005 + new vCenter Server

  Hello world

  It's the scénarion that I have today:

  A node just two HA/DRS cluster with vCenter 2.5 update 4 and two esx 3.5 update 4.

  The environment has increased enough to move from SQL Express to SQL 2005 standard. In the process, I want to upgrade the environment to vSphere and the vCenter move another box.

  I'm quite familiar with the process of vSphere upgrade but I donít know how to move the vCenter to another machine AND I do not know how to go from Express to the standard version of SQL in the process. (I have a SQL machine ready for use)

  I do not know how to handle all the changes here, I thought it would be nice to all move to the new machine and DB so that I could continue with the upgrade to vSphere, if this has meaning or not, I'm waiting for your ideas.

  I hope someone will give me some guidance on moving from SQL Express to SQL and how to move vCenter to another server (of course with a different server name and IP address)

  Thanks in advance for your support.

  I just did something very similar a few Sundays ago and it was really easy.  Refer to the section of the Upgrade Guide that talks about upgrading to vCenter on another Machine... (starts at p. 49).  We went from SQL 2003 32 bits on 32-bit Windows 2003 to SQL 2005 64-bit on Windows 2008 R2 64-bit.  Both are running as VMs - vCenter 2.5 is still there only as a license server - until I get all my hosts upgraded.

• Moving hosts to new vCenter and retaining current licences for guests

  I need to upgrade an environment vSphere 4.1 to 5.1u1. I plan to install a clean vCenter 5.1 and need to migrate hosts without interruption to the virtual machines. The way to remove the old vCenter may not be because it requires the host mode maintenance and VMs to be evacuated. What plan do is disconnect from the host and have the new vCenter appropriated. I will then possibly incoming days guests through VUM to 5.1u1.

  My question is when the new vCenter appropriates the hosts what will happen to the licensing of 4.1 esx/esxi hosts? Will be the current 4.1 esx/esxi licenses follow the hosts or will I have to add the esx/esxi through the client license? The new vCenter will be installed in trial mode until licenses can be provided for me.

  A second question is when the esxi hosts are upgrading to 5.1 and I did not upgrade licenses will guests enter a grace period until a license can be applied? I don't know how long the hosts were in trial mode, before 4.1 licenses applied so I assume every 60 days were used.

  With adding hosts to the new vCenter Server, the license key from the host server will be added to the repository of the vCenter Server license; Even if this is not the case you could simply add the current license key to the new vCenter Server manually. Just make sure that you do not use more CPU that purchased licenses.

  Once you upgrade the host, make sure you have the new license keys already available. As much as I know there is no evaluation period additional to the hosts upgraded who were running older versions of 60 days. The grace period of 14 days you mentioned applied to versions in ESX 3.x used FlexLM licenses (i.e. license files).

  André

• ESX 3.5 migrate vcenter to another server

  
  How to migrate from ESX 3.5 vcenter migrate to another server? I need to drop the current server vcenter.

  What is the best way to migrate?

  Also, how can I move the license server?

  Thank you

  Be physical vmotion wouldn't work - then you options:

  (1) vCenter maintaining physical - to maintain the existing environment, you will need to copy the existing database on the new server vCenter - once it is install a new copy of vCenter on the new machine set up the oDBC connector to point to the version copied from the database. If you are not concerned to maintain the existing environment, you can simply install a fresh instance of vcenter and remove the old environment ESX hosts and add them to the new vcenter.

  Yu could also invest in a product like PlateSpin migrate and migration of P2P.

  (2) travel vCenter for a VM - use Standaloone of VMware P2V VM vCenter Converter.

• Guests of the 4.1 version won't add to vcenter

  I recently built a new environment on ESX 4.0, all well spent and had no problems at all. Then it was announced ESX support\dev would cease in the future if rather than spread out ESX, I decided to upgrade my ESXi host and use the latest version 4.1. I put my host 4th mode now, removed from the vcenter, rebuilt with esxi 4.1 and then not could add in vcenter. vmodl. Fault.hostcommunication was the error. This made a DNS problem, so I diagnosed that repeatedly and allowed (also worked on esx). I thought maybe my certs were wrong, do those. Always the same mistakes.

  I have rebuilt a new Vcenter server, the new database, the new dns configuration installed esxi 4.1, still not vmodl.fault.hostcommunication you are trying to add the host to vcenter data center. I spent a week doing everything I could and try every fix I could find and nothing has worked. I found if I approved the hosts cert manually in vcenter he would add the host then after 10 seconds saying disconnected.

  If after all this, I looked on my desk and saw the old version of ESXi 4.0 disk. Thought surely not, there was a bug in the Installer 4.1. I installed esxi 4.0, created a virtual machine, ran to the top of vcenter makes all my normal and alto dns Setup, 1st attempt host vcenter attached without problem, just like all the other hosts and my old ESX hosts.

  So after a week of time lost, I can conclude that, unless there is some requirement mystery as the build of the 4.1 I downloaded (the next day announced VMware esxi would host goes to the front) has a bug.

  Can someone clarify if there is a known issue with this or if there is some new installation process that works for ESXi 4.1 that is different from what you would use previously

  Hello

  Yes, it'll be your problem.

• New vCenter

  Hello

  We have to dismantle our vCenter server and configured on new hardware.  The new server is built with W2K3 and vCenter 4, but I'm not sure of the correct procedure to add the HAC ESXi4 existing through the new vCenter.  I am probably being more careful, but I'd rather be sure.

  Thank you

  Joe

  have you seen this?

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/5850444

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  Because I am unable to get my printer to retain new email addresses after you add the 1st time, I tried to restart the reboot of the machine to factory default. I went through the process of 'reset' the printer by unplugging / plugging the power supply cable (according to instructions). It erases all settings, to be network id for the computer, e-mail addresses, or other settings.

  How can I clear the address book of e-mail on the device so I can add new addresses? That or how can I get to keep new addresses? I don't have that an address book (address of my server)

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• the DFS replication add new servers to an existing rule

  I have an existing replication and 2 new servers

  I want to add new servers to the old rule and start replication

  Once everything is running I want to remove the old servers and leave the new

  Ask in the forum Windows Server:
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• vShield Migration to new vCenter

  Hello

  I'm planning an upgrade of our environment vSphere vSphere 5 6 by building a new architecture of vCenter/PSC and then migrate VM guests on the new vCenters.

  We use 5.1.2 POSSIBLE which I plan to migrate to POSSIBLE 5.5.4 and migrate to the new environment.

  POSSIBLE, we have a vShield Manager and 12 vShield edge devices that handle isolated bubble environments with a lot of firewall and NAT rules on each.

  I tested the process and migration, including the upgrade to 5.5.4 and migration POSSIBLE vShield Manager to the new vCenter and all works well.

  Migrated vShield edge devices work perfectly and their firewall rules all continue to work properly.

  The problem is that when you go in vShield Manager there now new data centers listed, and if you click New data centers there is no configuration in any of them.

  This means that I can not change the configuration of the any of the vShield edges so they are stuck with their set of existing rules.

  To test, I recorded the vShield Manager to return to the original vCenter and the old data center, I see all the edges to configure, but of course it cannot update the settings on them because physical devices no longer exist in this environment.

  The question is, is it possible to move the configuration that vShield Manager knows that there are in the new data center and manage all the edges that have been migrated?

  For example, is it possible to change the Manager vShield configuration database and the datacenter somehow references so the configuration is less visible from the new vCenter.

  I'm really not looking forward to having to recreate all these edges as there are currently a lot of rules in these...

  We have completed our upgrade and migration now and used a combination of processes.

  Below is essentially the whole of the process used.

  (1) upgraded existing vShield Manager and edge v5.5.4 (no effect on the edges running)

  (2) built a new U2 vCenter 6.0 environment

  (3) built a new vShield Manager server connected to the new vCenter

  (4) manually recreated new edges on the new vShield Manager

  -All our sides have basically the same rules so that we all firewalls and NAT configured on an edge rules and then transferred these rules to the remaining edges using the Rest API

  (5) to migrate all 5.0/5.1 for the new vCenter ESXi hosts

  -At this point, all the edges on the old vShield Manager continued to operate fully but could not be reconfigured because their configuration has been stored in the old vCenter.

  (6) upgraded or rebuilt all ESXi hosts to 6.0

  (7) to stop the old edges when it is able to plan outages and deployed a new benefit of the new vShield Manager to replace

  -At this point, we now have a fully managed, deployed and operational edge device that can be configured.

  I made a service call to try to get access to the database of the Manager of vShield directly, but they would not give me the credentials to use