Adding ESX 3.0 hosts to Vcenter 4.0

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• Cannot add the ESX 6.0 host to vCenter Server 6.0

  OK, I'm testing laboratory a vsan 6.0 cluster.

  I have my running 6.0.0 esx hosts and vcenter server is 6.0.0 also.

  I have the services platform on a virtual machine and vcenter on another. I was able to create a data center, then a cluster below.

  Then I went to try to add a host to my group and I get this error...

  Failed to contact the specified host (hostname\IP). The host may not be available on the network, may have a network configuration problem, or that the management on this host services may not respond.

  
  

  Per this KB: KB VMware: Add a host VMware ESXi/ESX from VMware vCenter Server fails

  
  

  I confirmed that my vcenter server and platform services server can see all esx hosts. From the vcenter server, it can ping the host esx and PuTTY can access all of them. I even installed the client and it can connect to all esx hosts. I used the netbios name, IP and FULL domain name and they all work.

  I have only a single subnet, so this isn't a problem. DNS resolution works in all areas of both sides, vcenter esx hosts and host esx to vcenter.

  
  

  I am quite puzzled.
  

  
  

  
  

  OK, after working with VMware on this issue, I think that I thought about it.

  All my hosts are DL360 G6 servers.

  My hosts are run the same build «VMware-ESXi-6.0.0-2494585-HP-600.9.2.38-Mar2015.iso» ESX Downloaded from HP.

  All buildings are in trial mode.

  After placing a call to VMware, they had me build some ESX VM, the services of the platform and the vcenter VM on an ESX host. We suspended because it took all day to go upward.

  Once I woke up all the parts (sql server, esx vm, server platform & vcenter) in virtualization nested, I created my data center, then Cluster then added the ESX host.

  The hosts added properly, no error. Then I remembered when I installed ESX inside a virtual machine, I am angry that the iso, I had the habit of HP does not work in my VM nested due to virtualized hardware.

  Then a fire came into my head. We will rebuild all of the physical cluster but NOT use the CV provided the iso file but use VMware provided iso file "VMware-VMvisor-Installer - 6.0.0 - 2159203.x86_64.iso".

  I did it today. I have rebuilt all hosts with the provided iso file VMware ESX...

  Spun SQL Server vCenter, service platform, all VM VM VM you need. My AD & DNS VM are on another server, so he has been upwards all the time.

  Connected to the web interface (yuck!).

  Created my data center...

  Created my Cluster...

  Add all my Cluster hosts.

  All of this worked!

  Therefore, if you encounter the same problem, I'm plan to generate your with the provided iso file VMware ESX hosts and try it. In my case, the provided HP iso file didn't work properly for me.

  I also downloaded the iso file of HP 2 other times to make sure and do a validation test and it did the same thing.

• Displacement of the ESX 4.0 host a VCenter server in different Windows domain

  Hi people,

  Current situation: two ESX 4.0 host controlled by a VCenter 4.0 Server (Cluster) within a Windows Server 2003 - field. All the user access control is done with the users in the domain of the old domain. The cluster and all the VMS are running fine without any problem.

  There is a Windows 2008 domain. We want to set up a new server VCenter 4.0 inside the new domain and move both ESX 4.0 hosts to the new cluster / VCenter Server 4.0.

  What is the right way to do it without block me out Vcenter / ESX?

  1) implemented the new vcenter one create a cluster

  (2) removing both the old cluster ESX servers

  (3) joining the two ESX servers to the new cluster

  (4) granting the domain users from access to the new domain to virtual machines...

  Is it really that easy?

  Should which accounts I include both ESX hosts to the new vcenter/cluster? The root-password? We have forgotten, but there is a way to reset it (single user mode), this shouldn't be a big problem.

  Thank you for your kind support,

  Wolfgang

  You must add the hosts to the new cluster through their DNS names and supply the root password when prompted.

  Make sure that select "piggyback pools of resources of the host" If you want to keep your pools on the new vCenter. To do this you must enable DRS in the new cluster too.

• Manage ESX 4.1i hosts to vCenter 4.0 Server

  We currently have an installation vCenter 4.0 with a bit of configuration inside.  It handles 8 ESXi 4.0 hosts.   We recently inherrited 2 4.1 ESXi hosts and wish to manage these hosts with the server vCenter 4.0.   The hosts are across a firewall.  We opened all the ports required by the firewall and no longer see no traffic blocked at the firewall level.   Successfully, we can add 4.1 guests to our installation vcenter but in 10 seconds to set up communications, vCenter loses its connection to the 4.1 hosts.   Is it possible that the issue we have is that agent vCenter 4.0 is not compatible with ESX 4.1i hosts before?    Thank you.

  We recently inherrited 2 4.1 ESXi hosts and wish to manage these hosts with the server vCenter 4.0.

  Have you read the manual?  You must be at 4.1 to manage 4.1 hosts, period.

  Is it possible that the issue we have is that agent vCenter 4.0 is not compatible with ESX 4.1i hosts before?

  Is it true, what keeps you upgrade to 4.1?  It is a piece of cake, takes every 10 minutes.

• Manage ESX 5.5 host with VCenter

  Hey!

  I encountered problems when trying to add 5.5 ESX host to my VCenter server.

  It's my last rows on my log file:

  MEM > 2014 - 07 - 06T 19: 41:08.140 + 03:00 [08376 error "HttpConnectionPool-000001' '] [ConnectComplete] connection failed for < cs p:000000000a97e2e0, TCP:172.16.13.93:443 >; CNX: (null), error: class Vmacore::Ssl:SSLVerifyException(SSL_Exception:_Verification_parameters:)

  MEM >-> PeerThumbprint: 26:39:8E:C8:61:70:C5:19:EB:C0:D0:B8:9E:55:9 A: 55:93:EB:82:86

  MEM >-> ExpectedThumbprint:

  MEM >-> ExpectedPeerName: 172.16.13.93

  MEM >-> the remote host certificate has these problems:

  MEM >->

  MEM >-> * the host certificate chain is incomplete.

  MEM >->

  MEM >-> * hostname does not match the name of the subject in the certificate.

  MEM >->

  MEM >-> * unable to get local issuer certificate)

  Thanks for the help!

  (1) see the vcenter and esxi version, you cannot add higer version esxi on low vcenters version. and also 2) check the dns resolution on the two esxi as well vcenter.  (try adding with the IP address of the host). If it is not the case, check the logs of Vpxa

• Adding a VSphere 6 host to VCenter 5.5 device?

  Hi guys,.

  I have a VCenter 5.5 which I hope to use to handle a crowd of VSphere 6. Unfortunately, I can not add the host. I get the below error message:

  

  I made sure the hosts on the host files and the Center are correct, I've made sure to lock Mode is disabled on both, together, the time-out of handshake ssl on the two is set to 120000, rebooted several times on both, made sure the vCenter had a managed IP, administrators followed virtually everything in these articles :

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1005803

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC & docType = kc & docTypeID = DT_KB_1_1 & externalId = 1003735

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1027672

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC & docType = kc & docTypeID = DT_KB_1_1 & externalId = 1020210

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC & docType = kc & docTypeID = DT_KB_1_1 & externalId = 1008030

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1003490

  Thus, this entire exercise was very informative for me, but has really got me anywhere.

  But then it came to me - can you even a 6 a 5.5 vCenter device host vSphere? I have to upgrade my vCenter?

  If I CAN manage the downtown v5.5-v6 host, what I am doing wrong or what should I be checking/do?

  Thanks in advance for you help.

  You first put your vCenter server to version 6, only then will you be able to manage 6 ESXi host.

• Adding an ESXi 4 host to vCenter 5.1 Trial Version.

  Hi all

  We have a number of guests in our lab environment running ESXi 4, ESXi 4.1 and same ESXi 5.0. We thought give us vCenter 5.1 a go, so I downloaded the free trial version for 60 days, but the following error when you try to add the host:

  The host is licensed with VMware vSphere hypervisor 5. The license of vCenter Server edition doesn't support VMware vSphere hypervisor 5.

  The hosts needed to run the 5.1 ESXi hypervisor to appear on the vCenter 5.1 Trial Version?

  What if you buy vCenter 5.1, will he be able to manage 4.0/4.1/5.0 ESXi hosts? Or if you want to use vCenter 5.1 you must update all your hosts to the 5.1 ESXi hypervisor?

  Thanks for any help, much appreciated!

  J

  jimmcgrath6688 wrote:

  Is this something new in vSphere 5.1? This was not the case in the past that I have read and learned.

  No, this has been around for some time.

• Determine which user added an ESX host to vCenter

  I'm trying to figure out if there is anyway to determine which user has added a vCenter ESX host using the api.  I don't see this information as any sort of property of the host object.  Any help would be appreciated!

  Paul

  You can retrieve this and other events by using the event manager and the queryEvents() - http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.wssdk.apiref.doc_50%2Fvim.event.EventManager.html

  There is no property associated with a host ESX (i) on which the user added to vCenter and since it seems that you are interested in a specific host ESX (i), which can help narrow down the query.

  Attached, that is, remove / add a vSphere SDK for Perl script that will return the user who added the host to vCenter, you should get a response because it uses the Ref object managed the host ESX (i) and that changes each time you have.

  Here is an example of course:

  ./findUserAddHost.pl--serveur root vcenter50-4 - vihost - vesxi50 - 3.primp username - industries.com
  Enter the password:
  added root host vesxi50 - 3.primp - industries.com to datacenter datacenter2

• Need a powercli script to create a new account a local administrator on all ESX and ESXi hosts in the vcenter

  Hi all

  If someone can help me with a powercli script to create a new account a local administrator on all ESX and ESXi hosts in the vcenter, create a role called admin and give all access except the root. This shoulb be past by a virtual centre.

  Very much appreciated to help him.

  Kind regards

  MelLvin

  I suspect that you posted your question to the wrong thread

  This requires only a minor change to the script above actually.

  Something like that

  $groupName = "group"$accountName = "user"$accountPswd = "password"$accountDescription = "A user"
  
  $esxlist = Get-VMHostforeach($esx in $esxlist){    Connect-VIServer -Server $esx -User root -Password "password"
  
      Try {      Get-VMHostAccount -Id $groupName -Group -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null    }    Catch {      New-VMHostAccount -Id $groupName -GroupAccount | Out-Null    }
  
      $rootFolder = Get-Folder -Name ha-folder-root    Try{        $account = Get-VMHostAccount -Id $accountName -ErrorAction Stop |        Set-VMHostAccount -Password $accountPswd -Description $accountDescription -AssignGroups $groupName    }    Catch{        $account = New-VMHostAccount -Id $accountName -Password $accountPswd -Description $accountDescription -UserAccount -GrantShellAccess -AssignGroups $groupName    }
  
      $rootFolder = Get-Folder -Name ha-folder-root    New-VIPermission -Entity $rootFolder -Principal $account -Role admin
  
      Disconnect-VIServer -Confirm:$false}
  

• Cannot connect esx host or vcenter server via powercli (cannot run the cmdlet Connect-VIServer)

  Dear team,

  Once I opened powercli windows, I m unablwe to connect the ESX host or vcenter server, it gives me the following error... Help, please

  

  concerning

  Mr. VMware

  Hello, MrVmware9423-

  It seems that this may have to do with the .NET Framework is installed on the computer on which you run PowerShell/PowerCLI.  Take a look at http://communities.vmware.com/message/2174319 - users have been able to solve the problem with a newer version of the .NET Framework (v2, installed v3.5 - success).

  Because your problem seem (you use a? 2 version of .NET, and you're able to install a newer version)?

• Upgrading to ESX 3.5 host to ESXi 4.1 where the VCenter is installed on the guest system

  Hello

  I try to find measures to upgrade to ESX 3.5 host to ESXi 4.1 where the vCenter Server 4.1 is installed on the system of comments on this host.

  Any suggestions are welcome.

  Thank you

  Georgi

  Should I move the virtual machines from the first RAID at one of the others? Whipe then come out the scores and perform ESXi 4.1 installation?

  Yes, it's a way to do this.

  Unfortunately, the ESXi 4.1 installation wipe the disk to complete installation (or logical volume) as you have experienced. Assuming that "logical partitions VMFS" you mentioned are logical volumes actually created in the RAID configuration (presented as individual of the operating system disks), you can migrate the virtual machine that is currently stored on data store of the installation disk to a data store on one of the other logical disks and then install ESXi.

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• Migration 4 and 3.5 ESX hosts again vCenter Server 4.0

  I'll put up a new vCenter Server 4.0 with an Oracle database to take the place of two vCenter using express databases included. They are both on the hosts recommended 5-50 VM for the Express database, oops.

  The first is vCenter 4.0 which uses the express database included is on a Dell 1950 server. ESX 4.0 hosts are on 2 groups on Dell blade servers that have 5 blades per cluster and are using storage arrays EqualLogic iSCSI for data warehouses. More there are a few individual Dell R900 and Dell R710 servers use local storage connected to the vCenter.

  The second is vCenter 2.5 that uses the express database included running on a Dell 2950 server with, like 20 other Dell running ESX 3.5 of 2950 using local storage.

  Looking for a vision a little and advise the host migration to the new server vCenter Server.

  Thank you... Jim Hurley

  I would say the easiest would be to create new vCenter new host OS (I would choose 64 bits that will put you in the conditions required for 4.1).  Once the new vCenter Server online, I then install a standalone license server for your VI3 hosts, then begin to disconnect and remove other environments and new hosts.

  Stand alone license server can be found

  http://downloads.VMware.com/d/details/esx_35_licenseserver_dt/dGViZGVoKmJqQA==

• Adding esxi host to vcenter

  Hello

  I can't add a 5.1 ESXi host to VCenter server (5.1). When I try to add the host to vcenter, I get an error message "a general system error occurred, VMODL incompatibility between VC and ESXi."

  Need help.

  Usually this error appears when the ESXi host, you're trying to add has a newer version than vCenter.  Depending on your case, both have same version. In fact, it should work fine without any problem.

  Can you please confirm the ESXi and vCenter versions? Also can you please post numbers comes together?

• Nested ESXi - problem when adding the cloned ESXi hosts to the same data center in vCenter

  Hi all

  I installed a VM ESXi5.5 on top of WOrkstation10 and made a clone of it. Two of them are accessible and functioning very well themselves.

  However, when trying a add these hosts to vCenter, he begins to complain that:

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  Try to delete the local data store and re-create it.

• Error adding host vmware vCenter

  Hello

  I have the free version of VMware ESXi 5.1 installed. When I tried to add my host to vcenter 5.1 with the trial version I get the error message below. I can't use esxi 5.1 edition for free with the trial version of vcenter 5.1 is?

  "The host is licensed with VMware vSphere hypervisor 5. The edition of vCenter License Server does not support VMware vSphere hypervisor 5".

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  The free version of the hypervisor cannot be managed by vCenter.

  You must allow the hosts with at least ESXi Standard - the free version of the hypervisor can be managed with vCenter.

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