Backup of ESXi host configurations

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• How to backup 4 ESXi host and guests?

  Instead of running 2 or 3 physical servers, I create 2 or 3 virtual servers on one physical host and save money, the trees, the planet and so on.

  Go green, as they say.

  But how do I save it?

  My first experiences with VMWare workstation (excellent product BTW), I thought that I could connect an external hard drive on the physical server via USB and back up virtual machines from time to time. Just as I could with VMWare workstation (not to mention the snapshot option...).

  Right...

  Indeed, virtual machines in case more than one front-end role rather than the portfolio databases that change on an hourly basis, an image on an external hard drive backup were possible.

  But it doesn't look like it works that way with ESXi.

  OK, the snapshot option is still there, so that offers backup features (update mess up system, go back to the last good snapshot).

  But when I connect the external hard drive, it is not recognized. Sounds fair?

  I heard that you could back up via iSCSI. Possibly using the software to create an iSCSI target on another server instead of investing in a unit of SAN.

  Despite this, where you re all or part of this?

  I don't see no backup option in the interface of vSphere 4.

  THS, that's what I have:

  X3350x IBM server | ESXi 4 | 1 guest running Windows 2003 server and the other running 2008 Server.

  That's all. No VCenter, no vMotion, no second failover server.

  Could someone clarify my options?

  Visit this link on this topic: http://www.vladan.fr/plug-in-the-external-usb-drive-to-esx-server-directly-to-backup-or-copy/

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• Best practices for backup of vCenter device and ESXi hosts?

  Hello

  I have a new VMware environment based on 5.5 ESXi and vCenter Server Appliance. A few questions:

  • What is the best practice to perform the backup of the vCenter Server Appliance? I set up the camera with the embedded SQL Express database.
  • It's recommended to backup the ESXi host or is it easier to any re - install failure?

  Best regards
  ,

  Thor-Egil

  Hello

  You can use VMware VDP to backup your device of vCenter. It is included in essentials, standard, enterprise, and enterprise as well as licenses.

  I won't have backups of ESXi servers. Restore the backup would take more time that the deployment of a new ESXi.Only thing, you may want to consider is to enable logging remotely, so you can see why the hosts failed.

  Concerning

  Tim

• Update VSAN task configuration failed for ALL 3 ESXI hosts

  I enabled VSANS on the cluster, but the task of updating VSAN configuration failed with the below error

  Operation failed, the diagnostic report: not associate the host to the cluster VSAN (Exec command "/etc/init.d/vsanvpd restart" succeeded, but came back with zero State: 1).

  On all esxi hosts 3, I can see a warning

  Host is in an active VSAN cluster but doesn't have a Service of active VSAN

  Please help me fix this isseu... I need all the VSAN here experts... I do not find a troubleshooting for this issue.

  This information was supposed to do in the VSAN Release Notes, although I must admit that I don't check that they exist.

  Here's a post I made on the memory requirements which came into force for GA

  Part 14 & #8211 VSAN. Memory of the host requirements. CormacHogan.com

• Configure Passthrough in ESXi host for USB Dongle?

  Hello

  You have to connect a USB dongle to a virtual machine specific.

  On the web, we find that we can plug the dongle to 5 ESXi host.  For this particular virtual machine, add USB controller and then add the USB device.

  We wonder if we were to "Configure Passthrough" in "Advanced settings" of the ESXi host?  If so, is there an easy way for us to identify the particular USB port used?

  Thank you

  Post edited by: TonyJK

  Hello

  If you want to only connect the USB dongle to a virtual machine, add a USB controller to the virtual computer is simpler. Once you have added a USB controller, turn on the virtual machine. Plug the dongle on the ESXi host. Open the page change the setting of this virtual machine, add a USB device and you should be able to find the dongle in the list. Save the settings and your virtual machine can now access the dongle.

  Martin

• script to find configuration of esxi host problems.

  Need a script to find if all configuration host on all issues the esxi host in the vCenter...

  example: alert, warning.

  Hello, nareshunik-

  You can consult the properties TriggeredAlarmState and ConfigIssue to display HostSystem for the VMHost objects, such as:

  Get-View -ViewType HostSystem -Property Name,TriggeredAlarmState,ConfigIssue | ?{$_.TriggeredAlarmState -or $_.ConfigIssue} | `    select name,         @{n="NumConfigIssues"; e={($_.ConfigIssue | Measure-Object).Count}},        @{n="NumAlarms"; e={($_.TriggeredAlarmState | Measure-Object).Count}}
  

  This will return just all hosts with a triggered alarm, a configuration problem or two (and the course of each):

  Name       NumConfigIssues  NumAlarms
  ----       ---------------  ---------
  myHost001                1          0
  myHost122                2          0
  myHost212                1          1
  

  How does do for you?

• Retrieve message to ESXi host Summary tab "Configuration issues."

  Using VMware Perl SDK API, how to get the message of 'Problems of Configuration' tab summary ESXi host?

  For example, I have an ESXi host disconnected from the cluster, and in the summary for this host tab, there 'Problems of Configuration' message "disconnected from esxi_hostname in esx_clustername." "Reason: expired license."

  Is it possible to recover the message above through Perl SDK API? The host is already disconnected from the cluster, not sure if this is possible.

  Yes, you can take a look at the configIssue (http://vijava.sourceforge.net/vSphereAPIDoc/ver5/ReferenceGuide/vim.ManagedEntity.html#configIssue) for the object HostSystem connecting to vCenter, i.e. When this information appears. It contains a table of configuration problems and it is exposed in the API, which means that it can be accessed by using one of our SDKs including the vSphere SDK Perl

• ESXI hosts 5-2 and the best way to configure vSwitch and Nic redundancy

  Hi all

  Could someone help me find the best way to configure the vNetwork on 2 5 ESXI host for redundancy.  Once I managed to correctly configure the 2 hosts I will seek to use the same installation process for 6 guests.  3 sites with 2 hosts on each site managed all of vCentre Server

  I have 2 DL380 G7 servers 5 ESXI installed on a class 10, 8 GB SD card, I'm looking to install VSA on the 2 hosts on each server with 4 TB of internal storage (8 * 600 GB 10 k SAS).  Each server has a gigabit integrated 4-port NIC and I installed a 2nd NIC gigabit PCIe 4 ports, I also x 2 16 switches of port with Layer 3 routing.  I use vSphere 5 Standard acceleration Kit I am looking to use vCentre server for managing, vMotion for maintenance, HA for the failover and VM 10/15 (vCentre Server Std, DB SQL to vCentre Server, Exchange 2010, SQL Server 2008 R2, IIS Intranet, Helpdesk, 1 DC, 2 Domain Controller, AV Server, WSUS, SCCM Server, and Terminal Server server).

  What would be the best way to install and configure the network for performance and redundancy and am I missing something?

  My thoughts are, Teaming: -.

  vCenter - vswitch0 - port1 on NIC1 and port1 on NIC 2 - port1 on NIC1 to physical switch 1 - port1 on NIC2 to physical switch 2

  vMotion - vswitch1 - port2 on NIC1 and port2on NIC 2 - port2 on NIC1 to physical switch 1 - port2 on NIC2 to physical switch 2

  HA - vswitch3 - port3 on NIC1 and port3on NIC 2 - port3 on NIC1 physics 1 - port3 on NIC2 to physical switch 2 switch

  VM - vswitch4 - port4 on NIC1 and port4on NIC 2 - port4 on NIC1 to physical switch 1 - port4 on NIC2 to physical switch 2

  or do I need an additional NIC on each server to hit the VM 12-6 VM for 2 ports on 2 NETWORK interface card, or maybe something else I missed?

  Thank you

  In your case, to keep it simple and what I can say here is what would be my recommendation:

  3 standard vSwitches

  vSwitch0:

  • Management - vmnic0, vmnic2

  vSwitch1:

  • vMotion - vmnic1, vmnic3

  vSwitch2:

  • VM network - vmnic4, vmnic5, vmnic6, vmnic7

  The only reason why that I didn't split the VM in other network adapters shipped is because the difference in the types of the DL380 adapter shipped and the PCIe quad.

• Transfer rate between ESXi host using "Veem backup and FastSCP".

  Hi all

  I have two ESXi host connected with Eth - 1 G ports on an HP switch

  now I'm trying to transfer data between two hosts using "Veem backup and FastSCP" tool

  a 1 MB/s transfer rate is normal? you know a way to improve the performance of the network?

  Note that no collision or inadequacy not discovered on the way to the switch

  Thanks in advance

  Hello

  This work is a line perhaps? If you use VMFS as target, you must double check the block size, if it is the default 1 MB, the maximum size of a vmdk disk is 256 GB.

  The value you got 274878668800 bytes, divided three times by 1024, gives you exactly 256.0007095336914 GB. This is probably the problem.

  PS: I saw your error screencap you come to Italy, visit us on the pages of Italian user :-) group

  Kind regards

  Luca.

  --
  Luca Dell'Oca
  http://www.vuemuer.it
  [reward points for a useful answer is a way of saying thanks]

• Configure the firewall on the esxi host 4

  Team Kia Ora

  I built an esxi host 4 on a piece of the material I had to hang around, as you do!

  I'm eager to open ports in firewall on the host.  I can't tick all the ports incoming and outgoing, I need tab of safety profile VC client (configuration of the host), and then select Properties.  Also the esxcfg-firewall command is missing, even when I use a UMA VMware to place orders RCI to the host, there doesn't seem to be available.   ?:|

  See attachment "... - nzwlg - stack - 1.png".

  On esx 3.5 or esx 4, I use the host configuration SecurityProfile tab, select Properties, click on the appropriate ports and in and facts. This feature seems to have moved/missing?

  Also, strangeness, is that I have another esxi installation 4 which has the parameters display correctly under the Securityh profile | Properties tab. ?  (attachment "... - nzwlg - pile2.png")

  Any help greatly appreciated and have a great week! =)

  ESXi have exhibited extensively in terms of services. All software tools to use must specifically support ESXi.

• ESXi host change IP back to the old Configuration in vCenter

  Hi all! I'm having a problem with a host computer in my vCenter. I had 2 guests and both were in the same network. I moved to a remote site and change its IP from 10.10.2.253 to 10.10.3.250.

  While I'm trying to connect it to the vCenter, he connects well then (in vCenter) he's trying to connect to his old address IP 10.10.2.253.

  I have reset the vCenter, database, but it still does not work. When I move first the host at the remote site, I did not disconnect. I deleted it just (may be the source of this problem).

  Can someone help me on this one? A big thank you.

  Hi Alex,

  is it possible for you to create a record of host DNS (A) for this remote ESXi host name and then add to vCenter using its FULL domain name rather than IP address?

• Attempt vSwitch configuration change and now the ESXi host and virtual machines offline

  So I have no doubt, I have myself to blame for this one. I was trying to change my vSwitch from 100 Mbps to 1000 Mbps when an 'operation timed' error out jumps-to the top and my vCenter Server lost connection with my ESXi host. I tried to restart the host manually, but that did not help. The host is not the ping requests and all the virtual machines on that host are offline; None of them vMotion off to my other ESX Server.

  I tried to reconnect the host computer in vCenter, but it is obviously does not connect because it can't ping it. I logged the ESXi console and all the network settings appear to be correct. I'm used to connect to the ESX console where you can execute commands, but it's my first ESXi host, so I don't know what I can do.

  Any help is greatly appreciated!

  -D.

  If you had your management port and VMs on different vSwitches / NIC leave on framework would eliminate a false positive. As in your case the management port reportedly follows the cable / about speed, but the virtual machine network would be intact (and I'm assuming that your storage space as well).  In this case the VMs system would have worked very well even if the management port did not work.

  Dave

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• Mac OS x won't start on mac pro esxi host

  We have the latest mac pro machine functioning as a construction of host 5.5.0 esxi 2718055.  We have setup the virtual Mac machine of the as a waiter in a magic triangle to our Mac OSX windows domain configuration.  Everything was up and running for some time now not really used because we delayed the purchase of our projected deployment Mac until this year.  I logged on today, and he says he has several updates and necessary to restart, so we issued the command reboot. Now the machine won't start upward.  It starts the boot process you see the Apple logo and progress bar starts moving on a 1/4 of the way and then it just turned off. I tried several of the commands below in the link, but nothing works, it just turns off. I tried to use my mac with vm ware fusion and the connection to the host and always change. I have triple checked that I am in the comments window active when you press these commands, but the problem is it only stays on during approximately 5 seconds then stops. I have removed from the inventory of esxi and re added, as well as restarted the ESXi host as well.  The virtual machine is sitting on the local storage of the esxi server.

  https://support.Apple.com/en-AU/HT201255

  Has anyone else had a problem similar to this?  I'm getting to this section and the progress bar starts to go, but then stops and turns off virtual machine.  How can I enter in address this further.

  

  Okay, so I went through the list and now I got using the command option r. tried before but maybe I press the keys long enough.  I was using my mac book pro and pro fusion to do all this. Couldn't make it work when you use the client heavy vsphere on my windows machine. Repair disk permissions is grayed out. I ran check disk permissions and got a ton of errors, ran check disk and he stopped saying repair the disk. Ran repair disk and he stopped to say that he cannot repair the disk, backup as many files as possible, reformat the drive and restore your backup files.

  Is there another way to try to fix this sucker, or is he at this point a POS and build a new one?

  

  

• 6.0 ESXi hosts are no longer

  Hello world!

  I have a problem with VMware ESXi 6.0.

  I have a VMware Cluster with 3 6.0 ESXi host. Last night 2 ESXi host has become unresponsive. ESXi hosts concerned, responds to the ping, but unplug vCenter, unable to connect directly to the client host with vSphere and unresponsive on DCUI. The VMs - running concerned guests - became unresponsive (VMware HA cannot restart VMs, because the host has locked the VMs file). Only solution: reset the hosts. After hard reset hosts, HA restart VM on another host and host affected normal work. The problem occurd when high e / s (backup, at the level of the files inside the virtual machine) on HBA.

  In the /var/log/vmkernel.log , I see a lot of messages both "crash":

  WARNING: lpfc: lpfc_sli_issue_abort:9956: 1:3169 Abort failed: Abort INP: data: x 0 xcd0 x 8 x 98

  ScsiPath: 7133: Set retry timeout for demolition of TaskMgmt failed for CmdSN 0x0, State failure, path vmhba5:C0:T0:L0

  The configuration of the hosts:

  Host type: IBM x 3850 X 5

  VMware version: Lenovo ESXi 6.0 custom + VMware ESXi 6.0 Express Patch 2

  CF: 2 * Emulex LightPulse FC SCSI 10.4.236.0 IBM 0494 42 8 GB 2-port PCIe FC HBA for System x Emulex firmware version: 2.02X11 version of the Emulex driver: 10.4.236.0 - 1OEM.600.0.0.2159203

  The host firmware versions are later.

  VMware installed on a USB stick (clean install, not upgraded), LOG dir on the CF data store.

  The storage and the side FC switches have no error/warning message.

  I see the VMware KB 2086025 and 2125904. In this KB article the symptoms are very similar to our situation, but our guests have the most recent version of the Emulex driver (KB articles: version prior to 10.2.340.18, our 10.4.236.0 version)

  I tried the latest Emulex firmware (version: 10.6.126.0, install and reboot host) but the host crash again and the same newspaper as above.

  Today a new problem, when I collect information on diagnosis (registers of export) of the host:

  • first of all welcome: unplug vCenter for seconds 3 times (State of heartbeat), and download of the newspaper failed, when the host disconnect, virtual machines (which run on this host) does not not on LAN
  • second host: connect download start, after the 10-minute purple screen:

  

  I have found no solution.

  Any ideas?

  Thanks for your help!

  Have you seen the question of host unresponse before 6.0 updated. If not, I suspect strongly this is due to "VMware KB: ESXi 6.0 the network connectivity is lost with the NETDEV WATCHDOG timeouts in the vmkernel.log". Try upgrading to the latest version 6.0 that contains the fix for this.

  The purple screen could be a different product bug and I doubt that it does not always happen. Based on the screenshot, it looks like collection Journal (vm-support) was going through some of the nodes of the VSI and failed at this point. So this issue could happen specifically only during some invocation of vm-support. Good to raise a complaint with the help of VMware.

• Do I need an IP NIC of each Esxi host address?  VMs needs access to the storage network?

  Hi all

  The issue go, I have a host machine with 3 nic cards - > 1 for production network, 1 for the management network and 1 for the network backup.

  The guest PC VM inside will be connected to the 3 network,

  But for the host himself, will be used for management and backup only.

  T1) is the bears from production on the need for level ESXI host having an IP address as well?

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  Right of Q2) now my host use internal storage. If I'm to migrate to a SAN storage, I have 1 more network for storage.

  I understand that the configuration of virtual machines and their data are assigned and stored in the data store that is made visible at the level of the host.

  They must for the virtual machines access the data store, join the storage network as well? or they are access to the storage through the host

  ================================================================

  Kind regards

  Noob

  T1) is the bears from production on the need for level ESXI host having an IP address as well?

  A NIC itself does not require an IP address. Which IP addresses are required for VMkernel port groups (for example, networking, vMotion, storage access,...) as well as virtual machines.

  Right of Q2) now my host use internal storage. If I'm to migrate to a SAN storage...

  No, a virtual machine (i.e. the guest operating system) does not require access to the system of storage, only the ESXi host.

  André