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• Disassembly of cluster 5.1 ESXi

  Hi all

  I have a problem. I have cluster HA (without DRS) of two nodes, now I want to spend these two nodes to different vCenter (new) and to build a new three-node HA cluster there.

  Can I disassemble my current HA cluster, remove nodes old vCenter, connect hosts to the new vCenter and build without disturbing HA cluster virtual servers hosted on these nodes vm?

  concerning

  I guess that you have a HA cluster with 2 ESXi host & guests have some virtual machines running on them. Now you have a different vCenter & don't want to create a new cluster with 2 ESXi host to vCenter old + you want to add a new ESXi host.

  Here is the recommended method to do the same thing:

  1. walk old vCenter HA cluster > right click > change settings > disable HA

  2. Once you disable HA on the old vCenter, HA agent will be out installed as well.

  3 tell - the old cluster host or connect immediately to remove the cluster.

  4. create the new cluster > add all 3 hosts (2 removed from the old cluster + 1 new host) in the new cluster.

  5. activate HA on the new cluster > This will install HA agent on all hosts 3.

  6 configure the cluster HA the way that suits you (admission control strategies, datastore pulses etc.)

  Note: Your virtual machines always work on hosts that have been removed/disconnected from the old cluster. Please note that until you add to the new Vcenter cluster, there is chance that host disconnected can go down for some reason any & your virtual machines can cope in time to stop. That is why, first follow the new vCenter, create the cluster in advance > configure HA & then remove old cluster.

• Virtulize SQL 2008 on ESXi 4.1

  We have a web application that uses SQL 2000 on the backend currently and this application is undergoing restructuring heavy, part of the redesign will replace the SQL Server on the backend. I have recommended virtualization it but developers are completely against it. Here's what it would look like.

  1 VM Server 2008 R2 running with 2 vCPU and 8 GB of memory, the latest version of SQL 2008 installed, it will very probably a dedicated area with VMware installed for this SQL server computer. SQL and SQL data will be installed on a drive on the SAN will be mapped as a RDM. The drive from the old SQL Server is using right now is regularly between 100i/o ps and ps 200i/o and occasionally spikes to 2000i/o ps. Readers of the San are 15 disks SAS k that can support up to 9000i/o ps when spread across all drives.

  I did some research but have not found much running SQL 2008 on ESXi 4.1 in addition to what I find is running SQL on 3.5 and did not have good experiences. I would like to get the reactions of the other experience with a similar setup.

  Thank you very much in advance

  Please take a look at the Performance and scalability of Microsoft SQL Server on VMware vSphere 4

  MS has also some recommendations and best practices for SQL Server about the alignment of drive for example, size of unit NTFS 64 k... (see Disk Partition alignment Best Practices for SQL Server)

  André

• SQL Server 2008 R2 taken Failover Cluster support in ESXi 6?

  Hi guys

  I think that it is based on the many articles of MS and VMWare I was wading in but did anyone have knowledge if a SQL Server 2008 R2 failover cluster is supported on ESXi 6?

  I think we have to run on a Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system unless we are forced to stick with Server 2008 R2 for reasons of inheritance

  Thanks for the tips

  Simon

  Yes, have a look here: VMware KB: Microsoft Clustering on VMware vSphere: guidelines for supported configurations

• Shows poor drive on a virtual machine of SBS 2008 under ESXI 4.1

  Hi all

  I'll be back with a question on the locations of files vmdk and best practices.

  With my colleague a great discussion raised about vmdk locations for a virtual machine that runs a heavy installation of SBS 2008. Where to place the files vmdk on the data store, and how to optimize for best performance.

  This is the context. We recently bought a ML350 G6 server with 2 * RAID1 SAS 10 k. We have installed ESXI 4.1 on the first RAID1 array (datastore1) and the second RAID1 array, we created datastore2.

  On the ESXI server, we have created a VM SBS2K8. And here is the discussion:

  We have configured the vitual HDD for this virtual machine as follows:

  DATASTORE1:

  Next to the ESXI installation, we created 1 vmdk where we have installed OS by VM SBS2K8 partition

  DATASTORE2:

  We have created the 2nd vmdk where we have installed the DATA by VM SBS2K8 partition

  For your information, directly after the installation we moved the log files and database Exchange on the second partition on DATASTORE2

  Everything was nice during installation of the virtual machine, also during the installation of SBS 2008. The problems came just after the end of the import of the pst files in the Exchange database (+ / 20 GB for pst all together).

  The virtual machine is so slow, when we try to copy, backup files locally. I checked the performance graph in VSphere Client when we copied the files or backup. The disk latency, data store, virtual disks to the level has exploded.

  This is a point that the console has become completely insensitive during summits...

  My opinion about it, is that it would be better to put 2 vmdk for virtual machine on DATASTORE2, but maybe I'm wrong. That's why I post here we are again.

  All the recommendations, advice, are welcome. I don't know if the problem comes from the design of the virtual machine itself or we forgot something during the installation.

  Is there a good literature on the vmdk files? Location, design...

  Thank you for all your help on this point,

  Michael

  It sounds like you bought the DL350 G6 with P410i controller but no BBWC/FBWC not attached to the writeback operation. Without BBWC/FBWC, you will generally see less of ~ 10-20 MB/s.

  Place the operating system partition and data on different data stores in this case makes no difference at all.

  André

• Fault tolerance/HA/cluster optimization question

  Hello

  I implemented a cluster using VMware vSphere 5 Essentials Plus allowed, up to now, there are 2 nodes running ESXi 5.0.0 and it does behave not quite the way we expect, probably there is a change in the requirements.

  The problem is that the cluster will only allow power on virtual machines on a host. The expected or desired behavior is that we want to be able to load completely, a host, designating some VMS as needing high availability and load the second host allowing sufficient resources to automatically start the virtual machines called high availability. Error message when you try to turn on a virtual machine on the failover host: "the current operation cannot be performed because it has been configured as a host for a failover cluster."

  Our intention is to migrate virtual machines to a third host in the cluster and then upload form and upgrade of third 5.0.0 ESXi host and join the cluster. We do not want a whole army reserved.

  Can you still have failover capabilities without reserving an entire army? Sure I'm missing something basic here.

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  Cluster settings:

  Turn on vSphere THAT HA is checked

  Turn on vSphere DRS is unchecked (we do not license this feature)

  vSphere HA:

  Home monitoring status is verified

  Admission control is enabled

  1 Center failover server is specified

  VMware EVC:

  People with disabilities

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  Please let me know what additional information is needed.

  Thank you

  I'd probably go the road of "Percentage of Cluster resources reserved as unused capacity tipping" - check out http://frankdenneman.nl/2011/01/setting-correct-percentage-of-cluster-resources-reserved/ for some great information on it.

• Setting up MS server 2008 + Sharepoint and MS Exchange 2008 on ESXi 4.0

  Dear people,

  I setting upward the above and would like help on how to get better on the installation;

  (1) MS Exchange Server Management 2010

  (2) and MS Win Server 2008 * (Active Directory + Sharepoint).

  Does anyone have useful information or items of 'How To' for installation in a VMware ESXi 4.0 environment?

  Also, more specifically, I have already experienced the 256 GB limit I would prefer to have more large size of disc than this.  Is it possible to have a

  larger size of drive to the server? If so, how?

  If this is not what is the size of space disk would be an urge?

  I thought I had:

  C: (OS) 125 GB

  D: (data) 256GB

  E: (DATA) 99 GB

  A better suggestion is welcome.

  Thank you very much

  Vinny

  As a first step, I'd look through the following measures. http://www.VMware.com/solutions/business-critical-apps/

  You can change the maximum disk size by recreating the data store with a larger block size. You will need to delete the existing data store, so if you already have VMs that are assigned to the data store you migrating to another place, then move them back.

• Penetrating VM from ESX Cluster stand-alone ESXi Server

  I get an error trying to move a virtual machine of cluster VI in a standalone ESXi Server, someone had a bit of luck this?  I tried the following: Get-VM-name "CO-WS-TEST1" - location (Get-VMHost "CO-WS-TEST1"). Move-VM - Destination (Get-VMHost "CO-VM-TEST2") where CO-VM-TEST2 is a stand-alone ESXi server and CO-WS-TEST1 is in an ESX Cluster with VI.

  I get the following error:

  Get-VMHost: 2009-04-13 13:08:08 Get - VMHost VMHost with the "CO-VM-TEST2" name not found, using the specified filters.

  On line: 1 char: 60

  + Get-VM-name of the CO-WS-TEST1 | Move-VM-Destination (Get-VMHost & lt; & lt; & lt; & lt; "CO-VM-TEST2")

  Move-VM: cannot bind parameter 'Destination '. Could not convert "" to "VMware.VimAutomation.Types.VIContainer".

  On line: 1 char: 48

  + Get-VM-name of the CO-WS-TEST1 | Move-VM-Destination & lt; & lt; & lt; & lt; (Get-VMHost "CO-VM-TEST2")

  Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.

  What is ESXi system managed (for example with a non-free full license) by your vCenter?  If this isn't the case, then you can not make a gesture like this.  You can probably fake it with enough script and help of some external tools to make disk copy.

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• Newbie question: ESXi 6.0 free vs vSphere Essentials Kit

  I currently have a server host running ESXi 5.5 (free version), accommodation mainly a lab with SQL servers and workstations Windows infrastructure.

  I plan to upgrade the vSphere Essentials Kit and I was wondering what are the additional benefits I would get paid Kit essentials ESXi free 6.0 vs.

  So far, I can think of the following:

  -Possibility to install on two additional host servers (however I don't really have this requirement for the moment)

  -Compatibility with VMWare as ALTARO and VEEAM backup software. (This would be beneficial)

  What are the other benefits Essentials Kit would offer a server environment unique host which would be sufficiently attractive to force one to go compared to the free version?

  Thank you for any comments.

  ArnieC

  Another great advantage will be the Server vCenter which adds lots of features and will help you manage all three hosts. Have a look here some of the additional benefits: http://www.vladan.fr/esxi-free-vs-paid/

• CPU performace put stupid questions esxi

  Hola todos,

  Tengo problemas con performace unos mi servidores ESXI corpos con el CPU, usually el percent used del CPU of ESXI're menor del 40%. Hace unos dias he notado q in algun momento del dia do al 75% o 90% o talves mas como por mas of una hora, lo cual causa me problemas con los users.

  No veo nada in los eventos y el los graphic unico q veo los're tiempo estuvieron pero asi q no Arab service como una causa raiz

  Hay algun comando o algo q can utizar

  Saludos,

  Buenas

  Prueba vcenter operations manager in the first instance a worm if the Máquina localizas (seguro are UN desktop that algun usuario ha tocado o wont alguna cosilla)

  y además

  http://www.VMware.com/files/PDF/VMware-view-OptimizationGuideWindows7-en.PDF y http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/resources/vmware-view-xp-deployment-guide.pdf

  Saludos

• Conversion of Live Server 2008 to ESXi 5 using Vconverter error: VMX

  Hello

  We are new to VMWare and have installed ESXi 5 towards our server ok and functioning very well a VM Server 2008r2.

  However, we strive to use the suppied by VMWare converter to migrate a P2V of life.

  I went through the wizard and not changed the default values and selected the new ESXi server. However, the converter fails, and on the ESXi server there is the following error:

  Create the virtual machine
  192.168.2.11
  The device or the specified index '5' operation is not supported for the current version of the VM "vmx-04".»  A minimal version of "vmx-07' is needed for this operation to succeed."
  root
  10/05/2011 11:08:30
  10/05/2011 11:08:30
  10/05/2011 11:08:30

  I downloaded all the latest verstions and am now bored on this issue.

  Can someone please help.

  Thank you

  According to the newspapers, you use VMware Converter 4.3. Please follow the link I provided above to download VMware Converter 5.0 The problem should be solved.

  André

• ESX vs. Questions ESXi

  Hi, I wonder if anyone has convincing arguments on ESX ESXi vs.

  I currently run an environment with 7 Enterprise ESX 3.5 hosts that we are moving to vSphere, will improve our business like licenses.

  I'm not sure if I have to use 4.0 ESX or ESXi 4.0. I understand that there are a few beifits to the use of ESXi as 32 MB footprint and is a security vulnerability less likely due to stripping on the service console.

  However, we are trained on the use of this service console for all management tasks ahead as patches, etc.

  Does anyone have the arguments or the con and the pros in regards to this.

  Concerning

  Nicholas

  > However, we are trained on the use of this service console for all advance as remedial management tasks, etc.

  Line of remote control replaces the service console, and the service console will disappear in future versions of ESX.  There are NO differences between the two, it's JUST preference.

• Simple question - ESXi embedded

  Hi guys,.

  I have not used before ESXi. I'm specialization a solution for a customer on HP bl460c G6 blades. How do you buy integrated ESXi? Do you buy the ESXi license HP and this is the previously connected with ESXi loaded and configured USB? Or do you still need to download and install, and the part of HP is just an added USB key?

  The USB is reliable?

  Waiting: http://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPVM05

  AWo

  VCP / VMware vEXPERT 2009

• Newbie question - ESXi v3.5 and 4 Mgmt

  Try to get a better understanding of ESXi, different versions of it, how to manage the virtual machines that run on ESXi, and what is free and what is not.  I'm having a hard time getting an exact answer of any of the documents I see online.  I want to better understand before we get too much further in assessing these products.  It looks to me that VMWare ESXi gives it away but seeks to charge for management tools, such as vSphere which in itself has 4 different versions. Then...

  ESXi v3.5 is free?

  ESXi v4 is free?

  What tools you can create and manage virtual machines on ESXi v3.5?

  Which of these tools to manage ESXi v3.5 are free?

  What tools you can create and manage virtual machines on ESXi v4?

  Which of these tools to manage ESXi v4 are free?

  Thank you

  Dave

  Although ESXi is free you still need to register and get a license code - other wise it is running in trial mode for 60 days - and at the end of the 60 days you will be not able to manage the host

  If you find this or any other answer useful please consider awarding points marking the answer correct or useful

• Oracle 11 g 2 grid - Cluster check question

  Hello

  I installed grid Oracle 11 GR 2 64-bit on Linux 5.9 on Virtual Box. Shortly after the installation of the software of the grid, if I lance./runcluvfy.sh - help, the error message next to come is.

  ./runcluvfy.sh-aide

  / bin/rm: cannot remove directory ' / tmp/bootstrap ': operation not permitted.

  . / runcluvfy.sh: line 99: /tmp/bootstrap.log: Perission refused

  
  

  And I installed the database software Oracle 11 GR 2 64-bit on the above machine, the following error is coming.

  While I installed 64 bit software grid and database, why the following error is coming

  
  

  The software that I downloaded are as follows:

  
  

  (1) linux.x64_11gR2_grid

  (2) linux.x64_11gR2_database_1of2

  (3) linux.x64_11gR2_database_2of2

  (4) Linux OS V36332-01 (this is the iso file)

  I downloaded all these files in the Oracle's Web site
  

  
  

  Architecture - it is a condition of prerequirisite to test if the system is certified architecture.

  Check for failure on the nodes: [racm1, racm2]

  Result of the verification of the failed node: racm1

  Expected value: x 86

  Real value: x86_64

  List of errors:
  -PRVF-7535: proper architecture is not found on the node 'racm1 '.
  "EXPECTED ="x 86 "; Found = 'x86_64']
  -Cause: The System Architecture does not meet the requirement.
  -Action: Make sure the correct software bundle is used.

  Could you please give me solution. I would be grateful.

  1028434 wrote:

  The full output of file/bin/ls is

  / bin/ls: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD X 86-64, the VERSION 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.9, dynamically (uses shared libs), stripped

  The name of the Linux OS files is V36332-01 (Disk Image file)

  The permission on the bootstrap are: drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 10 08:13 "bootstrap".

  One thing is that I execute./runcluvfy.as the Oracle user, then the above error is coming.

  If I run as root user, he was throwing bad command.

  You should check below URL of my blog...

  http://www.Oracle-CKPT.com/runcluvfy-failed-with-line-99-tmpbootstrapouibootstrap-log-permission-denied/