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• How to configure nested ESXi 5 to take the EVC Clusters supported

  Can someone give me instructions on how to configure nested ESXi 5 Support EVC clusters help please?

  Thank you

  JOhn

  Please follow: how to configure nested ESXi 5 to the EVC Clusters of support | virtuallyGhetto

• Best configuration/license esxi 5

  I'm new to Vmware and I have to deal with 6 guests in my environment. Currently, the hosts are set up with the esxi license 5.0 free stand alone.  I have no shared storage and I wonder what would be the best configuration/license to manage these hosts without shared storage.  Thank you

  To use vMotion without shared storage, you must run vSphere 5.1 or newer with at least 'Essentials Plus' licenses. Remember that the Kits Essentials can manage up to 3 guests, so if you want to manage all six guests in a unique environment you need at least the Standard vSphere licenses.

  André

• ESXi 5.1 vMotion migration of VM with 2 vmdk: a SAN storage and other storage facilities

  Hi all:

  I got a two host clusters that uses a shared SAN storage where my VM files are stored. Storage hosts is an aggregation of the two 1 Gbps link

  path and so efficient throughput of 2 Gbps.

  Now I need to install a virtual machine that will host our proxy server (Squid). Proxy servers needs a flow of large I/O structure of the disk cache. So I'm

  Whereas by deploying somehow using two VMDK. One with the operating system and software, say vm.vmdk file and the other to the cache on the disk,

  tell the vm - 1.vmdk file.

  My idea is to put the file vm.vmdk on the storage, as well as other VM, I got, by putting the vm - 1.vmdk file to local storage, so does not link of 2 Gbps. say that

  This SAN storage named "san_storage", host local storage is named 'a_local_storage' and local storage of host B is named 'b_local_storage '. So vm.vmdk is

  on "san_storage/vm/vm.vmdk" and is shared both host A and B. say that VM begins to run on host A, vm - 1.vmdk file is "a_local_storage/vm/vm-1.vmdk".

  I would like to know is there is a way, by script or so, to change the configuration of the virtual machine in a way which when I do a host migration has to B, the second disc of the host

  virtual machine will be disconnected "a_local_storage/vm/vm-1vmdk" and will be linked to "b_local_storage/vm/vm-1.vmdk" at VM startup on host B.

  I don't want to copy 'vm - 1.vmdk' from one host to another, because the proxy server parce que le serveur proxy peut peut fills again.

  Is it possible to do? Or is - anyone has another solution?

  I use ESXi 5.1.0 799733 on the two hosts with a license that allows vMotion and using vCenter 5.1.0.5300 build 947940 to manage.

  concerning

  Lucas Brasilino

  You can use the powercli to edit the vmx (offline) configuration file

• ESXi 4.1 for ESXi 5.1 vMotion Question

  I have a customer who has two servers esx esx 4.0 is and the other is 4.1. Esx 4.0 is an IBM System x 3650 m2 with an Intel Xeon E5530. Esxi 4.1 is a HP Proliant DL360 G6 with an Intel Xeon E5506.

  My question is esxi 5.1 does support vmotion and if yes - that will work with these processors being different?

  Please let me know if you need additional information.

  Thank you

  Ryan

  I would like to add that you can certainly configure vMotion between these 2 servers (license to of course), but you may need to activate CVS while they are a bit different revisions.

  EVC is configured in the properties of the cluster. You'll want to take the most compatible version on both hosts. To enable it, you may need to turn off some guests on the most recent processor box.

  JES

• Advanced features of ESXi 4.1 - vMotion, HA and DRS.

  Hi all

  I have a dell poweredge 1950 with 2 processors dual core, 8 GB ram and 2 hard drives. I would like to install a virtual laboratory for features in advanced practical such as vMotion, HA and Drs I know I need 2 ESXi host and storage San iSCSI shared to implement.

  I have only 1 physical box that has 1 ESXi host installed. I have the vCenter, iSCSI SAN (openfiler) installed in a virtual machine. I have a laptop that has vSphere client to connect to the ESXi host through vCenter.

  Is it possible to install 2nd ESXi host in a VM on the ESXi host 1 and perform advanced functions as mentioned above. I'd appreciate your suggestions and advice.

  Thank you

  -rmshah5050.

  Can't do anything as an automatic resource pools configuration.

  How much memory assign you to virtual ESXi hosts. To properly configure HA you must assign at least ~2.5 GB to hosts.

  André

• VMkernel configuration on esxi 4.0

  Hello, I'm putting ESXi 4.0 installed for the first time and have come across something that seems a little strange or unfamiliar.

  in general I have set up my VMkernel on its own virtual switch vSwitch1

  I have set up the port of Teddy to this configured vSwitch in an isolated VIRTUAL local network and I use 192.168. *. * type the IP addresses that are not compatible with the rest of our network.

  When I want to configure my port of vmotion there invite me to configure a gateway and I simply insert the IP address as my address of VMotion.

  In ESXi, this does not happen.  It seems that he wants to use the same gateway as my switch "network management".

  So to condense my question short long-term, am I now supposed to work VMotion on my management network traffic?  This seems to go against all the best practices I've learned learning ESX.

  So far I've searched for a few references to this but so far no luck in finding how I'm supposed to properly configure VMotion on ESXi 4.0 U2.

  Advice in this regard is greatly appreciated.

  Thank you

  Don

  I'm glad that I could be useful.

  Don't forget to assign points if you found my posts useful!

  Advised to read, if you are looking for guarantees of design and configuration. There is also a design NIC 10 and 12 at the bottom of the page;

  http://www.kendrickcoleman.com/index.php?/tech-blog/vSphere-host-NIC-design-6-NICs.html

• ESXi 4.0 Vmotion howto?

  I'm under ESXi 4.0 with two guests. I have several servers on each host. They both use the same shared storage. I read the manual of ESX and that you have configured VMkernel port adapters, but I can't yet do a live migration between hosts. VMotion active poster on both hosts. Documentation I can say is not really a step by step list how configure vmotion and I could not well through forums, Google, etc. on the search for an easy to follow guide. Is there something out there that lists a concise step by step on how to configure vmotion?

  RE: "the virtual machine must be powered down for that purpose."

  He always says that under the option "change host and data store.  This option is "Storage VMotion".  The message is not related with VMotion.

  You should have the "Change host" option available.  This option is "VMotion".  He shouldn't have this message directly underneath.  You should be able to select "Vmotion" and click Next.  Is the button "Next" or "Change host" grayed out?

• VMWare ESXi 5.5 - VMotion & HA supported MDM physical or virtual

  Hello

  Hope someone can shed some light on the survey below:

  1. can you VMWare ESXI 5.5 HA and Vmotion supported with vmdk files located in front of multiple vmfs datastore 3/5? I have problems with VMotion or HA?
  
  2. can you VMWare ESXI 5.5 HA and Vmotion (not storage Vmotion) support with a VM scenario below:

  3 three nodes with iSCSI SAN storage

  VM1
  -Drive C-> vmfs Datastore1
  -Drive D-> RDM (is this support on a physical or virtual compatibility mode)
  

  VM2

  -Drive C-> vmfs Datastore 1

  -Drive D-> vmfs Datasore 2

  
  IV ' e seen these link below no mention if need pyshical or virtual mode
  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1005241
  https://pubs.VMware.com/vSphere-55/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.VMware.vSphere.storage.doc%2FGUID-D9B143D8-9F93-41D1-A32F-9FF4DE4CDF14.html
  
  3. can you multiple access by 5.5 ESXi host the same data store (located on a San) vmfs using the free version of ESXi 5.5?
  Can I use this in a production environment? I have seen some companies test this on a non-production environment. Technically, it works.
  
  Thank you
  Paul

  Welcome to the community-

  (1) as long as the DRS HA cluster hosts see data even warehouses there will be no problem

  (2) once more, also longer than the nose can see data warehouses including the LUNS as the RDM it home should be without issue.

  (3) Yes multiple instances of the free version of ESXi can access LUNS shared - Yes it can be used in a production environment, but remember you can not handle the free hypervisor with vCenter.

• How do I configure the ESXi to be able to view the LUN this VMFS as Active / Active path?

  People,

  Can someone help me please in the configuration of my store of VMFS data presented in my series EMC VNX 5500 all active rather active / stand-by?

  What do I have to configure this through the EMC storage array, or that can be done through simple steps in ESXi 5.1 U1?

  Thanks in advance.

  ALUA needs me set up on the VNX first, check this blog to see how to implement on Clarion and fairly, it could be the same, given that I have not worked on VNX hands on

  vCloud Info: how to activate ALUA and Round Robin with ESX and Clariion CX4 multichannel

  Thank you

  Avinash

• How to reset the configuration on esxi 5.1 which hangs at startup?

  Hi, I have a lab at home where I have an ESXi 5.1.0 host configured to turn on a virtual machine at startup of the host. The host starts and I'll see the DCUI for a few seconds before getting a purple screen crash. This started after I set up a virtual machine to use the pass through peripheral PCI. I found 2039030 which explains this bug KB. There is a patch, but as much as I know I can't apply it because the host crashes. Now, I'm a bit of a newb and was looking for ways to reset the configuration to prevent switch off when the host starts the virtual machine. I can't find a way to make this change. I tried the recovery of hypervisor mode during startup (Maj (R) but I get a warning saying there is no other hypervisors for restore. So is there a way I can either apply the hotfix to a host offline esxi (starting with a knoppix USB) or change a configuration so that vm does not automatically turn on, or if necessary just reset the entire configuration (again, by booting to a usb key)? Thank you!

  Probably the best way to reset the configuration in this case is to re - install ESXi. Make sure that you select "Install ESXi, VMFS datastore preserve" and - once installed and configured - register the virtual machine to inventory in click with the right button on their .vmx files in the data store Navigator.

  André

• Optimal configuration for ESXi 5.1 scenario

  Hi all

  Ive got a new i - 3 DELL T110 II server which will be used for the backup of virtual machines on an ESX 4.0 host.

  IM under ESXi 5.1 to a USB flash drive on an internal slot, but this is where I'm looking for assistance.

  Ive got 3 x 500 GB sata drives that I intend to run a RAID 5 configuration, but doesn't quite do all homework and Im stuck stuck with a PERC S100 RAID controller.

  Virtual machines that I will support up to are limited resources Suse Linux servers - be bad using veeam backup on the ESXi host.

  I was able to combine the 3 disks in a data store on the ESXi host, but that is not really giving me any redundancy with the readers, if one of them fails.

  Question:

  Should I bite the bullet and get a hardware RAID controller? If Yes, who would probably be the best compatible model?

  Or

  Is there any other configuration I can configure to provide redundancy on my data without the need to use a hardware RAID card.

  Thank you in advance.

  Hello

  Hardware RAID is always a better solution/practice. Please take a look at the http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=san HCL and select the appropriate pattern you are looking and confirm his support. Hope that answers your query.

  The respect of

  Sree

  VANESSA | EMCISA-V2 | EMCISA | VCP4 | VCP5 | MCP | MCTS AD2008

• 5.1 ESXi, VLAN and vmotion

  Background:

  We had a 3 host cluster 5.1 executed with a unique standard vswitch with all the VLAN enabled on it for a while as all our virtual methods were in the same vlan lets call it 101.  We are now adding a second VLAN to our network, let's just 102.  What I did is the following:

  Taking 3rd host mode maintenance, trunking VLAN 101 & 102 in the esxi host3, adding second vm machines on vswitch and vlan pool determined 102 and published original machines of vm pool to set the vlan 101.  Host cluster for trials, closed in maintenance mode.  Put a machine virtual on it put in vm pool 2 that he started has obtained an appropriate ip address, all network communications good, great!  Restore vm pool 1, rebooted, got a vm pool 1 large ip address!

  Deleted test vm, replace the cluster host.  Machines automatically starts migration to it (DRS), they have moved very well, but any network connectivity dropped, I had to go to each migrated virtual machine and manually disable the 'connected' box click, press ok, then modify, connected and ok once again and everything worked fine.  No idea why this is happening?  Should I use a distributed switch?  As long as vm networks are named identically on the hosts and have the same connectivity, they should work shouldn't they?

  When you say '... VLANS trunked 101 & 102... ", I can assume that you are using the Cisco switches and talk about 802. 1 q?

  How you have configured the physical uplink ports. Please check back "portfast spanning-tree trunk" is configured for the ports. For more details, please visit http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1004074

  André

• New hardware configuration of ESXi environment

  I'm relatively new to a company (to a month ago and I am the only person in what the other person until I started has left a little more) and I was tasked to virtualize ~ 30 physical servers (mainly old systems Solaris 10 which I do not expect to migrate to CentOS VMs).

  I'm now panicing, because even if I have some knowledge of vmware (install ESXi and the creation of virtual machines in vSphere etc.) I have little knowledge about the side things network and how to build a SAN and network connect/configure it via a switch and guests ESXi etc to make the virtual machine environment. Can someone provide some good links that show how to do this step by step for someone new to this? -I'm getting bogged down with the vast amount of information out there. Vmware give to those who may visit a site and help to set up a new environment. Sorry if I ask the wrong discussion group

  Also, I think I'll go with the Dell hardware, which is:

  2 x PowerEdge R710
  1 x PowerVault MD3200i (iSCSI)
  1 x VMware vSphere Essentials Plus

  Someone would be able to verify if the options below, I chose for the hardware will allow me to build an environment full of the virtual machine or if I am missing a few bits & bobs and I'll be able to tie together using a HP ProCurve 2810 - 24 G Switch exisiting?

  For the PowerEdge R710
  * Basic PowerEdge R710 Rack chassis, up to 4 x 3.5 "HDDs
  * CPU: 2 x Intel Xeon L5640, 6 c, 2.26 GHz, 12 MB Cache 5,86 / s, 60W TDP, Turbo, HT, DDR3 - 1066 MHz
  * Memory: 32 GB memory for 2 CPUs, DDR3 1333 MHz (8X4Go LV RDIMMs to clocked at SV)
  * Mounting card Riser with 2 PCIe Slots x 4 PCIe x 8 + 2
  * First RAID Controller Card PERC H200, integrated RAID controller for x 4 bottom of basket
  * Operating system without an operating system
  * Module SD internal accessories with 1 GB SD Card for integrated virtualization options
  * RAID connectivity C1 - without RAID PERC H200 controller, 1-6 or 1-8 hard drives based on chassis
  * High output power supply, block, redundant (2 PSU), 870 Watt BIOS Performance parameter
  Network of card Broadcom NetXtreme II 5709 Quad Port 1GbE NIC, PCIe-4
  * LOM embedded Options integrated Gigabit Ethernet NIC with TOE 4 p
  * Server management card iDRAC6 Express Server Management Card

  For the MD3200i
  Basis of PV MD3200i external iSCSI Array of RAID 12 bays with two controllers (4 Ports per controller)
  * Power supply redundant power supply (PSU 2) 600W
  * Primary Hard Drives (12) 450 GB SAS 15 k 3.5 "HD

  
  I don't know there is more details you may need to help me with this then, sorry and please ask if you need more details, etc. I appreciate a lot I'm asking - I bought a book of vmware but I'm stuck being a single person IT, if I don't get a lot of time to read.

  
  Thank you very much

  the listed material is enough to set up a cluster of two nodes vSphere. We can guarantee that the hardware is compatible with the software (ESXi) using vmware HCL.

  http://www.VMware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?action=base&deviceCategory=San

  Its good to be trained as VCP (vMware Certified Professional) for a start in the administration of VMware. You can find the details on secure Channel in this URL.

  http://myLearn.VMware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=12457&UI=www_cert

  Here is a link to some free e-training courses that can shed some light on the installation and setting up of ESXi, vCenter, and related solutions.

  http://www.screencast.com/users/esloof/folders/online%20VMware%20Training

  Consult the installation guides ESXi and vCenter for detailed installation steps and basic administration.

  http://www.VMware.com/support/pubs/vSphere-ESXi-vCenter-Server-pubs.html

  Vmware give to those who may visit a site and help to set up a new environment.

  Yes, VMware PSO (Prfessional Service Organization) is consulting. Contact details are available here.

  http://www.VMware.com/services/consulting/

• 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?