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• Is possible let activate domain multi UCS VM - FEX and sign up for the same vCenter

  Hi Experts,

  We have 7 domain UCS. But only a vCenter. Now, we want to enable VM - FEX on each UCS area and sign up for the same vCenter. Is - it work? I have found no description limit configuration on this relationship.

  Or we create 7 vCenter for each UCS area? (But I think it's not sense.)

  Best regards
  Meng-Yuan Hsieh (Nick)

  Hi Moua!

  I open a TAC case on that, and after that many discussions with Cisco, connecting several areas a single vCenter UCS is supported.  However, it turns out that Cisco failed to document this and how to make it work.  You will find that the procedures were written in old documentation for VN-LINK and others for VM - FEX.  This documentation shows that it is necessary to create new certificates, and it must match the key to expansion.  This is NOT true nor with the new versions of UCSM and vCenter.  Cisco, said they will update their documentation.

  Here are the steps that we took to connect two UCS areas for the same vCenter using default self-signed certificates.  I hope this helps...  Please mark this message as the right answer when you get a chance.  Thank you!!

  vCenter Version: 5.5

  UCSM Version: 2.2(5a)

  1. On the VM in UCS Manager tab, click VMware.
  2. Set up a key of the unique extension for every area of UCS.
  3. Click on "Configure VMware integration" on each area of UCS and export expansion of local storage.
  4. Install each UCS domain extensions in vCenter.
  5. After you install the extensions, back to UCSM and click Next where you left off in configure integration with VMware
  6. Run the wizard and after that it's over, areas of the UCS should now be connected to the 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.

• No SSH for 5.5 vCenter device

  Someone else has difficulties to access a device from vcenter through SSH? (Administrator SSH enabled connection: Yes) I get the following error when I try, even after restarting the device several times. Been searching for this error, but I'm not finding much on it yet...

  

  Hi, what is the version of SSH. ? have you tried installing the latest version I've seen this problem on older versions of solaris and PuTTY

  Thank you

  Avinash

• NetBackup for VMS in VCENTER instead of VMs, Questions

  Hello

  We test netbackup to get all the (incremental) days for machines virtual configuration the Vcenter

  but your comments:

  (1) the administrator says it seems slower than the normal backup against for servers prior to conversion, is that correct? is it because vmdk is used here?

  (2) the VMWARE administrator admits it takes each time the same size when the snapshot, which should not be correct, right? and if yes, they will use the same datastore-> may cause problems so complete, that will make complete

  (3) if install us the agent on the virtual machines, which will have backup of disks, which will be a problem if restore us for example?

  (4) I have some vm but ending the backup snapshot is not deleted, I'll check that again today to see, this is a common problem for some hosts? the virtual machine is with brute map features, will exclude us or change something when the backup for this virtual machine? or is not released

  (5) what is the main differences between this way and have agents on the virtual machines? wise management? problem restoring vmdk or? or what exactly

  Please notify

  Thank you

  (1) the administrator says it seems slower than the normal backup against for servers prior to conversion, is that correct? is it because vmdk is used here?

  This could very well be the case, depending on how you made the prior of backups and what type/speed storage you have.

  (2) the VMWARE administrator admits it takes each time the same size when the snapshot, which should not be correct, right? and if so, they will use same datastore-> can cause problems if it is full, which will make full

  A snapshot CAN reach the same size as its parent disk, in order to fill in data warehouses is possible. However, in the time it takes to create a backup, you should not usually see this kind of growth in the Delta. Overprovisioning of data warehouses can be ok, but their follow-up is crucial. VMFS needs free space - http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003412

  (3) if install us the agent on the virtual machines, which will have backup of disks, which will be a problem if restore us for example?

  It works exactly the same way as physical servers. There should be no problem here.

  (4) I have some vm but ending the backup snapshot is not deleted, I'll check that again today to see, this is a common problem for some hosts? the virtual machine is with brute map features, will exclude us or change something when the backup for this virtual machine? or is not released

  Photos should be deleted once the backup is complete. It is not uncommon for this sometimes fails. Tools such as the free RVTools reports can be useful to quickly identify these: http://www.robware.net/ Check out http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO70902 for more information on RDM and NetBackup. The client/agent is often useful here.

  (5) what is the main differences between this way and have agents on the virtual machines? wise management? problem restoring vmdk or?  or what exactly

  The biggest difference between the OnDemand and the approach of the policy of VMware is that it gets you files (agent) and the other gets you an image full virtual machine (vmdk) and you can also get the files in some operating systems. Alternatively, you can restore these backup files in many cases CBT/BLIB with VMware political is a great approach you can get images of computer virtual complete with increments

• VCP 4: how to make a demo for evaluation of vCenter 4.1?

  Hello

  I took a course VMware 1 year ago and put back my certification exam, and now I would like to take the VCP 4 exam.

  It seems that the evaluation downloads only allow you to download the latest VMware products (vSpehre 5).

  I want to play with vCenter 4.1 (as part of my preparation for the VCP 4 Exam) with ESXi 4.1, but I can't download vCenter.  I have ESXi 4.1 and I can install it.

  Can anyone offer some advice?

  Thank you

  
  Ray

  vSphere 4 is no longer available for download for evaluation - only existing customers can access to download now. Your only assessment option is vSphere 5, many features will be the same.

• Do we need to buy separate licenses for ESXi and VCenter and 5

  Hello

  I have confusion about the licensing model, I have 2 servers (2 socket) physical with 4 licenses of VMWARE VSPHERE 5 STANDARD 1 PROCESSOR, you can clear my doubts if I need to buy a separate license for VCenter Server and if so, which is the right one?

  Thank you

  Yes, vCenter Server needs to be licensed separately (VMware also offers packaged essentials and acceleration kits). Since you already have the CPU licenses, you can either watch the "vCenter Server Foundation" license that allows to manage up to 3 guests or 'vCenter Server Standard' license without this limitation.

  André

• Port number for mail electronic vCenter

  Hi guys,.

  I was curious to know if it is possible to specify a different port number to vcenter 4.0 U2 to send email alerts?

  Thank you

  Dougie

  Yes, you can change this by going to your vSphere Client connecting to vCenter Server under Administration-> vCenter Server Settings-> advanced settings

  You will find an entry called mail.smtp.port by default, it uses 25

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• Integration of OM for task inventory vCenter fails for a host

  Hello.

  I've updated my plugin for integration of OM to 1.7 2.0. I have three hosts 5.5 ESXi and vCenter 5.5 device.

  The analysis of the inventory on one of these three hosts fails. I did the changes on the hosts and the inventory, used to work for guests when I used the plugin version 1.7. During testing of connection profile I get not all errors and information iDRAC identification and credentials to the host with green checkmarks on all hosts, including the one who gets the failure of the inventory scanning.

  When you look at the newspapers I see a lot of security-messages and then "cannot get an IP iDRAC for host {0}" and "failure of the inventory for host 1 of 3".

  Any suggestions?

  Because we support 5.5 with 1.7 install it must have been new for the hosts and vCenter.    OMSA can sometimes get messed up during upgrades. Please verify that this host is consistent in the compliance Wizard in the full desktop client. In addition, you can verify that you are a build 61? If you are on build 59 try to switch to the current 2.0 version. Change the path of update to linux.dell.com/.../latest

  • Run the update
  • This update, you will have to build 2.0.0.1262
  • After the update, lack of movement to the original path to ensure you'll see future updates.

• 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

• Problems with having a Remote Host for the server vCenter Server vSphere?

  Hello

  We have a single vSphere Host located in the United Kingdom and a host vSphere cluster type 3 in France. I plan to add the vSphere Host UK to the France of vCenter Server.

  Does anyone know of any problem with the addition of a vSphere Host of a vCenter Server that is in a remote site rather than on the local network?

  See you soon

  Vince

  I put my vCenter without problems. Just keep in mind not to create a cluster with 2 teams who are on different nodes. Only you can manage the remote ESX host

• Questions about versions of Windows for SQL and vcenter server operating system

  Can anyone provide information on versions of the OS.   Here's what we're looking to add:

  1 SQL server 2005 with service pack 2 or sql server 2008.  What version of Windows it resides on?  Windows 2003?  2008?

  2 Vcenter.   What version of windows?   Windows 2003?  2008?

  I looked through my books and no luck.

  Thank you

  José

  See the VMware vSphere compatibility matrices

  as the Guest Operating System Installation Guide

  as well as http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506%28v=sql.90%29.aspx

• Strategy for the SSO with multiple vCenter servers.

  We are upgrading vSphere/SRM 5.0U1 for vSphere/SRM 5.5U1 with multiple vCenters in our environment. After reading 2058239 KB:

  VMware KB: installing vCenter Single Sign-On 5.5 on a Microsoft Windows platform

  We install SSO on a separate Windows Server and choose vCenter Single Sign-On for your first server vCenter Server for this first instance. Now my question is for the following facilities as the vCenter for MRS or vCenters which manages areas replacement fault which option, existing site or new, do we choose? Thank you

  
  

  You have therefore three sites.

  The first time, you will choose vCenter Single Sign-On for your first server vCenter Server.

  For the second one on the same site, you choose existing vCenter Single Sign-On for an additional vCenter Server in a site.

  Now, when you come to an another site vCenter and third, you will need to decide if you have a site that is your main or you want to still have a site on the second.

  If you decide to join at the elementary level, that you will yet choose existing vCenter Single Sign-On for an additional vCenter Server in a site.

  If you choose to have another site, you choose vCentre of Single Sign-On for an additional vCenter Server with a new site.

  The end of it, you will have to make the decision to design. I can only tell you what they mean. Make sure you have adequate connectivity between sites.

• API for vCenter Operations Manager

  Is there an API published for interaction with vCenter Operations Manager?  The tool generates wonderful data sets, and it would be extremely useful to publish these data on a customer portal for the presentation.  Is this possible now or is on the roadmap?  Any help is appreciated.

  There are:

  https://vcopsip/HttpPostAdapter/ OpenAPIServlet

  If you hit it with a simple browser, it gives you documentation.

• Best place for installing VCenter with a host

  Where is the best Traghetti for me installing vCenter when we only have a single host server? I installed version track on a virtual machine, but this doesn't seem to be the safest way to do it. If I lose this virtual machine or the host, I won't have access to the administration. If it was installede on a separate server?

  Welcome to the community - by using vCenter to manage a single ESXi host is an exaggeration, since you can manage the ESXi host directly connecting you by using the vSphere client. Given that you can manage the ESXi host directly, it can run on a VM.

  You build your environment and add more hosts and implement VMware HA you will continue to be able to run vCenter in a virtual machine, because vCenetr is only used to configure HA and is not required for the failover of the HA.