ESX 3.0.2 to Vsphere 4.0 update

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• Existing licenses for esx 3.5 after upgrading vsphere vc

  Hi all

  I start to think to upgrade our infrastructure to vsphere, but I'm not not clear about the licensing. If I update our vc2.5 to vsphere, I understand that there is not real server as all its treaties by vsphere license, so what happens in esx 3.5 boxes after the vc upgrade.

  They drop mode 14 days as they would if they lose the connection to the license server, or server licenses always runs parallel to the authorization of vc and I just uninstall the license server when all hosts have been upgraded?

  Concerning

  Dale

  ESX 3.5 can still be managed by Virtual Center 4. Once you upgrade the ESX 3.5 servers to VSphere (ESX4), you will see that the licenses for the 3.5 servers are still there until the license server is still in existence.  As long as you have ESX 3.5 servers - even if they are managed by VC 4 you need the license server.  Until all 3.5 servers are upgraded to VSphere, you can not get rid of the license server.

  If you find this information useful or appropriate, please consider giving points.

• ESX 3.5 upgrade to vSphere 4.1

  What is the best way to migrate from ESX 3.5 to ESX 4.1, also VC 2.5 to 4.1 VC?

  Welcome to the community - follow the VMware Upgrade Guide - http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_upgrade_guide.pdf

  Curious to know why you aren't moving to vSphere 5?

• ESX 3.5 upgrade to vSphere using Activation of Windows

  I'm trying to upgrade ESX 3.5 a customer to vSphere.   I have a single license of Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition and spin 4 VMS (clones) on a single ESX host.   (a real activation and 3 clones of the Windows VM already active)

  After that I've upgraded to vSphere each Windows VM will require reactivation of Windows.

  Can someone tell me what to expect regarding regarding the reactivation work or I will have to call Microsoft.  Microsoft will allow me to reactivate all 4 VM?  Is it the fact that the VM is clones impact of the process of reactivation with Microsoft?

  Thank you.

  Hello

  If Windows in the VM is already activated, it should not be necessary to "reactivate" once you upgrade to vSphere. I do updates all the time and have never had to reactivate windows.

  Best regards
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• ESX 3.0 upgrade to Vsphere

  Hi friends,

  Can upgrade us ESX 3.0 to Vsphere immediately or to go for a clean install.

  Thank you

  Jean Yves

  The 3.0 is quite old.

  I also suggest a clean reinstall.

  If you've enabled for vMotion, you can perform the following operations:

  • Install a new server vCenter Server

  • Disable HA and DRS on the old cluster (if you use them)

  • Add all hosts to vCenter Server, but keep the existing license server

  • One by one, put each host in maintenance mode, to do a clean reinstall (remove the SAN connection during the re-Setup), then reconnect the median guest

  • Then upgrade the VMware Tools

  • Then upgrade the virtual hardware VM

  Note that vMotion work also between old and new guests.

  André

• MIX the ESX 3.5 and new Vsphere ESX

  Hello

  Please be patient with my questions.

  I have an existing TWO older ESX 3.5 server in a Cluster connected to a SAN switch with dual path.  These two servers are managed by a virtual Center 2.5. These two ESX are connected to a SAN tell LUN1 LUNS in a cluster named Cluster_A

  I will install TWO NEW Vsphere 4.0

  Question 1) when SAN zoning is configured, the current LUN1 can be presented now two new ESX Server because they are of different version?

  Question 2) since the ESX 3.5 required a license server of virtual center still in place, how I installed the license in this virtual Center assuming that I upgrade to vcenter 4 in an environment where I have two esx 3.5 in a clusterA and two esx 4.0 to focus and manage a single VC?

  Question 3) given that I have two ESX 3.5 in ClusterA, let say, I installed two new ESX 4.0 in the same ClusterA, what will be the impact on this type of configuration?

  (> Question 1) when SAN zoning is configured, the current LUN1 can be presented now two new ESX Server because they are a different version?

  Yes.

  (> Question 2) since the ESX 3.5 required a license server of virtual center still in place, how I installed the license in this virtual Center assuming that I upgrade to vcenter 4 in an environment where I have two esx 3.5 in a clusterA and two esx 4.0 to focus and manage a single VC?

  You must allow the license server to 3.5 running even after upgrading vCenter.

  (> Question 3) because I have two ESX 3.5 in ClusterA, let say, I installed two new ESX 4.0 in the same ClusterA, what will be the impact on this type of configuration?

  No, they can operate in the same cluster. But if you want to be able to migrate virtual machines between 4.0 and 3.5 to NOT upgrade from VM hardware version, leaving all virtual machines with hardware VM 4.

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• MIGRAR de VMware ESX 3.5 a VMware vSphere

  Muy buenos dias y todos muy feliz ano nuevo, q este Año este lleno of success para todos.

  En the the tenemos cual trabajo con infraestrutura Bueno a Blade Center with 3 con Cuhcillas ESX 3.5 Enterprise, además of otro servidor con rack ESX 3.5 standard, due to the evolución HA hecho al VMware VSphere ESX nuevo, me gustaria me colaboraran para saber como debo hacer esta Migración y debo into account y como're el cambio put in licenses for ESX.

  Gracias por su colaboracion.

  Cristian,

  TI para UN feliz Año,

  In este documento you will find all the information tecnica relacionada con the addition a vSphere: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_upgrade_guide.pdf

  Estas son los pasos a large rasgos:

  -In list Verificar Québec todo el HW including storage esta el Certificado de Vmware hardware

  -Revisar los requirements mínimos para ESX 4 y vCenter 4 (especially requirements of HW vCenter son mayores para los)

  -Make a backup of las Máquinas Office aunque no idea are absolutamente necessary siempre're una buena

  -Fornuis primero el vCenter Server has version 4

  -Fornuis los ESX host has version 4, uno por uno y doing a las maquinas office before the addition Vmotion

  -Do the change version del HW Las maquinas office has version 7, fornuis Vmware Tools in each virtual machine

  In este esta todo lo referring a los cambios in el license link request as las nuevas licenses.

  http://www.VMware.com/products/vSphere/upgrade-Center/licensing.html

  Básicamente TR las still licenses of VI 3 Enterprise estan por covered a contrato mantenimiento tienes derecho a las sin costo additional request licenses vsphere Enterprise that includes todas las caracteristicas nuevas con excepcion of vNetwork Distributed switches, Host Profiles there 3rd party Storage Multipathing. The number nucleos procesador in esta soportados por Máximo license 6.

  If mas ayuda o quieres hablar conmigo puedes TV need a private message

  Andres Martinez, VCP 2,3,4 VTSP, VSP

  Founder and president of virtualizing Technologies LLC

  Virtualizing Technologies Colombia ha nacido

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• ESX 3.5 upgrade to VSphere 4, question of SAN.

  First time poster long time reader and disgester of all.  Thanks for all the info everyone.

  We manage all the IBM HS21XM blades.  We have all our warehouses of VM data on a San and the guests all have the ESX OS on the local blade HARD drive.  On the KB update: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1009039 it says on the step 5 Note ESX Server to physically disconnect the fiber during the upgrade.

  Since we are in a blade chassis that will cut all of our ESX host.  So it's kind of bad for us during the opening hours.

  My question is is in the chassis and by disabling the good enough to meet this stage port of host level or the fiber must be disconnected from the chassis?

  Thank you. Mike

  step 5 is just a security measure to ensure that warehouses data on SAN used be disturbed during the upgrade. It is not required of disconnect\disable SAN LUNS before starting the upgrade.

  Compared with 3.5, 4.0 upgrade mechanism is different, SAN data warehouses will not be disturbed in the current method of upgrade.  So far I have strength hear any question saying upgrade disturbed warehouses of data on SAN 4.0 updated.

  Kind regards

  Oumou khairy

• vim.fault.HttpFault during the sorting of virtual machines in vSphere Client after update 5.1

  Hello. I recently completed an upgrade to vCenter 5.0 > 5.1. I came across some problems common to the teeth with SSO, but things look ok at the moment. I have a problem I would really in trouble - when you try to sort virtual machines in the vSphere client, I see the following error message:

  Impossible to connect to the web service to run the query. Check that the service 'VMware VirtualCenter Management Webservices' works https://vcenter_server_fqdn: 10443 vim.fault.HttpFault

  It is reproducible on multiple systems running the VI client. The Viclient log shows:

  [viclient:SoapTran:P:43] 10:25:30.193 07-01-2013 invoke 4283 finishing on SessionManager:SessionManager [vcenter_server_fqdn] AcquireSessionTicket - series: 0.000, server: 001.425 [ERROR]

  Vmomi.Fault.SystemError: vim.fault.HttpFault

  to VirtualInfrastructure.ManagedObject.InvokeMethod (MethodName, Object [])

  at Vmomi.SessionManager.AcquireSessionTicket (String)

  at VmomiSupport.Services.AuthenticationTicketSource.Next)

  at VMware.VimServices.Query.Impl.LoginByTicketQueryCommand.CreateWebQuery)

  at VMware.VimServices.Query.Impl.WebCommandBase.Execute)

  at VMware.VimServices.Query.QueryServiceBase.Login)

  at VMware.VimServices.Query.Impl.QueryCommandBase.PreProcess)

  at VMware.VimServices.Query.Impl.WebCommandBase.Execute)

  at VMware.VimServices.Query.QueryServiceImpl.ExecuteQuery (QueryWebCommand)

  at VMware.VimServices.Query.QueryServiceImpl.Query (String, Int32, LanguageId)

  at VMware.VimServices.Search.Impl.Utils.NewResults (ResultsInternal)

  to VMware.VimServices.Search.ResultsImpl.RetrievePage (Nullable'1)

  to VMware.VimServices.Search.FilterOrderObjectSetProviderImpl'1.GetObjectSet)

  to VirtualInfrastructure.ObjectSetPoller'1.DoPoll)

  to VirtualInfrastructure.ObjectSetPoller'1. < survey > b__2 (Object)

  ...

  at System.Threading._ThreadPoolWaitCallback.PerformWaitCallback (Object)

  [viclient:SoapMsg: P:43] 07-01-2013 10:25:30.193 Vmomi.SessionManager.AcquireSessionTicket of application of RMI - 4283

  " <: containing soap envelope = ' http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema "" xmlns: xsi = " " http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance "xmlns:soap =" " http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/SOAP/envelope/ ">

  < soap: Header >

  < operationID > 4C83B7E2-000010BB < / operationID >

  < / soap: Header >

  < soap: Body >

  < AcquireSessionTicket xmlns = "urn: internalvim25" >

  < _This xsi: type = "ManagedObjectReference" type = "SessionManager" serverGuid = "3089D6D0-307C-4B0D-8BD8-94606298C034" > SessionManager < / _this >

  < serviceKey > 1b27d894-3e47-4431-9d7b-c8cb2fd457aa / VIMWEBSVC < / serviceKey >

  < / AcquireSessionTicket >

  < / soap: Body >

  < / envelope soap: >

  Invocation of method error Vmomi.SessionManager.AcquireSessionTicket - 4283

  Message: vim.fault.HttpFault

  XML server:

  " < = xmlns:soapenc soapenv:Envelope ' http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/SOAP/encoding/ "xmlns:soapenv =" " http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/SOAP/envelope/ "container =" " http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema "" xmlns: xsi = " " http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance ">

  < soapenv:Body >

  < soapenv:Fault >

  ServerFaultCode < faultcode > < / faultcode >

  vim.fault.HttpFault < faultstring > < / faultstring >

  < detail >

  < HttpFaultFault xmlns = "urn: internalvim25" xsi: type = 'SystemError' >

  < reason > invalid problem < / reason >

  < / HttpFaultFault >

  < / details >

  < / soapenv:Fault >

  < / soapenv:Body >

  < / soapenv:Envelope >

  [viclient:Error: P:43] 07-01-2013 10:25:30.193 RMI error Vmomi.SessionManager.AcquireSessionTicket - 4283

  < type = "Vmomi.Fault.SystemError error" >

  < message > vim.fault.HttpFault < / Message >

  vim.fault.HttpFault < DetailedMessage >

  < / DetailedMessage >

  lack of < reason > disabled < / reason >

  < / error >

  [viclient:Error: M: 4] 01-07-2013 10:25:30.193 System.Exception: unable to connect to web services to run the query.

  Verify that the 'VMware VirtualCenter Management Web services' service is running on https:// vcenter_server_fqdn: 10443

  to VMware.VimServices.Search.FilterOrderObjectSetProviderImpl'1.GetObjectSet)

  to VirtualInfrastructure.ObjectSetPoller'1.DoPoll)

  Vmomi.Fault.SystemError: vim.fault.HttpFault

  to VirtualInfrastructure.Soap.SoapServiceWrapper.DoInvokeSync (ManagedObject mo, MethodName, methodName, Object [] parameters, Int32 timeoutSecs)

  to VirtualInfrastructure.Soap.SoapTransport.VirtualInfrastructure.Transport.InvokeMethod (pars ManagedObject mo, MethodName, methodName, object [])

  to VirtualInfrastructure.ManagedObject.InvokeMethod (MethodName, methodName, Object [] leave)

  at Vmomi.SessionManager.AcquireSessionTicket (String serviceKey)

  at VmomiSupport.Services.AuthenticationTicketSource.Next)

  at VMware.VimServices.Query.Impl.LoginByTicketQueryCommand.CreateWebQuery)

  -End of the exception stack trace internal-

  [: Sink: M: 4] 01-07-2013 10:25:30.240 error: unable to connect to web services to run the query.

  Verify that the 'VMware VirtualCenter Management Web services' service is running on https:// vcenter_server_fqdn: 10443

  vim.fault.HttpFault

  Stack trace:

  at VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.Log.Trace (String, String, traceCategory)

  at VpxClientCommon.Util.Dialogs.Trace (String, String, String, traceCategory)

  to VpxClientCommon.Util.Dialogs.ShowError (IWin32Window, String, String)

  at VpxClientCommon.ListViewData.OnDisplayMessage)

  at VMware.CustomControls.ListViewEx.DoDisplayMessage)

  at VMware.CustomControls.ListViewEx.WndProc(Message&)

  ...

  at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run)

  Any ideas/suggestions would be welcome

  My apologies for not updating this post - I completely forgot

  I ended up spending a call with VMware and the resolution in my case was to add my user account in domain directly to the vCenter administrator group - before I had been a member of a group of ESX-Admins who was a member of the Administrators group. I hope this helps...

• VSphere 5.1 update 3 ISO

  On the page of downloads for VMWare VSphere Hypervisor, the ISO 5.1 currently displayed is updated 5.1 2. This page will be updated to point to 5.1 U3?

  Is there a reason that I should not use the ESXi ISOs to upgrade my 5.1 hypervisor to 3 update?

  The update seems to succeed without any problem.

• Application of vSphere 5.0 Update 1

  Hi people,

  I did the upgrade to vSphere 4.x to 5.0 vSphere. But unfortunately I never did the software updates as update 1 for existing 5.0 vsphere application etc..

  I just want to clarify this is the same process similar to 4-5 upgrade as first run configuration on vcenter vcenter existing and use the update for esxi and VMs Manager? or he difference anyway?

  Please help me to clarify the process.

  Thank you very much...

  Best regards

  Hari.

  An update of vCenter Server 5.0 to 1 update is not necessarily mandatory in this case (see http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/sim/interop_matrix.php) I still recommend it.
  I did the same weekend last in my test environment that worked perfectly. I've updated vCenter Server, followed by the other installed components (i.e. vSphere Client, Manager of update, Web access,...) After the add-in Manager to update update, I created a base line "ESXi 5.0 Update 1" fixed (it's my favorite way) and updated hosts. Once done you can plan/schedule the update of the VMware Tools for virtual machines.
  André

• Upgrading your vSphere 4 keys for vSphere 5 force update you immediately?

  We are on vSphere Essentials Plus in favour, and the licensing portal offers me the upgrade to vSphere 5.  I would get my keys locked, but I did not intend to upgrade immediately.  Update of key in the portal of licenses (but not immediately use them) turn off or otherwise disabled my existing installation of vSphere 4?

  Thanks for the tips!

  the upgrade of your keys just updates on the Licensing Portal.  This will not affect your production environment.  Your keys are set to never expire.  When you're ready to roll up to vSphere5, at this time, you can tell you key in your inventory of vSphere.

• How to check if vsphere 4.1 update 1

  Hi Experts,

  How can I verify that ESX is 4.1 update 1.

  When I go to Vcenter and check the summary ESX Server oprtion.

  It says ESX 4.1, 381591.

  I think that 381591 is built.

  How can I check if my esx ESX 4.1, update 1.

  If build 381591 is included in the update 1.

  Ask for help here.

  Kind regards.

  Aerts

  Hello

  COMAND to check the ESX update: esxupdate query

  Kind regards

  Balu

• ESX 4.1 Build 260247 to 4.1 Update 1 Build 348481

  What is the upgrade path?  I was able to update our server ESX 4.0 but due at the time of the new version, I had just installed 4.1 build 260247 on our new box of ESX.  Then update, we're out.  I used the Update Manager to upgrade the 4.0 server to the latest version (4.1 update 1 / 348481 to build using the file "upgrade-from-esx4.0-to-4.1-update01-348481.zip" via the Update Manager.)  Worked like a charm.  Now, oddly enough it doesn't seem to be a clear path to upgrade to 4.1 260247 4.1 Update 1 / build 348481.  I would have assumed it would be an easy task using the Update Manager.  What Miss me.  Any help would be appreciated.

  Thank you

  There is no need to manually download packages of fixes. After you install and configure the Update Manager, it will show you the fixes available in the repository. All you need to do is create a baseline with updated patches 1 and attach it to objects you want. Update Manager will automatically download patches. If not already fact, take a look at http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsp_vum_41_admin_guide.pdf for more details

  André

• vSphere Client 1 update

  I'm embarrassed to ask this question because I know it's something I should be able to understand my own.  But I can't seem to find a way to download the update for vSphere client to use with my ESXi installation as well as the update for ESXi itself.

  I found a few links, but they all required me to enter a serial number or a contract with VMware service to download the update.

  For the Chargers for free, where can I download the update and get the help of Win 7 without hacky workarounds?

  No, the Host Update Utility is a separate application.

  During the installation of vSphere Client ask you if you want to install it. If you did, you should have it in the Start Menu (programs-> VMware)

  This utility can be used to upgrade from version 3.5 to 4.0, as well as ESXi 4 patch. To patch your current version, use the buttons "Scan for Patches.

  André