ESX server with 2 different storage array?

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• Can someone direct me to resources on how you get TWO esx servers to the same storage array?

  Hi all

  I use:

  2 x Compaq DL380 G2 with 5i

  cards controller 5300 AND attached to the base storage Bay

  STORAGEWORKS ENCLOSURE 4354R RM DOUBLE PORTS U3 (not yet pregnant

  compatibility list).

  The first server appears to see the good in the console of the virtual server storage Center.  The second server will see s for only its own storage room tho.  How do both to see and use the same storage.  The concept is new to me, but trying to learn.  Is there something I need to see the same storage in the virtual Center for TWO machines esx Server?  All IM just not in the right place?  Thank you.

  http://communities.VMware.com/thread/78873 was a previous thread on this can enlighten us. Looks like the 4354R has the bus is divided into 2 x 7 disks and each connector in the back can 'see' 1 of the two buses. The quickspecs (http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/10624_div/10624_div.html) refer to "... allows access to two areas of storage separated from two different servers. So the first "thing" would be to get two buses attached together inside the unit so that the two connectors on the back see all readers, you must get the endpoint SCSI disabled on the device (you want termination on each 'end' of the cable that is two SCSI adapters in the servers).

  While you might be able to get the 4354R shared between the two ESX hosts, you can also get all the benefits of the shared disk + the possibility of vMotion, etc. by implementing the 4354R known as iSCSI or NFS storage. It also swings you back to something that is 'supported '. To do this, you have two approaches

  1. Fix 4354R on one of the ESX boxes, create a virtual machine that has access to the entire disk on the 4354R and run something like OpenFiler in the virtual machine to 'share' the disk via NFS or iSCSI

  2. Set up a 3rd server if you have one available and run the version of "bare metal" OpenFiler, or install Linux or OpenSolaris distribution and configure NFS and/or iSCSI target.

• "VMware ESX Server has no persistent storage."

  I installed VMware ESXi 3.5 installable on a server with an Adaptec RAID 3405 controller. The build number of ESXi is 123629. I've got 4 1 TB drives configured in a RAID 5 array for a total to 2.73. When I install VMware, he sees the RAID array with the right size and installs successfully. However after I reboot and connect with the VI Client I get the message on the server not having is not a persistent storage and no data warehouses are displayed. If I go to storage adapters it shows Adaptec SCSI like vmhba2 with 2.73 TB capacity. However when I add storage and select disk/LUN it shows only 2.73 TB but only 744 GB of available capacity. I've never met this before. How to access the full capacity? I thought maybe it was because I was still on the trial but license using the serial number of the license made no difference. Also after he did the first time I've recreated the RAID array and started with a new installation of VMware. Both times he sees only 744 GB available.

  Maximum supported = 2 TB LUN size, then you need to separate your RAID in 2 volumes, less than 2 TB each

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• ESX Server with a control VM, instead of the workstation

  Considering change of ESX Server to increase the memory available to my VM that is connected to the internet.  But I've been advised what ESX a second pc needs to combat it.  So it's no good in replacement of the workstation or player.

  Why can't a virtual machine with the guest only network use the computer controlling in ESX, playing the role of external control computer?

  If it is declared with a raw disk, it can even have full access on the host drive. You can then install vmware workstation virtual machine to edit .vmx via the user interface files, generate new hard or copy - pasting entire VM.

  And when you have need of more memory, you suspend this VM control and almost all memory is available for the computer connected to the internet virtual.

  Why not?

  ESX is a pretty primitive operating system - it can even display a beautiful picture because it has only a text console.

  Because it is so limited and restricted compared with other operating systems, it's so good to run virtual machines without GUI.

  The disadvantage of this design is that you need a second machine to display a virtual computer desk

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• CAN I VMotion between ESX server with they are in different version?

  Hi all

  I want to upgrade my 2.5u1 to 2.5u3 vCenter, then upgrade my all the ESX Servers 3.5u1 to 3.5u3. VMFS on storage shared SAN and VMotion already activated. My question is if I upgrade the first server ESX 3.5u1 to 3.5u3, can I use VMotion to migrade the 3.5u1 virtual machine remains in the new 3.5u3 updated? Thank you!

  -david

  PS. I had been looking, but too many results or not exactly my scenario. So hard to find one suitable.

  Yes and you can even go to 3.0.2 3.5.3 without a problem. Usually, it is the target CPU model that causes pain when he is not the same.

  http://blog.laspina.ca/

• ESX server with openfiler

  Hi guys,.

  I'll put up a laboratory of ESX. Consider using openfiler for storage. You have all the documents that can be shared with me... Thank you very much

  Take a look at this article:

  http://www.Petri.co.il/use-Openfiler-as-free-VMware-ESX-San-server.htm

  Jase McCarty

  http://www.jasemccarty.com

  Co-author of VMware ESX Essentials in the virtual data center

  (ISBN:1420070274) Auerbach

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• "VMware ESX Server doesn't have storage persistent." after you have applied the latest updates.

  This weekend, I applied the updates on a server ESXi 3.5 Update 3.  The update process indicates that a restart is required, so I stopped all the guests and then restarted the server ESXi Infrastructure customer.  To reconnect to the server, it has more a defined data store.  The 3i command prompt, I see yet that/dev/discs / vmhba1:0:0:3 the size of my previous data store.  Someone there can help me with what has happened in my store data and, more important still it, can I get it back?

  Thank you.

  If you go to the console, you will see the disc if you run fdisk-l?  If so, go to Configuration-storage adapters and click on the link of the new analysis.    If that don't is not raise the datastore glanced at the logs and see if there are errors on a snapshot and then take a look at the advanced option LVM. EnableResignature - (page 118 ff) http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_35/esx_3/r35/vi3_35_25_san_cfg.pdf.

• Establishment of a physical standby on a server with a different structure

  I'm having some trouble putting in place a database of physical intelligence.
  
  The main database has a different naming structure the day before and they are on different sites.
  Physical is/var/hpsrp/ctrorp03/oradata/u0x / < DB_NAME > / < DB_UNIQUE_NAME > and Eve is/var/hpsrp/drforp03/oradata/u0x / < DB_NAME > / < DB_UNIQUE_NAME >.
  
  I put db_file_name_convert '< MAIN path >', '< PATH of EVE >' multiplied by the number of paths in the form of pairs.
  I created an empty database for the day before and after taking a full backup of the primary with the control file and the control file ensures.
  
  Now, I touched the issues:
  The incarnation of DB numbers are different.
  When I try and do a normal restore for example set dbid, restore controlfile; Mount; It fails as it tries to find files in the primary structure and the structure not to sleep.
  When I try to rename via set newname or auxname it can't find files to restore I guess because of the id of the incarnation
  If I put the id of the incarnation and try to restore backup it fails as an identifier of the incarnation do not match.
  
  I have tried looking through various forums and documentation, but impossible to find a solution, probably can't see the forest for the trees well because there are so many things.
  
  Someone there done that type of configuration before and can give me some advice?

  Ok

  What I consider 'sleep data by is an active database with RMAN'

  http://www.Visi.com/~mseberg/standby_creation_from_active_database_using_rman.html

  The thing with your is the location of your LOG files and DATA.

  Where are they now?

  Where they need to be on standby mode?

  Note that this method use a SPFILE so that the settings are made to change the location of the files.

  If you do it right the order is as simple as

  $ORACLE_HOME/bin/rman target=sys/@primary auxiliary=sys/@standby
  
  RMAN>duplicate target database for standby from active database NOFILENAMECHECK;
  

  Also I and others trying to help you do it for the points. Marking of some of these useful tells us that we are really helping and not only to waste time.

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  change the CODE to the code and to everywhere in between.

  Best regards

  mseberg

• Need to add local storage on an ESX Server after installation

  Hello all-

  I made a mistake during the install\config of an ESX 3.5 Server earlier today and failed to set up a free partition space...  Now I have a working ESX Server with no local storage.  Is it possible that I can recover from it without having to rerun the installation?

  Thank you very much.

  Steve

  If access you the configuration/storage settings, you can add a data store.

  Wizard of datatstore should see your local drive and offer to use the entire disk or free space remaining to create a VMFS data store.

• How is upgrade from Standard to Enterprise Version - difficult to migrate vm to ESX server for Central storage for use with VMotion

  Hi all

  We plan to upgrade our current system. We have 1 ESX Server with Standard operating system. Adding 2 more ESX Server with Enterprise edition and upgrading of our current business. We have about 15 VM on our current ESX Server. The migration process is difficult to move the virtual machines in storage Central for use with VMotion. I intend to take the ESX 3.5 Fast track class before you start the upgrade. I am trying to plan a project planned for the time to migrate these courses.

  Any guidance would be great.

  Robert

  Here is a link to the plugin - http://sourceforge.net/projects/vip-svmotion/

  The amount of time it will take to migrate the virtual machine online all depends on the size of the drive, the configuration of storage etc.

• Server has no persistent storage

  I installed ESXi 3.5 for testing purposes and once I downloaded and ran the VMware Infrastructure Client, I get the message, "VMware ESX server has no persistent storage." As this is the first time I saw, and still less used VMware, I'm confused on what I should do next. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you.

  For Windows 2003 and 2008, it is not necessary, because the drivers for the virtual SCSI controller by default are already included on installation CD/DVD.

  André

  BTW: If you consider any answer correct or useful, please mark it as such to help other users with similar problems.

• Server with 10 TB LUN attached by physical brutes FC connection works, but second 10TB seems to be limited

  I have an ESX Server with two virtual machines on it, one of the servers is to store medical images. These virtual machines are essentially backup servers to servers that are physical (not virtual).  The main server is a physical server with an attached IBM DS4700 direct and secondary sandbox. I have 20 TB of data spaced so far.  Side virtual server also direct a of DS4700 attached to the area of ESX and he sees the first 10 fine to, as a single disc, and Yes, I know that this seems to go against the norm.  In any case we work for well over a year to date.  I add the second 10TB and I now seem to be limited by the expected 2 TB-512 b per LUN through documentation.  I would like to know why I was able to create the first 10 TB LUN without problem using physical RDM mode, but when I try to add the next physical drive from RDM on the same server (see 9.54 TB LUN very well), using the same method, why windows or should I say VMWare ESX is not being able to see the 10 to complete this time.  I am aware of the supposed limits, but the first works fine, why only now did he not see it.  To clarify the "Add" function of VMWare 9.54 Tb thin LUN during the creation of the new disc, but in Windows, it only recognizes the first 1.5 to (so it seems) I have not actually tried to format the volume in Windows and have yet once removed from the virtual machine.

  Windows 2008 64 bit standard on top of ESX 4 Enterprise Plus connected via direct fiber DS4700 and DS4000 with 10 TB on each table.  The virtual machine has been improved to version 7 machine and I have NOT tried add the second 10TB still with the new VM version. Thought I would ask first.

  Yes, you can map your volume of GPT in any physical Windows but I can't tell if you will experience data corruption or not, as I know that more than 2 TB volumes don't are not supported with current versions of vSphere.

  It is a good article on 2 TB limit, and how taken Windows support that: http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2010/02/18/understanding-the-2-tb-limit-in-windows-storage.aspx

  Tomi

  http://v-reality.info

• Difference between vCenter server and ESX server

  Hello

  I'm new to the development of VMware. Can you please explain me how ESX server differs from the VirtualCenter Server?

  According to my knowledge, ESX server is the one on which the real images are created and deployed while VirtualCenter manages ESX (one at a time) servers. ability to manage multiple ESX servers, both 'vSphere' a.

  My understanding is correct. Kindly answer my question.

  ESX (later - ESX4) is a system of bare metal operating that you can install directly on your physical hardware. This is the hypervisor layer that helps you to run multiple virtual machines on a single piece of material. The heart of ESX is the VMkernel which does all the magic (resouce management VM.. .and much). Talk about vCenter (previously Center Virtual Server) is a management application that you can install on a separate physical computer (you can even have a virtual vCenter). Once your vCenter is allowed, you can begin to manage the ESX servers.

  There are two ways to manage ESX. One is that you can directly connect to your ESX Server with root password and manage it. Otherwise, connect the server vCenter, add the ESX Server so that your vCenter it manages.

  vCenter resembles a management station from which you can manage your multiple ESX servers.

• New ESX Server

  My company gives me a new server for my virtual environment.  I have 2 ESX server with 74 GB RAM each and the new server will have only 24 GB of RAM.  Is that going to cause a problem for my virtual environment?

  No, it will be all right, I have a configuration with 3 98Gigs servers and another with only 32 gigabytes, it gets just be allocated less machines due to the least amount of RAM.  Works very well.

• Physical transfer Ubuntu Server with VMWARE Converter

  Hi I'm trying to transfer an already built ubuntu 8.04 server to VMWare ESX server with the coverter bootable cd.  When I use the wizard all is fine until I get to the part of the data store and I get an unknown error.  I transfer the logs so that I can display them but cannot do anything about newspapers.  Is it still possible to do, or is there something that I am missing.

  Hello and welcome to the forums.

  You might want to try the Converter 4.0 BETA .

  Good luck!