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• Embedded ESXi (free) upgrade to Vsphere

  Hello

  First time starting the vmware community. I ran esxi 3 (free) on two or three servers to get a feel for vmware. We love it and we decided to buy vsphere (ordered today ). I'm looking at all the documentation here and I hope that some of our permanent experts can help on the upgrade paths are available, upgrade inplace? start from scratch? I'm not sure. If there are kb articles or blogs out there, please let me know. I'm looking for from shipped (free) for vsphere, esxi/esx esxi (any). will be managed using vcenter.

  Take a look to this blog post by Charlotte that guides you through an upgrade to ESXi 3.5 to 4.0: http://technodrone.blogspot.com/2009/05/esx3i-to-esx4i-update.html

  Best approach will use the Host Update Utility

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• ESXi 4 free upgrade to 2 CPU

  Hi all

  I have a Dell T610 with 1 processor Xeon 5506 and 12 GB (6x2GB) RAM

  I am looking to upgrade my RAM and instead of exchanging all the RAM on and to 3x8GB it would be less expensive to add another CPU and get 6x4Go of RAM.

  The console of vSphere license information indicates the following:

  Product: ESXi 4 Server unique registered for 1 physical CPU (1-6 cores per processor)

  License key: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX

  Expires: never

  Product features:

  Up to 256 GB of memory

  Up to 4-way virtual SMP

  As you can see, it is said that it is allowed for 1 physical CPU, but what happens if I add another CPU?

  I can live with having only 4vCPU by VM, even if I have 8 cores, but that work?

  ESXi will use all my 8 cores?

  I'm interested in staying with the free version for now.

  Thank you

  Idan.

  Yes, just plug.  In the free version which is just a field of view for how many processors are physically installed.

  As you note, vSMP will remain at 4 vCPU per guest, however using more than 2 vCPU on one single guest is not recommended in most situations anyway.

  Please give points for any helpful answer.

• What management software is free with ESXi 4.0?  (re: vSphere, vCenter, etc.)

  I'm new and VMware ESXi, but I'm learning and I'd like to better understand the different management products available.

  I installed the free ESXi 4.0, so what software is available?  (free)

  (1) I can't download "vSphere Client" directly from my ESXi host.  Is this different than 'vSphere' from the VMware Web site?

  (2) what is the difference between vSphere and vSphere Remote Command Line Client?

  (3) I have free access to vSphere vCenter?  This is only used to manage multiple ESXi hosts at the same time?

  Thanks much for any help!

  One of the most interesting free tools from VMware is in my view VMware vSphere PowerCLI.

  vSphere 4 is a suite of products. vSphere client is a product of this suite.

  The host update is a utility that allows you to upgrade a vSphere (ESX or ESXi server) from one version to the other host. You don't need this if you start with the last update of the ESXi 4.0 version 2.

• To connect to a host of ESXi (free) in a vSphere 5.0 infrastructure

  
  I need to migrate virtual machines (including existing snapshots) to a stand-alone host ESXi 3.5 (free) to a member of host ESXi 5.0 5.0 vSphere infrastructure.

  VMware Converter does not work for me because it does not migrate the shots, nor can I use the sulition backup that I currently use.

  I can't use OVF for the same reason.

  A possible solution coud be temporarily add the old ESXi host vSphere 5.0 for the time needed to migrate the computer virtual infrastructure: is it possible?

  Another solution could be downloading files containing the virtual machines from the VMFS data store managed by the former host of ESXi 3.5 in a Windows folder and download for the data managed by the ESXi 5.0 host store, but I strongly suspect that it does not.

  Is there an alternative?

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  Marius

  I think that the copy will be the way to go in this case. You can take a look at of Veeam FastSCP for this work.

  After copying the files, you should be able to add the virtual machine to inventory (right-click the file .vmx in browser data store) and turn on.

  André

• Upgrade to vSphere client 5.1 U1 but using vCenter/ESXi 5.1 (not U1)

  So I saw this recommendation from VMware:

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  The sequence for vSphere 5.1 update update 1 and their compatible VMware product (2037630)

  If you are using vSphere Client in your environment, it is recommended that you upgrade the vSphere Client to version 5.1 update 1.

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  My ESXi servers are still 5.1 (build 799733, some to the build 1021289), and my vCenter Server 5.1.0 build 947673. I should be able to install this patch for the client vSphere on my workstation without problem. It is recommended that VMware, right? That the client must be upgraded, regardless of the version of the host?

  
  

  (I still don't think that the web client (again), so I want to continue to use the vSphere client, if and when I can)

  
  

  Thank you

  
  

  the client is backward compatible, you should be fine

• Upgrade VMWare ESXi 4.1.0 to Vsphere 5 guests

  Hello

  We are currently running VMWare ESXi 4.1.0, 348481 we bough VMWare vSphere 5 Essentials kit for 3 guests http://store.vmware.com/store/vmware/pd/productID.126843700/Currency.USD/?src=STOREHERO_10Q1_EBIZ_SMBESSENTIALS-PROMO-NORAM.

  What is the procedure to upgrade the VMWare ESXi 4.1.0 to Vsphere 5 hosts?

  Hello

  I have improved my 4.1.x for 5.x ESXi ESXi hosts also 4.x to 5.x vCenter vCenter

  I BL685c blades,.

  our vCenter is a virtual machine.

  Measures

  (1) download ESXi ISO to vmware.com

  (2) Conenct to the host

  (3) select boot from CD/DVD Image at boot

  (4) upgrade selected

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  By default, it creates

  Standard switch: vSwitch0

  Management network

  The VM network

  Best practice is to remove the network from the VM. then remove this VM network

  Recreate the motion switch and the VMotion porgrgroup

  Re-create VM networks and interaction with all VM and VLANDIDs networks

• NFS problem after upgrade to vSphere, ESXi 5.0 5.1

  Hello community,
  I installed / updated on a Dell r.620 Server ESXi 5.0 5.1 vSphere
  I also have an ESXi installed 5.0 an another r.620 Dell both connected to a Snyology Racksation via NFS. (at different volumes)
  Now, I have the problem that I can't install an OS (Windows XP, Windows 8, Windows 7) located on an NFS share in a new created virtual machine.
  I am not connected without vCenter, just with the vSphere Client direct connected.
  The system boots, but I can not choose to install the operating system on the new created VMDK but then nothing happens.
  I also tried to format the drive before installation, formatting breaks down after 15 minutes with the message: "unable to format the drive...". 0 x 80070057 ".
  When the virtual machine is on the local storage of the VM to the server, everything works fine.
  I can also install and start virtual machines on the same NFS with an ESXi 5.0 share.
  Formerly installed VMs can also start. All hung on the windows logo screen and the German Embassy "Comuptereinstellungen werden übernommen"... for over an hour...
  The same virtual machines work fine on the ESXi 5.0, located on the same NFS share.
  But on the NFS share, I can write and read the data with the Client vSphere (on configuration-> storage) with no problems, so I guess that there is a problem with the NFS, permissions etc volume.
  So I guess there must be a problem with the NFS share on vSphere Host 5.1.

  Does anyone have an idea what is the problem?

  Thank you very much!

  No worries

• Cannot upgrade to ESXi 4 Update 1 via vSphere Host Update Utility 4.0

  Hello

  can someone tell me why I can't update ESXi 4.0.0 build 219382 to ESXi 4 Update 1 via vSphere Host Update Utility 4.0? The doesn´t utility see the update.

  The problem is, I can't download the update on http://downloads.VMware.com/d/info/datacenter_downloads/vmware_vsphere_4/4 because I always get the error

  "I'm sorry, at the moment you are not allowed to download VMware ESXi 4.

  Update 1 Installable.

  You have the following options:

  "

  How can I get the update or the update with the host update utility?

  I already have an activated ESXi 4.0 license!

  219382 is the latest version. You already update 1.

• ESXi 5.1 upgradation of RAM

  Hello friends,

  Actually I improve my esxi of 32 GB of RAM to 64 GB of RAM, and now I am facing problem of license. Please tell me how to solve this problem. 32 GB license does not more than 64 GB.

  The free version of vSphere 5.1 has only been licensed for 32 GB of RAM, you have 2 choices, remove the RAM or upgrade your environment to vSphere 5.5 where this limitation has been removed.  I guess there is a third option and that is to build a 2nd host.

• Questions about the upgrade to vSphere Essentials

  My group is looking to upgrade our ESXi (free) installation to vSphere Essentials. Before do us, I have a few questions (I tried calling & commercial VMWare email, but no one seems to be there):

  1. We have an existing ESXi to install, and we'll add a 2nd machine to host VMs can I use vCenter (from Essentials) to manage two computers?

  2. Requirements for vCenter status she has 2 CPUs, 4 GB of memory and 3 GB of disk space for up to 50 guests. However, we have 2 guests and we add a 3rd host is far in the future (in years). Can we run vCenter on an existing installation of windows server 2003? We have a server that meets these requirements, but it also makes other tasks (some calculations, files and backup service). Given these lighter constraints, will that be enough to manage our two hosts?

  Memory is a problem I think. But my vCenter with 9 guests and 150 VM a average 2-5% CPU load with 1 quad Xeon, so don't worry is not the CPU.

  Local Oracle DB installed on the machine of vCenter.

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• SQL Transaction Log Corruption since upgrade to vSphere 6.0

  Since we have upgraded to vSphere 6.0, we've received damaged trans errors in the log while taking transactions log backups of a SQL instance running on a virtual machine. The SQL error message is: backup detected corruption newspaper in the Department database. Context is arglist. LogFile: 2 "F:\Sqldata\Department_log.ldf" I can work around this problem by assigning to the DB SQL mode to Simple recovery, then again in full and taking a new backup complete, followed by a backup of logfile trans did it restart the chain. This error happens every night and seems to be launched by our nightly VM-level backups taken by CommVault who takes a snapshot, supports the VMDk and then deletes the snapshot. However, I can reproduce this problem without our backup solution by a storage vMotion followed of a backup in SQL of the transaction logs that will be error with trans log corruption. It was non-existent before the upgrade to vSphere 6.0 5.5. I have ensured that the VM tools are updated as well as the hardware version of the virtual machine. I hope someone has an idea of what could happen here because I am confused and would not go back to vSphere 5.5.

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  VM

  Windows 2008 R2

  SQL Server 2008 R2 - SP3 (10.50.6220.0)

  VM tools 9536

  VM hardware v11

  vSphere

  Blade C7000 enclosure with 3 x BL460c Gen8

  VMware ESXi, 6.0.0 2494585 (HP Custom image)

  Get your vSphere 6.0 servers patched as soon as POSSIBLE.

  The same thing happens to us, we had several SQL Server databases that have been become corrupted.

  This is a known issue with vSphere 6.0 that has since been corrected (I think it was related to snapshots and CBT).  The latest patch for vSphere 6.0/build is "ESXi, 6.0.0 2809209.

• Upgrade infrastructure vSphere Essentials Plus 5.0

  I need to upgrade an infrastructure of VMware vSphere Essentials Plus 5.0 2 nodes of ESXi 5.0 and Windows server 2008 R2 based vCenter (virtual).

  I want to upgrade to vSphere 5.5 U2.

  Can I use the standard VMware CD to upgrade the host or vCenter or should I use Essentials more specific CD?

  Based on what I saw on KB 2057795 I should update the vCenter first, ESXi nodes later.

  Can I upgrade from 5.0 to 5.5 U2 or should I perform any intermediate task?

  Is the update process, I need to run described anywhere?

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  Marius

  Can I use the standard VMware CD to upgrade the host or vCenter or should I use Essentials more specific CD?

  There is no difference between the installation media... the same ISO can be used for all editions of vSphere/vCenter.

  Based on what I saw on KB 2057795 I should update the vCenter first, ESXi nodes later.

  Yes, it is in order, all first the vCenter Server and vSphere ESXi hosts.

  Can I upgrade from 5.0 to 5.5 U2 or should I perform any intermediate task?

  You can go directly to version 5.5 Update 2, but for vSphere, ESXi hosts don't forget to check the HCL first just to make sure that your host supports version 5.5 Update 2.

  Is the update process, I need to run described anywhere?

  The following KB articles will guide you:

  VMware KB: Upgrading recommended vcenter Server 5.5

  VMware KB: Installation or upgrade to ESXi 5.5 best practices

• Question about VMware Tools when upgrading of vSphere 5.1 to 5.5

  We are the vSphere upgrade 5.1 to 5.5. We have still a few virtual machines with obsolete tools VMware vSphere 4.  There problems upgrade to vSphere 5.5 and then upgrade VMware Tools on those virtual machines to the version 5.5?  Or should we upgrade VMware Tools version 5.1 first before doing the upgrade to vSphere 5.5? We need plan restarting downtime when upgrading to VMware Tools on those virtual machines and would rather not upgrade VMware Tools twice and planning two stops

  There is no problem, as vSphere ESXi 5.5 supports the VM running older versions of VMware Tools.

  This blog post explain this more in detail: is a vSphere VMware Tools upgrade required during the upgrade? VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs

• 5.5 ESXi is free for use only on 1 server or I need a license?

  Hi all

  I installed ESXi 5.5 on 1 server, I thought that ESXi is always free, but at the end of Setup that I have seen that ESXi is free just for 60 days... I need just to create 1-2 VMS with no HA or cluster situations... could you help me before starting to work on it, please?

  Thanks in advance for your answers.

  Hi Welcome to the communities,

  Yes, there is a free version of ESXi, but you will need to register to

  Download VMware vSphere Hypervisor for free

  to get a free license for your server code.

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