ESXI free Version host failure - how to recover virtual machines?

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• How to recover virtual machines after a planned recovery

  Hello

  I did successfully a planned resumption of a VM and it went well.  I use replication of vSphere.  Now I want to recover the virtual machine on the protected site, but I found that I can't use reprotect, since I do not use replication based on the Bay.

  I tried to create a new plan of stimulus on the recovering site, but I get an error message saying that there is already a recovery plan for this virtual machine.

  How can I return my virtual machine on the protected site?  Should I first delete the recovery plan?

  Thank you.

  Try this

  http://www.RTFM-ed.co.UK/2011/10/05/failover-with-SRM-and-vSphere-replication/

  and then let me know if you have questions, this is a very good guide.

  Thank you

  Anthony

• Devices USB 3.0 not being seen by 5.5 ESXI (free version)

  I'm under 5.5 ESXI (free version) and I have recently just got 2 external drives 5 to, these are going to be my new NAS readers who are easily made by samba on a virtual machine Windows Ubuntu LTS 14.04. When I plug the readers to a port USB 2.0, the ESXI OS will detect them and allow me to add them to a virtual machine but USB 2.0 are slow and these drives are capable 3.0 and my motherboard has 2 3.0 ports then why not try to get the extra speed. When I plug these drives into the USB 3.0 ports OS ESXI cannot see them and when you try to add USB devices to the virtual computer it says no device available. No idea as to why this is? IM guess 3.0 is supported on ESXI 5.5 (free version) because it allows me to add a USB 3.0 controller support. Thanks in advance for any help.

  FIXED!

  I have SSH on the server and typed this command:

  lsusb

  It gave me a list of all my usb ports and devices. My 3.0 ports not appear. So I started the USB 3.0 xhci driver by typing this:

  vmkload_mod xhci

  then I typed in:

  lsusb

  again and then is! my cameras are now available!

  Add this command to the file /etc/rc.local.d/local.sh that it will always start with the loaded discs.

• What are the limits of vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi free version)

  Hello

  I have to buy the new server for ESXi free version. What are the limits of the CPU and RAM?

  Thank you

  Preeda

  www.thaivmadmin.com

  PreedaS wrote:

  Hello

  I have to buy the new server for ESXi free version. What are the limits of the CPU and RAM?

  There is unfortunately quite hard limits, for example 8 GB vRAM, it's the total amount of RAM to virtual machines. I suggest that you look at version 4.1 and not 5.0.

  (VMware is however always claim that the virtual machines on the free vSphere Hypervisor could use unlimited RAM. It is probably not correct.)

• How to move virtual machines from one host to another without full VI and vMotion?

  Hello

  could you help me with a question?

  I have two installed hosts with ESXi 3.5 U5, which are connected to the shared iSCSI (Openfiler) - VMs storage are installed on the storage disk. My requirement is to have a cheap solution of DR - in case of failure of a host, I need to move and start VM on the host of work. How to achieve without going through VMware Infrastructure 3.5 and vMotion?

  I found this article:

  http://www.virtualizetips.com/2010/04/how-to-move-a-VM-without-vCenter-or-storage-VMotion/

  but RCLI needs Infrastructure of VMware ESXi does not have default CLI So, how to move VMs between hosts (of course I mean "cold" move) without byuing any additonal VMware SW? It is generally possible in my situation?

  Thank you.

  ARO

  Danas

  If the virtual machines are running in shared storage (two guests see the same storage iSCSI or NFS) then it's simple. If a host goes down, then look for the data store on the ESXi host work. Navigate through folders for each virtual machine, right-click on the VMX file and add to the inventory. You will then be able to turn on the virtual machine.

  To move a virtual machine from one host to another, as long as both hosts had the same processors, you can pause the VM on the single host, browse and add the virtual machine to the inventory on the second break host and the United Nations.

  If the virtual machines are on local storage, but the two hosts are connected to the same shared storage, clone virtual machines on a daily basis from local storage to shared storage. Use something like ghettoVCB http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8760 make the clone. In the case of a server failure, you will be able to browse the data store, add to the inventory on the shared storage and switch the cloned machine.

• Save one ESXi (free version) to another

  I have two servers ESXi I want to keep synchronized. Both servers have internal storage. A server is currently in production and contains all VM.   If I have a hardware failure on the production server, I want to switch to the backup server as quickly as possible.

  It seems that the only commercial backup product that supports the free version of ESXi is Veeam Backup.  However, Veeam Backup currently does not support ESXi as a replication target.

  My only option now, I guess, is to back up the production server for the internal storage of the backup server and then do a restore on the backup server, if necessary - correct?  Is ghettoVCB.sh my best option for this?  If so, this will work with the free version of ESXi?

  Thanks for any help.

  One option is to use ghettoVCB, although you'll have to SCP manually backups to your target host, it does not backup on another host. If you have shared storage such as NFS/SAN you can easily keep the two hosts synchronized, but if you're just using local storage, you'll need to script replication between the two once backups have taken place on your source host.

  You should look at setting up a server NFS in this way you shared storage between two hosts

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  William Lam

  VMware vExpert 2009

  Scripts for VMware ESX/ESXi and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/

  http://Twitter.com/lamw

• ESXi free version - remote access

  Hello

  I wonder if it is possible to remotely control the free version of ESXi. Everything what I need to be able to do is clone, start and stop virtual machines, and I'm happy to use telnet or other command line tools. Is it posible to use vmrun as with VMWare Server? Or a similar tool? Or is the free version has deliberately hampered in that regard.

  Thanks for any help you can offer,

  Phil

  Or activate the ssh.

  (1) on the console of the ESXi host, press ALT - F1 to access the console window.

  (2) enter unsupported in the console and press ENTER. You won't see the text you type.

  (3) If you typed in not supported properly, you will see the Tech Support Mode warning and request a password. Enter the password for the root connection.

  (4) you should see the prompt of ~ #. Edit the inetd.conf file (enter the vi /etc/inetd.confcommand).

  (5) find the line that starts with #ssh and remove the #. Then save the file. If you start using vi, then move the cursor to the line of #ssh and then press the Insert key. Move the cursor on a space, and then press BACKSPACE to remove the #. Press ESC , and then type in : wq to save the file and exit vi. If you make a mistake, you can press the ESC key and then type that information: q! exit vi without saving the file.

  (6) once you have closed the vi editor, run the command /sbin/services.sh restart to restart management services. You will now be able to connect to the ESXi host with a SSH client.

• PE 2950 III with ESXi free version?

  I have a PowerEdge 2950 III server on the way and I want to launch the free VMWare ESXi version. I know that Dell makes their own version (paying) with the built-in drivers... Will the free version to be an option for me, or it will never work because the drivers needed/missing? Or maybe I just need to build my own ISO and integrate the drivers of 2950 in it?

  PowerHomeUser

  I know that Dell made their own version (paying) with the built-in drivers

  Version of Dell isn't a paid version.  It is also free; they have, as a service to their clients, customized to include drivers for most of their systems.  You can build your own by integrating the drivers into the image manually, but that would be stupid given it already exists and is made by someone who knows what they are doing.

  http://www.Dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/19/driverdetails?DriverID=5YC4T

• Moving from vm to ESXi (free version) to a new cluster of ESX 3.5

  Hi guys,.

  I just wanted to get some input on how I can possibly move a virtual machine on an ESXi server to a cluster of ESX servers.  Can I just copy the files of the full virtual machine since the ESXi data store in the ESX data store? Thank you.

  The easiest way is to use vmware converter: http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/

  Kind regards

  Gerrit Lehr

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• How to run virtual machines on new host after reconstruction?

  So my upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1.0a do not go well and I ended up re-installing the hypervisor. I have all the virtual machines in a store of data that is not affected.

  After the mapping data store, how I open / launch VMs on the new host of bed?

  Thanks for your help.

  Browse the data store, right-click on vmx for each virtual computer.  Add to the inventory.  Now, you can access and start them.

• How to install virtual machines VMware tool located within ESXi

  Hi all

  I created the Windows 2008 VM in ESXi Server and please let me know how to install the VMware tool in Windows 2008, which is located inside the ESXi server.

  Please provide details

  Thank you, regards,

  Yuvaraj.M

  Hello Wherry,.

  One of the easiest ways, right click on the virtual machine, select comments and click on "Install/Upgrade VMware tools.

  

  Kind regards

• Several ESXi hosts and need to share virtual machines

  I'm relatively new to ESXi (although a lot of vSphere, using iSCSI storage) and we are making a number of servers in remote site (with a proxy and utility VM to manage the file/print/dhcp) using ESXi. I have my VMs built on the first box and need to copy them off the coast to the other, but I have problems with the command ADD Storage... I can't seem to get the right information and I begin to think I'm missing something basic. Then...

  (1) can map you to the VMFS from another host esxi?

  (2) If you can, where do you find the location on the second machine information to set up the data store on the first machine?

  If it's important, we use Dell PE of the 1950s.

  Also, while I'm here...

  The size of a pain is to change the IP address or the name of the ESXi host area?

  Thanks in advance for any help!

  VMFS is not supported on USB drives.

  You can use FastSCP for example, http://www.veeam.com/vmware-esxi-fastscp.html

  And Yes, there are several devices that could share storage attached to the network locally, but I don't see them as a solution when you want to just copy existing virtual machines to another host ESXi.

• How to use previous Versions to be like an instant Virtual Machine?

  I want to use previous Versions to be like snapshots of a virtual machine.

  I have a class of machines Windows 7 I want to freeze their condition so that they will restore a snapshot whenever I created whenever they have restarted.

  Right now I use Comodo Time Machine to make this work but I prefer to use "Previous Versions" or the system restore to make a machine to return to a State that I created any changes have been made.

  Can anyone help?

  Hi Pete,.

   

  The question you posted would be better suited in the TechNet Forums. I would recommend posting your query in the TechNet Forums.

  TechNet Forum

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itpronetworking/threads

   

  Hope this information helps.

• How to recover the machines VMS and add to the inventory

  I have this problem, either because I'm stupid, ESXi has limited features. I hope this is the first

  I use an Active Directory on ESXi 4.0 test lab and I just killed the domain controller. I've been lying to move VM to another data store and I did, the hard (20 GB) file is now stored on the main data store, which is supposed to be in use. Problem is that I can't apply this in VM vmdk file.

  I tried two different ways;

  1. I created the new virtual machine and chose to use an existing, traveled this hard drive but it is not recognizable. When you browse the data store, virtual computers work vmdk files have an icon. This one has a blank white icon.

  2. I created a new virtual machine with the hard drive. Then, I deleted the new hard and just replaced an old, renamed correctly. In this way VM does not start, complaining about this is not virtual disk.

  Is it possible to restore this domain controller?

  You cannot rename the EXSi VMDK file, otherwise the vmdk file is unable to climb to the top.

• iSCSI SAN, two hosts - how to move virtual machines?

  It is a new implementation.  I have ESX 3.5 standard and both hosts access the storage shared across the San.  Somehow, I need to delete the VM inventory of a host, and add it to the other.  But I don't see the option anywhere.  I don't have the inventory button.

  Where I was before we vCenter but not here.  What is the reason?  I can't do vmotion, all cold migration.

  You must turn off the Virtual Machine, if you right click on the virtual machine, that you should see the option at the bottom near remove disk.   On the host that you want to move, if you look at the host summary screen (click on the host) and then double click on the logic of shared storage unit number.  This should bring up a list of all folders in this unit number logic, including the NameOfVM that you can open the folder of this virtual machine to the top and click on the. SELECT and VMX file added to the inventory.

  • Kyle