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  Can clone us VM on the data centers with downtime, is this possible in ESXi 5 and above?

  No, they can be in different subnets.

• VMFS-4 on ESXi 5 and RDM

  Hi, I have two hosts ESXi 4.1 and I introduced just an ESXi 5 host to the mix (iSCSI SAN).  All guests can see all LUNS.  I wanted to test the presentation of a new physics-4 to RDM LUN an exisiting VM, but when I try to do, I get the message 'mappings LUN with a capacity greater than 2 TB can be stored on VMFS5 data storage only.
  
  

  1. Should I first put the hosts ESXi 4.1?
  2. The upgrade will convert iSCSI VMFS-4 VMFS-5 data warehouses?
  3. Will it hurt anything to have the VMFS-4 data warehouses presented an ESXi 5 host
  4. Just to clarify, physical RDM disks over 2 TB are now supported in ESXi 5 - correct?

  Thank you for your help.  I'm about to buy VMware Essentianl is told by the way.

  Should I first put the hosts ESXi 4.1?

  -No - you can do it with the existing configuration, but the virtual machine would be limited to just the 5 ESXi host.  You will need to create a new data store, present it to the host ESXi 5 and create a vmfs5 data store.

  The upgrade will convert iSCSI VMFS-4 VMFS-5 data warehouses?

  -No - upgrade is a manual step that you perform on the data store.

  Will it hurt anything to have the VMFS-4 data warehouses presented an ESXi 5 host

  -There is no problem doing this.   If the virtual machine is version 7, you can run the virtual machine on ESXi 4 or 5 of material.  Once that you upgrade the version of the hardware for the virtual machine can only be executed on the host ESXi 5.

  Just to clarify, physical RDM disks over 2 TB are now supported in ESXi 5 - correct?

  -Yes - RDM physical and data warehouses can exceed 2 TB.   Virtual disks and RDM virtual are still limited to 2 TB.

• ESXi 5 and problem of controller 4.1 u1

  Hi guys

  I have a server IBm x 3850 X 5 using a controller, ServeRaid B5015 SSD question is I am able to configure RAID 1 controller but when I install, I'm not able to see the internal drive as an option to install... it's like ESXi 5 and u1 4.1 missing drivers?

  This controller is not supported?

  Am I missing something here?

  Thank you very much

  Hello.

  This card is not on the VMware HCL, and IBM documents do not appear in the list of support VMware.

  Good luck!

• I have 40 ESXi server and must be installed very quickly...

  We request the customer to install 40 ESXi server and need to be installed soon. Which is the best way and the documents of step by step?

  See also http://virtualkenneth.com/2010/07/21/setting-up-vsphere-esxi-4-1-scripted-installation/

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• Attempt vSwitch configuration change and now the ESXi host and virtual machines offline

  So I have no doubt, I have myself to blame for this one. I was trying to change my vSwitch from 100 Mbps to 1000 Mbps when an 'operation timed' error out jumps-to the top and my vCenter Server lost connection with my ESXi host. I tried to restart the host manually, but that did not help. The host is not the ping requests and all the virtual machines on that host are offline; None of them vMotion off to my other ESX Server.

  I tried to reconnect the host computer in vCenter, but it is obviously does not connect because it can't ping it. I logged the ESXi console and all the network settings appear to be correct. I'm used to connect to the ESX console where you can execute commands, but it's my first ESXi host, so I don't know what I can do.

  Any help is greatly appreciated!

  -D.

  If you had your management port and VMs on different vSwitches / NIC leave on framework would eliminate a false positive. As in your case the management port reportedly follows the cable / about speed, but the virtual machine network would be intact (and I'm assuming that your storage space as well).  In this case the VMs system would have worked very well even if the management port did not work.

  Dave

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• ESXi 4 and Core i7

  Hi, I couldn't find the HCL for ESXI 4 and Core i7 (Intel Xeon not based on the Core i7). Is this one? If anyone has ESXi 4 running on i7, please indicate your configuration.

  Thank you!

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  Nic integrated on the MB does not work with ESXi, which is why the Intel Gigabit PCI NIC extra.

  Also, I have an additional drive for models and ISO, but running most of the VM:s of the SSD.

  Best regards

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• ESXi (free) and virtual Center.  I have to buy ESXi Foundation to manage?

  I have a bunch of servers ESXi (free) and now I want to manage them centrally.  I have the pirce for virtual Center, but I'm not quite clear on whether or not I need to change the ESXi license or not?

  Thank you

  Hey,.

  http://www.VMware.com/files/PDF/ESX_Server_3i_presentation.PDF

  Take a look at page 12, it will show the different types of licenses with ESXi.

  You will need to buy at least the basic license to enable management of the VC.

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• Difference between ISO ESXi M420 and M630. Is this the same ISO?

  I will install 6.0 ESXi update 2 of 3 new servers M630.  I used the ISO next to install my m420s:

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  This ISO works for my m630s so?

  These aircraft were ordered and received by a dealer, and they don't did me not service tags.  This is why I can not add to my products and see the available downloads.  This can become a common problem for me because I am in charge of the deployment.  Thank you in advance for the answer to my question.

  Yes, it's the same file. The two show under systems supported and same hash.

• Windows 7 Autoplay import filename Options settings includes not "date taken" and tag

  One of the options for formats of filename with pre-Win7 was 'date taken + tag. It seems that this option is no longer available. Date-taking can be specified for the names of folders, but not names. Also, I thought there are two import - Windows and Windows Live Photo Gallery programs. With Win7 I see only using the import window.

  I photograph all summer a group of sailing and import the photos every day with the same tag (butterflies, Crappie-Sun). At the end of the season, I create a collection of all these photos and if file names are duplicated, they certainly if file names are 'tag' only, I have problems...

  Hi NoDakBoy,

  You can change the settings Windows uses when importing photos and videos from cameras, portable devices, scanners, or data CDs or DVDs. These import settings to determine how the images and videos are named and organized when import you them to your computer.
   
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• How to find the dump of the ESXi Collector and Syslog collector dump is set or not

  Hello team,

  I have 1000 ESXi hosts in our environment, I just want to confirm ESXi DUMP collector and collector dumpl Syslog is configured on all ESXi hosts or not.

  I beg you to help me with powerCLI scrip because it will save a lot of time hell and it will also help me to avoid any human error.

  In advance, I appreciate your help and your support.

  concerning

  Mr. VMware

  Try something like this

  Get-VMHost |

  Select Name,

  @{N = "Syslog collector"; E = {}

  $script: esxcli = Get-EsxCli - VMHost $_

  $esxcli.system.syslog.config.get () | {{Select - ExpandProperty RemoteHost}},

  @{N = "Empty the collector"; E = {}

  $dump = $esxcli.system.coredump.network.get)

  {if($dump.NetworkServerIP)}

  "$($dump.NetworkServerIP):$($dump.NetworkServerPort)"} ".

  {{else {''}}}

• Access the SMB storage using esxi host and manage with MS server 2008

  Hi there, I know the subject line can be confusing, but I didn't know how to explain what I need in the line object in such a short sentence.

  in any case, I have a storage device SMB, a Promise VTrak M610P, which is attached to a blade server 1U HP through interface channels double Ultra 320 SCSI host. I can't configure the VTrak as a NFS, the only way to access logical drives is connected to a server via the scsi channels and using the operating system to share the drive and the shared disks.

  I would use a server blade with dual ultra 320 SCSI host interface channels and connect the VTrak to this server blade. Then I would install ESXI hypervisor OS 5.5 to this server blade. I want to know is if the ESXI operating system will recognize the logical drives and if I create a virtual machine with MS server 2008 and see if the virtual machine detects logical drives, so that I can share the drives? I hope that I'm supposed to and if I'm not, please let me know what makes no sense, I will do the best to explain it better.

  Thank you

  Andy

  So it turns out that there seems to be something wrong with vClient when you add a hard disk (virtual disk) to a virtual machine of size greater than 4 TB. Article VMware KB: value of range error message when you add more than 4 TB capacity discs in vSphere Client describes this if you encounter this problem, add the hard drive via vSphere CLI, CLI power or vmkfstools. So this seems to be a known issue on vClient. What I ended up doing was using vClient, creation of hard disk, adding to the virtual machine (size of the hard drive is to 5.45) and when I would get the error message on the DiskCapControl out of reach, I would just click OK and then finalize the creation of the hard drive on the virtual machine. Once the process is complete, I selected the virtual machine and noticed that he indeed added a new HDD size 5.45 TB even if he's complained about it. I pulled to the top of the virtual machine with windows server 2008 R2 installed and was able to create a new disk under windows and set it up as a shared drive on the network. Looks like vClient must be updated by VMware and correct this bug, if it's a bug that I think. Thank you for the help vervoort!

• Connection usb to esxi host and copy vmdk

  Hello

  I'm trying to migrate a vSphere cluster to another machines.  There is no network connectivity between the 2, so I intend to copy the files vmdk and vmx more via USB directly connected to the host for thoroughput max.  Anyone tried this?  I looked in the documentation and online, and I see that the only supported file systems FAT32 and ext3.  For a 40 GB virtual computer, can I use an ext3 formatted USB key, copy locally and then USB attach themselves to a host on the new cluster and copy?  Anyone see any problems with this?  We are doing this process via a USB port connected to a position of the user and SCPing between the host and the USB port on the network.  I think that cutting the transfer network will speed up the process, currently a 40-50 GB VM takes about 3 hours

  Hello

  I understand that you can read in what she argued, however...

  If there is a KB article while this does not mean that it is supported, it simply means that it is possible and you might be able to use it if the need is high enough. For example, in case of problems you can risk some stability/performance and fix the most urgent problem at hand, as a critical VM that was on a LUN which disappeared earlier that day there so that you only restore backup on a USB drive.

  Also note the supplement "additional note" at the bottom of the KB that you are facing

  Quote (my highlighting):

  More information

  The USB key must be a minimum of 4 GB in size. This procedure is not recommended for basic file transfers.

  This procedure includes steps on disabling the intercom USB host function. Then earlier in the article that they use the same feature to connect the USB drive to the guest.

  If this isn't everything, they use the DCUI for mode of tech support that their link in an article KB1017910 to using the console is already a bit dodgy on a production host. About using the console for day-to-day operations is a no No

  Another quote, this time from this KB article, underscores once again with me.

  Tech Support Mode

  Tech Support Mode (TSM) provides a command line interface that can be used by the Administrator to troubleshoot and correct abnormal conditionson hosts VMware ESXi. TSM is accessible in two ways:

  • Connecting directly to the ESXi Server console.
  • Remote SSH connection.

  Further down in this article, it is pointed out again that it is for support only, I would say is something different as 'supported environment.

  It does not mean that you can not and never use should the DCUI, but be careful.

  Back on the focus to what you're trying to do.

  If your USB drive is broken, you now have a hypervisor that attempts to mount it to the level of the hypervisor, which, in itself, can cause downtime at the level of the hypervisor risks of release for ALL your guests. USB transfer at least maintains these problems located in the virtual machine, it is attached to.

  Besides that... the only system files that you can mount is VFAT, so you can't even put files there that are larger than 2 GB (or 4 GB) in size.

  File systems ext2/ext3/ext4 that none of those who are supported, VFAT only for your external USB drive.

  Yes there are ways around the VFAT file size limit too, but you're just jumping through the next pole, and if something's not going then your users is satisfied by the retoric "but backups are faster".

  --

  Wil

• ESXi HA and SQL Failover Clustering - resolved

  Dears

  My current environment is

  3 5.5 Esxi with active HA hosts

  Requirement;

  I prepared 2 R2 2012 Windows of the virtual machine and I need to build a node two SQL cluster on them. (with WFCS) and I was reading the article for taking in charge option and discovered I need activation were of affinity

  VMware KB: Microsoft Clustering on VMware vSphere: guidelines for supported configurations

  I got confused and lost on how to enable these options on HA only clusters.

  grateful if someone could share their experience in this regard,

  DRS requires vSphere Enterprise license. This is the reason why it does not show these options in your environment. vSPhere HA requires vSphere Standard edition. As you have the standard version, you are able to configure HA.

  There is NO as such impact.

  1. you use MSCS as a cluster of virtual machines & if anything happens to the clustering configured application, MSCS are switched to another VM in the MSCS cluster.  (I'm assuming you use IPC config. Cluster in a box)

  2 vSphere HA allows you to give an extra level of HA at the host/VM level. As you use your virtual machines to the MSCS cluster on top of guests. vSPhere HA is additional HA.

  3. in the case, host fails, vSphere HA are toggled MSCS grouped all VMs to other available inside the HA cluster host vSphere. That is to say it will restart all virtual machines on the other host. Please note that the restart of a virtual computer will have minimal downtime. In this case, as all virtual machines are on the same host, same MSCS cluster will have same downtime as vSphere THAT HA will have. But if you use CAB (Cluster in the box) as MSCS configuration, you can minimize interruptions of service MSCS VMs.

  4. in the case, VM itself fails (no host), vSphere HA will restart the VM has failed on the same host. In this case MSCS are switched all your app on the other virtual machines in the MSCS cluster.

  You have only vSPhere HA without Drs It should be good. Just as DRS gives you more flexibility.

  Please note that in any HA solution, in case of failure, you will come across with minimal downtime (time may differ across different solution HA).

• go esxi hosts and virtual machines in one vCenter to another

  I built a new vCenter (Windows vCenter), I intend to move on ESXi hosts the old vCenter (Virtual appliance vCenter) to the new vCenter. I don't know if it's feasible, please notify my step is correct or not: 1) build a new vcenter 2) create a cluster with two esxi hosts first 3) Mount data (NetApp Filer Storage) to the new vCenter warehouses 4) add an empty host for the new vCenter VMs) 5 download then upload to the host in new vcenter

  Hi friend

  Its doable without any problem.

  Please follow the procedure below.

  1 build a new vCenter (your first step is correct)

  2 creating a cluster (because it is new vCenter there will not be any available host.) That is why cluster creation wizard will not get to add in the new cluster host). While initially empty cluster would be created.

  3. once the cluster is created, immediately do a right-click on the cluster and add your hosts one by one. Not necessary to cancel the registration and the VM. Virtual machines will automatically be added who were there on the data store available with all guests.

  Don't forget,

  1. we do not mount any store data in vCenter, we assemble the data store on the host.

  2. If you mount the new data store (which did not exist before), you can mount once the new hosts are added to the new cluster. (Your SAN admin help)

  3. If you want to move your virtual machines from data store before the newly added/mounted data store, please SVMotion these virtual machines (by right-clicking on the VM > migrate > data store > select the data store that is new)... Please follow the same procedure for all virtual machines.

  4. you don't need to add empty hosts to the new cluster, add just as soon as all guests without you register VMs. Later, you can migrate to other store of data according to the requirement. NO need to download or download the VM.

  5. Please make sure that your ESXi hosts will be compatible with the new vCenter. Old version of ESXi always compatible with the new version of vCenter. Just check if you have all valid licenses.

  Please let me know if you need any clarification