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• ESXi Server and the DMZ security

  Hello world

  I currently have around 5 physical web servers sitting in a demilitarized zone. My plan is to convert all these web servers to virtual machines and host them on an ESXi server.

  I would like to host the ESXi Server actually in the demilitarized zone, all the VMs on the ESXi box would be public facing anyway. Does anyone know of a good reason not to do from a security point of view.

  I guess my main concern would be the area of ESXi being threaten. Of course, I would limit the traffic through the firewall rules.

  I would like to know your opinion on this and if someone has done this before?

  Thank you very much

  Chris

  Take a look on:

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

• Age of Empires 2 cannot host the game with Windows 7, Server networking DirectPlay

  I recently installed Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion on Windows 7 Ultimate RC1 at home.

  This game does not work on Windows 7 with some work. First color is screwed up because it runs using 256 colors. Killing the task of 'explorer' in the Task Manager, while the game is running fixed that.

  My new problem is that I can't host a game in network on Windows 7. I've done some packet sniffing and I think it has to do with Directplay Server does not properly.

  According to Wikipedia

  • In Windows Vista , DirectPlay has been deprecated and DirectPlay Voice and NAT Helper of DirectPlay have been removed.

  I can join Games hosted on a Windows XP with Windows 7 machine, but I'm not able to host my own games.

  At work, we all use Windows 7 to play after hours is not possible because we do not have an XP machine to host the game.

  How can I me Directplay specifically Directplay Server run on Windows 7?

  I tried AOE2 running in Compatibility Mode for XP SP2 as it as an administrator.

  Kind regards

  Joey

  If, after upgrading two machines Windows 7 Beta to Windows 7 Professional Retail, I managed to get the machines to see after turning off UPnP on the router. I guess AOE2 is the ad itself and the router it's treat as UPnP.

• Cannot add ESXi host to vCenter Server

  Hello

  I created a home set up a VMware datacenter for study purposes. I currently have 2 virtual machines: an ESXi host with vCenter Server Appliance deployed on this subject.

  I configured the server vCenter through web interface device and I have connected using vSphere Client.

  I created a data center, but when I try to add a host, I get "ERROR: the request exceeded."
  Connection with vSphere client directly to the ESXi host works.

  I can connect using SSH to the ESXi host.

  I have disabled the firewall on the ESXi host.

  I have read many articles on the kbase but nothing helped me to solve this problem.

  You have any ideas?

  I finally got to understand.

  It seems like my vmware workstation is not connected to the esxi as a physical host in my local network host, and so I was able to ping it unit of vCenter Server (but it worked the other way around, and that's why I thought it was ok).

  After the connection to the physical LAN of VMware workstation settings, everything worked fine.

• ESXi/ESX host disconnects vcenter Server 60 seconds after the connection

  Hello guys,.

  I recently made some changes to my VMware Lab.

  I'm under vCenter 5.1 with several hosts of ESXi 5.1.  My vCenter ran on one server ESXi 5.1 until I recently migrated there in a window of Windows 8 running VMware Workstation 9.   The vCenter is running normally and I am able to add hosts in stock, but they disconnect after approximately 60 to 90 seconds.  I believe that this issue is that the heart beats that are sent by the host do not reach the vCenter (port 902), I think that it is similar to the issue discussed in the following KB:http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1029919

  Here are my questions:

  1. the article describes download wireshark and run scripts.  Is there an easier away from do?  I'm literally just checking this single port of the ESXi host, there is no equivalent for telnet from an ESXi host?

  2 VMware Workstation 9 block ports or run its own firewall any?  Since this vCenter worked perfectly when running on the host ESXi 5.1 we know this isn't a firewall on the virtual computer problem, I have also checked the Windows 8 machine running VMware workstation and have verified that the windows firewall is disabled.  Windows firewall is not the issue. 

  Thank you

  Duncan.

  Just a quick question. A fact change of IP address of the server vCenter with migration of VMware Workstation? Maybe http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1008030 is related to the question!

  André

• Migration ESXi server: install vCenter Server 2.0?

  We are currently migrating to VMware Server 2.0 to ESXi 4 (local storage only execution Essentials).  At this moment we have (2) host VMware Server 2.0.  As part of our move, we will deploy a new server (host) for ESXi and need to install vCenter, so we can start (convert virtual machines, etc.).  The plan will be to move all production of VMS Server 2.0 to the new host ESXi 4 in a piecemeal fashion and then once's done it install ESXi 4 on one of the host VMware Server 2 old servers.

  Because we cannot do this big bang, my question is: can we install vCenter as a VM on the server 2.0 while we are migrating to ESXi?

  Once our move to ESXi is complete (end of the game, we have 2 ESXi hosts and 1 host Vmware server 2), can we then convert and move the VM vCenter to one of the new ESXi servers?   Sort of a game of shuffle, but I see no other choice and I hope it works well.  Comment on reviews would be great.  Thank you...

  Why don't you just create a new virtual machine in the box of ESXi, installing vCenter, and then start the conversion of your VM from VMware Server ESXi? It is the method I would use.

  In case you're not aware - you can always create virtual machines on ESXi without vCenter.

• How to count the number of virtual machines on an ESXi server via command line

  I want to know the number of virtual machines running on ESXi. What is the command so that it...?

  "vim - cmd vmsvc/getallvms"

  This order list of the early running of the ESXi Server virtual machine, but I want the number (integer)

  Help, please...

  Thank you

  M@RK! V

  Hello

  You can use the PowerCLI command to get a VM number:

  SE connect-VIServer-Server "ESXi host or vCenter server.

  (Get-VM-location 'ESXi host') .count

  Elodie

• ESXi server (5.1) level access & manage by ROLE in centeral vCenter server (5.5) instead of diff-diff / Datacenter location

  I want to manage the server vCenter 5.5, with 7 data center and each data center with 2 * 5.1 Esxi servers and each server Esxi with amendments of VM, all data centers-> server Esxi in diff-diff place and managed in one main place, all Esxi datacenter servers / VM in a field.

  vCenter Server - worm 5.5

  Data Center 1

  ESXi Server1 - 5.1

  VM1-> vm10

  ESXi Server2 - 5.1

  VM1-> vm10

  Data Center 2

  ESXi Server3 - 5.1

  VM1-> vm10

  Server ESXi 4-5.1

  VM1-> vm10

  .

  .

  ..

  7 data center

  ESXi Serverx - 5.1

  VM1-> vm10

  ESXi - 5.1 servers

  VM1-> vm10

  I would like to give access to database role on all esxi servers

  (1) each location access and manage esxi servers / VMS than by its user admin - own data center / Esxi servers / VMs

  (2) is not access any other server Esxi / VM - no access to the other data centers / Esxi servers / VMs

  (3) a super user access and manage all the server vCenter / Esxi Server / VM

  Kindly give best solution , requirements to implement highest point of reference.

  Thanking you in advance.

  Anand

  (1) each location access & manage esxi servers / VMS than by its user admin - own data center / Esxi servers / VMs

  Select your data center to host & cluster inventory, go to the Manage tab, under you will find authorization tab, where you should add authorization with spread to children, by selecting the account user/group and appropriate role (create custom roles if necessary).

  (2) is not access any other server Esxi / VM - no access to the other data centers / Esxi servers / VMs

  Suppose that the user is given with permission only on Dataceter1 in your inventory, that account has no default on any other data centers, so when permissions that the user will be able to see these inventory items where he or she has permission.

  (3) a super user access and manage all the server vCenter / Esxi Server / VM

  Select your vCenter Server server in host & cluster inventory, go to the Manage tab, under you will find tab permission , then you must add the permission with spread to children, by selecting the account Super user/group and appropriate role.

• Cannot add the ESX 6.0 host to vCenter Server 6.0

  OK, I'm testing laboratory a vsan 6.0 cluster.

  I have my running 6.0.0 esx hosts and vcenter server is 6.0.0 also.

  I have the services platform on a virtual machine and vcenter on another. I was able to create a data center, then a cluster below.

  Then I went to try to add a host to my group and I get this error...

  Failed to contact the specified host (hostname\IP). The host may not be available on the network, may have a network configuration problem, or that the management on this host services may not respond.

  
  

  Per this KB: KB VMware: Add a host VMware ESXi/ESX from VMware vCenter Server fails

  
  

  I confirmed that my vcenter server and platform services server can see all esx hosts. From the vcenter server, it can ping the host esx and PuTTY can access all of them. I even installed the client and it can connect to all esx hosts. I used the netbios name, IP and FULL domain name and they all work.

  I have only a single subnet, so this isn't a problem. DNS resolution works in all areas of both sides, vcenter esx hosts and host esx to vcenter.

  
  

  I am quite puzzled.
  

  
  

  
  

  OK, after working with VMware on this issue, I think that I thought about it.

  All my hosts are DL360 G6 servers.

  My hosts are run the same build «VMware-ESXi-6.0.0-2494585-HP-600.9.2.38-Mar2015.iso» ESX Downloaded from HP.

  All buildings are in trial mode.

  After placing a call to VMware, they had me build some ESX VM, the services of the platform and the vcenter VM on an ESX host. We suspended because it took all day to go upward.

  Once I woke up all the parts (sql server, esx vm, server platform & vcenter) in virtualization nested, I created my data center, then Cluster then added the ESX host.

  The hosts added properly, no error. Then I remembered when I installed ESX inside a virtual machine, I am angry that the iso, I had the habit of HP does not work in my VM nested due to virtualized hardware.

  Then a fire came into my head. We will rebuild all of the physical cluster but NOT use the CV provided the iso file but use VMware provided iso file "VMware-VMvisor-Installer - 6.0.0 - 2159203.x86_64.iso".

  I did it today. I have rebuilt all hosts with the provided iso file VMware ESX...

  Spun SQL Server vCenter, service platform, all VM VM VM you need. My AD & DNS VM are on another server, so he has been upwards all the time.

  Connected to the web interface (yuck!).

  Created my data center...

  Created my Cluster...

  Add all my Cluster hosts.

  All of this worked!

  Therefore, if you encounter the same problem, I'm plan to generate your with the provided iso file VMware ESX hosts and try it. In my case, the provided HP iso file didn't work properly for me.

  I also downloaded the iso file of HP 2 other times to make sure and do a validation test and it did the same thing.

• Nested inside the ESXi Server ESXi

  Nested run ESXi in ESXi server.

  I can't turn on the virtual machine for Vcenter, I get an error "this host does not support Intel VT - x. Here's my server BIOS settings.

  Is there a solution for this?

  
  

  See attached screenshot.

  
  

  My server is running an Intel Xeon processor E5540 Proliant DL380 G6 2 x Xeon Quad-Core 2.53 GHz

  
  

  Physical server Bios settings

  -Intel(r) Hyperthreading Options-> active

  -Intel(r) Turbo Boost Technology-> active

  -Intel VT - d-> active

  Your hardware supports nested ESXi.  Is that you checked the box next to "Hardware-assisted virtualization expose to the guest operating system" on the settings of the processor in the web client?

• All virtual machines to an ESXi Server ping

  Hi all

  For a project of mine, I need to create a script that asks for the ESXi server host name,

  and after that start ping all virtual machines that are on the ESXi server.

  I tried to do without success up to now.

  Help will be appreciated.

  Thank you!

  What follows is based on the fact that the VMware tools are installed.

  If they are not installed, you could adapt the script to try and ping displayname VM.

  $esxName = "MyEsx".

  Get-VMHost-name $esxName | Get - VM | %{

  $hostnamePresent = $_. Guest.HostName - don't $null

  {if ($hostnamePresent)}

  $pingable = test-Connection - ComputerName $_. Guest.HostName - count 1 - calm

  }

  else {}

  $pingable = $false

  }

  Select - InputObject $_ - the property name.

  @{N = "This Hostname"; E = {$hostnamePresent}},

  @{N = "responding"; E = {$pingable}}

  }

• How can I recover data from my ESXi server after getting a "Pink Screen of Death"?

  Hi all

  I blame myself for that. I got about 1 GB od space left on my ESXi server and used MDT to create images and ran out of space. Well... all of a sudden, I had a pink, although very nice screen, what was being done was ugly.

  I have ESXi hypervisor of 5.5 is installed with all my virtual machines. The screenshot leads me to believe that there is no space and that is why it error. Has anyone ever run into this situation? Are there any tools or techniques, I can try

  Thanks in advance!

  Phil

  

  The only thing left to try is the following: when the host is powered off, insert the disc, start the host, when you get a choice to start the latest version installed from a certain select ESXi installation (it should show on which drive it is installed), if not the last, once started, it should start the disc should be available without problem.

  As much as I can test and tested, this allways did the trick.

  If however it does not matter where, I think you have a disk failure (unavailable TPG, Pearl sectors, reformatted,...). It is not my expertise.

  GRTS

• How to generate the array Diagnostic Utility ADU for Esxi server

  How to run Diagnostic Utility ADU or HP Insight Diagnostics HP Insight Diagnostics table to collect the status tables and logs data FRO an Esxi Server

  How to generate the array Diagnostic Utility ADU for Esxi server

  Example:

  Download the package .vib here: http://vibsdepot.hp.com/hpq/feb2013/esxi-5x-vibs/hpacucli/hpacucli-9.40-12.0.vib

  and place it on a store of data seen by the host...

  Install it using the CLI:

  software esxcli vib install d vmfs/volumes //hpacucli-9.40-12.0.vib

  Now run it:

  ~ # cd/opt/hp/hpacucli/bin

  / opt/HP/hpacucli/bin # . / hpacucli

  HP Array Configuration Utility CLI 9.40.12.0

  Detection of controllers... Fact.

  Type 'help' for a list of supported commands.

  Type "exit" to close the console.

  => ctrl all diag file=/tmp/my_ADUreport.zip ris = on = on zip xml = on

  Generation of diagnostic report... done

  -Online output

  / opt/HP/hpacucli/bin #.

  my_ADUreport.zip in / tmp can now be downloaded from the host...

  It could be that useful...

  / Rubeck

• 'Disconnect' a managed host to vCenter Server: practical application?

  The vSphere client offers the possibility to "unplug" a managed host to vCenter Server (right-click > disconnect).

  I was wondering in what situations it would be used/useful? He influence the virtual machines running on the host? Is "reconnect" everything just like linking to the departure to a new host?

  mudage

  Here is what I use the button disconnect to:

  I have an old vCenter 4 install with 10 ESXi 4.0 hosts, I now build a vCenter 5.5 system and need to migrate to this vCenter but I can't have all the time.

  So, I hit the button disconnect and then add the ESXi 4.0 host in my new vCenter, then at my convenience I then host 4.0 on a host 5.5 vmotion.

  I hope this makes sense to you.

  Simon.

• Cannot add host to vCenter server as data store is shared with an existing host to vCenter

  Recently, I removed a physical host to a virtual appliance of vCenter Server and am not able to add it to vCenter Server because I get an error message on the existing data store.  I run a simple server vCenter environment with two physical hosts and shared storage.  I've only been administering vCenter for a few months, so I'm relatively new on the technology and processes.  I searched the Internet for a few days now, but have not found documentation everyone has the same problem I have (which I find strange considering the simplicity my problem and configuration), so I tried to get help from the community of VMware.

  I received an error message a day this vCenter Server cannot connect to either of the two hosts so I removed the host (rather than disconnect and plug as I should have done).  Now, I am not able to connect to the host to vCenter server because the shared storage data store comes into conflict with the same data store used by the host in vCenter Server.  I get the error message is ' "Datastore"datastore_name"is in conflict with a store of data that exists in the data center which has the same URL (ds: / / / vmfs/volumes/UUID /), but is supported by different physical storage." "  I try to remove the host data store, but get the following error message: "resource" data store name: datastore_name VMFS uuid: UUID' is in use. ".  The error stack said: "'HostStorageSystem.UnmountVmfsVolume' call failed for object 'storage system' on ESXi"IP address"."  Cannot unmount volume ' data store name: datastore_name VMFS uuid: 'UUID' because the file system is busy. Correct the problem and retry the operation. "I tried to delete all virtual machines of the inventory, put the hosts in maintenance mode, restart physical hosts, but none of my troubleshooting contributes.

  I don't know what steps to take to get this data store driving with the host so that I can add it in vCenter Server.  You can provide me with any help is appreciated.

  Good thing you already moved the VMs on.  For what is 'disconnect', 'remove' or 'delete' might work anyway.  You should maybe put the host in maintenance mode or even reboot the host before you can remove data warehouses.  In an extreme case, I even had to remove the host and the hypervisor installed completely rebuild on the spot.  It is not that difficult or does not take long to reinstall, so be not afraid on this subject.  A clean reinstall could still save time compared to the deletion of data warehouses.