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• Problems with VMware virtual Center 2.5.0 and ESX 3.5.0 123630

  I lost connection to my SAN over the weekend and restarted my entire stack. Everything came to life, except a host server ESX is grayed out and shows disconnected my cluster of Virtual Center. If I right click on the host, everything is gray except 'Add alarm, add Permission, summary report and Performance report'.  I was able to connect directly to the host and was able to start the VM on the host machines, but my question is how to run in my cluster Virtual Center? I have no option to remove or connect.

  Thank you

  try restarting your vCenter Server Service

  ... also, you can restart pass and/or management agents vCenter on the host in question to the service console

  > service mgmt-vmware restart

  > service vmware-vpxa restart

• Support for Virtual Center 5.1

  Just in case you missed this email form

  http://app.response.quest.com/e/es.aspx?s=2149&e=88474&ELQ=421c9f2036f1490ba485191ded5aa85e

  Notification of critical support quest product Quest® vFoglight® 6.7 and Foglight® cartridge for VMware (all versions) Problem vFoglight 6.7 and cartridge Foglight for VMware (all versions) have a known problem with 5.1 vSphere environments where products fail to collect data. How will this affect vFoglight 6.7 and cartridge Foglight for VMware? Data collection of vSphere 5.1 causes an Invalid Argument exception associated with the collection of relationship and hierarchy in the VMware Agent which translates data not listed is not in the vFoglight / Foglight Management server. Agent log contains the error messages below: 2012-09-14 14:10:18.422 ECHO ERROR [Quartz-1226] com.quest.agent.esx.task.RelationsTask - execution error: ERROR: null com.vmware.vim25.InvalidArgument 2012-09-14 14:10:18.422 com.quest.agent.esx.task.RelationsTask ECHO FATALE [Quartz-1226] - an unexpected error occurred when connecting to the VirtualCenter. Please check your configuration of the agent in order to ensure a connection correct information has been entered. Workaround There is currently no work around for environments that have already been upgraded to vSphere 5.1. Status A defect in the product was filed as a VM-3207 and R & D work on a permanent solution. Updates will be posted on the Support Portal in SOL97413knowledge base article. Once a permanent solution is released a follow-up notification will be sent.

  Update:

  We just released VMware 5.6.4.3 cartridge and it is an official release to support the virtual Center 5.1.

  If you like this this link for more details information.

  http://en.community.Dell.com/TechCenter/virtualization/infrastructure/f/4826/t/19558882

  Concerning

  -Lee

• Deploy Windows 2008 Server X 64 reviews of model with customization on Virtual Center 4.0 using the ESX 3.5 hosts

  Deployment of Windows 2008 Server X 64 system of operating invited by using hosts Virtual Center 4.0 and ESX 3.5 implements a message telling me:

  Cannot deploy the model: customization of the

  guest operating system "winVistaGuest" is not

  supported in this configuration. Microsoft Vista

  (TM) and Linux with Logical Volume guests

  Manager are supported only for the recent ESX host

  and versions of VMware Tools. Refer to vCenter

  documentation for taken configurations supported.

  error

  This isn't just normal? Just today I upgraded to VC4.0 to be able to deploy my new servers based on findings on this forum. And no matter if I change the Machintype Vista x 64 or elsewhere Vista32 (what is wrong of course). Any other gopt experience with this?

  There should be no need to upgrade to vCenter4 just to be able to customize a W2K8 Guest.  We vCenter 2.5 and have no problem.

  Take a look at this KB

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1010449

• Windows operating system licensing for virtual environments

  How will the license of windows 7 Os or no matter what Windows OS work when import us an iso image or snapshot of performance already windowsOS machine physical-to-virtual machine? (w.r.t. a cloud or virtualized environment?)

  I don't know if Microsoft allows the same key to be used in 2 different machines, virtual or physical

• Try to update to Virtual Center Server

  I've recently started a business and need to update their virtual Center Server, they run the 2.0.1 version.  When I try to download updates VMWares site won't let me. It says I need a license for Virtual Center 2.0.  I see that the company has a license for version 1.0, but I do not see a 2.0.  Could they have had version 1.0 patched to 2.0.1?  How are they able to run 2.0.1 version if they do not have a licesnce for her?  How can I move forward with this upgrade.   I am also able to download updates for ESX server, virtual center just not.

  I would call VMware and know who registered your VM products and if the interview is still active. Having the license file will help if they do not find you in the database. If you use Notepad, you can view the license file and it should show you what you licensed and have a name associated with it.

  Something like that

  INCREMENT VC_DAS VMWARELM 2005.05 permanent 4.

  VENDOR_STRING = "licenseType = Server;" vmodl = das; desc =-VMware

  HA; capacityType = cpuPackage' Publ. = January 20, 2009.

  NOTICE = "FulfillmentId = XXXXXX; name = AARON' TS_OK.

• Upgrade virtual Center 2.02 VC 2.5 on the new server. Upgrade ESX 3.02 ESX Server 3.5. and add the new ESX Server.

  Hello

  We are due to upgrade our VMWare environment. ESX 3.02 x servers virtual Center 2.02 and 3.  We have new material on which to install Virtual Center and we are also adding a new ESX Server.

  I read various guides for virtual center upgrade and watched questions on the forum, but can not see everything that relates to the way I thought to do. I want to install Virtual Center 2.5 on the new server and I would refer her to the current virtual cenre database.  Is this supported?

  I then install ESX 3.5 on my new ESX Server and add it to the virtual Center. Then I would start the upgrade / rebuild other servers using VMotion to migrate all VM the next server to be rebuilt on the new server running ESX 3.5.

  Would this work.

  What is the best way to upgrade the virtual center of new material and a new Version?

  Thank you for all the advice that can be offered.

  Kind regards.

  Kevan

  Kevan says:

  I read various guides for virtual center upgrade and watched questions on the forum, but can not see everything that relates to the way I thought to do. I want to install Virtual Center 2.5 on the new server and I would refer her to the current virtual cenre database.  Is this supported?

  Yes, it is an upgrade that is supported.  Don't forget there will be an upgrade for your DB schema and it may take some time.  Just make sure that you have a good backup of your DB before you start.

  I then install ESX 3.5 on my new ESX Server and add it to the virtual Center. Then I would start the upgrade / rebuild other servers using VMotion to migrate all VM the next server to be rebuilt on the new server running ESX 3.5.

  I agree entirely, I drive rebuild is the way to go.

  Would this work. > What is the best way to upgrade the virtual center of new material and a new Version?

  Upgrade to the current version using the .iso image file.  Don't forget the license server, which is a standalone update and are located in the folder /vpx of the vCenter .iso

  Upgrade path:

  1 vCenter

  2 ESX

  3 VMware Guest Tools

  Thank you for all the advice that can be offered.

  I hope that was a little helpful as well

  http://www.VMware.com/PDF/vi3_35/esx_3/r35u2/vi3_35_25_u2_upgrade_guide.PDF

• 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.

  If you have found this device or any other answer useful please consider useful or correct buttons using attribute points

  ~ y

• public network for virtual machines, private storage and the service console?

  Hello

  So far I had a pretty small facility with 2 servers with 4 physical network adapters each running ESX 3.5, a small box of EqualLogic SAN to shared storage and a few virtual machines on our network of regular reinforcement, routed, not on a private.   The network config was really simple.  I just put everything on real IP addresses on our network of building.

  Now I want to move the SAN and the traffic on a private service console network, but I don't know how to do this.

  Right now I use 2 NETWORK cards on each server:

  vmnic0 is configured on vSwitch0 and has the network of the VM on it that all my use of VMS to talk to the outside world, and it also has the Service Console that uses Virtual Center and I use ssh to it.

  vmnic1 is configured on vSwitch1 and a VMKernel Port and also a Service Console Port for iSCSI Software to talk to my SAN.  (never been clear on why both are needed to talk to the SAN, but doctors say they are)

  My plan is to set up a vSwitch2 and bind it to vmnic2 and implemented a VMKernel Port and the Service Console Port for software iSCSI on the 10.x.x.x network, set up my new (larger) SAN box on the 10.x.x.x network and simply use Storage vMotion to move virtual machines to the new storage space.  As soon as I did this, I would like to not use the Service Console on vSwitch2 and not a Console Service at all on vSwitch0.  Is it possible to delete the one on vSwitch0 and just use a new vSwitch2 for Virtual Center and ssh access?

  So my proposed configuration would be:

  vSwitch0: VM network only, used by the VM guests for oriented public access network, no construction of Network Service Console, linked to vmnic0

  vSwitch1: superfluous once I do storage vMotion of everything on my old SAN, will eventually remove and pair vmnic 1 with vmnic0, linked to vmnic1

  vSwitch2: VMKernel and Service Console on the network 10.x.x.x, used to access the new SAN, used by Virtual Center to access the ESX, used to SSH in to ESX on private network, associated vmnic2

  If it works?

  Thank you.

  Hello

  VMkernel ports cannot live on the same subnet. So if you have 3 vmkernel ports say: vMotion, iSCSI and NFS. You really need 3 subnets. 1 for each vmkernel port.

  Otherwise how does he know all send properly?

  Best regards

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• Windows licensing for vSphere Essentials all Linux virtual machines running

  We offer vSphere Essentials and Essentials Plus of application virtualization on a company that currently has 4 servers that run multiple applications under CentOS. The two products are very good values, providing important functionality at a reasonable cost. Yet, society of the end-user has some resistance to the required cost of Windows Server licenses. There is no Windows servers on this network. Even a minimal vSphere Essentials requires usually 3 Windows Server licenses (for the domain controller, vCenter server, and database server) and a SQL server license. Even when using standard licenses, the total cost of these is higher than the cost of the essential elements of vSphere. Other people deploying vSphere Essentials on Linux-oriented networks are finding ways to use a lower number of Windows Server licenses?

  vCenter Linux would be an alternative in such cases, but this project seems to be stalled.

  Thank you.

  Welcome to the community,

  If you're only going to do the virtualization of servers (not VMware View) the vCenter Server does not need to be a member of the domain, or you need a separate SQL Server for a small environment. The edition of SQL SERVER 2005 Express (included in the vCenter Server installation) is sufficient.

  While a single license of Windows (more CALs) would do.

  André

• What is the right license for me?

  Hello world!

  I have 4 blades. I want to create 2 VMs on each server. One of the virtual machines will be installed VCenter

  My blade servers had 2 physical CPUs, 8 cores per processor and HyperThreading active (total 32 logical cores per server) and 64 GB of RAM

  What is the license on the right I have to buy?

  I thank in advance

  I'm assuming that your refer to vSphere and VMware Server for VMware Server is is no longer available - you'll need to buy 1 license of Virtual Center and 8 standard (4 x 2) CPU ESXi licenses - depending on what features you need can you but either standard, enterprise or company - you can learn more here http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere_pricing.pdf

  I also moved it to a more appropriate forum

• Virtual Center upgrade to 5.0 U1 4.1 on the new machine

  Hello

  I don't see that this scenario in the upgrade documentation so wanted to clarify.

  Have currently Windows 2008 R2 server running Virtual Center 4.1 U1 and database resides on separate SQL 2008 Server.  Virtual Center Server has been improved 3 times now so eager to make a new update for Virtual Center 5.0 on a new server by keeping the existing database.  The data migration tool cannot be used because it is only for the migration of versions prior to version 4.1 U1.

  I'll do the following:

  Install a new server with new name/ip.

  Install Virtual Center 5.0 and create the DNS pointing to the existing SQL 4.1 database.

  -At this point is it ask me to upgrade the database?

  I have problems in doing this?  Will all of my existing hosts show as offline and must be reconnected and updated Virtual Center new server SSL certificates?

  Thanks in advance.

  Tony

  I'll do the following:

  Install a new server with new name/ip.

  Install Virtual Center 5.0 and create the DNS pointing to the existing SQL 4.1 database.

  -At this point is it ask me to upgrade the database?

  Yes, there will be an upgrade of the DB schema, so make sure you have a good backup. Make sure that you set up the system DSN from 64 bits to the correct address and test your connection to the DB before upgrading.  Also, make sure you have dbo on the VCDB and MSDB

  I have problems in doing this?  Will all of my existing hosts show as offline and must be reconnected and updated Virtual Center new server SSL certificates?

  If you change the host name and IP, your hosts may be in offline / not responding.  If you do a right click on it and "connect", they should return to the inventory very well.  (you may be prompted for credentials to the root)

  See also,

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1001493

• MS licenses for display issue

  I have a headache from reading this Microsoft 'Windows licenses for virtual offices' guide.

  I'll explain my current scenario and hope that one of you nice people can clear this up for me lol

  In my office, I have about 300 computers Dell desktop / laptop. They are running Windows XP or Windows 7. The operating systems are installed by using the OEM Dell CD/DVD.  Now, I have installed view 4.5. I have a need to create VMs of Windows XP and Windows 7 VMs. currently, as is obvious, I am not a license for the installation of operating systems on virtual machines. I thought that we can purchase volume of Windows XP and Windows 7 licenses and be done with it. So, I went to my boss and asked him to buy and he hands me this guide and said that we must buy VDA licenses for $100 each.

  I just went through this guide and what I came out it was, if we buy 100 thin clients, to buy 100 licenses VDA, for $100 per year!  It's all great and everything, but I still need a license key to install Windows XP and Windows 7, and I don't want the end user to activate windows, so where am I supposed to get these license keys of? We expect use Linked Clones and QuickPrep, if really the parent need virtual machines need to be enabled, I guess

  Sorry if it came out stupid, but I've never dealt with before OS license. I've never had to since Dell has always provided a cd/dvd of BONE that could not be activated. I really don't understand this.

  Any help would be appreciated.

  Mike

  VDA will give you the keys to Windows that can be activated with the MAK (for some machine) or MKS (this is your case, and you must also deploy a MKS server for this purpose).

  Another solution, instead of the VDA license, is to normalize your platform and Add Software Assurance on your client. This gives the right to have for each customer according to ITS a virtual office (without additional VDA license).

  I suggest call your Microsoft representative to understand the option two different.

  André

• Accident of ESX 3.5 but virtual Center did not perform vMotion on virtual machines

  Hello

  We have 3 ESX servers on Virtual Center 2.5. One of the ESX Server suddenly restarted due to hardware failure. There were 5 virtual machines on this particular ESX host.

  When we check all the VMs who resided on the ESX host touched, he has just restarted and didn't vMotion for the rest ESX servers

  The question is why don't the vMotion VMs to the rest of the other servers. The rest of the ESX host have more than enough CPU and RAM to accommodate all 5VMs

  My understanding of vMotion would be when an ESX host is down, all the virtual machines will be migrated to other ESX hosts on the cluster.

  When an ESX host is down, the migration of all virtual machines to other ESX hosts in the cluster is not a VMotion functionality, but this is a feature of VMware HA. The vSphere availability Guide:

  "VMware HA offering high availability for virtual machines by pooling their and the hosts they reside on in a cluster." Cluster hosts are monitored and in case of failure, the virtual machines on a failed host are restarted on alternate hosts. »

  Therefore, enable HA of the cluster to achieve the desired result.

  Best regards, Robert

  Post edited by: RvdNieuwendijk

• Problems of Virtual Center update

  Hello

  I'm trying to update my 2.5 Update virtual Center 2-day 6 and downloaded the zip on the VMWARE site.  When I run through the upgrade, everything seems fine and I click on install, but shortly after, I get:

  Windows Installer - another version of this product is already installed.  The installation of this version cannot continue.  To configure or remove the existing version of this product, use Add/Remove programs from the control panel.

  Is it not possible to upgrade on top?  You really have to uninstall the old version of VCenter to update to the current iteration?  This is my first Virtual Center upgrade.  Or is that what I downloaded the wrong package?  And is there a smaller package to use for update?

  Kind regards

  Darren

  Another version of this product is already installed. The installation of this version cannot continue. To configure or remove the existing version of this product, use Add/Remove programs from the control panel.

  Is it not possible to upgrade on top?

  Apparently not... It does not give an error, he specifically told you TO remove it all first.  vCenter 4.0 performs the removal of previous versions for you.

  And just info there is NOT such a thing as an 'upgrade' EVERY install, Windows, programs, EVERYTHING a re - INSTALLS the product, some may simply automate the removal of the software if you don't have to do, but NO Windows "updates" package the existing installation, they ALWAYS remove the oldest elements, then replaced with the most recent.