Limitations of SQL Express 2005 with vCenter linked mode servers

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• disclosure of the API with vcenter linked mode

  The API on a vcenter arrive on an another vcenter linked entities? In the linked vcenter inventory seems to appear anywhere in the CROWD.

  The linked vcenter can be managed in the vcenter gui, but it's just mistletoe knowing to send requests to the api for the other vcenter? The API knows something about the related modes?

  No, he can't manage them. In implementing related patterns as I understand it, it provides you with just the connections for the two vCenter. Linked Mode also uses ADAM to replicate permissions between linked VC, but you must always send API calls appropriate for the appropriate vCenter if you want to perform a specific operation on a given entity. It isn't really a "Federated", but just vCenter allowing multiple connections in a single view or a pane of glass.

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• Nexus1000v and vCenter Linked Mode

  Hello

  Is that what someone has implemented Nexus1000v in an environment with vCenter Linked Mode active? The VMware support guy says he only is not supported, but in my research in cisco and vmware Web sites I have found no documentation confirming this information.

  Thanks in advance,

  Rubens

  People now officially support us vCenter Linked Mode and vCenter Server Heartbeat.

  Go to the link for the official announcement below.

  https://www.myciscocommunity.com/Community/products/nexus1000v/blog/2010/06/03/nexus-1000V-support-for-vSphere-features-heartbeat-linked-mode

  Thank you

  Louis

• Cleaning of the space of SQL Express 2005 database; Sound to its fullest.

  Hi all

  Here's a question I need help. I have a vCenter Server, which has a database of maxed out of 4 GB on SQL Express 2005. It won't let me restart the service for vCenter Server if I restart the computer. Fortunately, I somehow got it upward after the restart, but not until I spent 3 hours on medium with HP/VMware. I went through the Article (KB1025914) showing the script that cleans your database, but it has not cleaned enough space to work. Now support tells me that I need to truncate the database, but I have to call Microsoft for support because they do not support problems with SQL even if it is a database of VMware and VMware the data that I need to clean all the partners. Go figure!

  After that go through all of these reasons, I realized that the table that uses my space is the dbo. Table VPX_EVENT of the 1.2 GB and dbo. Table VPX_EVENT_ARG to 995MB. I was able to come back in vCenter and I found that my database retention policy has been set to never delete for events and tasks, and now I have put in 90 days. Although it has not cleaned all the space in the database, I guess that's my question is. Can someone give me any indication on how I can clean these two tables? I want to delete all events and tasks that are more than 90 days from these two tables, which should give me should I want to shrink my database of at least 50%.

  Thanks for the help.

  After you change the setting, it will remove the events, but the size of the DB's not going down. You will need to run a full backup of the DB to truncate the logs. This will be relase little space but not automatically, it will just remove balls and add instead of whitespace. You can reduce the database and then you would see the size of the DB down. In SQL 2005 Express, you may need to run the cut several times, as I've experienced it won't shrink until the 3rd or 4th attempt.

• How to skip the installation of SQL Express 2005 and using SQL Express 2008 instead?

  I have SQL Express 2008 is installed and you want to use instead of SQL Express 2005.

  How to configure the installation of Lookout as he ignores the installation of SQL Express 2005?

  Are there other measures that must be taken so that Lookout can work properly with SQL Express 2008?

  Thank you.

  OK - it worked.

  However, for 64-bit installations, I had to use the WOW of SQL Express 2008 versions, because, the Citadel is a 32-bit database and installation of 64-bit native versions would not allow an upgrade of the Citadel of Instance.

  Thank you.

• SQL Express 2005 on XP Windpows

  I got this error when I try to install SQL Express 2005; http://pastebin.com/h0MyrzyG

  SUPPORT IS LOCATED IN THE SQL SERVER FORUM:
  http://social.msdn.Microsoft.com/forums/en/category/SQLServer

• vCenter Linked Mode and Perl SDK

  Hello

  our VMware environment is divided into two physical places represented as two instances of vCenter. The two vCenters are interconnected. I think that its Mode called "related"?

  Is it possible to use the Perl SDK also bound mode? Currently, I have to manually interrogate both our vCenters and then sort out myself.

  (1) How to configure Perl SDK so I only authenticate once against our environment in Linked mode?

  (2) How can I build queries against the API so results will include objects in the two vCenters? That is to say. If I run a ' Vim::find_entity_views (view_type = > 'VirtualMachine') "I want to get all the objects 'VirtualMachine' in the two vCenters I can avoid running two separate queries and then later combining query results? ".

  Thank you!

  Thomas Willert

  It is not a published API method, but there is a way to get the vCenter server list in a group of related modes.  I have an explanation and sample code: http://www.virtuin.com/2012/12/querying-vcenter-linked-mode-with.html

  With respect to authentication, if your vCenter instances use the same permissions (which is recommended), then it's just a matter to authenticate each vCenter.  This is what the native client as well (if you have never installed vCenters with different permissions, you will see the login for each vCenter prompt).

  If you look at the blog post I linked earlier, you self an example of authentication each vCenter as well.  Basically you call Util::connect() two times, once for each of your URL for vCenter.  However, do not delete the global VIM uses the SDK package, or it will default to the last vCenter.  I show in the example script: LinkedModeExample.pl

  With respect to the combination of queries... not so easy.  You need to redesign each vCenter with $vim-> find_entity_views().  Now on a more advanced note, API is powerful enough to make custom inventory queries, you can usually pick up and keep the updates in your objects.

  What I would recommend as a simple approach is two calls to find_entity_views, then push them in a hash or an array.  You'll just want to use the UUID vCenter:

  $vc_uuid is $vim1-> get_service_content()-> {'about'}-> {'instanceUuid'};.

  The instanceUuid has been added in vCenter 4.x and later versions (do not have in the past 2.5 vCenter instances).  Then use this instanceUuid + moref as hash keys.  This is important because the morefs can be duplicated between vCenters.

  So, you can then create a hash:

  My % vm_hash;

  foreach my {$entity (@$vm_views)}

  My $moref = $entity-> {'mo_ref'}-> {'value'}; # will be vm-# for virtual machines

  $vm_hash {$vc_uuid.} "+". $moref} = $entity;

  }

  Then you can quickly research specific VMs and keep separate them between vCenters.

  You'll find it works for simple data queries, but you start to get more items of inventory (say for an inventory report), the relationship becomes more complex and the number of objects grow.  I did work to push these values in a database and files (including by running it on 5 or less than weight and WaitForUpdatesEx), excel, which works well if you have the time to build the DB and the work of database object schemas.  Just use instanceUuid + Moref value as primary key to prevent any moref vCenter cross reuse value.

  The other option is that the vim reference is added to each object, so you can just get the data of each entity:

  foreach my {$vm (@$vm_views)}

  Print "VM:". "." $vm-> {'name'}. "\n";

  Print "InstanceUuid VC:". $vm-> {'vim'}-> {'service_content'}-> {'about'}-> {'instanceUuid'}. "\n";

  Print "ServiceUrl VC:". $vm-> {'vim'}-> {'service_url'}. "\n";

  }

  I have a project that I tinker with in my spare time (which is rare these days) which aims to consolidate multiple vCenters into one database for queries and reports, but I didn't get far enough away from share it (very rude, but works for a subset of data at present, but it is very effective for collecting loose on<5s intervals).="">

  You can also look into VMware Orchestrator.  Orchestrator can connect to multiple vCenters and caches data for access by automation.  According to your WAN performance, he can work a geographic site and make sure that you need (just watch the moref, names of entities and other potential overlap between vCenters) aggregated data.

• How to clean an installation Vcenter 5.5 missed a second server vCenter linked mode

  Hello

  First of all, my situation:

  I managed to install the following services on a single box:

  vCenter Single Sign-On (Vcenter Single Sign-on to your first server vCenter Server)

  vSphere Web Client

  vCenter Inventory Service

  vCenter Server

  The first properly installed vCenter (SRMVC.test.local).

  I then ran the installation on the second vCenter server (SRMVCDR.test.local)

  vCenter Single Sign-On (vCenter Single Sign-on for an additional vCenter server with a new site)

  vSphere Web Client

  vCenter Inventory Service

  vCenter Server (linked modes) * impossible *.

  I came across a mistake by joining the vCenter linked mode.  I then tried to force who do not have, and installation cancelled.   I think I am facing this problem described in this KB:

  Connecting two servers vCenter fails with the error: error 28039.Setup cannot join vCenter Server group related modes (1026087)

  http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 2006850

  Now, I see a series of problems with the virtual machine that may be the root cause.  When I open the Server Manager there is an error when I try to view the roles or features.   The error I see is:

  Unexpected error refreshing Server Manager: element not found (except for HRESULT:0 x 80070490)

  To make a long story short:

  I don't really want to solve the problem on the virtual machine.  I think there could be a problem with the template I've deployed this virtual machine from and I would just blow it way and the redeployment of a new model. The problem is that, in the previous installs, I had trouble to reinstall a second vCenter after a failure to install because different services have already been registered with the first SSO server.

  My question:

  How to completely clean all the necessary components on the first server vCenter after a failed install a second server vCenter mode related?  I think that the second server is not only with its own UNIQUE authentication server, but also with the first server in the SSO site located on SRMVC.test.local.  I want to blow any trace of it so that the environment is pristine and so that I can use the same name of the second vcenter (VCSRMDR.test.local) when I reinstall.

  If the second vcenter also has its own SSO installed on the same machine and the second SSO has been installed in multisite mode (should be Yes, because the main goal is to related modes), you need a clean to the top of the first SSO vmdrd.

  VMware support specific utility to get this done, please file a case for support.

  Installing vCenter isn't going to be a problem, each installation has a user ID application created with the date of installation, this ID and certificate (which should be unique for a new installation, disable ssl programdata folders if re - install) are used to record vcenter to OSP.

  So the old entries will not be a problem for the other components.

  ever since the webclient service, you can remove users from the application:

  Log webclient with [email protected] the first web client.

  Under setting up users and groups, under the users Application tab, you can see all the application registered users.

  To identify that one to remove

  for vcenter, check the file C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\VirtualCenter Server\ssoregtool\vssso.properties.

  Once you know the job vcenter ID, you can delete the ID of the other.

  Ditto for the inventory service, the inventory service ID can be found in C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Inventory Service\conf\sso.ini

  For webclient files is C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\vSphereWebClient\SsoRegTool\sso_conf\solution.ini

  vCenter and webclient has a user record solution with sso, which must be removed from the command line. This is the KB for this: 2033238

  again, you can use the above mentioned files to identify the one to delete.

• vCenter linked mode SSO

  Hello

  I am trying to understand the SSO with related modes works

  Today I have a vCenter installed with SSO installed as a base and. Now, I implement SRM here and after I install the second vCenter as base too much on the other site and try to create a linked mode an error pops up

  in ID incompatibility or something like that. I read that multisite is necessary to deploy related modes.

  How can I configure related here, but the problem is that I can't change the basic deployment in the first vcenter because it uses Nexus 1000V is a complex configuration for me.

  I can reinstall the second vCenter because nothing is yet set in.

  Thank you

  Unfortunately because you have it installed as a base, there is no way to install SSO multisite.

  According to the documentation

  "Server vCenter linked mode instances can be connected to different physical servers of Single Sign-On, but must be connected to a single Single Sign-On logical server. An only Single Sign-On logical server can be one of the following forms. »

  With 2 sets of basic mode, they are 2 physical and 2 logical SSO server.

  What should have been done is the first vCenter install SSO on the first node of a multisite SSO and when the second gets installed you create a UNIQUE authentication server separate but accede to the first node. Logically, this will be a single instance SSO so now both servers can be managed from a single web client and can be regulated in bound mode.

• VCenter Linked mode

  Hello world

  I wonder something about vCenter linked mode. If you have two (or more) of vCenters connected through linked modes, and one of them fails for a reason that would happen?

  Could you still manage the vms host, which were managed by the vcenter fails?

  I can find almost everything I wanted to know the documentation and various blogs etc, but this question remains unanswered. Anyone with experience with this issue?

  Thanks in advance!

  Correct - if you lose a vCenter that you lose. Related modes will make no difference in this case.

• Database and Vcenter linked mode

  Hi all

  I will install 2 Vcenter linked mode, each with him ' s have a local database, on a production site, and another at the recovery site.

  Question: should I make some considerations about the database? I mean, providing that I use the same version of server db on the two sites, do I have to consider other issues? When the production site goes down, I'll be able to use the Vcenter in the DR site with no problems?

  Thank you

  Angelo

  .. just to add a little.  All related attributes is a unique management point only reading.  All instances of vCenter must always be administered separately.

• Can vCenter 5.0 Update 2 servers operate in mode related with vCenter 5.5 servers?

  We have 5 servers vCenter linked mode vCenter 5.0 Update 2 (5.0.0 Build 913577).  We would like to take the vCenter DEV server and upgrade to 5.5 to test.  A 5.5 vCenter server will be able to enter modes related to vCenter Update 2 5.0 servers?

  No, which won't work. Please see Linked Mode Configuration required for vCenter Server

  André

• Is it necessary to keep the SQL Express database on vCenter?

  We have 6 guests, about 50 virtual machines, and SQL SERVER 2005 Express with two database databases: one for vCenter Update Manager.

  A few days ago, I have a problem with vSphere client, sometimes it works very slowly and sometimes it disconect vCenter.

  I have not found the reason for this behavior, but I suspect on sql. Sql databases has a low amount of space available, and the Task Manager sql service is about 900 MB (I guess that's the amount of RAM).

  I know that vmware would recommend max 5 guests and 50 virtual machines on sql express database, but I'm interesting what can do to increase the performance and space this database.

  I've already put the retention policy of database of 120 days and heard it is possible to purge old data, but I would like to hear some tips.

  Thank you

  You need not reinstall. Here (http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1028601) you have instructions in an example of migration of Enterprise Express - just point the DSN in the right place.

  Good luck!

  Marcelo Soares

• Integration of SQL Server 2005 with OBIEE 11g

  Dear gurus,
  
  Is there documentation on how to use SQL Server 2005 as datasource combined with OBIEE 11 g?
  Clear steps with pictures will be very useful.
  
  Thank you very much
  
  Concerning
  
  JOE

  Hello

  Please see this link.

  http://rnm1978.WordPress.com/2009/08/21/querying-SQL-Server-from-OBIEE-running-on-UNIX/

  Re: How to connect Linux OBIEE repository to SQL Server 2005 database

  Hope this helps

  Thank you
  Satya

• Selecting a SQL Server 2005 with names of long columns (&gt; 30 characters)

  Hello
  
  I was able to put in place a db Oracle 11.2.0.1 link to SQL Server 2005 using DG4ODBC.
  
  My problem is that some column names in Sql Server are more than 30 tanks and trying to select gives me the ORA-00972: identifier is a mistake too long.
  
  If I omit those select columns succeeds.
  I know that I can create a view in sql server and query it instead of the original table, but I was wondering if there is a way to overcome it with sql.
  
  My selection looks like this:

  select "good_column_name" from sometable@sqlserver_dblink -- this works
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  Thank you

  No there is no other way then using a view in SQl Server and select in the view rather than the table. The reason is that the Oracle database has a restriction that the column names must be 30 or fewer characters.