Make pseudo migration cold with free ESXi 3.5 VI Client?

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• Migration cold with snapshots

  What is the best way to cold migrate a virtual machine with photos, if snapshots may be taken first?

  Thank you

  Hello

  (1) turn off the virtual machine. Remove the virtual machine from the inventory...

  (2) move the file to the virtual machine of the old data to the new data store store & browse the data store.

  Add 3) the virtual machine to the new data store inventory.

  (4) it will contain snapshots.

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  Senthil Kumar D

• 2 physical processors with free ESXi 5.1?

  Hello world

  I apologize if this has been cleared up before, but I found several contradictory answers.

  I have a Poweredge 1950 III server that was given to me by a friend after having been abandoned. I have it at home, want to run ESXi free 5.1 there, but am curious to know if I'll be able to use two physical processors that are in the machine.

  Thanks in advance!

  -Chris

  There is no limitation on the physical processors, only the physical memory (32GB).

• What is 'Migration to cold with resettlement of the file'?

  Hello

  I just read http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1005241 on the migration of virtual machines with attached RDM. The document states that the following is true when you are migrating cold with moving file.

  When you are migrating cold a VM with RDM attached to it, the content of the raw LUN mapped by ROW is copied into a new hard to destination file, effectively converting or cloning a raw LUN in a virtual disk. This also applies when the virtual machine is not moving between ESX hosts. In this process, your raw LUN origin is left intact. However, the virtual machine is more reads or writes to it. Instead, the newly created virtual disk is used.
  I just tested this and migrated cold a VM with vRDM attached to another data store. However, the vRDM has not converted to a virtual drive, but remained as a vRDM. Is the "Cold Migration with file transfer" something different than right-clicking on the VMS in vCenter, choose "migrate" then 'Datastore change' or 'change of host and data store '?
  Thank you
  Michael

  Hello

  Glad to hear that it worked for you, yes the document isn't very desciptive processes to do it, the only reason that I know how to do it is previous experience.

  Gregg

• Nested Vrsion Eval of ESXi 5.5 free ESXi

  OK, I'm playing with the advanced features of ESXi and I want to install a nested eval version of 5.5 ESXi in my free version of ESXi 5.5. Do a little research, I did the following:

  • Install VMware ESXi 5 on a physical host and configure networks, storage and other aspects as needed (already have this race successfully with other virtual machines running)
  • Configure a vSwitch or port group for the active Mode Promiscuous
  • Log Mode of Tech Support (ssh or ILO) and do the following to activate tweak nested 64-bit clients

    echo 'vhv.allow = "TRUE"' >> /etc/vmware/config

  In addition, I went to the tab my 5.5 ESXi VM options and is went to the CPU/MMU virtualization and tried both using Intel VT - x settings when I installed. In both cases, I received a warning when installing ESXi that she would not support 64-bit virtual servers. When I pressed forward in any case, I wasn't able to create a computer virtual using Windows 2008 R2 64-bit.

  So my questions are:

  -J' read somewhere that you may not be able use nested virtualization with the free version of ESXi. Is - this true/not true?

  -If you can make nested virtualization with free ESXi then what am I doing wrong? What are the settings to make it work. I wonder if I'm missing something.

  Thank you

  Steve

  SteveG40 wrote:

  • echo 'vhv.allow = "TRUE"' >> /etc/vmware/config
    

  This parameter is required for ESX 5.0.  It is no longer necessary.

  -J' read somewhere that you may not be able use nested virtualization with the free version of ESXi. Is - this true/not true?

  Not true.

  -If you can make nested virtualization with free ESXi then what am I doing wrong? What are the settings to make it work. I wonder if I'm missing something.

  See https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc%2FGUID-2A98801C-68E8-47AF-99ED-00C63E4857F6.html for instructions on exposure of hardware virtualization has helped prompt by using the web client, or simply change the configuration of your ESX VM file and add:

  VHV. Enable = TRUE

• Free ESXi: host removed from the inventory... How to re - add?

  1. I created a new local client as a test using the free ESXi and included Infrastructure Client 2.5.0

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  2. I stopped, went to the inventory list and chosen to remove inventory

  

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  3. I can see all the files are still present on the data store...

  

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  3B. this part incidentally is enough 'fun' to understand. There is no option menu anywhere to access the data store. The only way I found is to double click on the small icon...

  

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  4. How can I add this virtual machine in the inventory list and resume using this client I created with only the free ESXi tools?

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  It seems that my only option to get a customer that is running is to make a new, or to "import" a via a weird file called a format *. OVF. Which is strange because that esxi uses not this format of its own client local file, as shown above in the data store.

  So, is the absence of a dialogue "Open existing VM" how VMWare is shooting free users in the foot?  It's the hidden gotcha that they use to force me to upgrade infrastructure for $3000 +, just to get a dialog box "open existing virtual machine"?

  -Melanie Dale

  Hi DMahalko, to add a virtual machine to inventory (re-record with the host country), you select the .vmx file in the window of the data store and click on the button all the way to the left of the toolbar in data store of the browser (the one with the logo of VMware as its icon). Who will start the wizard to add back to your inventory.

  For later use, you can also use the 'Search' tab in the browser of data store to find all the virtual machines in a data store. Simply select "Virtual Machines" in the drop-down and she will show you all virtual machines out there (including those who are already in the inventory). Hope that helps!

  Please, help me by awarding points for a 'useful' or 'proper' response if you think it is useful!

  -Amit

• Limitation of the free ESXi?

  We bought vSphere with 3 standard ESX/ESXi. What is the difference between ESXi installation with the license and the free license?

  How many physical servers can be installed with free ESXi license? And can all these servers use the same license key?

  In addition, no problem if we install on the free ESXi Server vCenter to manage servers ESX 3?

  The difference between free ESXi and licensed editions is the features available.  You can see the features that you get when you add a level license here.  You are not limited the number of guests, that you can install with your free ESXi license, but you cannot manage them with vCenter without add a vCenter Agent license.  It would be no problem to install vCenter in a VM on ESXi to manage your other ESX hosts.

  Dave

  VMware communities user moderator

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• Migrating from 5.0.0 free ESXi / ESX 4.1.0 a local database to bought ESXi 4.1.0 with SAN

  We currently have four host servers.  Two host servers are the free version of VMware ESXi 5.0.0 and ESX 4.1.0.  I have two hosts in a cluster, obviously with the version under license and running VMWare VCenter ESXi 4.1.0 running.

  All of these guests have all (vmdk files etc.) data stored locally on the host servers.  I'll be migrating to a new SAN and buy under license of VMware.

  I need to move the virtual hosts free version VMware servers (5.0.0 ESXi / ESX 4.1.0) to the cluster host ESXi 4.1.0 under license.  I can export the folder containing all the files and import it on the cluster license.  Once records are there, how can I activate the servers of records and pull up?

  I have to get off these hosts old existing virtual servers on the new servers which we you place your order.

  In this case I the new environment configuration and then for example use VMware Converter to migrate (V2V, with the virtual machine is turned off) the virtual machine of the former hosts in the vCenter Server environment allowing you to select the target storage.

  André

• Hot migration is possible with VMWare ESXi 5.1.0 without an ESX server management

  Hot migration is possible with VMWare ESXi 5.1.0 without an ESX server management?
  I wonder for a future issue, a scenario where a system administrator must build a Win2008 + DC on local storage, server
  then, once the physical box is integrated into the class network, the physical box is connected to the classified SAN storage.
  Is it possible to hot - migrate the server Win2008 + CC local storage to SAN storage at this time, with only the
  free version of VMWare ESXi 5.1.0?

  Welcome to the community - I guess that you are looking to do this, while the virtual machine is currently running - this is not possible without a management server, also called vCenetr, but all is not lost because you would be able spend the VM local storage to the San with the VM posered using the client storage management features

• VCenter Server with VMWare ESXi free 5 5

  Hi all

  Test the VCenter Server 5 Evaluation (60 day trial) to management all my 5 of VMWare ESXi (free license). It works with restrictions. These restrictions aren´t a problem for me. I need only to move (power off of virtual machines), clone, create templates for and organize my servers in a single interface VSphere Client. So, I would like to know what type of license of VCenter Server 5 woks if VMWare ESXi 5 free. Buy the VCenter Server 5 Standard?

  Another doubt is if VStorage works with VMWare ESXi free license I.

  Best regards

  Fabio Sobral

  Unfortunately the free ESXi hosts in vCenter management is not possible (except for the eval). The hosts of ESXi need a vCenter Server Agent license that is only available in editions 'paid' of ESXi.

  André

• Get-Stat and StatType Get with a free ESXi host

  I used the Get-StatType cmdlet to get a list of the values that I can get a free ESXi host and got a long list of values, I can get by using the cmdlet Get-Stat.

  Where can I get an explanation of the meaning of each value I can get?

  Concerning

  Marius

  Under the PerformanceManager in the SDK Reference documentation.

  And you can find a lot of info in VMTN communities and on several blogs (do a Google search)

• Migration cold - how many simultaneous servers

  We have a customer moving servers from one host to another host in the same ms. We do a migration cold because there are some limitations to this customer and no SAN/storage network so all local drives on the host server. Although we can now do vMotion without storage applications SAN/network has some limitations too and client wants to move which is supported by the seller and do not go by what VMWare can support. Our question is when we make cold migration using vCenter doing this option, stop comments right click migrate host and data store servers how can we move simultaneously at once a single server at a time, or we can do more than one. Any help would be appreciated. I am less familiar with this side of vmware, so feel free to ask for more information in case if I did not understand our scenario.

  VCenter is 5.5

  Esxi host on source version is 5.1 and destination is 5.5.

  There is a little math to do, but you can see the rates here: https://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-55/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.vcenterhost.doc%2FGUID-25EA5833-03B5-4EDD-A167-87578B8009B3.html

• Storage migration fails with the error: could not complete the network copy to path to the file

  Hello

  I have two hosts ESXi 5.5 with local storage and VMware vCenter device which manage them. Everything worked well until that time.

  Now when I try to make the host migration and storage, processing or power off the virtual machine, I get the error message:

  Could not complete the network for file /vmfs/volumes/.../path/to/file.vmdk copy

  The situation is the same when I try to deploy VM on ESXi-2 model that is on ESXi-1.

  All with the network configuration is correct. I have ping between the hosts on ESXi and ESXi and vCenter. No firewall hosts ESXi and vcenter. No physical firewall between hosts.

  The network latency is less than 1 ms. No packet loss.

  I read this VMware KB article: Storage migration fails with the error: could not complete network file copy and I tried solutions explained here, but the results are the same.

  You have ideas where the problem may be?

  Hello guys,.

  I finally found the problem.

  ESXi servers are configured with MTU 9000, but the switch where the hosts are connected was a bug documented with frames. I found the problem after finding this article http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1003734

  I run the command of ESXi-1:

  vmkping - d-s 8972 192.168.10.12 where 192.168.10.12 is the ip address of ESXi-2

  The result was:

  3 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss

  as a workaround, I reduce the MTU to 1500, then I patched the problematic switch.

• Details on the VMA for free ESXi and ESXi 4.0 to 4.1 upgrade

  Hi all

  I recently did a upgrade to ESXi 4.0 U1 to ESXi 4.1 (and before doing so did not noticed that MAS will be more usable in 4.1). I wanted to just make sure that there is currently no way to using VMrun to automate the decommissioning and snapshot and reboot of the Guest OS on ESXi 4.1 and that there is not just an error in my code?

  vmrun h https://ESXI_SERVER/sdk u root Pei _PASSWORD_ t stop server "VM_NAME" "" sweet

  I work for a non-profit and my budget is tight at best (around $150.00 USD) per year for this project. My only choice is to roll back to 4.0 U1?

  Brent cordially

  When you say vMA will be more usable in 4.1, what do you mean by that? If you have upgraded to vSphere 4.1 and you want to use vMA, then you must download the version 4.1 of vMA compared to version 4.0.

  If you are referring to the license "bug" to VIX, VIX releases allowing yet it works on ESXi free is VIX 1.6.2 but the problem has also been fixed on the side of ESX (i) of things from 4.1. If you rely on this feature, you can return to 4.0.x.

  That said, you always have the option to use the Busybox Console (Tech Support Mode) to manage and perform various host and virtual machine using vimshoperations, it works with both a licensed version and free ESXi as the commands are executed within TSM and this could be an alternative without having to demote ESXi

• How to make a simple video with my computer ' s web cam?

  I recently (10 minutes ago) asked a simple question on how to make a video.  For five of the most wonderful years of my life, I have designed critical systems of path for launch Pads 39A & B, the vehicle Assembly building and the robot that went out the candle to the pad.  On paper, a critical path system explained how the engineer, design and build a structure.  In this case, it was activities separate from about 3400 and when, how and how long these activities were to each other.  At the time where the Commander.  I worked and which had been granted to these contracts, had developed the method of the path critical following the guidance system of the Polaris Missile, which was incredibly hard to get a handle.  At the time where manned Apollo lunar Mission has been in place, I was one of only ten people in the world, who knew the process.  We needed honest, some answers to our questions or it would take years to accomplish what Stephen Hawking characterized as "the unique accomplishment largest in human history" you gave me answers to my questions by these 'engineers' for Microsoft on the use of a webcam and had implemented them, would not be there was a second launch of Apollo because the first three astronauts would be dead.  How to make a simple video with my computer ' s web cam?     Al wood

  http://www.WikiHow.com/use-webcam-on-Windows-Movie-Maker

  Movie Maker: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/movie-maker

  Not tested.  Instructions could be for the old version of Movie Maker, but they probably give you the basics.

  (It's a way of many - that the answer does not depend on your OS, but on the software you use to interface with your webcam.  Camtasia?  Skype?  etc and so on...)

  In addition, to find this information is quite simple.  Once I decided on what software to go with in my response to you (I chose Windows Movie Maker 12 because it's easy to get, free, Microsoft, similar to products that were previously found with Windows) I did a simple search on Google:

  use Windows Movie Maker 12 with webcam

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  The first hit seems to be a video market even helps you to download and install the Windows Movie Maker 12 application...