Microsoft Cluster in a virtual environment

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• Microsoft Cluster in vSphere using RDM disks

  Gentlemen, I have doubts that sounds simple, but it is better to ask than to the hurt things.

  Here, in the company where I started work two weeks ago. We have two servers of files Windows Server 2012, both are part of Microsoft Cluster Services, these two servers are virtualized on VMware ESXi 5.5, each on a host, here we use vCenter HA and DRS.

  Well, these file servers 03 RDM disks connected to the fibre channel, storage only disks are online only on node 1, node 2 drives are present in the computer Manager, but marked offline.

  To my knowledge, my experience of simple Microsoft cluster, the disks must be online on all nodes for disaster recovery is quick, for example through cluster in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V Server R2 of 2012 using iSCSI storage and always leave the disks online on all nodes.

  My question is: is there a reason why a node drives remain online and the other node is taken offline? Because of RDM technology?

  I can then do disks on node 2 as well as online without risk?

  I'm an environment that left another analyst configured, had never made Windows Server 2012 in virtualized VMware vSphere servers cluster using RDM disks, so made the questions, so instead of simply in clicking on node 2 of disks and makes them online it is better to ask before

  Thank you!

  Ivanildo, is the normal Windows Server Failover Clustering behavior, since it is an active/passive cluster architecture, where a single node read/write a disk at a time, and is not a problem due to the use of RDMS in vSphere environment.

  The bellow image show two discs a WSFC, where 6 disk Offline on that particular node and the 7 disc is online:

  

  And, do TRY not to put the disks as offline being online on another node through disk management, this task must be performed by using the Failover Cluster Management console.

• Windows 7 Home Premium with invalid Code of Activation in the virtual environment

  I have a PC with Windows 7 Home Premium, I could get the Product Code of Magic Jelly Bean KeyFinder.  I created a Virtualbox Win7 environment to test the code for what should I have to rebuild my computer I have everything properly.  Although I enter the code correctly when I try to activate it says that is not valid.  Is it because I'm under a system with it already running with the same product code that it does not work properly? Or something else?

  If your intention is to rebuild the desktop, why would need to test the activation code to see if it works, when it is currently working on the host itself? I can understand the Windows 7 Home Premium assessment in the virtual environment, but the idea of the code itself, no.

  If its already active in the host, then that means it works.

  If Home Premium from Windows 7 is pre-installed on the host itself, the code that you use cannot be used to activate Windows 7 elsewhere.

  New computers coming often pre-installed with Windows 7 have what is called a recovery partition. This is used to reinstall an operating system in the case of a system failure. To access it, you need to start when you start your computer by pressing a function key. This can be either F1, F2, F9, F10, F11, F12 key DEL or tab. See the manual that came with your PC for instructions on how to reinstall Windows.

  This is how the recovery partition is accessible to most popular brands...

  For Dell, press F8 on the keyboard until the Advanced Boot Options menu appears on the screen.

  For HP, press F11 directly after switching on the device

  For LG, press F11 directly after switching on the device

  For Toshiba, press and hold "0" BEFORE and during the power upward

  For Acer, press and hold ALT + F10, as soon as you see the logo

  For Asus, press F9, as soon as you see the Asus logo.

  For Samsung, press F4 to the power upward...

  For Fujitsu, press the F8 key directly after the power

  Advent, restart your computer. Then, press F10 repeatedly until the message "Starting system recovery"

  Sony VAIO, reboot and press "F8" or "F10" repeatedly until the screen "Advanced Boot Options".

  If it is a retail license and you need to reactivate Windows 7 Home Premium if you reinstall from scratch, you can still use phone activation:

  How to activate Windows 7 manually (activate by phone)
   
  1) click Start and in the search for box type: slui.exe 4
   
  (2) press the ENTER"" key.
   
  (3) select your "country" in the list.
   
  (4) choose the option "activate phone".
   
  (5) stay on the phone (do not select/press all options) and wait for a person to help you with the activation.
   
  (6) explain your problem clearly to the support person.
   
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/950929/en-us

  Go to the properties of the system of the host machine (start > right click computer > properties > scroll to the bottom of the window). If you see OEMS in the ID of the product you can not use elsewhere:

  

• Supported high availability in a virtualized environment

  Hi guys,.

  is it supported software such as Veritas Cluster Server cluster in a real operating system in order to have the high Avalibility for my message store?

  According to the release of the latest Suite of Communication of information, it would be possible, any ideas?

  https://wikis.Oracle.com/display/CommSuite/common+release+information+for+Communications+Suite+7.0.6#CommonReleaseInformationforCommunicationsSuite7.0.6-SystemVirtualizationSupport

  Thank you

  Caius

  As indicated by the release notes as you pointed out, UCS does not specifically support or does not support any given platform virtualizataion - the virtual machine solution must be completely transparent to the application. If the OS and HA solution is supported by the UCS and HA solution running support in this virtual environment, then it is supported.

• Microsoft Cluster Services - vmware

  If a virtual machine is running in 2008 and will be used for Microsoft cluster services, can drive BONE be thin commissioning?

  Hello.

  No, the disc format should be thick.  It is documented in the document "Setup for Microsoft Cluster Service and Failover Clustering".

  Good luck!

• Using of MS Cluster HA providing virtual Center 4.0

  Hi, we currently use ESX3.5 and Virtual Center 2.5, I'm about to start an update on all our services for 4.0 VSphere and virtual Center 4.0.  For the moment, we have a node two MS Cluster to connect to the DAS storage that supports Virtual Center 2.5.  I need to know if 1: VCentre 4.0 is supported running on a MS Cluster and 2: are there documents describing the process to create the cluster group.

  I did this several times for VCenter 2.5, but I am not able to find info on VCentre 4 and all my research seems to lead me VCentre Heartbeat.

  Any help is appreciated.

  The "Setup for Failover Clustering and Microsoft Cluster Service" for vCenter 4.1 can be downloaded from http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_mscs.pdf and vCenter 4.0 use link http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40_u1/vsp_40_u1_mscs.pdf

  I hope this information helps

  If you have found this or other useful information, please consider awarding points to 'Correct' or 'useful '.

  F10

  VCP3, VCP4, HP UX CSA

  http://KB.VMware.com/

• When I uninstall a virtual environment data created on it get deleted as well?

  Hello

  IM new to VMware. As the topic of my discussions States: get deleted data created on the virtual machine when the virtual environment of comments is removed?

  Thanks in advance.

  I found the link of Ulli on tools and procedures to do so.  http://www.Feyrer.de/g4u/#shrinkimg

  If you found this information useful, please consider awarding points to 'Correct' or 'useful '. Thank you!!!

  Kind regards

  Stefan Nguyen

  VMware vExpert 2009

  iGeek Systems Inc.

  VMware, Citrix, Microsoft Consultant

• Break the password of ISE in a virtual environment.

  Hi all

  I forgot my password of my ISE. Infact, it is running in a Secure Network Server 3415.  This equipment has been installed by my colleague and he left the organization. Please help me and let me know how to break the password in ISE; that runs in a virtual environment.

  Please let me know if you need more information.

  Kind regards

  Shafi U

  ISE ISO can be downloaded at http://goo.gl/ECqB57

• Can I use an antivirus on each of my hosts and guests at the same time when running a virtual environment on my PC?

  I have Windows 7 running on my main computer at present and that you have a virtual environment installed as an operating system on this computer very.

  I would like to know if I am able to run an internet security on my pc (Windows 7) host program and other internet security on my guest in my virtual environment operating system (pc windows 8)... at the same time.

  I ask this question because... I installed my OS of windows 8 in a virtual environment running inside my Windows 7 OS in order to familiarize yourself with the features of windows 8 and to test the compliance of windows 8 with various hardware components I use... to satisfy my curiosity before I migrate eventually completely to windows 8.

  Part of my tests would involve various software including Internet security applications.

  So the question is... I was able to save my virtual environment with an Internet security program, while having an Internet security program running in the host computer?

  PS my environments hosts and guests are not put networked with the exception of the common external drives and dvd burners. The plan being that the Internet security on my host computer program will have my analysis excluded virtual environment.

  Yes

  The systems are completely separated from each other, will not affect the different AntiVirus on another product.

  If you decide to test another Internet security program don't forget to completely remove the old version on the virtual machine

• ID in a virtualized environment

  Can someone develop an IDS solution for a virtualized environment?

  I have ESX/ESXi - highly virtualized blade servers.  IM using the blade passes under chassis e/s - no pass-through.

  The requirement is to run a service IDS such as VM-on-VM traffic is controlled. The traffic flow can be between two virtual machines on the same blade, 2 virtual machines on two separate blades in the same chassis, or two separate virtual machines on two hunts...

  In this case, I see 3 streams of traffic off of the bat...

  blade even: vm-on-vm traffic is enabled by a hypervisor type switch (vDS 1000v or vmware).

  different blades in the same chassis: vm-on-vm traffic will leave blade and can be set by hardware chassis (blade chassis I/O) switch.

  different chassis: vm-on-vm traffic will have to go to ToR (maybe same end of line).

  NOTE: If the VMs are on different VLANS, traffic will always be at the end-of-line/agg switches (the limit of L3/L2).

  So, given all of these possible flows, what is the best way to go about deploying IDS service? Implementation? Virtual or physical? etc...

  Thank you!

  You're right, dragging the flow of vm virtual machine out of the box for the inspection of the IPS and stuffing then reconnect will be a bottleneck of bandwidth. I doubt that it would cost you more CPU to move these pieces sttings to launch an IPS sensor inside the box (ala Sourcefire).

  To minimize the bandwidth bottleneck, you can add Ethernet interfaces to your ESXi server and even to group several togther if you need more bandwidth, a single pair can offer.

  -Bob

• MSCS - NLB Microsoft cluster

  Hello

  We have 4 cluster NLB nodes on Production site and we expect protect it with MRS. 5.1.1.

  SRM 5.1.1 supports 2-node Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS).  vSphere 5.1.x supports up to 5-node MSCS. SRM 5.1.x supports 2-node MSCS.

  Is it possible to have 4 NLB nodes in production and to protect only two nodes with MRS? as we just need two nodes for DR.

  Not sure, but I think you mix two features here, MSCS, and NETWORK load balancing. The restrictions apply to MSCS, but not NETWORK load balancing (unless I'm missing something).

  André

• List of Cluster and the virtual machines running on this group

  Hello

  I am looking for a way to discover all of the virtual machines that belong to a cluster. In other words, I want a list that maps a cluster to all virtual machines running on it.

  In the documentation of the API, I find that "ClousterComputeResouce"has a managed object to "HostSystem" reference. "

  And "HostSystem" is a reference to managed object to the 'VirtualMachine'.

  So I can do it like this: ClusterComputeResource-> ManagedObjectRefence-> ManagedObjectRefence (VirtualMachine)-> whatever_properties_I_need_from_the_VM (HostSystem).

  However, this would cause a lot of ' Vim::get_views"calls within a"foreach"loop." It would be a deterrent to performance as the vCetner in question has ~ 50 clusters and has ~ 3500 running VMs.

  I think this was going to literally kill the VirtualCenter with so many API calls.

  My Question: is there an effective way to find Cluster and their respective VMs in vSphere SDK Perl.

  In vSphere client, we get the tab 'Virtual Machine' when we click on the Cluster and you can see all the virtual machines that belong to this cluster. So I hope that there must be an easier way.

  Thank you.

  Hello

  You don't need the host_view for this action. Why don't you use begin_entity for views of the vm?

  my $cluster = 'cluster1. "

  My $cluster_view = Vim::find_entity_view (view_type-online 'ClusterComputeResource',

  filter => {"name"-online qr / ^ $cluster / I});
  {if ($cluster_view)}
  My $vm_views = Vim::find_entity_views (view_type-online 'VirtualMachine',

  begin_entity => $cluster_view.

  Properties-online ['name']);
  foreach {$vm_ref(@$vm_views) my
  print $vm_ref--> name. » \n » ;
  }
  }

  Hope that helps!

  Greetings, Chris

• Keyboard does not not in virtual environment

  Hello

  I just bought and installed VMWare Fusion on a Mac Pro running Lion.  I set up a virtual environment with Snow Leopard Server, but my keyboard does not respond within the virtual environment.  It would be like if I didn't have the keyboard hooked up to my computer, if it happened on the actual computer.  He initially worked in the virtual environment after my first installation of the OS, as I was able to type in the various Info configuration, such as user name and password, but it doesn't now.  I searched through this forum and cannot find any solution.  I was hoping someone here could point me in the right direction.

  I notice that when I raise System Profiler, no keyboard is listed under USB devices, so I don't know if that is related to the problem or not.

  Any help in this would be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you

  Dennis

  Strange, indeed: I installed the VMware Tools as the second time, and it worked.

  You can try again and activate the automatic connection this time...

• Compatibility with Microsoft Cluster DRS

  OLA,

  Microsoft works com DRS cluster?
  Documents Achei no site da vmware than say that sim e outros as nao. Qual seria a resposta certa?

  Obrigado.

  Hello

  Microsoft Cluster works with DRS ?

  
  I found le VMware the site documents what to say Yes et others not . What would be le right answer ?

  Jones, disco os vc esta publicando cluster por iSCSI direto para o Windows e nao por Raw Device?

  Neste caso, esses disco nao aparecem na lista devices da VM, product?

  Dessa forma o snapshot deve funcionar, pq na pratica nao tem bus sharing nas configuracoes da VM. So don't o nao gerado nao sumergida os discos publicados por iSCSI snapshot.

• OPA on virtualized environment

  Hello
  
  It is used to recommend that the duration of the OPA has been run on a physical server, but there is a growing demand to run on a virtualized domain. The operation of the OPA on a virtualized environment affect the model of supported somehow; i.e. the Oracle will support the OPA on a virtual server rather than physical?
  
  Thank you

  You are welcome Roger,.

  For Oracle VM - we fully support this end to end, if you are using a supported operating system.
  For VMWare - we support fully, as long as you are (a) using a supported operating system, and (b) it can be demonstrated that the problem occurs when you do NOT run on VMWare

  Davin.