Migrate Workstation VM to ESXi host

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• 6u2 ESXi host nested on VMware Workstation for Linux referee v12

  Hello all, I have

  I have a lab environment virtual running in VMware Workstation for Linux v12, and my ESXi hosts do not work correctly on one of the virtual networks. All my troubleshooting suggests a problem with nested ESXi hosts that may be a bug, but I want to assure you that I did everything properly first. That's why I post here with the hope that if I made a mistake that maybe someone else can point out he me.

  Physical system

  8 core Intel Xeon 2.1 GHz CPU

  128 GB of RAM

  OS - kernel Linux 64 - bit w/3.19.0-32-generic Linux Mint 17.3 (fully updated from this announcement)

  VMware Workstation 12 Pro - 12.1.1. Build-3770994 (fully updated from this announcement)

  Nested ESXi host VM

  ESXi v6.0.0 (Build 3825889, completely updated from this announcement)

  4 cards 'physical' (only 3 used for now)

  -all use the e1000 NIC hardware virtual, but also tried vmxnet3 NIC with no difference

  -vSwitch0 use vmnic0 & 1 vmnet16 of virtual network in a pair of active / standby

  -vSwitch1 uses vmnic2 on network virtual vmnet18

  -vmk0 used for management on vSwitch0 and vmk1 for iSCSI on vSwitch1

  -"Promiscuous" mode and forged passes enabled on all Port vSwitch groups (activating or turning off these features makes no difference)

  Test performed until now

  I checked that all the IP addresses and network masks used are correct.

  With the help of vmkping I ping other nodes on the network vmnet16 with success.

  With the help of vmkping I tried to ping the other nodes in the network vmnet18, but that has failed.

  I have depolyed other non - ESXi VMs on the vmnet18 network, and they are able to ping each other, but are unable to ping or ping by the ESXI host.

  I tried various material virtual NIC as mentioned before, but without changes in the results.

  I tried to use only local network instead of the vmnet18 guest network segments with no change in results.

  When I find out the status of the network adapters on the ESXi host through vCenter or host incorporated client vmnic0 & 1 time display network information, but vmnic2 shows no networks. Yet, I know that there is a network with different VM communicate on it. Moreover, I was able to get all of this work on a Windows system running 10 Workstation (this is the laptop that my employer gives me with).

  Having built nested ESXi labs on different platforms as well as physical environments in the past, I'm very confused as to why I can't get this special configuration to work. At this point my gut tells me that this is probably a bug any with the nested themselves ESXi hosts. Since I can get all this work on vmnet16 including the management of ESXi hosts and the VCSA that I use, I am sure that my vSwitch configuration is correct (other than the IP address space and vmnic configurations is bascially the same). Because I can get other virtual machines to communicate over the network vmnet18 I don't see how can be a VMware Workstation for the issue physical Linux host. Is there something obvious I'm missing here? I read on the ESXi hosts nested under VMware Workstation after having known problems and bugs with networking. If anyone else has experienced this?

  Thanks for any help others can provide!

  Kind regards

  Patrick

  Well, the problem is now resolved. The problem was what covelli was trying to explain, but I couldn't because the physical host network adapters being mentioned.

  The problem on the Linux host, but it was a problem of permissions with the virtual Ethernet adapters. The following article has the fix:
  With the help of Ethernet virtual cards in Promiscuous Mode on a Linux host (287) | VMware KB

  Even if I launched the workstation under the root user I have yet met this problem and which still makes no sense to me, but change the permissions solve the problem. I was not getting an error message on my Linux Mint and Ubuntu system, but when I tried on a second box of Linux Mint that I just got the error has been generated, and the error message was the above link it contains.

  So, here's what I learned:

  (1) the question has nothing to with a VMware Workstation definition that you can configure.

  (2) the question has nothing to do with a physical network card.
  (3) the question has nothing to do with any vmnic on the nested ESXi host.

  (4) apparently virtual Ethernet adapters are not the correct permissions when created.

  All you have to do to fix this is:

  (1) open a terminal.

  (2) run the command ' sudo chmod a + rw/dev/vmnet * "(don't forget to run this each time that you create a new virtual network).

  You can also create a group, as shown in the link above and simply give this group the correct permissions. Personally, I think it's easier to just give everyone the rw permission.

  I appreciate the help that others have offered. I did not understand what was asked for in previous answers because of the terms that have been used.

• Is it possible to migrate ESXi host between data centers, if so please provide a brief not

  Hi friends,

  1. is it possible to migrate ESXi host between data centers, if so please provide a brief walking distance.

  2 can we perform vMotion and Storage vMotion while ESXi is turned on.

  3. is it possible to extend the VMDK disk while it integrates snapshots in it.

  Best regards,

  Sirot Vijay

  Yes the vmotion and svmotion works but one by one.

  1 - vmotion is posssible to power on State, but you can't svmotion the vm simultaneously. The storage will remain same

  2 svmotion is also possible to power on the State, but you cannot vmotion virtual machine simultaneously. the host will remain the same.

  3 vmotion and svmotion is possible together when the vm is off power. the host and storage can be changed simultaneously on this State.

• Migrate the replication for patching ESXi host device

  Hi guys,.
  

  
  

  I'm trying to Storage vMotion/migrate vSphere replication device to different host for ESXi patches. I get the following message
  
  "This entity is managed by VR management solution. It is not recommended to edit it directly. Instead use the GPMC for the solution if you want to make changes. You want to proceed. "
  
  I use vSpere replication without the SRM device. What is the best approach to upgrade ESXi host where there is replication Appliacce. Should I just stop then move the unit, or is it possible to move it while it is running?

  
  

  Kind regards

  
  

  MQ
  
  

  Hello

  Moving the unit via the technology Vmware is perfectly fine.

  The message/warning you receive is just to warn you that this VM is a critic and you must be careful. The same message if you invoke the power out of this machine.

  Kind regards

  -Martin

• Speed low migration between 2 esxi host

  Hello!

  I have 2 Server esxi 5.5. They have two stores of data and 1 GB ethernet. When migrates a to another esxi esxi VM, network speed shows 150 MB/s and write speed of 30 MB on the disk. During the migration from one disk to another within the same host write speed about 60 MB. And when I test the speed with iperf between two VM on different hosts, shows 900 MB/s speed.

  Please help me, why speed is so low when migrating from one host to others?

  And then migrating NFS to a data store local speed 150 MB/s and when, from the local to NFS push up to 900 MB/s.

  Hello

  you look here: https://communities.vmware.com/message/2284963#2284963

• How can I migrate an ESXi host since a vDS in a vSwitch with NAS storage on vDS

  I need to move some on a vDS esxi hosts to a standard vSwitch to move a new vCenter ESXi hosts

  I have two 10 GB network adapters that manage the ports VM, NAS storage and vmotion.

  Is there a documented procedure to move a vDS in a vSwitch, particularly for migration from NAS storage to a vSwitch?

  Thank you

  Tom

  No, you will need to do this on a per-host basis.

  I really recommend doing one by one, not in a hurry and checking all the networking before you proceed to the next step. Example: after migrating the vmkernel interfaces, check on a ssh connection to the host if it can vmkping the NAS. Before you move all the virtual machines on the host to the switch std, move one and check if the VM networking continues to function. This will prevent errors and downtime.

• VM automatically migrated back to ESXi host

  Hello

  I recently installed and configured a Cluster DRS on vSphere 5 on the customer site.

  In the cluster, we added 5 ESXi host. Four HP DL580 G7 with Xeon X 7560 processor and a HP DL580 G5 X 7460 Xeon processor.

  Apparently the X74xx and the X75xx processors are not compatible for vMotion and DRS is impossible between ESXi hosts.

  I tried to vMotion VM of a loaded ESXi, DL580 G7 host, for DL580 G5 the only customer, but the wizard gave me
  a compatibility error saying that;

  "CPU host is compatible with the requirements of the virtual machine to CPUID level 0 x 1 'ecx' register."

  I tired to use EVC on cluster ma to make compatible CPU but no luck! could not execute predefined EVC profiles!

  I just turned off the virtual machine, so I'd be cold - migrate to the ESXi host.

  Could do when it was off, but when I turned it on it automatically ran on the previous ESXi Host which is held before the migration.

  For me, it was strange! because firstly he moved successfully to the new host of ESXi, but came back on the other after power.

  I have two questions about the scenario above;

  1. why the VM turned their backs on the other host ESXi?

  2. How can I solve the problem of cpu compatibility?

  Thank you,

  NetRock

  ' VCA Can' active br because the cluster contains hosts that lack VCA-compatible equipment.

  Please check the BIOS of the host settings and do 'VT - x' and the 'no. Execute Disable"are both set to"enabled ".

  See http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003212 for more details

  André

• Impossible to withdraw, migrate, etc., VM on the ESXi host

  Earlier, the room of my loss of cooling infrastructure hosting servers suffered vSphere causing several ESXi hosts to closure without notice due to excessive heat.  Needless to say that the results were chaotic.  While I recovered/restored most of the systems, a problem seems to persist.  It is a virtual machine that is impossible to remove, move, etc. due to locks on files active.  The option in the .vmx to "Add to the inventory" file in the data store is also disabled.  However, this virtual machine is not displayed with a "vim - cmd vmsvc/getallvms" command.  In fact, investigating the locks on files, it doesn't appear with a ' vmkvsitools lsof | grep VM_Name command"and no result back with a ' ps | grep VM_Name command.  The host in question has also been restarted and updated (5.1 update 2, Update 3) so a simple reboot does not clear the locks.  So, the question is; How can I get rid of this virtual machine so I can properly re - add to vCenter?  Any help would be appreciated.

  Then just do a kill-9 20156 and you are all set - this kill everyone and goes out by the force of the virtual machine and your hair will be free

• Make pseudo migration cold with free ESXi 3.5 VI Client?

  Even if I used VMware products for years (Workstation, Server), I'm still pretty new to ESXi.  I started using the free ESXi with the idea to be able to live migration between ESXi hosts.  However, I then discovered that you can't do vMotion with free stuff.  No biggie; I probably don't need it anyway.  All I really need is the ability to move virtual machines between ESXi hosts.  I'd settle for migration cold.  However, after reading the article on migration in the basic manual Admin, it seems I have to use Virtual Center to be able to do.  Am I wrong?  And I'll take it, Virtual Center is not a free download.

  But do I really need to Virtual Center to move virtual machines between ESXi hosts?  It seems to me that I could just use VI client to do a migration of the nickname 'cold '.  Is there something wrong with the following scenario:

  1. all VM files are kept on a central NFS server.

  2. I stopped the VM on HostA.

  3. Add the virtual machine to host b inventory.

  4 remove the virtual machine from the inventory of the HostA.

  5. I turn the VMS on host b.

  Of course, this is not automatic and not stupid, but it's free so I can't complain.

  Thanks in advance for any information or advice you can give me.

  No, and that's all a 'cold' vmotion is anyway...

  Take a look at this http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9400 (ghettoQuickMigrate.sh) (free vmotion)

• How to remove ESXi host of Distributed Switch

  3 Cluster DRS - 1 x physical, 2 nested nodes in a LAB environment

  I need to downgrade a 6.0 U2 ESXi host and replace it (from ESXi nested in Physics). I am trying to remove the host from a distributed switch, but it seems that I can't do that until I remove it from the Distributed Switch. I can't remove the VMkernel group management ports that prevents me to remove the host from the Distributed Switch. Any suggestions? I guess that I need that migrate to a Standard switch first?

  I am connected to the ESXi host through vSphere Client, migrated the group management to a Standard switch ports, then I was able to clear the host of the distributed switch. I could then remove the host from the Cluster.

• Migration of VM to ESXi 6

  Hi all

  I would like to know what I have to do to migrate my VM (which are hosted at the moment on a 5.0 ESXi) to an ESXi 6 host?

  Do I need to cancel the recording of their first on the old host and register the vmx on the new host, or something else?

  Hello

  I understand your query, can you please find below given link its very useful to migrate.

  Considerations when migrating VMS between vCenter servers | virtuallyGhetto

  or else

  Please try with VMware vCenter Converter: V2V migration. It will also be made easy to migrate virtual to virtual.

  Please see the link

  http://SearchVMware.TechTarget.com/Tip/VMware-vCenter-converter-V2V-and-P2V-migrations-made-easy

  Kind regards

  GV Ganesh

• Mobile 5.1 ESXi host in vCenter unpublished 6 - license?

  Hi all -

  If I take an ESXi host 5.1, previously managed (under license) via a given vCenter (also v5.1) and its key in the inventory management, then I disconnect/remove this host from the vCenter 5.1 and connect it to a completely new vCenter, what happens to the host of license?

  It disappear and become a 60-day eval, or his license key moves WITH the host in the new vCenter?  (The new vCenter in this scenario would have absolutely zero license keys from host ESXi that apply to guests of ESXi 5.1 existing installs below)

  I was wondering what 'happens' in this scenario I have the document our so-called steps for migration.  Yes, I know that this could / should all be tested "in the lab" but don't get started me on that.  Thanks for any comments on what I can expect.

  My best guess is that the host will LOSE its license now, it becomes a 'standalone' ESXi host when disconnected and removed from the old vCenter (via the "Delete" command).  I want to just make sure that it is also fully functional, if she has run VMs on it at the time or not (although Yes, I'll put it in maintenance mode before removing the old VirtualCenter and join a new).

  And Yes, of course I have old games of the existing environment 5.1 ESXi license keys.  I'm just trying to set expectations as to what is happening in licenses-wise once I move the host from the old to the new vCenter.  I have all pretty well understood technical pieces, including AVS and DVS network considerations.  Thank you.

  See this thread to another: Re: moving hosts to new vCenter and retaining current licences of host

• How to communicate esxi hosts to vcenter

  Hi team,

  I just want to know how vcenter to communicate to esxi hosts?

  (a) the name of the officer responsible for the communication between the host esxi and vcenter

  Thank you

  Vinayak

  Hello vinayakshvinayaksh

  Talks of vCenter for esxi host using the VPXD that runs inside the vcenter server and also service vpxa on esxi host that acts as an intermediary service to take the request of vpxd and passing demand to pass that runs on the host esxi ultimately his spend making tasks (like turn a virtual computer to migrate a virtual machine and so on). vinayaksh How to communicate esxi hosts to vcenter

  Kindly mark it as useful or correct answer if that answers your query.

  Rgds

  Frédéric

• Create a new vsphere environment 6 and migrate virtual machines to esxi existing 5.1

  The current environment has a cluster with 5.1 esxi hosts and vcenter server 5.5-controlled.

  I would like to create a new environment vsphere 6 with new hosts. Again I mean a clean install of vCenter server 6 and esxi, implementation of the new cluster, etc.. So I won't be able to migrate virtual machines running in 5.1 esxi hosts to the new environment.

  What would be the appropriate steps to make this right?

  Thank you.

  Take a look at this KB on how to move an ESXi host at another vCenter vSphere: VMware KB: move a managed ESX ESXi host to a vCenter Server to a different Server vCenter

  And if you are using vDS, you should look here: KB VMware: ESX/ESXi host with vDS passing a vCenter Server to another

• ESXi host running 6 VCSA disconnected from the vCenter

  Hi guys,.

  I have a weird problem with my vCenter build 6. Single cluster of ESXi hosts. Running VCSA 6.0 and 6.0 ESXI. Making a storage of the vCenter vMotion initially got stuck at 77% and the ESXi host running the disconnected from vCenter vCenter. But I can connect directly to the ESXi host with vsphere client and see the vCenter VM works perfectly well. If I try to manually connect host ESXi and vCenter, I get the error "Failed to contact the host specified") both are in the same subnet and VLAN. I can migrate to other virtual machines without problem. I even restarted the host and yet I am not able to connect to vCenter. The host connects to vCenter if I reboot vCenter, but after a few minutes, disconnects again (even if no task does run on this topic.) I have no HA or DRS enabled at this point that I build this new environment and only presented a single LUN as a store of test data to the cluster.

  Any ideas?

  OK, I think I fixed that or have at least a work around. So the underlying question was hiding ID mode/CPU EVC. I'm under the cluster to a level of EVC to reduce until I have migrate workloads from old environment and I think that this created a problem for the unit vCenter. To resolve this problem, I turned off the unit, directly connected to the ESXi host that had the camera running, edited the virtual machine and reset the masking of CPUID. Also, I've hidden the flag NX/XD of the guest. It's temporary (I hope) as once I increase the EVC to the Haswell, I will expose the NX/XD comments and test. For the moment, it is of the workaround I did. It may be of some use to someone.