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• Need a powercli script to create a new account a local administrator on all ESX and ESXi hosts in the vcenter

  Hi all

  If someone can help me with a powercli script to create a new account a local administrator on all ESX and ESXi hosts in the vcenter, create a role called admin and give all access except the root. This shoulb be past by a virtual centre.

  Very much appreciated to help him.

  Kind regards

  MelLvin

  I suspect that you posted your question to the wrong thread

  This requires only a minor change to the script above actually.

  Something like that

  $groupName = "group"$accountName = "user"$accountPswd = "password"$accountDescription = "A user"
  
  $esxlist = Get-VMHostforeach($esx in $esxlist){    Connect-VIServer -Server $esx -User root -Password "password"
  
      Try {      Get-VMHostAccount -Id $groupName -Group -ErrorAction Stop | Out-Null    }    Catch {      New-VMHostAccount -Id $groupName -GroupAccount | Out-Null    }
  
      $rootFolder = Get-Folder -Name ha-folder-root    Try{        $account = Get-VMHostAccount -Id $accountName -ErrorAction Stop |        Set-VMHostAccount -Password $accountPswd -Description $accountDescription -AssignGroups $groupName    }    Catch{        $account = New-VMHostAccount -Id $accountName -Password $accountPswd -Description $accountDescription -UserAccount -GrantShellAccess -AssignGroups $groupName    }
  
      $rootFolder = Get-Folder -Name ha-folder-root    New-VIPermission -Entity $rootFolder -Principal $account -Role admin
  
      Disconnect-VIServer -Confirm:$false}
  

• Is it possible to use GPFS or another build is a SAN storage shared for multiple ESX and ESXi hosts?

  We have a license GPFS and SAN storage. I am trying to create a storage shared for multiple ESX and ESXi hosts share existing virtual machines. We tried once NFS, it of a little slow and consume too much bandwidth LAN.

  Anyone can help answer? Thank you very much in advance!

  It depends on your storage space.

  You must connect all hosts to the same San, then follow the configuration guide of ESXi and specific documentation for your storage space (for sharing LUNS on multiple hosts).

  André

• What is the interval of time between the virtual machine Linux and ESXi host synchronization?

  I have ESX5.0 with a centos6 installed on this linux virtual machine.

  After the installation of vmware for Linux virtual machine tools, I activated the time synchronization between the virtual machine linux and ESXi host through vmware-toolbox-cmd.

  I wonder what is the interval of time between the virtual machine linux and ESXi host synchronization? If I quickly time OS system, when the OS system time will sync back to the ESXi host?

  According to http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/Timekeeping-In-VirtualMachines.pdf:

  By default, the demon checks the guest only once per minute operating system clock.

  However, depending on whether the guest is behind or in front of the result is different. So, please read the section "periodic synchronization" (at least) in the document mentioned above.

  André

• While add ESXi 6 existing hosts, vcenter server 5 std and esxi host 6 cann't add to AD

  Hello

  Greetings. !

  We have seen vCloude 5 Enterprise edition and vCenter Server Standard 5.5

  at the moment all my existing hosts ESXi 5.1 are managing through vCenter Server Standard 5, now recently we buy vCloude 6 Enterprise edition

  (1) I found the following problems all add ESXi 6 hosts (VMware ESXi - 6.0.0 - Update1-3380124- HPE) to AD sales thru of sphere, it is read error.

  

  I have already set up network, DNS, make sure firewall ports, Ping - are all OK.

  (2) Moreover, while trying to create new CD, add the cluster, then add hosts, is giving following error.

  

  I can add new Hosts 06 ESXi Existing vCenter Server 5.5 Standard or I have to buy updated additional license for vcenter server 5 std vcenter 6 standard / enterprise.

  Thanks in advance.

  ESXi 6 cannot be managed by vCenter 5.5 or earlier.

  He needs a same version or higher of vCenter server.

• 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.

• Migrate from ESXi hosting vCenter for vdSwitch

  Hello

  I'm trying to migrate my two 5.1 ESXi (port management and virtual machine) for distributed virtual switch but one of them host the vCenter 5.1. I import one successfully, but the one with the vcenter may not be imported. Is there a quick way to do without re install the vCenter?

  Thanx.

  If the vCenter is on a storage shared between two hosts of ESXi. Stop the VM vCenter. Once turned off.

  Connect to the two hosts individually using vSphere client by using the credentials of the root.

  Remove the vCenter VM inventory and re-register to the host using dvswitch.

  On the VM vCenter back and migrate the other host to dvswitch now.

• Best practices for backup of vCenter device and ESXi hosts?

  Hello

  I have a new VMware environment based on 5.5 ESXi and vCenter Server Appliance. A few questions:

  • What is the best practice to perform the backup of the vCenter Server Appliance? I set up the camera with the embedded SQL Express database.
  • It's recommended to backup the ESXi host or is it easier to any re - install failure?

  Best regards
  ,

  Thor-Egil

  Hello

  You can use VMware VDP to backup your device of vCenter. It is included in essentials, standard, enterprise, and enterprise as well as licenses.

  I won't have backups of ESXi servers. Restore the backup would take more time that the deployment of a new ESXi.Only thing, you may want to consider is to enable logging remotely, so you can see why the hosts failed.

  Concerning

  Tim

• Update for vsphere client and ESXi host, now getting errors

  Did a upgrade for my client vsphere, VMware-viclient-all - 6.0.0 - 3016447.exe file name

  Now I cannot view comments consoles, cannot add new guest OS (option is grayed out), and I get an error when the Client program starts (see first image)

  

  Here is the error when I try to view the console to the guest operating system. Can I use Remote Desktop connection to connect to the guest operating system (R2 for Windows Server 2012)

  

  Here is the version information

  

  Also improved the host system of the ESXi server to update to U1 using the VMware-VMvisor-Installer - 6.0.0.update01 - 3029758.x86_64.iso

  VMWare Tools never seems to complete the installation for the guest operating system.

  What can I do now?

  Client runs on a desktop computer Windows 7 Pro with 24 GB of RAM.

  ESXi is a server Dell Poweredge T110-2 with 32 GB of RAM

  I ran into the same issue and Re: VMware-viclient-all - 6.0.0 - 3016447.exe broke Console hosts 6.0 ESXi and ESXi 5.5 fixed it for me.

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• ESX4 and ESXi hosts sharing storage

  Hello

  I ESX4 host and ESXi, sharing the same taken LUN storage supported by VMware?

  Thank you.

  VMFS are meant to be shared, and it is formally possible to be connected at the same time by ESX and ESXi...

• 4.1 - > 4.1 U1: vCenter update first and ESXi hosts later?

  Hello

  About the update 4.1 4.1 U1, y at - it order to follow?

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  2 vCenter & update manager

  3 ESXi hosts

  Thank you.

  It is always advisable to update vCenter Server before upgrading anything else.

  1 vCenter Server

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  3. the Client vSphere + new Update Manager Plugin

  4. the host ESX (i)

  André

• Hyperion profitability and the costs of license management

  Hi, please specify if we need a separate license for HPCM/if the license is delivered with Hyperion Planning more. Urgent.

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• VMware View and MS Windows 7 License Manager

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• RAID 1 hardware and ESXi - host not to see the virtual volume

  Please bear with me as I try to explain this issue in detail.

  I have an ESXi server.  He has a number of virtual machines and works.  This server has a LSI RAID controller and had a single hard drive connected to this controller.  I'm allergic to non redundant drives, so I added a second drive and, from BIOS boot from the RAID controller (before initialization of the server itself), I created the mirror and had the controller 'rebuild' the second disc, copy of an image of the first record on.  The controller did and displays a virtual (in BIOS) volume in a RAID 1 volume consisting of two physical disks.

  At this point, I expect from any server OS to see the single volume.  However, ESXi, at startup, see both drives hard physical (apparently without taking into account the supposed configuration of the controller, which is strange for me), and because they contain all the two identical copies of the ESXi installation, it purple-screens to complain about two identical UUID.  When I work around this error with the start command line option 'overrideDuplicateImageDetection', ESXi starts on one of the two disks.  vSphere shows the two disks and physical disks, mounted in the system.

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  Thanks in advance for your help,

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  Some RAID controllers operating in RAID or RAID configuration. If no RAID is created, it will work like the generic SCSI cards and when a RAID is created then it will become an appropriate raid controllers. When you installed the ESXi map was probably operating in non RAID and later converted to a RAID controller mode. Please check the drivers loaded in the kernel of ESXi and if necessary, please include the RAID controller module and re build the boot image.

  Is it possible to give me the model number of the LSI RAID you use and the output of the inscription of the kernel module. I think that these dual-mode controllers were possible on older models of server, not sure that they are always available. I used to see this kind of problems with Linux in ancient times.

• RISKS associated with the absence of a SYS logs for newspapers and ESXi host newspapers vCenter Server

  What is the inherent risk to not configure a server of SYS logs. The sys normal newspapers configured in the data store have a maximum

  amount of storage restrictions or it develops utlize the configured size of the data store. Thank you very much for your answers.

  Locally stored logs to rotate and do not grow very big at all. I see no technical risk associated to this as filling a data store, etc.