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• Mobile to a new server vCenter ESX host

  Hello.

  For several reasons (including the old server vCenter 2003 x 86) I would like to move our ESX host to a new server vCenter (version 4.1 under Windows 2008 R2). Our ESX environment using HA/DRS and resource pools.

  Is it possible to move the hosts to the new server without VM downtime?

  I think disabling HA/DRS and then disconnect the old vCenter servers, then adding them to the new. That would be possible, or is there a better way?

  And second, that things are lost that kind of operation? Data of performance and resources with Betclic, another?

  / Christian

  Hey there,

  The procedure is very simple:

  -Disable HA host monitoring

  -Disconnect the old vCenter host

  -Remove old vCenter host

  -Add the host to the new vCenter Server

  -You will be weather you are prompted to add all of the resources of the host with Betclic under a live of... the list resources or put all your VMS in pool root of the pole. Select them grafted in... so you can keep your resource pools. You can move the autour pools in the hierarchy on the new vCenter.

  -After you have moved all of your hosts, you can activate HA host followed once again and check that the DRS has the settings you want.

  You lose well obviously all performance data, but you can bring your pools of resources for the new vCenter.

• Migrate to the new server vCenter hw

  I make plans to migrate all my my old hardware of server vCenter ESX hosts to a new (and much faster). Both vCenter servers are version 4. To delete a my old vCenter ESX host, I need to put it in maintenance mode. Maintenance mode means turn it off or by moving my VMs to other hosts.

  Is there a way to move my ESX hosts to the new server vCenter without voltage VM?

  Hi bjornl,

  If you need to keep the virtual machines running on the host computers, while removing a cluster host, data center or same vCenter, and then select the option 'Disconnect' first. The host shows as grayed out and disconnected. Once in this state you can 'remove' the host of your first vCenter.

  Create your new data center and then "Add host" Cluster in the new. Everything will be powered on your virtual machines.

  The only issues I've had with this is if the original or the new cluster using vMotion improve compatibility (EVC). This aspect must correspond to both ends. Once you do this, it works fine.

  Hope this helps,

  Dan

• The steps required to perform a migration to a new server vCenter using distributed switches?

  We are currently on version 5.1 of vCenter and ESXi 5.1 on all our guests.  We use a vDS on our current server vCenter and will need to migrate to a new server vCenter soon.  Is there a documentation about the steps to migrate to a new server vCenter using switches distributed?  We hope to achieve this goal without any downtime.  The problem is that we need that VDS on our 10GB network for the aggregation of links.  If having to migrate guests at standard switches before moving them to the new vCenter server, there will be problems of network performance.

  Because information about your environment are stored in the database of vcenter al you should just be able to stand up the new vCenter server and that it points to the existing database

• New server vCenter Server

  I am running a 3.5 environment, and I want to get to sphere.

  I'll create a new vSphere vCenter server to manage my boxes of esx 3.5 and possibly update these boxes to sphere.

  Currently, vCenter 3.5 I manage my esx boxes, and this same server is the license server.

  Can I simply create a new server and then add my esx boxes in its inventory of management?

  Do I have to remove these boxes on the other server vCenter esx?

  Can the two vCenters be running at the same time?

  And have point to the new server cVenter to the old server vCenter for licenses, or simply keep the old server up?

  justinscanlon wrote:

  Can I simply create a new server and then add my esx boxes in its inventory of management?

  Yes, unplug and remove hosts from the old environment of vCenter and add a host in the new

  Do I have to remove these boxes on the other server vCenter esx?

  Yes

  Can the two vCenters be running at the same time?

  No.... not if they use the same DB instance.  If you use a different instance of DB, then Yes. But you can't manage the same ESX host in both environments.

  And have point to the new server cVenter to the old server vCenter for licenses, or simply keep the old server up?

  You can use your old license for your VI3 hosts server.  Home - vCenter Server Settings.  Or you can install a standalone license server.

• Problem after moving to new server vCenter

  I moved vCenter to a new server by following this article:

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 5850444

  After editing the file vpxa.cfg with the new IP of the vCenter server and restart management services, all of my guests are still disconnected.  I tried to select "Connect" from the menu, which has been connected to the host.  However, HA not properly configures.  Has anyone seen these symptoms after moving to a new server vCenter? Ideas for how I can fix the problems?

  More details can be provided according to the needs

  Thank you

  Jeff

  Is / was enabled on this cluster HA?  Have your tried to disable HA on the cluster, and once that all your hosts have been added to the rear allowing HA again.

  In addition, even if you did, you can restart the agents once again all hosts in the cluster

  > service vmware-vpxa restart

  > service mgmt-vmware restart

• Built a new server vcenter, simple as moving the hosts?

  Hi, one of my clients is running ESX 3.5 U4 with Virtual Center 2.5 U4. We intend to upgrade their environment to vSphere this weekend. The server vcenter 2.5 right now is running underpowered, so they decided to deploy vcenter 4 on a new, more powerful box rather than upgrade existing installation. I built the server and installed vcenter 4 using their license key. My plan for this weekend seems simple enough, but I couldn't find this specific scenario anywhere in the guide of upgrade provided by vmware, so I thought I just would make sure:

  1. disable HA and DRS on current ESX cluster

  2. Unplug each host in turn of the bunch. (leave the cluster running in case of a need to roll back)

  3. Add each host in turn to a newly created on the new vcenter server cluster 4.

  4. turn on the DRS and HA services on cluster vcenter 4

  5. use of the upgrade Manager to upgrade each host ESX 4.

  Am I missing something? Thank you.

  After correcting the ESX host, address to Virtual Machines

  Addressing guests ESX with Update Manager summary

  In the Update Manager, create a database upgrade ESX host

  On the References tab and select groups, upgrade of the baselines, click on create in the upper right corner

  Name: ESX 4.0

  Base Type: upgrade host

  ESX upgrade iso: Browse for downloaded ESX 4.0 ISO

  Set this line of base to your hosts

  Scan of hosts against the base line

  Tackle the hosts against base - * Note that Update Manager controls the application of the ISO you have downloaded and created a basic manual for running the ESX upgrade.  Update Manager is no longer just for the patches.

  Address to virtual machines

  Select the tab 'reference levels and groups '.

  Select view planning for: VMs/SAV

  Under groups, select Create

  The database name: VM Upgrade vSphere hardware and tools

  In the new Group Wizard, select "Updates"

  Select "VM Hardware to match the host"

  Select "VMware Tools upgrade to host of the Match"

  Come on in "inventory - models and virtual computers ' view

  The leveling refers to virtual machines, you want to update - may fix the object data center level to apply to all virtual machines

  Scan for update - can do on the subject of data center to all virtual machines at the same time

  Clean up - can select a subfolder or individual to run VMs update process gradually

• Migrate to new server hides

  I've been running server on an old computer and now I am a new and have completed the introduction.

  I have many apps and installed OS cached on the old server, how can I migrate the cache on the new server?

  10.11.5 with 5.1.5 Server

  Two ways.

  1. If the new server can peer with the former, just run two servers for a while.  A new shoot gradually data it needs from the old when clients request it.  This method is best if the new server has already given cached which is not the old one.

  2. for a more immediate clone, stop two development servers cache, run this command in a Terminal on the new server, and then resume the new update server caching.  Replace the admin user with the name of an administrator account on the old server and old-server with the name or the IP address of the old server.

  $ sudo rsync - a - delete admin user@old-server: / library/server/cache/Data / / Library/Server/cache/Data /.

  The sudo and the rear bars (after data) are important.  This command replaces the new cache server with the content of the old cache, assuming that the two of them store their caches in the default location on the boot drive.  If we use a different location, change the command accordingly.  Be sure to copy only the data directory and not all of the caching folder.

• Update 10 gr 2 DB to 11 GR 2 while migrating to new server with the same operating system

  Hello
  
  I need to upgrade and migrate as well a 10.2.0.5 single-instance ASM no database 11.2.0.1 on a new server. Source and target texts OS is Solaris 10 (OS version identical on SPARC 64-bit server is started), but the target server is upscale. DB size is about 1 TB. Only concern is that the storage in the existing configuration will be used with the new server as well.
  
  Who will be the best way to do the upgrade and migrate with minimal downtime?
  
  Thank you
  Chaouki

  PL see your partners post - DB migration with movement of storage for the new server.

  Move the 10.2.0.5 database and storage on the new server, then install 11 GR 2 on the new server and perform the upgrade according to the upgrade Doc

  http://docs.Oracle.com/CD/E11882_01/server.112/e23633/TOC.htm

  HTH
  Srini

• TMS Migration to new server

  I'm moving our TMS existing 13.2.2 to a new server. One of the first steps is to copy the TMS encryption key. The instructions for doing this are: TMS Tools/Security Settings/encryption code. My problem is that when I open the TMS tools I don't have an option to select security settings. Is this something that is not available in article 13.2.2. If so, how do I find my current 13.2.2 encryption key

  I intend to upgrade to 14.X once the TMS existing 13.2.2 is moved.

  Looking through the TMS 13.2.2 Release Notes, the bottom of pg 3, they removed the option key encryption tools TMS.  Looking at the details of the CSCua72784bug, it is said:

  Encryption keys are not used by Cisco TMS until version 14. The option has no effect in 13.2.x and can be ignored.

  So that you can likely TMS 14.x upgrade and then go through the process of encryption key during the installation.

• Script to a new server vCenter

  Hi all

  I know that there is a script powershell in VMware site (DOC) migrate permission, Cluster, guests, swimming pools, etc., of a new vCenter. But now I can not find. Has been deleted?

  Does anyone have the url of this script?

  Thank you

  Hello

  Found this

  http://labs.VMware.com/flings/inventorysnapshot

  Thank you

• Migration 4 and 3.5 ESX hosts again vCenter Server 4.0

  I'll put up a new vCenter Server 4.0 with an Oracle database to take the place of two vCenter using express databases included. They are both on the hosts recommended 5-50 VM for the Express database, oops.

  The first is vCenter 4.0 which uses the express database included is on a Dell 1950 server. ESX 4.0 hosts are on 2 groups on Dell blade servers that have 5 blades per cluster and are using storage arrays EqualLogic iSCSI for data warehouses. More there are a few individual Dell R900 and Dell R710 servers use local storage connected to the vCenter.

  The second is vCenter 2.5 that uses the express database included running on a Dell 2950 server with, like 20 other Dell running ESX 3.5 of 2950 using local storage.

  Looking for a vision a little and advise the host migration to the new server vCenter Server.

  Thank you... Jim Hurley

  I would say the easiest would be to create new vCenter new host OS (I would choose 64 bits that will put you in the conditions required for 4.1).  Once the new vCenter Server online, I then install a standalone license server for your VI3 hosts, then begin to disconnect and remove other environments and new hosts.

  Stand alone license server can be found

  http://downloads.VMware.com/d/details/esx_35_licenseserver_dt/dGViZGVoKmJqQA==

• Upgrade virtual Center 2.02 VC 2.5 on the new server. Upgrade ESX 3.02 ESX Server 3.5. and add the new ESX Server.

  Hello

  We are due to upgrade our VMWare environment. ESX 3.02 x servers virtual Center 2.02 and 3.  We have new material on which to install Virtual Center and we are also adding a new ESX Server.

  I read various guides for virtual center upgrade and watched questions on the forum, but can not see everything that relates to the way I thought to do. I want to install Virtual Center 2.5 on the new server and I would refer her to the current virtual cenre database.  Is this supported?

  I then install ESX 3.5 on my new ESX Server and add it to the virtual Center. Then I would start the upgrade / rebuild other servers using VMotion to migrate all VM the next server to be rebuilt on the new server running ESX 3.5.

  Would this work.

  What is the best way to upgrade the virtual center of new material and a new Version?

  Thank you for all the advice that can be offered.

  Kind regards.

  Kevan

  Kevan says:

  I read various guides for virtual center upgrade and watched questions on the forum, but can not see everything that relates to the way I thought to do. I want to install Virtual Center 2.5 on the new server and I would refer her to the current virtual cenre database.  Is this supported?

  Yes, it is an upgrade that is supported.  Don't forget there will be an upgrade for your DB schema and it may take some time.  Just make sure that you have a good backup of your DB before you start.

  I then install ESX 3.5 on my new ESX Server and add it to the virtual Center. Then I would start the upgrade / rebuild other servers using VMotion to migrate all VM the next server to be rebuilt on the new server running ESX 3.5.

  I agree entirely, I drive rebuild is the way to go.

  Would this work. > What is the best way to upgrade the virtual center of new material and a new Version?

  Upgrade to the current version using the .iso image file.  Don't forget the license server, which is a standalone update and are located in the folder /vpx of the vCenter .iso

  Upgrade path:

  1 vCenter

  2 ESX

  3 VMware Guest Tools

  Thank you for all the advice that can be offered.

  I hope that was a little helpful as well

  http://www.VMware.com/PDF/vi3_35/esx_3/r35u2/vi3_35_25_u2_upgrade_guide.PDF

• Installing Vcenter new server with the new database

  Hello

  We currently have the virtual Center 2.5 with SQL express back-end and we are planning to upgrade to vcenter server with Oracle backend. My original plan was to start over by installing vcenter on a temporary server with Oracle and eventually return the current server vcenter and use the same Oracle server. What would be the simplest solution for this? Essentially, in the end, we need to use the current server to vcenter but move from the db to the Oracle database. Our group consists of 3 servers and only active DRS at present (HA disabled for this upgrade). Can I upgrade the current virtual Center vcenter server directly and do fresh install for the Oracle database?

  Thank you

  I would also install a new server vCenter thr.

  After that, make a new configuration and Noor and if everything works correctly, uninstall the old und VC 2.5 check also the HA!

  Good luck!

• New VM vCenter and need to connect to a host ESX1 4.1.

  Hi all

  I'm in a difficult situation not in my enterprize environment, but someho I am very confused after a few hours by train.

  Currently I have an ESXi host 4.1 with some virtual machines on it. One of these virtual machines is the vCenter server that had been upgraded to version 5.1 a few months ago. The vCenter Server runs on a virtual Windows Server 2003 64-bit machine.

  Two days ago, I decided to upgrade the vCenter 5.1 to 5.5, but unfortunately the version 5.5 does not work on a Win 2003 server. So I installed a new virtual machine with Windows server 2008 R2 and the plan is either to migrate the new everything from the former vCenter, or simply connect to the new server vCenter with the host (I have not run any complicated environment, I have only 5-6 virtual machines and the only thing that I would need the former vcenter is a few shots but I don't like if I don't get them).

  First, I installed the new vCenter (5.5) and I connected to the host. I logged in as [email protected] , and I could see the server vCenter there. I've added my account domain in the Administrators group and the VCOAdministrators group, but when I connect with my domain account that I do not see any server of vCeter it.

  Now, what I want to ask you is: you have read above I want to do. What would you do if you were me?

  Thank you for all your answers.

  Sign in using the account [email protected] and check the permissions on the server vCenter Server object in the inventory. Make sure that the required domain user (or better yet a domain group) has the appropriate permissions to the object and the objects below it.

  Adding an account to the Administrators group internal grant permissions required to manage the server vCenter Server itself, but does not apply to the inventory.

  André