Multi-NIC vMotion question

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• Multi-NIC vMotion with ESXi/vCenter 4.1

  We take running ESXi and vCenter 4.1 and after the secure Channel secure Channel 5.5 class and sitting for my exam in a few weeks, I have actively tried to improve our environment. Previously, to the study and trying to learn more about VMware, we were in pretty bad condition. Relevant material (AMD, Intel CPU, generations of Intel CPU, amount of RAM and CPU), versions hyperviosr Mismatched ESXi and ESX and no redundancy, vmotion and TONS of snapshots as backups.

  In the two weeks since my course, I have eliminated all snapshots (performance daily vCheck to check on the health of the venvironment), emigrated to 5 similar hosts (and memory/cpu configurations) that we had to drag do not, connected to all ports card NETWORK 6 to 2 x 3560g cisco switches and connected the second switch updated ESX to ESXi 4.1 and patched all hosts with Update Manager (nobody used), created the host profiles and compliance on the cluster and hosts, activated DRS and HA, set up a couple of VAPP for STM systems... the list is long

  I still have a lot to learn, but now I'm a bit confused about one thing...

  We use Fibre Channel SAN, one side get our second Fibre Channel switch hooked up for redundancy and I guess that Multi - pathing (?) I have a couple questions question...

  1. set up the second fiber switch would give me several warehouses of data, correct paths?

  2 can I create and separate vMotion in our configuration, using the CF WITHOUT? Any flow of traffic (for vmotion) through the vswitches or he remains behind the FC switch?

  -I know with iSCSI, you want to create a vSwitche separated and installation multi-nic vmotion

  3. in the configuration of the redundant management interfaces do I need to create two vSwitches with vmkernel with separate IP addresses management ports or just create on vSwitch with a vmkernel port and two network cards is assigned to the (two different connected to 2 physical switches physical cards)?

  -We will most likely use VST if we can get the trunk ports to pass traffic defaullt VLAN, so I think it is still acceptable to create separate vSwitches for management, vMotion (if necessary because of the CF) and port VM group? The designs I see online usually use only a vSwitch for VST and multiple is.

  That's all I can think of for now... Just some things that need to be clarified on... I guess I still need a vSwitch vMotion (allocate 2 of 6 network adapters in it) because some type of traffic would pass over him, but I think that most of the vMotion and all the SvMotion would remain behind the FC switch.

  Thanks for any help!

  With regard to the topic of discussion: Multi-NIC vMotion introduced with vSphere 5.x and is not available in earlier versions.

  1.) Multipathing is not related the number of FC switches, but only for the number of initiator and target. However, using several CF toggle availability increases due to redundancy.

  2.) you must differentiate here. vMotion is a live VM migration process to other hosts, i.e. only the workload of the migration. vMotion only uses the network. Storage vMotion on the other side generally used storage connections - i.e. the CF in your case - to migrate files/folders to the virtual machine.

  3.) redundancy for management traffic can be reached in several ways. The easiest is to simply assign multiple uplinks (vmnic) to vSwitch network management. So, a simple 'Netowrk management' will do, and redundancy is made based on recovery of the vSwitch.

  From a design point of view you can use multiple vSwitches for different traffic types, or combine them on a vSwitch by configuring the failover policies for groups (Active/Standby/Unused) port for example.

  André

• Multi-NIC vMotion in vDS

  In the article, 2 exchanges are configured with NIC 1 as asset and NIC 2 as before in the first portgoup and the reverse in the second portgroup.  How would that be different from setting up a single portgroup and adding NIC 1 and NIC 2 as active adapters?   What are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach?

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 2007467

  Note: I moved this question on the forum of vMotion.

  Hi greenpride32

  This ensures that the vmkernel ports are active on the two uplinks by forcing active configurations / Eve.

  Otherwise, there is a chance that two vmkernel ports could choose the same uplink, eliminating the advantage of having 2 vMotion vmkernel ports.

• Reference Dell r710 vmotion questions

  Salvation communities,.

  Have a 4.1 esx cluster with some esxi4.1 hosts u2. I have a question were can I vmotion between esx in the cluster hosts, but the esxi hosts don't vmotion esx 4.1 guests.

  I get an error message saying that the CPU is different even if they are not.

  Any help appreciated

  Hi Aneetu,

  I did a check it on one of the clusters we manage here and are running the r710 - different BIOS can cause this kind of problem so definitely check the revision levels

• ESXi 4.1 for ESXi 5.1 vMotion Question

  I have a customer who has two servers esx esx 4.0 is and the other is 4.1. Esx 4.0 is an IBM System x 3650 m2 with an Intel Xeon E5530. Esxi 4.1 is a HP Proliant DL360 G6 with an Intel Xeon E5506.

  My question is esxi 5.1 does support vmotion and if yes - that will work with these processors being different?

  Please let me know if you need additional information.

  Thank you

  Ryan

  I would like to add that you can certainly configure vMotion between these 2 servers (license to of course), but you may need to activate CVS while they are a bit different revisions.

  EVC is configured in the properties of the cluster. You'll want to take the most compatible version on both hosts. To enable it, you may need to turn off some guests on the most recent processor box.

  JES

• version 8.0.2 of iOS on iPad Air, AutoPlay multi - State Object question

  Hello

  I'm having a problem in which some objects multi-state value auto-play and stop finally State do not play in the Adobe Content Viewer (version 32.1.0) iOS on iPad running iOS 8.0.2. On the desktop, I work in an updated version of InDesign CC. Oddly, some objects multi-state (in the same articles) do work: both are looped MSO, but change the DCL of non-working (which consist of a container empty like State 1 and describes the text (no States have applied effects) to State 2) to the loop does not solve the problem.

  I am at a total loss - I have tried to reconstruct the ASM, the reorganisation of States, change timer values, defining the DSO to loop, reverse order... but nothing works. There seems to be a question Content Viewer (version 32.1.0) iOS 8.0.2, IOS because WHO play as expected in the office and on iPad content viewer using earlier versions of the viewer of content on the version 8.0.2 of iOS and iOS 7.1.1 and iOS Content Viewer (version 32.1.0) running on iOS iOS 7.1.1.

  In addition, after reading a folio in Adobe Content Viewer (version 32.1.0) on an iPad to Air and return to the display of the library, the settings gear icon disappears also. Typing in the box where the icon should be always displays the menu. This does not happen on a Mini iPad.

  Any advice would be appreciated.

  It is a known issue that we will address with our statement on Monday.

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• VSphere 4.1 NIC Teaming Question

  Hello

  I am new to the forum as well as VMWare global, so forgive me if this question is in the wrong thread.

  We implement VSphere essentials for the first time in our network.  We have a server with 4 onboard NETWORK card and 4 PCI - e NIC expansion Slots.  So total 8.  Of these eight, 0 and 1 NIC, I already installed for the management, NIC 3-7, I would stick together so that all virtual machines have increased band network bandwidth.  I created a vswitch and assigned NIC 3-7 in the computer and installation of all my virtual machines to use the new Vswitch and also set up the collection of NETWORK adapters as shown in the screenshot attached.  But when I go to the server (2003), I don't see that the speed of the NETWORK card = 1 NIC, 1 Gbit/s.  How can I get to increase that speed, or rather what I'm doing wrong :-)?

  Thank you

  Adam.

  You can't do aggregation with ESX (i) with the exception of the Enterprise Plus edition with the Cisco NEXUS 1000V add-on.

  The NIC you attached to the vSwitch is assigned to the virtual machines of alternating, is why you have 1 Gbps by VM. If you really need it, you could take a peek configuration "Route based on the IP hash" which requires you to configure EtherChannel on the physical switch ports. However this uses different NIC to different destination IP addresses, you'll never more than 1 Gbps to a specific target IP address.

  Take a look at http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/virtual_networking_concepts.pdf

  This documentation explains the different configurations.

  André

• C200 M2 Windows 2008 R2 NIC Teaming question

  I have a c200 M2 Server with a map of map NETWORK Broadcom addon (N2XX-ABPCI01).  I would like to create a NIC team with all 4 cards (2 on board and 2 Broadcom).

  I found the enictool on the CD, but when I run it, it is not announce adapters or teams.

  How can I create a team on this server?

  Thank you

  Dave Harrold

  Hi Dave,.

  Utlities CD/.iso, you can find the BINS utlity for broadcom. This should help you.

  . / Afonso

• Storage vMotion Question

  Hello all,.

  I'm faily new to vSphere, so I'm still working on the kinks, so to speak, but I discovered something this morning. I have vMotioned storage one powered off the coast of the virtual machine to a data to another store. That VM has hard drives stored on several data stores. When I did the vMotion, it all of these vmdk moved to the new data store. In this case, it was intended, but I see a few examples where I I want that to happen. I went back through vMotion diaglog boxes and could not find anything to this. Is there a way to control this and I missed it? Or is the answer to simply move to the new data store, and then replace the desired vmdk their storage?

  Thank you

  Mike

  Hello.

  You can use the advanced options in the wizard to control where each VMDK file will be placed.

  Good luck!

• vMotion Question

  Recently, I noticed that vMotion and DRS seem to be a bit slow.  I know it's vague, but here's what I see:

  1. in the list of tasks in vSphere client, vMotions put on hold for a significant amount of time to 78% and 100%

  2. the real vMotion from one virtual computer to another physical host seems to go pretty quickly.

  3. no errors in the vmkernel connect when fast vMotioning.

  4. no errors reported in the vSphere client

  5. the time to a host with 22 VMs on it in maintenance mode this morning was about 55 minutes

  Obviously environment factors in vMotion significantly.  However, the break at 78% and 100% is somewhat relative.  Someone at - he saw the symptoms like this before?

  Our environment is as follows:

  vSphere 4.1

  Storage EMC Clariion system

  244 VMs

  2 groups (3 hosts in cluster #1, 5 hosts in cluster #2).

  Gigabit network links

  Any insight or points of resolution of potential problems are greatly appreciated.

  The f

  Pauses are normal at these points (and 20%, 2%, 98%).

  Reports % how is done is not 'linear' - there are specific steps being reach 78% and 100%, for example, that take more time than the other parties.  Is the cleaning of the break at 100%, for example, the files from the old host (I think), and 78% is the break for the final stage of precopy.

  -Matt
  VCP, VCDX #52, Unix Geek, Nerd of storage

• VMotion Question and Exchange CCR nodes

  If I have 2 CCR Exchange in the same cluster nodes in the same Cluster, ESX, I don't think that the rules of cluster MSCS apply because they do not have a subsystem of disks shared such as MSCS. That is why I do not treat a CCR cluster as an MSCS cluster. Why I said that a CCR cluster cannot be VMotioned?

  It has become a major issue, but I've done several times before without any problem.

  If sharing is done through the o/s of the VM rather by sharing virtual material you should be able to vmotion-

  If you find this or any other answer useful please consider awarding points marking the answer correct or useful

• "root password" Message on stdout during fglam start / / cartridge NIC package questions on Linux OS

  Jin

  that means when I call 'fglam d' and I can read

  "root password:"subsequently on stdout? "

  This output appears after the message "daemon for AgentManager process began."

  Foglight agent manager has been installed and started with a normal user.

  I'm confused because the FMS applications displays the content of the agent on this host

  and I saw no errors during startup.

  --

  Concerning

  Bernhard

  According to http://edocs.quest.com/foglight/563/files/CartridgeForOperatingSystems_554_ReleaseNotes_Revision1.html#FDOC-3124, sudo is required to collect metrics to use NIC to some kernel Linux NIC drivers.

  Information on activation, the agents and the Launcher safe to use sudo is available at: http://edocs.quest.com/foglight/563/doc/Cartridge/OSCartridge/SysAgent.21.2.php#401691

  Kind regards

  Brian Wheeldon

• Single network or Multi vMotion Nic card

  Here are our current design for our soon vSphere 5.1 deployment

  There has a been a good bit of internal discussions on whether to use a single 10 GB for vMotion network adapter or use two NICs 10 GB for vMotion

  Most of the debate has been around "isolate" the vMotion traffic and makes it as localized as possible

  We all have the vMotion traffic is a vlan separate, vlan127 you can see in our design

  The big question becomes exactly where will the vMotion traffic? What switches/links it really go?

  Is this correct?

  1. If we start with a vMotion nic, then once that Vmotion begins traffic will be generated from the host lose the virtual machine and the host wins the virtual machine. In this scenario, traffic will cross a BNT switch. This leads to two conclusions
     
     
     1. Traffic is never as far away as the nucleus of Juniper
        
     2. vlan127 (vMotion) didn't need to be part of the trunk, go to the heart of Juniper to the TNB
        
  2. If we go with two NICs of vMotion, then the two 10GB network adapters might be involved in vMotion. This means that vMotion traffic between two hosts ESXi could hit a switch BNT, browse the battery connections (two 10 GB between the BNTs connections) and go to another host via a network card. GB 10 it has also led to two conclusions:
     
     1. Traffic is never as far away as the nucleus of Juniper. He remains isolated on a single switch BNT or moves between BNT switches through the two stack 10 GB connections
        
     2. vlan127 (vMotion) didn't need to be part of the trunk, go to the heart of Juniper to the TNB
        

  

  vMotion traffic is just unicast IP traffic (well good, except for some bug) between ESXi configured for vMotion, vmkernel ports if all goes well insulated in a non-routed layer 2 broadcast domain (VLAN). Simple as that. Considering that the traffic will cross physically regardless of the physical NIC is configured for the respective vmkernel ports. The path between the two is obviously depends on the layer 2 switching/STP infrastructure, which in your case would be just the blade chassis switches.

  Multi-NIC vMotion essentially implements several independent streams between different IP addresses and MAC, belonging to the same host. Consider the following:

  Host A and B with vmk1, using physical vmnic1, connected to physical pSwitch1 and vmk2, using vmnic2, connected to pSwitch2. The two pSwitches directly the trunk the VLAN vMotion between them.

  If the two hosts have only vmk1 is enabled for vMotion, traffic will never pass by pSwitch1. If host B has only vmk2 enabled for vMotion or you switch uplink, it'll pass the two pSwitches.

  Now, if you enable the two interfaces for vMotion vmkernel, it is difficult to say how the hosts decide what vmk connects to that. You may find yourself going through the two pSwitches for the two water courses, or you're lucky and you end up with source and destination interfaces that reside on the same pSwitch. I don't know how ESXi decides the pairings, this article seems to suggest it's done deterministically for that in a similar configuration, the same key vmk would connect between them:

  http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2011/12/14/multi-NIC-VMotion-how-does-it-work/

  Whatever the case, unless you need to other hosts on different switches, connected through your hearts only, to be able to vMotion between hosts, there no need at all to mark the vMotion VLANS on your links between chassis and Core switches.

  You see, your question of vMotion Multi-NIC is completely unrelated to this.

  If we start with a vMotion nic, then once that Vmotion begins traffic will be generated from the host lose the virtual machine and the host wins the virtual machine. In this scenario, traffic will cross a BNT switch. This leads to two conclusions

  1. Traffic is never as far away as the nucleus of Juniper
  2. vlan127 (vMotion) didn't need to be part of the trunk, go to the heart of Juniper to the TNB

  1. Yes.

  2. Yes.

  Circulation * could * crosses both switches BNT, according to what I explained above.

  If we go with two NICs of vMotion, then the two 10GB network adapters might be involved in vMotion. This means that vMotion traffic between two hosts ESXi could hit a switch BNT, browse the battery connections (two 10 GB between the BNTs connections) and go to another host via a network card. GB 10 it has also led to two conclusions:

  1. Traffic is never as far away as the nucleus of Juniper. He remains isolated on a single switch BNT or moves between BNT switches through the two stack 10 GB connections
  2. vlan127 (vMotion) didn't need to be part of the trunk, go to the heart of Juniper to the TNB

  1.Yes.

  2.Yes.

  Personally, I'd go with Multi-NIC vMotion use NIOC with soft actions in your config file.

• Mulitple-NIC vs. CASL for VMotion

  Hello

  TNX for reading

  I use Vsphere 6

  My Switch have Nexus (2Port 10Gbs for Vmotion)! and I don't know which one is better!

  Mulitple-NIC or CASL (LAG and Active Mode) for VMotion?

  and another Q is for an optimal speed to migrate Vmition. better MTU (Jumbo frames).

  tnxxxxxxxxxxxx

  It's actually the answer to your question "Mulitple-NIC or CASL (LAG and Active Mode) for VMotion?", i.e. to use Multi-NIC vMotion rather than LACP.

  André

• Question about the collection of NETWORK adapters for vMotion / VM vSwitch

  Hello

  We use vSphere Enterprise Edition 5.1.

  We also create separate vSwitch for management / vMotion and VM.

  Each vSwitch receives 2 network cards connected to the different switch for redundancy.

  We would like to know is necessary to provide the collection of NETWORK adapters for these vSwitches?  Currently, only enable us NIC Teaming for VM vSwitch only.

  Thank you

  VSwitch vMotion, we have 2 assigned NIC (nic2 and nic6) with 10 VLANS.  NIC2 and nic6 are connected to 2 different physical switches.

  Should I choose

  (1) both are active

  (2) both are assets + grouping of NETWORK cards?

  Question - if there is only 1 VLAN, it seems that NIC Teaming is also not very useful unless we use 2 VLAN (Multi-NIC vMotion).  Is this right?

  If you use Multi-NIC vMotion, there is no need to have two different VLANS, all you need is depending on configuration

  on your vMotion switch, please create two vmkernel port for vMotion with the same VLAN ID, but the grouping of NETWORK cards as below

  vMotion_1 - VLAN ID: 10

  Grouping of NETWORK cards

  vmnic2 - active

  vmnic6 - watch

  vMotion_2 - VLAN ID: 10

  vmnic6 - active

  vmnic2 - watch