ODX accelerates Live migration on EqualLogic?

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• Live migration of HYPER-V Server R2 2012

  Hello

  I have a new Hyper-V 2 built node cluster. Storage is presented through SAN. Live-Migration network, network Public, private network and virtual switches-2 VMS-MGMT. These boxes are hardware identical; HP DL580 G7 with a lot of horses. I am running Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Core on each node. My problem is, I validate cluster, and I get no error at all. This is a brand new clean install, but for some reason any I can only migrate from one node to another and not return without having to reboot a node after live migration. I don't know what I'm going? Has anyone already experienced this? A peer of mine installed the same scenario in a different data center and it does exactly the same thing too. Which leaves me to believe it's OS or hardware related?

  Any help will be greatly appreciated!

  Thank you!

  This issue is beyond the scope of this site and must be placed on Technet or MSDN

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• ESXi 4.1 error live migration

  I have 2 servers Esxi 4.1 in a HA cluster with a dozen of VM (Windows and Linux hosts). Due to limited resources, we had to add a server more Esxi 4.1 (spec material for guests shown below). The idea was live migrate virtual machines from existing hosts to the new host. Pretty strange of the virtual machine will not migrate direct and throws the error message "host CPU is incompatible with the requirement of the virtual machine to CPUID level 0 x 800000001 register"edx"...» (screenshot attached).

  esxi1 (hosts in cluster HA)

  esxi2 (hosts in cluster HA)

  esxi3 (new host added)

  3 x DL360 g5 with Intel (r) Xeon 5130 CPU @ 2.00GHz and 4CPU X 2 GHz.

  As a work around, I can poweroff these virtual machines and migrate them to newly added host and switch on. This seems to fix the problem automatically incompatible cpu.

  Now, I'm puzzled to understand whats going on. I'm sure that someone out there had a similar experience and might have answers.

  you need to activate tehcnology Intel VT in the bios. Some manufacturers call it virtualization technology in the bios. Once you turn it back on, save it, then turn off the server and boot to the top. This gives a power cycle to cool off in ready mode of VT.

  Here's the tutorial for Dell server, but it is not far for other manufacturers. http://www.vmwareinfo.com/2009/02/enable-VT-and-EVC-in-Dell-BIOS.html

• ESXi 4: error in live migration (VMotion) to the different data store (Local SATA to iSCSI SAN)

  Hi all

  I have a problem during VM migration live in the different data store, the specifications of the virtual machine is just Windows 2003 x 64 installed with the latest VMWare tools.

  Here is the error message:

  Move the virtual machine

  Win2003x64_RST01

  A general error occurred: detected Source this destination could not resume.

  The active state of VM migration

  any idea what could cause this please?

  Kind regards

  AWT

  Check that the machine ESX4 has prevention performance virtualization and data, indicators enabled in the BIOS. I could move 32 bit machines vmotion Unflagged VT turned on in the BIOS, but 64-bit machines could not begin until I activated the flag of VT in the BIOS.

  Also try to clear the mask of the source of the VM CPU before migrating, providing the hosts have the same hardware.

• VMotion Live Migrations on the guests of high load

  I was wondering if anyone has experienced symptoms similar to the following:

  A guest VM (Windows 2008r2) CPU and high memory and is directly migrated to another host in the cluster. No migration of storage. Shortly after the event of migration is completed, any errors recorded in vSphere, near 100% CPU usage spikes, the virtual machine performance begins to degrade and must be restarted to return to levels of performance expected. We do not know yet VMware is the cause at this point, the load on affected customers is quite high because it is. We are trying to determine whether it is possible that migration on-line, exacerbates the problem.

  I opened a ticket with support, but all they could do is check on our configuration of VMotion. We were able to reproduce the problem for them.

  Thanks to all for the replies. I was finally able to reproduce the problem to support, and after digging around the support files vmkernel.log has determined that the problem was caused by persistent problems following an event all the paths downwards. They recommended that restart us the hosts that have been affected by the event of ODA. We have not seen a resurgence since the restart of the hosts.

• Live migration between servers Intel Xeon E5410 and Intel Xeon E5506?

  Hello.

  Is it possible to run the dynamic migration between servers Intel Xeon E5410 and Intel Xeon E5506 processor?

  Both servers are running ESX 4.0

  Try to migrate will cause an error as UC and hostbitys do not match.

  I; m impossible and VCA (like a Core2 family and another family of Core i7).

  I don't mind to give up a part of the 'new feature' the Core i7.

  Thank you

  Zeevik.

  > I; m impossible and VCA (like a Core2 family and another family of Core i7).

  You must turn off all the virtual machines on the host with 55xx Xeons before turning on the VCA.

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• Live migrate exchange and AD using converter

  Someone has an experience to online migratioin for Exchange server and the ad server using vmware converter?  Is this possible?

  This means that if I'm not stop my exchange server, I could cause my lost mail server data is?

  You must stop the service or you will lose more post conversion data (all messages that are processed during the conversion and perhaps others, if the data store is corrupted after conversion).

  For incoming mail you'll lose them... a true mail must try again yet (for a few hours) if the SMTP protocol is not available.

  Or you can use another SMTP as a secondary MX.

  Regarding the announcement that I can't make the DC promo is because my file server is also a party to my DC

  If you have a license of vCenter Server download the CD live Converter Enterprise (from download vCenter).

  Or install standalone converter on your server and that start in 'Mode Active Directory restoration"to have AD services stopped.

  André

• DRS and live Migration with the guest operating system issues

  Hello

  Someone at - he never encountered problems with the DRS or dynamic migration where the OS in question invited crashes under the peaks of the processor. This seems to be with servers but not specific to 64-bit or 32-bit servers it sure substance of concern with machinery that uses a lot of CPU or memory crash when migrating on the fly. We have 7 of Quad-Core AMD BL465 with esx3.5 update1 DRS and HA active and animators have many resources to offer.

  Thank you very much

  Rich

  You experience the problem that is described in this KB?

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1003638

  If you believe this or any other answer was helpful please consider marking as 'correct' or 'useful '.

• Migration of servers to new host and SAN

  Hello

  Current configuration:

  2 x ESXi servers, local storage, share nothing.  License of VMWare Essentials

  New configuration:

  3 x SAN Eqllogic, ESXi servers. Essential Plus VMWare license

  I would like to make the transition to the new configuration with minimal downtime, we have invited a few large (> 1 TB) on one of the servers and I don't want them to be disconnected for more than a few minutes, then a migration cold is out of the question.

  I had a thought that I could put the license key more on the old servers and 1 new servers, set the new SAN on the old servers, use VMWare replication to replicate virtual machines among the old servers to the new server/storage, and then perform a recovery.

  I would then remove this old Vsphere server, add a new server and transfer the license, then perform the same task on the old server to 2nd.

  Once it is finished I remove the old server 2, add the new 3rd server, and move the license.

  Can someone tell me if this is possible, or suggest alternatives?

  Thank you

  Dean.

  Hi Dean,

  Replication (replication vSphere) VMware will be requires downtime when you are recovering from the old host to new host.

  How much time can you afford for downtime?

  The recovery process will turn off the source/protected VM on the current host (VM function how long it would normally take to perform a shutdown comments) and destination/recovery VM will be powered on to a new host (again, depends on VM normally, how long it would take for the operating system and services until then a normal diet on the process).

  vSphere replication requires vSphere Web Client and other requirements, as described here: 5.5 - replication requirements vSphere vSphere Documentation Centre

  You have a vCenter Server?
  What version of ESXi (and vCenter) do you use?

  If you don't have a vCenter Server yet, I suggest you install a vCenter server and add all the current 2 ESXi hosts + 1 new ESXi host.

  From there, you'll have an ESXi 3 host, then you can migrate current ESXi host for new.

  If you are using vSphere 5.1 + you can vMotion, even if the host do not have access to the same storage see this: library of vSphere 5.5 - Migration with vMotion in environments without storage shared

  Its quite simple, if you are using vSphere 5.1 +.

  -Make sure you have vcenter Server 5.1 + with vSphere Web Client

  -Add current hosts + 1 new hosts

  -Make sure the vMotion without requirement for shared storage are filled with VSphere 5.5 Documentation Center - requirements and restrictions for vMotion without Shared Storage

  -Perform vMotion without process Shared Storage of current host to the new host + local storage to SAN EqualLogic - you can start with small VM and VM less critical first if you are not sure.

  -Once all virtual machines have been migrated to the new host + EqualLogic SAN, you can do a maintenance on the current host mode, and then delete the vCenter Server (vSphere licenses will be retrieved)

  -Add the 2 remaining new hosts.

  If you are using vSphere 5.1 prior, you must present the SAN EqualLogic again 1 new host and current 2 hosts.

  Once current hosts can see the EqualLogic SAN, make a Storage vMotion (live migration records) local storage to the EqualLogic.

  For first migration vSphere 5.1, there are 2 ways that I can think of:

  1. with vMotion - without interruption

  There are certain requirements of configuration for vMotion work: Documentation Centre of vSphere 5.5 - Migration with vMotion

  Make sure your classes and new hosts are run in the same processor / EVC mode or matrix, you can check it out here: http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php?deviceCategory=cpu

  If they are on different EVC Mode, you can turn on the CEV on new hosts.

  The steps are:

  S ' ensure that virtual machines are in EqualLogic (you can use Storage vMotion)

  -Perform a vMotion from the current host to new host.

  -Once all virtual machines have been migrated, you can safely do a maintenance on the current host mode and remove the vCenter Server

  -Add the remaining 2 new hosts the vCenter.

  2. without vMotion - requires the interruptions of service commissioning

  It's cold migration but without migration of storage, must be less compared to downtime directly cold immigration to localdisk of shared storage.

  The steps are:

  S ' ensure that virtual machines are in EqualLogic (you can use Storage vMotion)

  -Turn off the virtual machines in the current hosts and migrate (cold) of the host-to-host former New (you can also drag the virtual computer and drop it to the new host).

  -Once all virtual machines have been migrated, you can safely do a maintenance on the current host mode and remove the vCenter Server

  -Add the remaining 2 new hosts the vCenter.

• Reference Dell EqualLogic Multipath (e/s high flow)

  We recently bought a Dell EqualLogic SAN. Our main goal for this device was to begin to use pools of resources and be able to do a few HA and Live migration. We have worked with XenServer and Xen Cloud for a while and got no e/s on iScsi performance we were hoping for. With the help of Multipath on the main host machine we get on 250 Mbps (which we are satisfied). On the guest computers, we get only 120 Mbps.

  My question to the community of VMWare; If we wanted to use products VMWare is the possibility to get more then 1 Gbps i/o throughput on a guest PC? And if so, if it is a PDF or a post somewhere that could explain how to do this?

  Let me know, thanks!

  Clinton

  The doc of the correct configuration is attached... hope that her little help. In my view, it is also sub TR docs when you save your table PS.

• Problem with Migration hot virtual machines Hyper-V

  Dear support

  I am facing problem in Live Migration of Virtual Machine in Windows 2012 of Hyper-V R2 cluster. Here are the details for my current setup.

  Two windows 2012 R2 Datacenter even care Server (HV01 and HV02) both in cluster

  A Virtual Machine created the Volume share of Cluster (c:\Cluster storage\...)

  A network adapter dedicated to the management of server-> 10.0.1.11 (HV01) and 10.0.1.13 (HV02)

  A network card dedicated to Hyper v Virtual Machines-> 10.0.1.12 (HV01) and 10.0.1.14 (HV02) and allow networking option is disabled.

  A network card for the heart beats-> 10.0.20.1 (HV01) and 10.0.20.2 (HV02)

  A network card dedicated for Live Migration-> 10.10.10.50 (HV01) and 10.10.10.51 (HV02) and chosen to be used only for the live migration fails on cluster network settings

  I added the Virtual Machine Cluster Failover successfully without error or warning. When I do a quick migration his works fine but when I do live migration his error giving 21502.

  Please update what's wrong with my setup

  Hello

  Post your question in the TechNet Server Forums, as your question kindly is beyond the scope of these Forums.

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/WindowsServer/en-us/home?category=WindowsServer

  See you soon.

• Exchange Server Migration 2000/2003, unity 4.0 (1) (4)

  We are running Exchange 2000 in an advertisement in 2000 with the 4.0 unit (1).

  Due to some problems with our current Exchange Server, we need to accelerate our migration to Exchange 2003.

  We will be upgrading the schema AD 2003 this week, and planned to upgrade Exchange this weekend. I know this will have a direct impact on the unit even after reading the documents to upgrade, I'm not 100% sure to get a grip on that everything must be done to make this a smooth transition.

  How the migration will work, we will build a new Exchange 2003 server in the same organization, and then move the mailboxes to that server. We then decomission existing exchange server and build another with his namesake and IP address as a Server 2003 and migrate all the mailboxes back, permanently.

  With this double-move in mind, does anyone have any advice, suggestions or traps to help us?

  Thanks in advance.

  Brian

  Running Exchange 2003 ForestPrep causes a REFUSAL of ACE appear in each administrative group for the Exchange domain servers group on the 'Servers' container. Assuming that you are using the security model, the permissions wizard puts in place where the unit connects with a domain account that is not in the Exchange domain servers group, you should be fine. But I very well many customers choose to use a method of security home brew or put users in a bunch of unnecessary groups. So as have done you that ForestPrep does not grief of the unit.

  Unity 4.0 (3) and later supports Exchange 2003. So I would upgrade to 4.0 (4) of the unit before moving to Exchange 2003. Once you're at 4.0 (4) you just need to upgrade to Exchange 2003 Exchange System Manager and run the latest version of the permissions wizard if you plan to run Exchange 2003 with SP1. You can download that here:

  http://www.ciscounitytools.com/App_PW_403.htm

  When you bring the new tipping online server, you must re-run the Configuration Cisco Unity Message Store of add/remove programs and let the unit move the Unity_servername mailbox by choosing a new partner server. You can t just move the mailbox without the cause of the layout of the store Message what unit won t know where to find. Same thing for the what swing you on the new Exchange 2003 server.

  Thank you

  Keith

• Relocate VM vs migrate VM

  Hello

  Is there a differnce between relocate VM (vMotion vCenter) and migrate VM (migration vCD)?

  Thank you

  Some use the terms interchangeably, but a Relocate operation commonly refers to a storage vMotion, i.e. move the computer virtual files to a data store to another on the same physical host.

  Conversely, a Migration refers to a normal vMotion which does move that State of memory and calculation of the VM from one physical host to another. The virtual machine files remain intact on the same storage location.

  Given that vSphere 5.1, they also introduced what is commonly called "reinforced" vMotion (migration of shard-nothing), it allows to live - migrate virtual machines to a different physical host and the data store at the same time.

• Migration of virtual machines in ESXi 4.1 to 5.5 to new hardware

  I'm new to VMware and our company bought 4 new servers and a SAN to replace our old VSphere 4.1 installation of 12 year.  The old configuration consisting of a server VCenter 4.1 physics 2003, 2 Dell 2900 ESXi hosts and 1 MD300i SAN.  Gen9 again the Installer 4 HP DL360 (3 host 1 VCenterServer) and MSA 2040.  Can someone please explain to me what would be the best way to go about moving more of our VM current for the new hardware? I found this from a previous post here, but it does not move the virtual machine to a SAN to another.

  Migration of the VMs of ESXi 4.x to 5.5

  "If I understand your question, continue to build the new environment of 5.5 with your 3 hosts from scratch 'ignoring' your old hosts. Once your new environment up & running, connect 4.1 guests to your new server vCenter Server and vMotion to move virtual machines while they run to the new cluster (live migration without interruption).

  VMTools upgrades do not have place automatically during migration.

  Once your virtual machines on new hosts, update tools as usual and you can then also upgrade virtual hardware of your virtual machines.

  Virtual HW update is optional, though; If you do not have the VMs that need the new features you can skip this last step and keep them as they are. »

  TYIA.

  The previous answer is pretty good, but I would like to add a few elements.

  You can 'disconnect' your 4.1 hosts of your old vcenter with running virtual machines, and then when you connect the hosts in your environment of 5.5 it will import your VM running as well.  As long as you have properly configured virtual networks you can live migrate vmfs old host and the old store of data simultaneously via the web client as long as your esx license allows it.  Otherwise close your virtual machines down to 1 at a time to migrate them above.

  Alternatively, you can consider running your vcenter as a virtual machine within the cluster it manages.  This gives you some DRS and HA for vcenter, plus a 4th host for virtual machines.

  If you don't have additional license you can also install your new hosts of 5.5 and run for 60 days before that you upgrade your 4.1 licenses to apply to your new host.

• Dynamic Cluster migration "Haswell" Intel and Intel 'Sandy Bridge' Cluster

  Hi all

  Need your help on this, on our below, we have two clusters ClusterA (EVC mode is Intel Haswell) and focus (EVC mode is Intel Sandy Bridge), the current problem we are facing right now is that we can not migrate from VM direct of clusterA to b, but successful once we stop the virtual machine and migrate to b. Webcam live migration of VM of focus to ClusterA now question. My question is, is there a way that we can migrate from VM direct ClusterA to b without changing the mode of the VCA on the two hosts?

  Details of home:

  Group A:
  CPU: Intel Xeon CPU E5-2698 V3 2.30 Ghz
  RAM: 256 GB
  EVC: Intel "Haswell" generation

  
  

  Group b:

  CPU: Intel Xeon CPU 2.6 Ghz E5-2670

  RAM: 256 GB

  EVC: Intel 'Sandy Bridge' generation

  If a processor can support level VCA XN, it can also support XN-1 to Xlevels 0. For example, a processor that supports Intel EVC baseline 'Sandy Bridge' generation has a level of EVC of L4. Therefore, it can also support VCA L0, L1, L3 and L2 levels. However, he cannot bear VCA level L5, which corresponds to the generation of Intel®'s "Ivy Bridge'. Intel EVC baselines are listed in table 1.1.

  Ref: KB VMware: best vMotion compatibility (EVC) processor support

  Thus, virtual machines that are running in your focus (EVC mode is Intel Sandy Bridge), should be able to move freely (vMotion) to b (mode of EVC is Intel Sandy Bridge) to ClusterA (EVC mode is Intel Haswell) and A to B provided that the virtual machine that is in your Cluster B vMotioned while in Group A and A is not in the power Cycle, if you put it off and on again then it will be new pickup EVC mode, otherwise it will continue to work with his original mode of VCA.

  But if you take the case of the virtual machines running within your group, those who can not be vMotioned to group B, because they are running with mode higher CVS, canoe taken to lower VCA as live migration, you can migrate cold (power off and move)

  Ideally if you want to reach vMotion compatibility between the two clusters, you must set the VCA mode for each group for Intel Sandy Bridge. But like asking you if you won't change EVC mode at all, the solution proposed would be

  Turned off of the virtual machines in your A group phase by phase, turn cold migration from Group B, there and let the fashion of these machines virtual micro Cluster B EVC, then move them again in A Cluster, in short to realize all the VM in EVC of Cluster B mode. But you will always be in the face of challenge then if VM through the feeding cycle while in Group A, it will pickup Haswell VCA mode and you will lose compatibility vMotion for this virtual machine on cluster again.

  so, what you're asking can be done using method above, but better would be to have two clusters in the VCA mode even if you don't have to worry about power cycles.

  Note: You need to use vSphere Web Client.