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• vCenter Heartbeat and vCenter Failed

  If vCenter Heartbeat is used to replicate the vCenter Server, then that server vCenter can't then some esxi hosts this vCenter Server manages will be they will automatically move to the other server vCenter Server or we need to do it manually?

  vCenter Heartbeat is a cluster solution that protects services vCenter, so you will have two primary servers and secondary, one of the server would be active and others being passive.

  Incase if the Active Server fails, HB will failover services vCenter vCenter to the passive node. No further action to perform.

• The upgrade to vCenter Server to vCenter Server 5.1 5.1 update 1 when the SQL database is remote and vCenter Server Heartbeat is installed

  Hi guys,.

  I'm in the middle of an upgrade to vSphere 5.1 5.1 vSphere update 1. I have vCenter protected by HB and SQL on a separate computer (also protected by HB) I also run Syslog, Update Manager and Proxy authentication on vCenter.

  I've successfully upgraded HB on all 4 nodes (2 x vCenter & 2 x SQL) and started the upgrade components on the secondary according to the •vCenter Server Heartbeat 6.5 server and vCenter Update 1 Installation on Windows Server 2008 when the secondary server is virtual (PDF) http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vcenter-server-heartbeat-65-u1-installation-windows-2008-virtual-guide.pdf

  I got to step 3.c

  3. change the primary/active server role:

  a launch of the vCenter Server Heartbeat wizard configure server and click the tab of the Machine to change the server role for the current server (primary) to the active State and click Finish.

  b using the Service Control Manager, start the Server Heartbeat of VMware vCenter service.

  c using the vCenter Server Heartbeat Console, check that all the status icons on the server: summary page are green indicating that the boot process is completed and protected from all the services are started.

  d using the Service Control Manager, stop the service Server Heartbeat of VMware vCenter.

  As the vCenter service does not start, I'm stuck at this point. As far as I'm concerned, the error is quite logical. I've updated vCenter using the secondary server, and then I'm trying to connect (according to the guide) with another version that breaks down.

  If I continue with the services stop and launch the installer SSO, it is trying to perform an uninstall!

  Did I miss something in this upgrade?

  Concerning

  
  Ciaran

  Hi guys, VMware have finally updated the documentation to reflect the right way forward: https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/heartbeat_pubs.html U1 6.5 Select from the menu drop-down and you'll see the last date of update for each of the documentation is now 10/10/2013. The guide States now specifically to restore the vCenter database before proceeding with any other measure, this is copied below for convenience: "the upgrade of the main server of the upgrade process further guess upgrading the secondary server completed successfully. Procedure 1 before continuing the upgrade process, perform a restore of the database of vCenter Server, Single Sign-On database, VMware Update Manager database and SSL certificates that were backed up in step 4 on the secondary server. regards Ciaran

• Known issues with running ESX, vSphere and vCenter Lab Manager on a Windows Server?

  I'm on a project that is currently planned to install ESX, vSphere and vCenter Lab Manager on a Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise x 64.  Anyone know if there are known problems with their performance on a beefy Server?

  http://communities.VMware.com/community/VMTN/vSphere?view=overview and take a look at podcasting.

• Nexus1000v and vCenter Linked Mode

  Hello

  Is that what someone has implemented Nexus1000v in an environment with vCenter Linked Mode active? The VMware support guy says he only is not supported, but in my research in cisco and vmware Web sites I have found no documentation confirming this information.

  Thanks in advance,

  Rubens

  People now officially support us vCenter Linked Mode and vCenter Server Heartbeat.

  Go to the link for the official announcement below.

  https://www.myciscocommunity.com/Community/products/nexus1000v/blog/2010/06/03/nexus-1000V-support-for-vSphere-features-heartbeat-linked-mode

  Thank you

  Louis

• NIC physical or virtual dedicated & vlan for vCenter Heartbeat?

  I am writing a paper on the recommendations and requirements of vCenter Heartbeat 1...

  It seems unclear to me if the functionality of pulsations of vCenter need dedicated physical NIC when VC is running in a virtual machine?

  VC goes. Heart rate requires dedicated physical NIC or only vNIC & lt;-& gt; dedicated vSwitch is required?

  Thanks in advance

  : o).

  I guess that your VC is running in a virtual machine? VC with Heartbeat requires a minimum of two vNIC with every heartbeat (each vNIC, but the first) vNIC on a dedicated vSwitch. Since a physical NETWORK card can only below a unique vSwitch, this configuration requires at least two cards physical network. Basically, this means that you need at least two network adapters for and two physical network adapters to configure the heartbeat in a VC run in a virtual machine. For redundancy reasons, it makes sense to have multiple physical network cards in a vSwitch for grouping of NETWORK cards. Therefore, you should really have at least four physical NICs (two by vSwitch) in a production environment.

• My 10.2 final cut does not recognize my Lexar 512 ssd drive which is formatted for Mac Os journaled and completely empty

  My FCPX 10.2 does not recognize my Lexar 512 ssd drive,
  who is formatted for Mac Os journaled and completely empty (already formatted),
  He comes to see my ssd as an SD card once I click an import media.

  I had once FCPX 10.0.8 and with which I was able to edit with my external Lexar 512 GB SSD drive,
  that was seen as a normal external hard drive with all my projects and events.

  I'm not using Time Machine, never used.

  Any thoughts, why can't you do more?

  Here is a screen from my drive information: http://i.imgur.com/3TrITKf.png.
  and here is a screen in FCPX where he sees my ssd as external device: http://i.imgur.com/PB4dgkB.png

  Thank you
  Federico

  SO it is not working properly. The drive is empty. Make a new library and save it on the SSD drive.

• Want to take the certification VCP6-VTC, but I finished the 5.5 ESXi and vCenter Server 5.5

  Hello

  2 years ago I had the training for 5.5 ESXi and vCenter Server 5.5 - I wonder if that would satisfy the requirement and allows me to pass the exam VCP6-VTC?  Or should I stick with the VTC VCDP5 only?

  Have you taken after school.

  5.5 vSphere install, configure and manage.

  If so, please attend vSphere: what's new [5.5 to 6.0]

  It is a 2 day course that will allow you to take the exam VCP6-VTC.

  Otherwise, take VCP550 review and upgrade to VCP6-VTC in taking 2V0 - 621D.

  Pleaes see following URLs too.

  http://myLearn.VMware.com/mgrReg/plan.cfm?plan=12457&UI=www_cert&TRK=profile_certification_title

  VCP6-VTC Certification

• vRealize device Orchestrator 6.0.3 and vCenter 5.5 5.6 U3/vCloud Director

  Hello world

  I have a few questions on the compatibility between vRO 6.0.3 and vCenter vCloud Director 5.6 and 5.5:

  In vCenter Orchestrator 5.5.2 I plugin to connect the vCO to vCenter (version 5.5.2.1875635):

  

  1. in new vRO 6.0.3 for configuration I can not find this plugin, but when I checked the news of plug-ins I found a plugin vCenter (version vCenter Server 6.0.2.2995112). But how can I connect vRO 6.0.3 vCenter 5.5 (only by the workflow?).

  

  2. a supplementary door on vSphere Web Client integration with vRO. To do this properly first of all I must use SSO authentication mode? It won't work with LDAP authentication?

  3. anyone know if vRO works closely with vCloud Director 5.6? I found 5.5.1.2 plugin, but using this plugin, I can not connect to vCD (in vCO 5.5.2 I have no problem).

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Hello

  (1) Yes, plugin configuration is workflow (this is the approach recommended new plug-ins; the old configuration of Web UI is deprecated and will be removed at some point).

  (2) only the SSO mode is supported; LDAP won't work. Note that the UNIQUE authentication token is acquired in the name of the user logged in vSphere client to Web, so you must make sure that this user has enough permissions to connect to vRO.

  (3) it should be newer versions of this plugin, and compatibility matrix showing which plugin version is compatible with given the vCD. Don't know where it is, however.

• The traffic between a host ESXi and vCenter Server is secure?

  Dear team,

  You pray let me know is traffic between a host ESXi and vCenter server (vice versa) is secure?

  The VC and ESXi version is 5.1U1a

  concerning

  Mr. VMware

  Default SSL certificates are installed automatically. However, you can configure the third-party SSL certificates to make the environment more secure.

  Please see:

  VSphere Documentation Centre

  http://pubs.VMware.com/vSphere-51/topic/com.VMware.ICbase/PDF/vSphere-ESXi-vCenter-Server-51-Security-Guide.PDF

• Open connections of hosts and vCenter Server Appliance

  We have number of ESXi hosts configured in our environment with vCenter 5.1, far ssh is open to all in order to access all hosts via SSH. Although authenticating the users available but, even then, the issue raises so bound / restrict administrators IPs or subnet of the network for security reasons. Will be the same for vCenter Server Appliance.

  Also can we restriction of IP level for the Vmware Client users, good that now everyone can make the connection between vSphere and vCenter cleint. Please advice

  Hi friend

  Please see below the resources needed to achieve the same on ESXi

  http://www.definit.co.UK/2013/10/vSphere-Security-Advanced-SSH-configurations/

  Restrict access to the ESXi host Console - see the lock Mode. VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs

  Limit the vSphere Client access to IP or network - Firewall 5 ESXi & raquo; System administrators

• Desktop vSphere and vCenter Desktop

  The Horizon Suite includes Desktop vCenter and vSphere Desktop?

  I see in the description of the product Horizon Suite includes 'View of the Horizon', but we know not if it's the 'Horizon view Bundle', which includes vSphere and vCenter, or the "Horizon view add-on", is not.

  Anyone can clarify that for me?

  Thank you

  Yes more horizon will include office and Desktop vSphere vCenter.

  This will give you a better clarification

  VMware KB: VMware Horizon Suite 1.0 licensing system

• Silent installation and scripted of SSO and vCenter 5.1

  Hello

  
  

  I'm looking to do a silent installation and SSO scripted and vCenter.

  
  

  The following worked for v5.0...

  
  

  «"Start/wait d:\vCenter-Server\vmware-vcserver.exe/q/s/w/L1033 /v" /qn DB_SERVER_TYPE custom = DB_DSN =------DB_PASSWORD = ' vc\'-'XXXXXXX\' DB_USERNAME =------'sa\' VPX_USES_SYSTEM_ACCOUNT = 1/l * v \"c:\vcinstall.log\»»

  
  

  ... but does not work by 5.1 and I can't find any documentation.

  
  

  Any help is appreciated as always.

  
  

  Thank you, Andy.

  Hi Andy,.

  As Boloo said, there are some underlying the rules for vCenter 5.1 that did not exist for 5.0, which means that some additional settings are required for an installation script.

  Here are some examples for you which I use when redeploy my lab (note that B:\VIM_51 is my media extracted folder):

  Installation of SSO

  start/wait B:\VIM_51\"Single Sign On"\VMware-SSO-Server.exe/L1033 /v"/ QR MASTER_PASSWORD = VMware1! CONFIRM_MASTER_PASSWORD = VMware1! CONFIG_TYPE = configuration SETUP_TYPE = basic SSO_DB_SERVER_TYPE =-"Custom\" JDBC_DBTYPE = Mssql JDBC_DBNAME = RSA JDBC_HOSTNAME_OR_IP = DC JDBC_HOST_PORT = 1433 JDBC_USERNAME = RSA_USER JDBC_PASSWORD = VMware1! SKIP_DB_USER_CREATION = 1 DBA_JDBC_USERNAME = RSA_DBA DBA_JDBC_PASSWORD = VMware1! COMPUTER_FQDN = VC. Lab.local IS_SSPI_NETWORK_SERVICE_ACCOUNT = 1 SSO_HTTPS_PORT = 7444 "

  Installation of the Web Client

  Start/wait B:\VIM_51\vSphere-WebClient\VMware-WebClient.exe/L1033 /v"HTTP_PORT HTTPS_PORT 9090 9443 SSO_ADMIN_USER=admin@System-Domain SSO_ADMIN_PASSWORD = = = VMware1! "LS_URL = https://vc.lab.local:7444 / lookupservice/sdk/QR".

  Installation of the inventory

  start/wait B:\VIM_51\"Inventory Service"\VMware-inventory-service.exe/L1033 /v"HTTPS_PORT = XDB_PORT = FEDERATION_PORT = QUERY_SERVICE_NUKE_DATABASE = 1 TOMCAT_MAX_MEMORY_OPTION 10111 10109 10443 = S SSO_ADMIN_USER=admin@System-Domain SSO_ADMIN_PASSWORD = VMware1! "LS_URL = https://vc.lab.local:7444 / lookupservice/sdk/QR".

  vCenter installed (at least)

  Start/wait B:\VIM_51\vCenter-Server\VMware-vcserver.exe/L1033 /v"/ QR DB_SERVER_TYPE = Custom DB_DSN = vCenterDB DB_USERNAME = vpx DB_PASSWORD = VMware1! FORMAT_DB = 1 JVM_MEMORY_OPTION = SSO_ADMIN_USER=admin@System-Domain SSO_ADMIN_PASSWORD = VMware1 S! LS_URL =https://vc.lab.local:7444/lookupservice/sdk IS_URL =https://vc.lab.local:10443 VC_ADMIN_USER=vi-admin@lab VC_ADMIN_IS_GROUP_VPXD_TXT = 0 VPX_USES_SYSTEM_ACCOUNT = 1 VCS_GROUP_TYPE = VCS_ADAM_LDAP_PORT unique = 389 VCS_ADAM_SSL_PORT = 636 VCS_HTTPS_PORT = 443 VCS_HTTP_PORT = 80 TC_HTTP_PORT = 8080 TC_HTTPS_PORT = VCS_WSCNS_PORT = VCS_HEARTBEAT_PORT = 902 "60099 8443

  vSphere Client Installation

  "Start/wait B:\VIM_51\vSphere-Client\VMware-viclient.exe/q/s/w/L1033 /v" / QR ".

  VUM Plugin

  "Start/wait B:\VIM_51\updateManager\VMware-UMClient.exe/q/s/w/L1033 /v" / QR ".

  Install the Update Manager

  Start/wait B:\VIM_51\updateManager\VMware-UpdateManager.exe/L1033 /v"/ QR VMUM_SERVER_SELECT = vc.lab.local VC_SERVER_IP = vc.lab.local VC_SERVER_ADMIN_USER =-'lab\vi-admin\' VC_SERVER_ADMIN_PASSWORD = VMware1! VCI_DB_SERVER_TYPE = Custom VCI_FORMAT_DB = 1 DB_DSN = DB_USERNAME VUM = vpx DB_PASSWORD = VMware1! »

  Hope that helps, shout if you have any questions.

• I7 2600 k P8H67-i Deluxe MB and vCenter Server ESXi 5 appliance

  I7 2600 k P8H67-i Deluxe MB and vCenter Server, 16 GB, and ESXi 5 device

  One has been able to run vCenter Server Appliance on this material?

  vCenter Server Appliance does not start

  I run ESXi 4.1 on a server and more office built a user-friendly machine for ESXi 5

  ESXi 5 start ok, installs and runs a test VM ok.

  But after downloading appliance vCenter server and deployed the ovf, the virtual machine will not start.

  I'm reasonably confident that the deployment was OK, as I've done it before on ESXi 4.1 (but on a server with Xeon processor).

  The message of the console is

  
  Message of the Virtual Machine
  This virtual machine is configured for 64-bit operating systems. However, 64-bit
  operation is not possible.
  Longmode is disabled for this virtual machine
  For more information, see http://vmware.com/info?id=52
  Continue without 64 bit support

  Yes

  NO.

  If I select 'No', I get 'not enough video RAM.

  If I check the box 'Yes' I get

  This kernel requires an x 86-64 processor but only detected an i686 CPU.
  Could not start - please use a kernel suitable for your CPU.

  I've been through settings and advice re longmode, but just can't get the right settings.

  Thanks in advance for any response

  In order to run the 64-bit clients, you need to enable 'VT - x' in the system BIOS. In addition to this I also recommend you activate "Execute Disable Bit" and - if necessary - disable "VT - d" as well as "Trusted Execution". Once done, save the BIOS settings and the power of the system (power power off) cycle. If this does not resolve the problem, thanks for posting the latest vmware.log of the virtual machine.

  André

• Is there a "ESXi and vCenter Setup Guide" available?

  I downlaed 'ESX and vCenter Server Installation Guide 4.1 ESX' PDF, but I need an ESXi version as I want to know rather than ESX ESXi score structure.  Is there a same doc for ESXi avaiable?

  Thank you!

  You can find a great description of Rickard Nobel at http://rickardnobel.se/archives/776

  André