P2V with SAN = > VM + VMDK

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• Exchange 2003, clone cold or P2v with services (disabled)?

  Hi guys

  I asked this question before, but I'm still confused.

  I'm not sure if I have to make a cold clone of p2v with disabled services, exchange servers or (create it from scratch) - I have not really 100% wana go this way because this is going to be a tedious job and also we could be upgraded to 2007 in a few months (not sure), then I could rebuild from scratch then.

  For the time being.

  1. what options should I go, from the above? and why?

  2. I have my exchane on the vmdk databases, or put them on the RDM? Why

  3. any other consideration, this operation?

  Please guide me, I'll be very grateful for your help.

  Concerning

  Rucky

  I would be closed to all non-essential services just to make things move a little faster and run less risk of corruption of something at start-up.

  Why the move to fi virtual you will rebuild may soon anyway?

• Thin Provisioning - SAN or VMDK layer

  Hello

  With the option to set up a thin disk with vSphere or the SAN layer, which is the best?  Is it possible the provision at the level of the SAN and VMDK or could eventually create confusion.  I guess that SAN provisioning would offer better performance too?

  See you soon

  gogogo5

  Very detailed information on this subject available on the blog of Chad from EMC here: http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2009/04/thin-on-thin-where-should-you-do-thin-provisioning-vsphere-40-or-array-level.html

  Kind regards

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• Virtualize a physical machine with SAN-attached storage

  Hello

  We are looking to virtualize a physical machine in W2k3 with SAN attached storage.  Ideally we would like storage as RDM due to migration, is possible without destroying all the data that is held on this subject?

  TIA

  David

  Just use converter for local disks.

  Then map your SAN disk to your ESX (masking of storage).

  Rescan ESX to see the new LUN (under the storage card).

  Finally add the virtual machine to the RDM disk (use virtual mode to use instant VMware).

  André

• P2V with the guest who has devoted the fiber SAN LUN connection

  We have a Windows 2003 server that has a SAN LUNS dedicated to her.  It is not shared.  It is only used by this server.   We need to virtualize it but wonder how the dedicated SAN LUNS will be included in the new virtual machine?  Some people in our Department who took the course VMware informs me that there is no way in VI3 for this.  Is this true?

  Looks like he's talking about NPIV that allows each virtual machine to have its own Port.  Discover 86 of the Guide of Fibre Channel SAN Configuration for details.  It would also certainly work.

• Migrating from 5.0.0 free ESXi / ESX 4.1.0 a local database to bought ESXi 4.1.0 with SAN

  We currently have four host servers.  Two host servers are the free version of VMware ESXi 5.0.0 and ESX 4.1.0.  I have two hosts in a cluster, obviously with the version under license and running VMWare VCenter ESXi 4.1.0 running.

  All of these guests have all (vmdk files etc.) data stored locally on the host servers.  I'll be migrating to a new SAN and buy under license of VMware.

  I need to move the virtual hosts free version VMware servers (5.0.0 ESXi / ESX 4.1.0) to the cluster host ESXi 4.1.0 under license.  I can export the folder containing all the files and import it on the cluster license.  Once records are there, how can I activate the servers of records and pull up?

  I have to get off these hosts old existing virtual servers on the new servers which we you place your order.

  In this case I the new environment configuration and then for example use VMware Converter to migrate (V2V, with the virtual machine is turned off) the virtual machine of the former hosts in the vCenter Server environment allowing you to select the target storage.

  André

• Free EsxI - use with SAN

  Hello

  As a system administrator, we will began to plan the installation of our new servers and two new solutions Equallogic SAN. We bought two enterprise license of VMWare infrastructure (which was recommended through our hardware vendor).

  In our meetings, I have discussions with my Chief, why we do not use the free version of EsxI, because the business version is expensive. My hardware vendor has reported that us can' use the free version to store vmdk on the SAN files.

  I searched for information, but I couldn't find anything. Can anyone help me give some information why we should use the free edition instead of the Enterprise edition? Next to vmmotion, high availability, etc.

  THX

  The free version works perfectly with an Equallogic SAN.  What you get with the Enterprise version is the ability to use VMotion and HA and Virtual Center. Moreover, VMotion and HA require Virtual Center, so if your vendor sold you only licenses the company without a license of Virtual Center (also expensive), you're really at the point where there is virtually no difference between the Enterprise and the free version.

• How to create a database with SAN storage?

  We are creating a new database, but what we need to do is to configure the oradata, admin and data files directories in SAN disk. In the same system, we have created two database in d drive so we can't change the oracle home

  1 create a LUN on the SAN

  2. mounting LUN on your Windows system

  3. the format of the LUN with diskpart.

  4. at the moment, you can move your database to san lun. This can be done in different ways. For example:

  stop immediately;

  bootable media;

  #move # your files from A to B physically db #.

  ALTER DATABASE FILE RENAME ' C:\oracle\oradata\theDatabase\

  'to' Q:\myDatabases\theDatabase';#rename all files moved

  ALTER database open;

  ALTER database backup controlfile to "/... /... /... /';"

  ALTER database backup controlfile to trace.

  # a full backup (if log mode archive) warm/RMAN or stop again and take a cold backup if no archive log mode.

  Startup

• Linux P2V with 12 Pro Workstation

  Hi all

  I am to evaluate Workstation 12 Pro and wanted to know if I can do a P2V of a Linux machine?

  When I try to do it (with VMware Vcenter Converter Standalone installed as client-server), it is said:

  fault. IncorrectCredentialsFault.summary.

  And when I try again it says:

  Unable to connect to VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Server. Make sure that VMware vCenter Converter Standalone version 5.5 is installed

  I installed the latest version of 5.5, so don't know what could be the problem.

  Thanks in adavnce!

  Linux p2v requires interaction with a computer virtual assistance.

  Although it is basically possible with workstation he never was executed

  which means that Linux P2V is only possible when the target is ESXi.

  If you're an experienced Linux user, you can do it manually.

  Google find instructions for most distributios p2v

• P2V with vcenter 5.5

  Hello

  I was looking for the Vcenter of P2V version, but I can only see the standalone download. The independent running against Vcenter what I see needs tweaks to work.

  If there is a version of business?

  Thank you

  I always toilet integrate vCenter Converter was an obscure idea. IMHO converter must be installed in a stand-alone VM Win7 sweet even it is not part of a domain. After the installation of the converter the vmdk can be set to nonpersistant mode, so this converter is always clean.
  In any case, there is no version company - so you must fix the errors you get now...

  It works if you approach an ESXi directly?

• How I find myself with as many vmdk files (which are almost 320KO)?

  I'm new at this; Please, be gentle .

  I made a new Win 7-64 company VM Workstation 8.0.5. I asked a 60 GB of virtual disk in place with several files, and I found myself with 64 vmdk files (49 of which are 320 KB).

  I did the same thing a few months (on an earlier version of workstation) and 60 GB of virtual disk includes only 10 files vmdk, ranging from 1 GB and GB 28.

  Why the new VM do not end with as many files vmdk more and so much smaller?

  Thank you

  David

  David, although this was not really necessary, because I had already explained the plausible scenarios thanks nonetheless for the supply of the parsed data (factual) hard.  The reason why you have 64 files in the same directory hard is because the virtual machine has a 60 GB twoGbMaxExtentSparse virtual disk with a snapshot, and it is 32 hard files (for each) x 2 for a total of 64 records hard.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with this and is a scenario quite normal and expected and because it is so absolutely no sense why whatever mfelker made such a statement absurd as, "it's simply imposible t have 64 hard files in the same directory." and you can certainly security ignore this!

• Storage vmotion a VM with so many vmdk and RDM for NFS

  I try a virtual machine that has so much Storage VMotion vmdk and RDM disks to a NFS data store.

  I do NOT need convert the RDM disks just move the pointer with the VMDK file will be converted.

  Is this possible?

  Now if I try this hot svmotion, I get an error on the RDM which set out the following "virtual disk" drive hard 3' is a direct access mapped LUN that is not supported on the data store 'myEMCNFSds'.»»

  If I try this svmotion cold then I get no warning, but it seems that svmotion is trying to convert the RDM NFS drive.

  Is your RDM in physical compatibility mode?   Check out this article KB http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1001856

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• Extending from ESX 3.5 (HP Server) with SAN + second server

  Hello community!

  We are currently working on extending our (tiny) virtualization environment. It consists of a single server:

  -HP ProLiant 2 x QuadCore

  -16 GB OF RAM

  -3 x 300 GB SAS internal

  -VMWare ESX 3.5

  We want to expand storage with a SAN and a second server for better reliability and more. Our plan is to go the medium iSCSI and buy the following components:

  (1) a Bay iSCSI SAN:

  -HP MSA2312i DualController with 8 x 450 GB 15 k SAS

  (2) two switches:

  -Switches of GB class business with an internal switching capacity > 20 GB/s

  (3) second ESX 3.5 server:

  -same features as the existing ProLiant ESX 3.5

  A few issues:

  (1) hardware compatibility seems given to the MSA. The ProLiant server shipped with ESX, so I guess that its 100% compatible. Should I pay attention to the compatibility of the network components?

  (2) what should I be careful when choosing switches for iSCSI SAN? Is a huge power of internal cut enough?

  (3) what host iSCSI adapters performance gains would give me and it justifies the extra cost?

  (4) can I combine the two machines as having different virtual machines on them, but also implement a sort of built-in security mechanism / HA, so that a machine can run temporarily all virtual machines of these machines in the case of a hardware failure on one of the ESX?

  (5) there is what other mechanisms HA (cheap)? As only using a production server and the other as 'rescue' (virtual machines from the SAN on the machine hot standby in the event of a hardware failure on the production ESX)?

  (6) do you have the General with our scheduled install concerns or advice for such a small virtualization environment?

  (7) a less expensive configuration would also do the job (like using a less expensive Netgear NAS iSCSI as storage for virtual machines)?

  Thans in advance! Kind regards

  -sd

  Hello and welcome to the forums.

  (1) hardware compatibility seems given to the MSA. The ProLiant server shipped with ESX, so I guess that its 100% compatible. Should I pay attention to the compatibility of the network components?

  MSA2312i is supported with ESX 4.0 U1, ESX 4.0, ESX 3.5 U5, ESX 3.5 U4, ESX 3.5 U3.  You do not specify the exact Proliant you use, but you can check it on the VMware Compatibility Guide.  You can also consult the various components of IO it - chances are good that you will be fine, but it is always good to check.

  (2) what should I be careful when choosing switches for iSCSI SAN? Is a huge power of internal cut enough?

  You summed it up above when you said "class business.  Buy company switches compatible with for your business.

  (3) what host iSCSI adapters performance gains would give me and it justifies the extra cost?

  Some, but it may not be enough to justify the cost - depends on your configuration.  Check it out "[comparison of the performance of the storage Protocol | ]. "[http://www.VMware.com/files/PDF/storage_protocol_perf.pdf] ' study of performance for more details.  It's been a while since the last, I checked, but once there is no supported iSCSI HBA for blades not HPs on 3.5.

  (4) can I combine the two machines as having different virtual machines on them, but also implement a sort of built-in security mechanism / HA, so that a machine can run temporarily all virtual machines of these machines in the case of a hardware failure on one of the ESX?

  Yes.  VMware HA or FT would work, but likely ft won't work on the Proliant you have.

  (5) there is what other mechanisms HA (cheap)? As only using a production server and the other as 'rescue' (virtual machines from the SAN on the machine hot standby in the event of a hardware failure on the production ESX)?

  This approach could work, if you do not have vCenter or VMware HA.

  (6) do you have the General with our scheduled install concerns or advice for such a small virtualization environment?

  Reference your current systems.  Find out what resources will be needed in.  Now, plan your backup strategy if you have not already.  This isn't something to do after the build is complete.

  (7) a less expensive configuration would also do the job (like using a less expensive Netgear NAS iSCSI as storage for virtual machines)?

  Of course, but you almost always get what you pay for.  See the above compatibility Guide and only buy storage which are listed there.  This is also where repositories of the project your systems and your needs in workload comes into play.

  Good luck!

• Performance RDM vs sober Fibra SAN discos VMDK

  Hola,

  Tengo una duda me gustaria that alguien con mas experiencia me pudiese resolver.

  El a SAN entorno con fibra discos, the duda are TR alojar el disco a virtual that contain una DB como o como VMDK RDM server.

  Es muy diferente el performance that will get?

  Gracias.

  Hola Jquilez, you recommend the reading of the following back VMware benchmarks, Aduaneiras one you question:

  http://www.VMware.com/files/PDF/vmfs_rdm_perf.PDF

  http://www.VMware.com/files/PDF/performance_char_vmfs_rdm.PDF

  Debes recordar el acceso has the LUNS as Raw Device Mapping adhere directly material al y formateas unidad directly in the telephone box of discos. In con cambio VMFS tienes esa capa intermedia. Personally, if encuentro mayor speed in el acceso a los RDM vs VMDK, pero solo para casos concretos. Debes tener in cuenta con Québec en modo fisico podras hacer VMotion RDM y HA y con RDM virtual, podras clonar.

• ESXi with SAN

  Can ESXi cause an order of SAN attached to host virtual machines? If so how or when this stage comes, the esxi Setup program has an option to add a san disk?

  ESXi and ESX support FC SAN (with FC HBA) storage and iSCSI (both with the software or hardware initiator).

  (I hope I understood the question)

  André

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