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• Question of ESXi 4.1 license

  Hi my client is planning to have a cluster of ESX 4 nodes using ESXi 4.1 and Virtual Center.

  What should I use to record the ESXi 4.1? the free license or when the virtual centre is purchased that should have licenses real for my ESXi 4.1?

  Initially I'll install an ESXi 4.1 and in about 3 weeks the other 3 physical servers are added...

  but when I downloaded ESXi 4.1, I got a free license now that's my question my client will buy VC to be able to use all the people and all the Vmotion HA...

  Thank you

  Yes, HA, VMotion you will need licenses with a vCenter Server

  See: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1010839

  Eval license is only good for 60 days for ESXi and vCenter

  To add licenses:

  Log the vSphere Client.

  Click home. Under the Administration section, click the icon of licensing.

  Click on manage vSphere licenses.

  Enter the license key in the entrance of the new vSphere license key field (one per line).

  Include labels for the new if necessary license keys.

  Click Add license keys.

  After you click Add license keys, you can review the license keys that you added, counties of capacity, dates of expiration and labels associated with the license key.

  To assign the license key at vCenter or ESX host:

  Log on to the vSphere Client.

  Click home. Under the Administration section, click the icon of licensing.

  Choose the Mode of assessment and to expand the list. Find the product that you want to allow.

  Right-click on the product and choose Edit the license key.

  Assign a key to list has been entered previously on the license management window.

  Click OK.

  Check that the product is now licensed.

  Note: Pointing the cursor on a license key in the license vSphere Management Assistant displays a ToolTip with information of assets.

  Click next to assign the license keys.

• 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

• 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

• ESX, ESXi and vCenter and virtual machines

  Hello all - I need to re - certify my VCP this month so I decided to sit down this weekend to set up a virtual lab.  I managed to get ESX, ESXi and vCenter working all in s vm on my laptop in less than 4 GB.  I use Player version 3 for now.  I have Workstation 6.5 but I have to spend my VCP to get a key of 7 workstations and improve it.

  The manual is a bit long, but here is the link if you are interested.  I'll update everything to Workstation 7 after my review.  I hope that some of you find it useful!

  http://blog.aarondelp.com/2009/11/VMware-data-center-in-box-using-VMware.html

  Aaron Delp

  http://blog.aarondelp.com

  http://blog.scottlowe.org/author/adelp/

  Nice - Thanks for posting.

  I doubt that you must update for Workstation 7 as VMplayer 3 is nothing else than a torn Workstation 7. It has the same basic functionality.

  So, nothing will be different if you use Workstation

  By the way - Starwind is really nice simulate a San.

  Another interesting thing, that you know may not...

  It is possible to assign up to 8 GB of RAM to your virtual ESXs, even if the host itself has only 4 GB of RAM.

  For this I have

  prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize = 'TRUE '.

  prefvmx.minVmMemPct = '5 '.

  in the file config.ini from the host. Do not run and then

  Using this trick, I was able to run 4 ESX virtual machines on my laptop 4 GB RAM running 2 k 3-32 bit host

  Ulli

  ___________________________________

  VMX-settings- VMware-liveCD - VM-infirmary

• a few questions about ESXi and SAN CF with HP P2000 G3

  Hello everyone!

  I am new to ESXi and SAN, then I need help for her.

  I have Encolosure C7000 system with 4 blades BL460c already installed ESXi 5.1U1 (HP custome ISO image). Everything works fine now, but I do not understand something:

  -What is the management network which I use vSphare Client to connect to? It is a private network to manage ESXi servers what difference with VMnetwork used by Virtual Machines? Because I've set up an IP address for this connection manually, but it is of course separate with IP addresses, I used on Virtual Machines.

  -If my system has problem, so I have to reinstall ESXi, license keys can be used again? Already, I have 8 license key for 4 blades (2 CPUs per server), but they have not yet used. Because I am new to ESXi, cause I had to reinstall ESXi several times to understand.

  -When I install successful ESXi, I don't know how to start working with SAN. What should I configure P2000 before it be plugged into the SAN switch? Or I can plug it then config later? Because I don't see it on the ESXi server. And on the OS I installed on the Guest Virtual Machines, I see nothing new in Device Manager. I thought that this guest operating system will detect the mezzanine card. But I see only mezzanine card that connect to the P2000 by SAN switch in ESXi (see image here http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/684/dsc04088k.jpg ). To my knowledge, I think that ESXi server have to detect the P2000 as hardware device. Can someone teach me step by step install and configure a San on ESXi? Or show me a tutorial because I searched but only iSCSI results.

  My devices:

  01 7.1 HP BLc7000 CTO 3 IN LCD ROHS Encl.

  04 BL460c G8 servers HP FlexFabric 8.5 10 Gb 2 p 554FLB FIO blade adapter

  02 7.3 HP B-series 8/12 c BladeSystem SAN Switch

  01 HP P2000 G3 MSA FC Dual Controller

  Thanks for any help, sugession or comment!

  -What is the management network which I use vSphare Client to connect to? It is a private network to manage ESXi servers what difference with VMnetwork used by Virtual Machines? Because I've set up an IP address for this connection manually, but it is of course separate with IP addresses, I used on Virtual Machines.

  Yes, it's a separate network used only for traffic management between ESXi hosts and vCenter - it is also the network used to connect to the environment - that's different, then the network used by your virtual machines

  -If my system has problem, so I have to reinstall ESXi, license keys can be used again? Already, I have 8 license key for 4 blades (2 CPUs per server), but they have not yet used. Because I am new to ESXi, cause I had to reinstall ESXi several times to understand.

  Yes the license keys can be reused, and if you use vCenter licenses will be managed by vCenter

  -When I install successful ESXi, I don't know how to start working with SAN. What should I configure P2000 before it be plugged into the SAN switch? Or I can plug it then config later? Because I don't see it on the ESXi server. And on the OS I installed on the Guest Virtual Machines, I see nothing new in Device Manager. I thought that this guest operating system will detect the mezzanine card. But I see only mezzanine card that connect to the P2000 by SAN switch in ESXi (see image here http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/684/dsc04088k.jpg ). To my knowledge, I think that ESXi server have to detect the P2000 as hardware device. Can someone teach me step by step install and configure a San on ESXi? Or show me a tutorial because I searched but only iSCSI results.

  Yes, you will be able to configure the San later - by default, the virtual machine will not see the SAn, as it is virtualized by your ESXi host - all the VM will see is a virtual SCSi disk - this doc's guide to vmware for storage - http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-511-storage-guide.pdf - you can visit the website of HP they might have documentation on configuring P2000 for vSphere -.

• vSphere and vCenter license price is based on the YEAR?

  Hello

  Even if I already know as the product of vSphere and so forth and I am familiar with other virtualization technologies (I will avoid to mention here), I would like to ask about the license costs.

  Currently, we use various stand-alone vSphere servers (sometimes evaluation license and a free license for 5.5), but I would like to have vMotion Metro and subnet rather than in private solutions like 'Veeam' quick migration, etc.

  I went to see the costs... which are generally extremely high, but then I realize that the cost is basic 1 year or 3 years, which means that all VMWare license costs are billed ANNUALLY?

  I mean, if I have 3 hosts ESXi and a cVenter with cost € 4000 will be € 4000 per year? I think it's crazy.

  Can anyone confirm?

  Concerning

  Hey,.

  When you buy the license first, you pay X amount, which includes the license to base 1 or 3 years Support and subscription (SnS).

  After this time, you pouvez renew your SnS for amount Y. For vSphere, one year basic Support is about 10% of the initial report and if I remember correctly.

  But you don't have to renew the SnS, your software will continue to work.

  SnS assets allows you to call VMware and leader in applications for support and very important: you can upgrade your license to the new major version keys when it comes out.

  If for example you can improve your keys of vSphere vSphere 5 6 keys subsequently.

  Tim

• 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

• With the help of ESXi and vCenter

  Hi all, I have some doubts on the use of ESXi and Virtual Center.

  Recently, we have set up 2 servers ESX with Virtual Center, all allowed in the Standard edition to have an available shared storage and HA.

  Our idea is to set up a new server with ESXi installed for testing purposes.

  Is possible to manage this server ESXi with our real VirtualCenter or we need a license? This particular server does NOT use shared storage or HA.

  Thanks for your help!

  Kind regards

  Diego

  Yes, you need a license for ESXi manage VirtualCenter. You can purchase the license to the Foundation. Please see the license attached (on page 3)

  Shan

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• Do we need to buy separate licenses for ESXi and VCenter and 5

  Hello

  I have confusion about the licensing model, I have 2 servers (2 socket) physical with 4 licenses of VMWARE VSPHERE 5 STANDARD 1 PROCESSOR, you can clear my doubts if I need to buy a separate license for VCenter Server and if so, which is the right one?

  Thank you

  Yes, vCenter Server needs to be licensed separately (VMware also offers packaged essentials and acceleration kits). Since you already have the CPU licenses, you can either watch the "vCenter Server Foundation" license that allows to manage up to 3 guests or 'vCenter Server Standard' license without this limitation.

  André

• The upgrade of our guests 5.0 ESXi and vCenter Server 5 and 5.5 Enterprise Plus

  We are the 4 upgrade hosts of ESXi 5 to 5.5

  We add 4 more guests with own ESXi 5.5 installed

  We are also upgrading our vCS 5 in the vCSA 5.5

  Using Enterprise + licenses

  Question: I'm trying to understand the best way to achieve this transition.  4 guests run about 100 virtual machines and 4 guests we add are clean slates.

  That's what I think... Please help me guys

  1. once the 4 new hosts are installed in the Datacenter clean running ESXi 5.5 I will deploy the vCSA ovf and register 4 guests with the Linux-based device.

  2. now, I have 4 new 5.5 ESXi hosts registered and running with vCSA 5.5 but I still have my old 4 guests with ESXi 5 and registered to the old vCS about 100 virtual machines running WIndows

  3. at this point I think stop on my older hosts 4 virtual machines and remove them from the vCenter Server inventory Windows and everything just their registration with the new vCSA

  4. Will be all my virtual machines or transferred with the hosts if I close them and put the hosts in maintenance mode?

  5. now, I should have all 8 guests registered with my new vCSA.  But the original 4 hosts have yet to be upgraded to ESXi 5.5

  6 move 100 virtual machines to the new 4 hosts running ESXi 5.5 and upgraded the 4 former hosts.

  7. now, I should have 8 guests with ESXi 5.5 using the vCSA

  See you soon!

  Pretty much.

  To make things easier, you can deploy the EGGS for vCSA in your current vCenter (if I remember correctly import an OVA using vCenter allows you to set certain options that should be set to the vCSA shell). After making sure that the vCSA online & configured, you can then install ESXi on all your new hosts, add them to a cluster in the vCSA and put a few trials of virtual machines on there to confirm the network setting is configured correctly. Once it's done (and assuming that the old and the new hosts use the same shared storage) you can stop the vCSA, remove it stock Windows vCS, please write it on one of your new hosts and turn on. You have now two environments (5.0 and 5.5). Next if you disconnect a host from 5.0 vCS (with virtual machines running on it), you can then connect it to the vCSA 5.5. Assuming that the vSwitchs standard networking of the exchanges that are the same name in both environments, you now can vMotion VMs between host 5.0 and 5.5 cluster. At this time, you can repeat with all remaining hosts until everything has been made the transition without service interruption. This will leave a lot of old objects in your old 5.0 vCS, but if that is getting trashed it isn't a big deal.

• VMAP eliminates ESXi and VCenter Lab installs, thanks to greedy Pirates.

  I run a class of Virtualization Technologies. My college has acquired a subscription of VMAP mainly to use to set up our training lab.

  We run 18 servers Dell T110 with 16 GB of memory.

  We also run 18 desktops Dell with 8 GB of memory.

  Here's how I run the class of 16 weeks (used to):

  Each student would be:

  1. Install a version of eval of 180 days of Windows 2008 R2 on a bare desktop.
  2. Install Workstation 8 on the desktop. Introduce students to the concepts of virtual machines. Workstation is ideal for this.
  3. Bring their own USB 16 GB class and install ESXi 5.0 on it running on the server.
  4. Install the VCenter Server (and client) directly on the desktop.
  5. Create a VM virtual host two additional ESXi
  6. Create an another VM of the VCenter Server virtual appliance.
  7. Start creating virtual machines, Clusters, ect.

  The point is, each student will learn a wide range of features in VSphere. Each student has at least THREE ESXi licenses and need TWO licenses of VCenter Server.

  At the end of the class, the laboratory is demolished (uninstalled all the software).

  The VMAP subscription that my college bought recently announced that Install lab licenses are more offered for VCenter or ESXi products.

  Now, I only use the version of 60 days?

  Is there any way around this?

  I could create 50 or so "student users" and get the individual keys for each. I would then have to use each key individually on all hosts in the laboratory.

  Students enrolled in this class were very happy to try the VSphere environment, something they could not do at home.

  Why not just offer the installation lab keys that have a duration of 1 year. This woul be more long enough for any semester length class.

  Or VMware wants to only close the non academic 'partner' classes offered. The "certified" classes use the same account VMAP of Kivuto however. How do they make their laboratories?

  Other classes in this direction have found that the best way to run the class is to one) ask students to work in pairs or larger teams, so that they can share their licenses; and (b) have them download license keys themselves, as you suggest. They don't necessarily three license keys for ESXi each however, given that each license key has an associated CPU count (2 or 4, depending on the product) which can be used to activate the host several processors. Note that we recently made vCloud Suite available to students in addition to vSphere, which in the past was only available for teachers and staff, so there are various options for which products the students use in class.

  Happy to discuss this further with you help succeed your class.

  Steve Muir

  --

  Director of the academic program of VMware (VMAP)
  http://labs.VMware.com/academic
  VMware technical Journal Vol 1, no. 2, now- http://VMware.com/go/vmtj

• 3.5u5 ESXi and vCenter 4.0 (beta)

  I use eval to 60 days of ESXi 3.5u5 and 4.0u1 versions

  I'm using the beta version of vCenter server.

  I have x 64 multiple hosts running ESXi 4.0 u1.  These hosts are attached to my vCenter server, all work fine no probs.

  I have three 32-bit servers running u5 ESXi 3.5 I can't join without a license server vCenter (and, I guess as a license to put on this server file).  When I try to add a 3.5 on the server host, I get:

  -

  ---

  License server not configured

  -

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  VI3 hosts cannot be added if vCenter is allowed but license server is not configured. Configure the license server, and then try again.

  I see not a download for the VI3 license server, and/or a license of 60 file days host on this server.  How to make the beta version of vCenter accept pre 4 ESXi hosts?

  I'm guessing that the answer will be "use the 60 day trial of vCenter and not version beta"?

  If you want to use 3.5 clients with vCenter 4.0, you will need to download and install the 3.5 license server because they use a different type of license.

  http://downloads.VMware.com/d/details/esx_35_licenseserver_dt/dGViZGVoKmJkZXBo

  Instructions given in the following link

  http://www.VMware.com/PDF/vsp_4_legacy_host_lic.PDF

• Need help to change a creation of VM PowerCLI script to support host ESXi and vCenter

  I have the below script that I created with much help from LucD - thank you! This has served me well for my lab procedures rip - replace so far. This script works when I run it against my single ESXi host when it is not connected to my server vCenter, but it throws errors when I run this script when the host is connected to vCenter and it fails to implement the controller SCSI Paravirtual. I think when the host is under the control of vCenter that changed some of the settings.

  If I point to the vCenter instead of ESXi host, I still get the same problem. In addition, I would also add the ability to create virtual machines in pools of different resources of a cluster of vSphere. My name in data center's LAB and my Cluster is called Local with pools of resources like TestLab, etc. see Horizon.

  Ideas please!

  Error message:

  Set SCSI controller: 21/10/2014-18:02:11

  SCSI controller set

  Failure of the operation for the entity 'W81X86 '.

  with the following message: "access to the parameters of resources on the host computer is the server manages:

  '192.168.1.5 '. »

  Get-SCSI - VM $VM controller | where {$_.} Type - eq "VirtualLsiLogicSAS"} | All-CBS...

  ~~~~~~~

  + CategoryInfo	: NotSpecified: (:)) [game-SCSI controller], HostAccessRestrictedToManagementServer)
  	+ FullyQualifiedErrorId: Client20_TaskServiceImpl_CheckServerSideTaskUpdates_OperationFailed, VMware.VimAutomation

  . ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevice.SetScsiController

  The real script:

  # Create Virtual Machines LAB of CSV file

  Add-PSSnapin-name "VMware.VimAutomation.Core" - ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

  Game-PowerCLIConfiguration - ignore InvalidCertificateAction - confirm: $False | Out-Null

  $ESXHost = "192.168.1.10".

  $DelayValue = "5000" # 5 seconds startup time

  $vmConfigSpec = new-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec

  $vmConfigSpec.BootOptions = new-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineBootOptions

  $vmConfigSpec.BootOptions.BootDelay = $DelayValue

  $vmConfigSpec.BootOptions.bootOrder += new-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineBootOptionsBootableCdromDevice

  $vmConfigSpec.flags = new-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineFlagInfo

  $vmConfigSpec.flags.enableLogging = $false

  $net = new-object - ComObject WScript.Network

  $net. MapNetworkDrive ("b", "\\192.168.1.3\Build", $false, "", "")

  to connect-VIServer-server '$ESXHost'-'root' user - password to 'P@ssw0rd '.

  Import-CSV B:\LabBuild\Lab.csv - UseCulture | %{

  $disks = @($_.) HD1)

  if($_.) HD2 - not 0) {}

  $disks += $_. HD2

  $vm = New-VM - VMhost $ESXhost - Name $_. VMName - MemoryMB $_. MemoryMB - NumCPU $_. NumCPU-Version $_. Version - ID $_. ID-floppy - Datastore $_. Data-DiskGB $disks - DiskStorageFormat 'Thin' store - resourcepool $_. RPool-note $_. Notes - CD #-RunAsync

  Get-CDDrive - VM $vm | Game-CDDrive - ISOPath $_. ISOPath - StartConnected $true - confirm: $false | Out-Null

  Get-NetworkAdapter - VM $vm | Together-NetworkAdapter NetworkName-$_ .NetworkName-$_.NetworkType to confirm Type: $False | Out-Null

  FloppyDrive get - VM $vm | Game-FloppyDrive - FloppyImagePath $_. FloppyPath - StartConnected $true - confirm: $false | Out-Null

  Get-SCSI - VM $VM controller | where {$_.} Type - eq "VirtualLsiLogicSAS"} | Set controller SCSI-type Paravirtual

  $vm. ExtensionData.ReconfigVM_Task ($vmConfigSpec) | Out-Null

  }

  #This line verifies the powerstate and POWER ON VM to start the installation

  #$vmState = get - VM $vm | Select-Object PowerState

  # If ($vmState - matches "ff") {Get - VM $vm |} Start-VM}

  }

  The Destination parameter in the cmdlet Copy-DatastoreItem takes an object that specifies a folder or file on the data store.

  Take a look at KB2001041, he explains the cmdlet and parameter more in detail.

• Change the view hosts ESXi and Vcenter Ip addresses

  Hello

  Because of our new zoning, we need to change the IP addresses of all our guests view ESXi as well as our vCenter server View.  Is it still possible without altering the DB ADAM that uses the view?

  Thank you

  Mooge

  If your ESX hosts are added to vCenter by host name and your vCenter are added to the view by hostname that you should be able to make this change without affecting the view.

  If your vCenter is added by IP, then you will have problems.

  If your ESX hosts are added by the intellectual property so that you can use maintenance mode to migrate all the virtual machines on each host, remove from the inventory, then add it to the cluster using the new IP or host name. View should have no problem with what we don't reference the hosts by their host names in any sort of statically.

  -Mike