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• Question about VMware Converter traffic

  Hi all

  Hoping someone can shed some light on this. I do a P2V on a physical server in site A and destination ESXi host is also at the site. However, the field 'destination' in the VMware converter must be the vCenter server which is on the Site B (via a 6 MB WAN connection) as the destination host is managed by a vCenter server. My question is if I use the server vCenter (located on a WAN connection) as a destination and then choose the host located on the local site in the converter, converter traffic flow over the WAN? Or is it just flow locally from the Source to the Destination and just use the vCenter server as a server of type "authentication" for the initial Setup?

  And as a side note, if I set the destination host ESXi as a destination in the converter instead of the vCenter server, I get the error indicated in this KB. http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC & docType = kc & docTypeID = DT_KB_1_1 & externalId = 2012310

  With the help of converter 5.5.1

  Thanks for your help!

  Hello

  Traffic passes from the source computer to the destination ESX. You will have a small slowdown in the wizard before you start converting mainly to get the VC inventory. See the graphics in the user pp. 11-13 guide

  Concerning

  P.S. If you want to V2V, keep the server converter on site A, too as in this case, that the data passes through it.

• A few questions about vmware products

  Hey all, first of I don't know where to post this question sorry if it's in the wrong place.

  Right away

  I was after some input on what product vmware, I need

  That's what I want to do

  I want my pc "windows" to run a debian in a virtual machine

  I need it to start when my pc's and it is always on such that it will run a few static websites

  Is this possible? If so what would I need to VMware?

  weinstein5 and Gkeerthy

  VMware player is the way to go to be able to be presented.

  Since this is probably a stay far from esxi office

• A few questions about VMware tools and U2 of ESXi 4.0 and 4.1

  In my workplace, there is a cluster of vSphere 4 six nodes containing 5 servers ESXi 4.0 U2 (4.0.0, 261974) and a server ESXi 4.1 (4.1.0, 260247).  Aparently, it was built that way in the environment concept then deployed into production and now I head for VMware deployment.  This environment is up in producgtion now for over 8 months with this configuration, but starting to be more widely used.  Ideally, I know, we should have all the nodes on the same patch level, but here's the question.

  Models used to get the operating system to the virtual machines in this environment were built on the apparently new 4.1 server using this version of VMware tools (Version 8.3.2 build-257859).  All so most of the running virtual machines, use this version of VMware tools.  Using this new version of VMware tools on a virtual machine running on a server ESXi 4.0 U2 ESXi would cause issues?  ESXi 4.0 U2 servers push version 4.0.0 build 261974 of the VMware tools, identical to the ESXi version.  The status of the VMware tools when the new 4.1 version is running on a host of U2 4.0 still shows as OK and we have operated this way for more than 8 months.

  Another problem is that we have still a few other virtual machines with the 4.0 build U2 VMware tools so when these virtual machines will eventually be VMotioned to an ESXi 4.1 host, VMware tools show as outdated.

  Until we can get of planned downtime to upgrade the servers, it should be like that for several weeks if possible.  We have HL7 interfaces on many of these virtual machines that are not too good with VMotion and being in an organization of health care, sometimes difficult to get downtime.  It is perhaps more possible to downgrade the only host to 4.0 U2 until we can plan time to upgrade all hosts.  I would keep the node in the cluster, even if for the moment, assuming that to release 4.1 with other guests at 4.0 U2 should not cause problems, since we can use the resources of that node in this cluster.

  Until then, ensuring that all the virtual machines in the cluster use the ESXi version 4.1 of the VMware tools (Version 8.3.2 build-257859) would be acceptable?  I just wanted to check that this version should be fully backwards compatible with the previous version of ESXi 4.0 U2, and as I mentioned before, its run like that and have noticed yet all the problems and the status of the VMware Tools also records OK when this new version works on ESXi 4.0 U2 host computer.  I just wanted some feedback from those of the community.

  Thank you

  Exactly, do you VMotion, virtual host 4.1 machine and if necessary would upgrade the VMware tools. To install VMware tools, it is necessary to restart the virtual machine.

  And another option that I say is the first upgraded version of all hosts ESXi4.0 U2 to 4.1, after that, you do an upgrade in the tools of all virtual machines vmware.

  Perfect.

  You´re are welcome!

• A few questions about VMWare HA

  Hello everyone,

  I would like to tell you my ideas on VMWare HA.

  I have two ESX servers. Each of them, I have:

  • vSwicth0 (vmnic1 + vmnic 3):

  • The VM network

  • Service console

  • vSwicth1 (vmnic0 + vmnic 2):

  • VMotion VMkernel

  • NetApp VMkernel (iSCSI storage)

  • NetApp Console service

  When I stop one of the two servers, powered on virtual machines migrate to another.

  I read on vmware documentation for VMWare HA, there are two cases:

  • failure (for example, stop the server)

  • response of isolation (Console of Service not responding)

  I tried to follow all the recommendations of VMWare by adding another Console of dedicated Service for HA on a different subnet, but I failed to run the response of isolation procedure.

  I see my virtual machines 'disconnected' and I can't turn them off as I have it configured in HA.

  I would like to virtual machines to migrate when vmnic1 or vmnic0 + vmnic 3, vmnic 2 is declining. Is this possible?

  If so, is there something that I misunderstood on HA or a mistake in my setup?

  Thanks in advance.

  Hello

  Since you have with a SC vSwitch0 and vSwitch1 with a SC, both will be down for things to be isolated. It's not one or the other, but both. You can assign up to have one, but don't not one or the other, one or both.

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• Question about VMware Foundation Acceleration Kit

  Sorry if this is a stupid question, I don't get frequent on licenses for the stuff. Ive looked at the PDF licenses and below shows the paragraph that confuses me a little. The Foundation acceleration Kit only allows you to run ESXi?

  Ive got 2 sites that I need installation, one with 1 x VC server. 2 x with 2 x cpus esx hosts each and another site running a different copy of VC, 1 host ESX x with 2 x CPus.

  What would be the best option?

  +

  VMware Infrastructure 3 Foundation acceleration Kit

  +

  includes three licenses of VMware Infrastructure 3 Foundation.

  It's VMware ESXi, VMware Consolidated Backup,

  VMware Update Manager VMware Virtual SMP, VMware

  VMware VMFS and VirtualCenter agent. They also include

  Server VMware VirtualCenter Foundation, which provides

  VMware Guided Consolidation and the ability to manage up to

  three hosts Server VMware Infrastructure 3.

  Non-it allows you to run ESX or ESXi - the only thing you need is another license server VC since the acceleration kit only comes with one license of VM - Foundation

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• Question about VMware Tools when upgrading of vSphere 5.1 to 5.5

  We are the vSphere upgrade 5.1 to 5.5. We have still a few virtual machines with obsolete tools VMware vSphere 4.  There problems upgrade to vSphere 5.5 and then upgrade VMware Tools on those virtual machines to the version 5.5?  Or should we upgrade VMware Tools version 5.1 first before doing the upgrade to vSphere 5.5? We need plan restarting downtime when upgrading to VMware Tools on those virtual machines and would rather not upgrade VMware Tools twice and planning two stops

  There is no problem, as vSphere ESXi 5.5 supports the VM running older versions of VMware Tools.

  This blog post explain this more in detail: is a vSphere VMware Tools upgrade required during the upgrade? VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs

• A few questions about VMware Flash Read Cache (vFRC)

  Hello

  1) there is a way to simulate a VMFS datastore as SSD device. See the instructions in the following link:

  http://tomverhaeg.nl/VMware-ESXi/VMware-ESXi-tag-a-device-as-local-and-SSD/

  1 a) can we fake a NFS datastore as a SSD device?

  1 (b) partitions on the SSD device must be empty in order for the vFRC to work.

  There are two scenarios here: empty the lun (with no VMFS file system) and VMFS LUNS (with no data). Both scenarios would work for vFRC?

  (2) a device SSD shareable by multiple ESXi hosts?

  (3) several flash pools can be created for each host ESXi? If so, what is the maximum number of pools of flash can be created by ESXi host?

  (4) a device SSD can be used as a local drive?

  1 a) can we fake a NFS datastore as a SSD device?

  >> N°

  1 (b) partitions on the SSD device must be empty in order for the vFRC to work.

  There are two scenarios here: empty the lun (with no VMFS file system) and VMFS LUNS (with no data). Both scenarios would work for vFRC?

  > empty lun with no partitions is necessary... Partitioned VMFS LUNs cannot be used because VFRC works with VFFS file system

  (2) a device SSD shareable by multiple ESXi hosts?

  > not in a context vFRC, normal on SSD lun VMFS datastore can be shared and used for features such as "swap for ssd.

  (3) several flash pools can be created for each host ESXi? If so, what is the maximum number of pools of flash can be created by ESXi host?

  > No, there may be only one pool that will be shared for all VMDK to a permit for the use of vFRC. but also exchange for SSD if configured.

  (4) a device SSD can be used as a local drive?

  > claiming remote as local is possible. but not recommended and performance improvement is not guaranteed in this case with vFRC...

• a question about VMware View

  Hello

  I want to know when we prepare a parent VM and install us one application on which allowed as Kaspersky endpoint security or other, what is happening with this when the composer creates the linked clones? How the linked clones take permit?

  and if the virtual machine is not persistent (I mean whenever a client connects to it, she creates, and every time it disconnects the virtual machine will be deleted) then what happens to software with license? and what about the name of the computer? and what is being added to the Active directory?

  Thank you

  Thank you Mohammed.

  applications there volume licenses? What is the difference between the volume licensing and standard license and how do we get it?

  Thanks again

  My best regards

• Questions about VMware View

  Hi, I need to provide always on desktops to remote 50 users. I have been using VMware workstation to provide these desktop computers, but it was a temporary solution that is quick and easy.

  I started by installing the free ESXi which works fine except that these virtual machines are running an application that requires DirectX. When reading information VMware views looks like it's maybe the solution I need, but I can't say if she can provide always on workstations or if desktop computers are provided according to the needs. My 2nd concern is cost. I don't mind spending the money for VMware View, but looks like I have to have seen running in AD and that it will require me to install many other products such as VMware infrastructure 3.5. Someone has some good links to install VMware View and the provisioning of desktops?

  When you purchase View 4.5, business or first, you get ESX and vSphere vCenter / I.  If you are supported on this part.  You don't need to buy that separately.

  With respect to reviews, the guides are:

  To start using the doc started get: http://pubs.vmware.com/view45/ol/wwhelp/wwhimpl/js/html/wwhelp.htm#href=get_started/t_getstarted.html

  http://www.VMware.com/files/PDF/VMware-View45-evaluators-Guide.PDF -> is excellent for your POC on VMWare View.

  http://www.vmware.com/pdf/view45_installation_guide.pdf -> installation guide.

  You will need to have Active Directory in your environment.  View is used to automatically configure your desktop to your users.

  If you use clones of link or local mode (the ability to check your workstations), then you will need to Prime Minister, Enterprise edition will be beneficial.

  Hope this helps,

  Larry

• Backward compatibility of VMware high availability

  Hello

  I'm trying to understand the impact of implementation of H/A solution.

  Let me provide you with some scenarios: -.

  Scenario 1

  1 VM is deployed on ESX 3.X host.

  2. update of ESX 3.X host ESX 4.X (same host with the same IP address)

  • Will be that VMotion (H/A solution) gets hit?

  Scenario 2

  1 VM is deployed on ESX 3.X host.

  2. update of ESX 3.X host to ESXi 4.X(same host with the same IP address)

  • Will be that VMotion (H/A solution) gets hit?

  
  Scenario 3

  1 VM is deployed on ESXi 5.X.

  2. update of 5.X.X ESXi ESXi 5.X.X(same host with the same IP address) host

  • Will be that VMotion (H/A solution) gets hit?

  Scenario 4

  1 VM is deployed on ESXi 5.X.

  2. update of 5.X.X ESXi host to an another, 5.X.X (same host with a different IP address) ESXi

  
  

  • Virtual machines that are deployed on top of the Esxi5.X armed will be gets affected? If so and could you please let me know in detail what impact
  • IP address of the virtual computer is correctly preserved?

  Thanks in adance to tide me over.

  A virtual machine is moved from one host to one another host of vMotion will remain exactly the same and use the same IP address and MAC as before.

  (Provided that vMotion itself is set up correctly, with compatible physical processors in the host and access to the same disk data store among other things.)

• High availability - sensors

  Hi all,

  I have a question for the high availability for managed devices.

  Our customer bought two sensors and two CME.

  So, I would put the two sensors in HA... They are in passive mode. How can I do?

  Thanks in advance

  Kind regards

  L

  Hello team,

  Thank you for your update. You're in a best possible version that supports HA.

  In all cases for info 6.0 does not support HA.

  So, please check out the link even as I mentioned above.

  http://www.Cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/security/firesight-management-...

  Rate is that this helps.

  Concerning

  Jetsy

• vSphere high availability 'Élection' fails at 99% 'operation timed out' to 1 of the 2 hosts

  Hello

  We had a system with 1 host ESXi 5.1 with local disks.

  Now, we install redundancy by adding a 5.5 U2 ESXi host and a device of vCenter 5.5.

  After having installed and any addition to vcenter, we went the ESXi 5.1 to 5.5 U2 ESXi. The SAN works correctly (vMotion works on the own NETWORK card).

  Now, if I try to activate the high availability, both servers will install the HA Agent and start "Election".

  All the warehouses of data (4) on the SAN are chosen for the HA heartbeat, response of isolation is "keep it turned on" by default.

  A server will always be this process done, and the other will keep "elect" until it reaches 100% and errors on the operation "election timed out.

  I've seen this problem on both servers, so I think that the 'master' elected does not have the problem, only the "slave".

  I have checked these items and executed, but not worked:

  VMware KB: Reconfiguration HA (FDM) on a cluster fails with the error: operation timed out

  -The services were running

  VMware KB: Configuration HA in VMware vCenter Server 5.x does not work, error: Operation Timed out

  -All the MTU has been set at 1500

  VMware KB: VMware High Availability Configuration fails with the error: unable to complete the configuration of the ag of HA...

  -the default gateway is not the same on the two hosts, but I fixed that. There is no itinerary changes. HA the setting is "leave power." After correction and deactivation/reactivation HA, the problem is always the same.

  VMware KB: Check and reinstall the correct version of the VMware vCenter Server agents

  -J' ran "Reinstall ESX host management agents and HA on ESXi" agent of HA, and I checked that it was uninstalled and reinstalled during the reactivation of HA.

  CP /opt/vmware/uninstallers/VMware-fdm-uninstall.sh/tmp
  chmod + x /tmp/VMware-fdm-uninstall.sh
  /tmp/vmware-FDM-uninstall.sh

  I did this for two guests. This fix makes the problem of the election and I was still able to run a HA test successfully, but when after this test, I turned off the 2nd Server (in order to test the PA in the other direction), HA has no failover to 1 and everything remained low. After pressing 'reconfigure HA', the problem of the election appeared again on 1 hosts.

  Here are a few extractions of newspapers:

  -L' availability vSphere HA of that host State became election info 29/11/2014 22:03 192.27.224.138

  -vSphere HA agent is healthy info 29/11/2014 22:02:56 192.27.224.138

  -L' availability vSphere HA of that host State became Master info 29/11/2014 22:02:56 192.27.224.138

  -L' availability vSphere HA of that host State became election info 29/11/2014 22:01:26 192.27.224.138

  -vSphere HA agent is healthy info 29/11/2014 22:01:22 192.27.224.138

  -L' availability vSphere HA of that host State became Master info 29/11/2014 22:01:22 192.27.224.138

  -L' availability vSphere HA of that host State became election info 29/11/2014 22:03:02 192.27.224.139

  -Message "host vSphere HA State" on 192.27.224.139 changes from green to red info 29/11/2014 22:02:58 192.27.224.139

  officer of HA - vSphere for this host has an error: vSphere HA agent may not be properly installed or configured WARNING 29/11/2014 22:02:58 192.27.224.139

  -L' availability vSphere HA of that host State became info error of initialization of 29/11/2014 22:02:58 192.27.224.139

  -L' availability vSphere HA of that host State became election info 29/11/2014 22:00:52 192.27.224.139

  -DSMD3400DG2VD2 data store is selected for the storage heartbeat controlled by the HA agent vSphere on this info host 29/11/2014 22:00:49 192.27.224.139

  -DSMD3400DG2VD1 data store is selected for the storage heartbeat controlled by the HA agent vSphere on this info host 29/11/2014 22:00:49 192.27.224.139

  -Firewall configuration has changed. 'Enable' to rule the fdm value successful.  29/11/2014 info 22:00:45 192.27.224.139

  -L' availability vSphere HA of that host State became not initialized info 29/11/2014 22:00:40 reconfigures vSphere HA 192.27.224.139 root host

  -vSphere HA agent on this host is disabled info 29/11/2014 22:00:40 reconfigures vSphere HA 192.27.224.139 root

  -Reconfigure HA vSphere host 192.27.224.139 operation has timed out.     root of HOSTSERVER01 29/11/2014 22:00:31 29/11/2014 22:00:31 29/11/2014 22:02:51

  -Configuration of vSphere HA 192.27.224.139 operation has timed out.     System HOSTSERVER01 29/11/2014 21:56:42 29/11/2014 21:56:42 29/11/2014 21:58:55

  Can someone give me please with help here?

  Or the extra things that I can check or provide?

  I'm currenty running options.

  Best regards

  Joris

  P.S. I had problems with cold Migration during the implementation of the SAN. After setting up all (vMotion, ESX upgrade), these problems have disappeared.

  When you search for this error, I came to this article: KB VMware: VMware vCenter Server displays the error message: unable to connect to the host

  And this cause could make sense, since the server vCenter changed and IP addressing has been changed during the implementation.

  However, in the file vpxa.cfg, the < hostip > and < serverip > is correct (verified by using https://< hostip > / home).

  Tried this again today, no problem at all.
  

  P.P.S. I have set up several of these systems from scratch in the past without problem (if it is an 'upgrade').

  OK, so the problem is solved.

  I contacted Dell Pro Support (OEM offering the license) and they checked the logs (fdm.log) and found that the default IP gateway could not be reached.

  The default gateway is the ip address by default host isolation, used by HA.

  Because it is an isolated production system, the front door provided proved only for future purposes.

  Now, I've changed the default gateway address of management on the switch plugged into both hosts, namely the ping requests.

  This solved any problem.

• Question of VMWare Fusion

  I currently use Parallels Desktop and have a question about VMWare.

  VMWare Fusion provides any software to the virtual machine which is necessary for integration with OS X?

  (Parallels made - self-installing Stardock MyColors on Windows VMs without opportunity to decline - have to uninstall later)

  I was wondering.

  The only VMware Fusion software will install automatically when creating a Machine virtual Windows is VMware Tools and it usually automatically starts, but can usually be cancelled although unless you try to isolate completely the host comments then I'd let VMware Tools installed.

• Is required for high availability and the DRS Vmware-AAM service? Has it been renamed with ESX3.5 U3?

  Hello Tech community.

  Is required for high availability and the DRS Vmware-AAM service? Has it been renamed with ESX3.5 U3?

  On one of our ESX 3.5 U3 infrastructure, VMware Ha and DRS work very well, and the following list of services are started, view VMware-AAM

  Here is an exit of an ESX 3.5 U3 system

  1. service - status-all | grep running

  crond (pid 1900) is running...

  gpm (pid 1851) is running...

  VMware-pass (pid 1942) is running...

  ntpd (pid 1842) is running...

  cimserver (pid 2452) is running...

  snmpd (pid 1557) is running...

  sshd (pid 4074 4037 1566) is running...

  syslogd (pid 1321) is running...

  klogd (pid 1325) is running...

  At least a virtual machine is still running.

  VMware-aam is running

  VMware VMkernel authorization daemon is running (pid 1911).

  VMware-vpxa is running

  webAccess (pid 1880) is running...

  openwsmand (pid 2534) is running...

  xinetd (1827 pid) is running...

  Now on our production VMware MCC cluster ESX 3.5 Update 2 we do not find "vmware-aam" this service but HA and DRS work very well, and the logs in/var/log/vmware/MAA indicate that everything is fine.

  1. service - status-all | grep running

  crond (pid 2033) is running...

  gpm (pid 1882) is running...

  hpasmd is running...

  cmathreshd is running...

  cmahostd is running...

  cmapeerd is running...

  cmastdeqd is running...

  cmahealthd is running...

  cmaperfd is running...

  cmaeventd is running...

  cmaidad is running...

  cmafcad is running...

  cmaided is running...

  cmascsid is running...

  cmasasd is running...

  cmanicd (pid 2703) is running...

  cmasm2d is running... [OK]

  hpsmhd (1986 1955 pid) is running...

  VMware-pass (pid 3502) is running...

  ntpd (pid 1873) is running...

  USE: Departure from OVCtrl | stop | restart | START | STOP | activate | Disable

  USE: Departure from OVTrcSrv | stop | restart

  cimserver (pid 3536) is running...

  Ramchecker is not running

  snmpd (pid 1745) is running...

  sshd (pid 1861 1447 1754) is running...

  syslogd (pid 1684) is running...

  klogd (pid 1688) is running...

  At least a virtual machine is still running.

  VMware VMkernel authorization daemon is running (pid 3472).

  VMware-vpxa is running

  webAccess (pid 1984) is running...

  openwsmand (pid 3642) is running...

  xinetd (pid 1854) is running...

  I did a few Google queries and couldn't find a definitive answer

  The service of AAM is required for HA - it is not required for DTH

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