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• How to backup 4 ESXi host and guests?

  Instead of running 2 or 3 physical servers, I create 2 or 3 virtual servers on one physical host and save money, the trees, the planet and so on.

  Go green, as they say.

  But how do I save it?

  My first experiences with VMWare workstation (excellent product BTW), I thought that I could connect an external hard drive on the physical server via USB and back up virtual machines from time to time. Just as I could with VMWare workstation (not to mention the snapshot option...).

  Right...

  Indeed, virtual machines in case more than one front-end role rather than the portfolio databases that change on an hourly basis, an image on an external hard drive backup were possible.

  But it doesn't look like it works that way with ESXi.

  OK, the snapshot option is still there, so that offers backup features (update mess up system, go back to the last good snapshot).

  But when I connect the external hard drive, it is not recognized. Sounds fair?

  I heard that you could back up via iSCSI. Possibly using the software to create an iSCSI target on another server instead of investing in a unit of SAN.

  Despite this, where you re all or part of this?

  I don't see no backup option in the interface of vSphere 4.

  THS, that's what I have:

  X3350x IBM server | ESXi 4 | 1 guest running Windows 2003 server and the other running 2008 Server.

  That's all. No VCenter, no vMotion, no second failover server.

  Could someone clarify my options?

  Visit this link on this topic: http://www.vladan.fr/plug-in-the-external-usb-drive-to-esx-server-directly-to-backup-or-copy/

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  iSCSI SAN software

  http://www.starwindsoftware.com

• Collect a free ESXi host performance data

  I need to create e PowerCLI script to collect the performance data (SUC, RAM,...) on a (free) ESXi host and guest virtual machines.

  Y at - it no samples can I start from?

  Concerning

  Marius

  It work?

  Try {}

  Get-PSSnapin-name VMware.VimAutomation.Core - ErrorAction Stop

  }

  Catch {}

  Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core

  }

  SE connect-Viserver-Server 192.168.1.1 - root user | Out-Null

  $esx = get-VMHost

  Get-Stat - $esx - Stat "cpu.usage.average" at the time entity real - MaxSamples - 1

  Disconnect VIServer Server 192.168.1.1

• Where is the location of the log files to diagnose the ESXi host server is rebooted?

  Hi all

  Last night one of my ESXi host has rebooted itself for some unknown reason, is it possible to look in the log which make it restart?

  I have access to this URL: https://ESXi02/host is it possible to know what can cause her to restart while a sudden?

  Thank you.

  AWT

  The best option for ESXi newspapers must collect through the VI client. VMware recommends not any diagnosis directly on the console of the server because it has a small hyperviser and no service console.

• Ping IP of ESXi host fails after reboot? Newbie

  VMWare ESXi 4.0.0 ReleaseBuild 171294 - HP ProLiant DL360 G4

  The server turned craps so we got a used that even make and model and shared disks.  Now we cannot connect with the customer and we cannot ping, ping times out.  When we ping from the console we get inconsistent results, can ping ok, the first IP addy and then fails on the second ping, or it connects to the second IP addy, but fails to ping first that it resolve the hostname constantly.  We stopped and started the management network and Management Agents a couple of times but no joy.

  I have the Articles KB 1008446 ping to the ESXi host IP fails after reboot, 1003490 restart the Management Agents on an ESX or ESXi Server and 1003677 Tech Support Mode of emergency support.

  What must we do to recover the server to an operational state? If there is other information needed to help us please let me know.

  And, what distro and version is ESXi 4.0.0 inspires?  I read that it is Redhat, but I couldn't find the version.

  I have worked with Soloris, Linux and Aix over the years, so I am comfortable working from the cmd line if need be.

  Thank you

  ESXi is not Linux. The VMkernel is VMware. The small console that runs the VMkernel is busybox. ESX has a VM management based on RedHat 5, but here again the VMkernel is all VMware.

  I would check that the embedded NICs are working properly. Start with a linux rescue disk and test.

  If all extracted would reset the system configuration from the yellow Console screen. Your configuration will be lost, but your machines virtual etc. will be OK. You will need to add to the inventory.

• ESXi host memory utilization planning

  I'm building a single ESXI host.  This host will run to 4 VM.  In construction of the host it is advisable to buy enough physical memory to cover the VM memory requirements?

  
  So if these 4 VM will be necessary every 2GB would be 8-12 GB (12 GB if accounting for overhead) of physical RAM, being what it should be OR would it not what is recommended?  I'm curious how virtualization features such as compression, sharing, ballooning, etc. can stretch the actual amount of RAM physical?

  You are directed to the right low path - you host will need its own oeprating which requires a minimum of 2 GB of memory, and memory for VMS - with an assessment of your machines, that's a good estimate to calculate the right amount memory required so for your case 4 x 2 GB or 8 GB - so a minimum of 10 GB , but I have double the memoryfor the ESXI host 12 GB both should work.

  Now on the question will all 12 GB use only because the ESXi host has made the tools that will help to save on memory being used by the virtual machines.

• Can I use an antivirus on each of my hosts and guests at the same time when running a virtual environment on my PC?

  I have Windows 7 running on my main computer at present and that you have a virtual environment installed as an operating system on this computer very.

  I would like to know if I am able to run an internet security on my pc (Windows 7) host program and other internet security on my guest in my virtual environment operating system (pc windows 8)... at the same time.

  I ask this question because... I installed my OS of windows 8 in a virtual environment running inside my Windows 7 OS in order to familiarize yourself with the features of windows 8 and to test the compliance of windows 8 with various hardware components I use... to satisfy my curiosity before I migrate eventually completely to windows 8.

  Part of my tests would involve various software including Internet security applications.

  So the question is... I was able to save my virtual environment with an Internet security program, while having an Internet security program running in the host computer?

  PS my environments hosts and guests are not put networked with the exception of the common external drives and dvd burners. The plan being that the Internet security on my host computer program will have my analysis excluded virtual environment.

  Yes

  The systems are completely separated from each other, will not affect the different AntiVirus on another product.

  If you decide to test another Internet security program don't forget to completely remove the old version on the virtual machine

• How to restart annex 5.1 ESXi host?

  Hello

  Any method of restart ESXi host 5.1 on the calendar? Thank you.

  Kind regards

  YMIM

  You can schedule the reboot of the ESXi host using PowerCLI.

  Install the PowerShell and PowerCLI module on any Windows System.

  PowerCLI start programs

  or, you can run the commands below on PowerCLI prompt to test.

  Then save it the script to run as the specific annex filename.ps1 and Windows Task Scheduler.

  SE connect-VIServer vlab-esxi2 - root username - password "password".

  $vms = get - vm | where {$_.} PowerState - eq "Receptor"}

  foreach ($vm in $vms) {Shutdown-VMGuest - VM $vm - confirm: $false}

  sleep 60

  Restart-VMHost-Force - confirm: $false

  See this post to know how to program a PowerCLI script.

  http://www.virtu-al.NET/2009/07/10/running-a-PowerCLI-scheduled-task/

• 6.0 ESXi hosts are no longer

  Hello world!

  I have a problem with VMware ESXi 6.0.

  I have a VMware Cluster with 3 6.0 ESXi host. Last night 2 ESXi host has become unresponsive. ESXi hosts concerned, responds to the ping, but unplug vCenter, unable to connect directly to the client host with vSphere and unresponsive on DCUI. The VMs - running concerned guests - became unresponsive (VMware HA cannot restart VMs, because the host has locked the VMs file). Only solution: reset the hosts. After hard reset hosts, HA restart VM on another host and host affected normal work. The problem occurd when high e / s (backup, at the level of the files inside the virtual machine) on HBA.

  In the /var/log/vmkernel.log , I see a lot of messages both "crash":

  WARNING: lpfc: lpfc_sli_issue_abort:9956: 1:3169 Abort failed: Abort INP: data: x 0 xcd0 x 8 x 98

  ScsiPath: 7133: Set retry timeout for demolition of TaskMgmt failed for CmdSN 0x0, State failure, path vmhba5:C0:T0:L0

  The configuration of the hosts:

  Host type: IBM x 3850 X 5

  VMware version: Lenovo ESXi 6.0 custom + VMware ESXi 6.0 Express Patch 2

  CF: 2 * Emulex LightPulse FC SCSI 10.4.236.0 IBM 0494 42 8 GB 2-port PCIe FC HBA for System x Emulex firmware version: 2.02X11 version of the Emulex driver: 10.4.236.0 - 1OEM.600.0.0.2159203

  The host firmware versions are later.

  VMware installed on a USB stick (clean install, not upgraded), LOG dir on the CF data store.

  The storage and the side FC switches have no error/warning message.

  I see the VMware KB 2086025 and 2125904. In this KB article the symptoms are very similar to our situation, but our guests have the most recent version of the Emulex driver (KB articles: version prior to 10.2.340.18, our 10.4.236.0 version)

  I tried the latest Emulex firmware (version: 10.6.126.0, install and reboot host) but the host crash again and the same newspaper as above.

  Today a new problem, when I collect information on diagnosis (registers of export) of the host:

  • first of all welcome: unplug vCenter for seconds 3 times (State of heartbeat), and download of the newspaper failed, when the host disconnect, virtual machines (which run on this host) does not not on LAN
  • second host: connect download start, after the 10-minute purple screen:

  

  I have found no solution.

  Any ideas?

  Thanks for your help!

  Have you seen the question of host unresponse before 6.0 updated. If not, I suspect strongly this is due to "VMware KB: ESXi 6.0 the network connectivity is lost with the NETDEV WATCHDOG timeouts in the vmkernel.log". Try upgrading to the latest version 6.0 that contains the fix for this.

  The purple screen could be a different product bug and I doubt that it does not always happen. Based on the screenshot, it looks like collection Journal (vm-support) was going through some of the nodes of the VSI and failed at this point. So this issue could happen specifically only during some invocation of vm-support. Good to raise a complaint with the help of VMware.

• ESXi host running 6 VCSA disconnected from the vCenter

  Hi guys,.

  I have a weird problem with my vCenter build 6. Single cluster of ESXi hosts. Running VCSA 6.0 and 6.0 ESXI. Making a storage of the vCenter vMotion initially got stuck at 77% and the ESXi host running the disconnected from vCenter vCenter. But I can connect directly to the ESXi host with vsphere client and see the vCenter VM works perfectly well. If I try to manually connect host ESXi and vCenter, I get the error "Failed to contact the host specified") both are in the same subnet and VLAN. I can migrate to other virtual machines without problem. I even restarted the host and yet I am not able to connect to vCenter. The host connects to vCenter if I reboot vCenter, but after a few minutes, disconnects again (even if no task does run on this topic.) I have no HA or DRS enabled at this point that I build this new environment and only presented a single LUN as a store of test data to the cluster.

  Any ideas?

  OK, I think I fixed that or have at least a work around. So the underlying question was hiding ID mode/CPU EVC. I'm under the cluster to a level of EVC to reduce until I have migrate workloads from old environment and I think that this created a problem for the unit vCenter. To resolve this problem, I turned off the unit, directly connected to the ESXi host that had the camera running, edited the virtual machine and reset the masking of CPUID. Also, I've hidden the flag NX/XD of the guest. It's temporary (I hope) as once I increase the EVC to the Haswell, I will expose the NX/XD comments and test. For the moment, it is of the workaround I did. It may be of some use to someone.

• When was the last time that 5.5 ESXi host not re-initialized and total times restarted last month.

  Hi team,

  We have more than 100 ESXi host in our environment, and we need to know when was the last time ESXi host rebooted and no times restarted last month. Please help me get the power cli script. Any help will be much appreciated. Thank you

  Thank you

  VMware tech

  OK, so the ESXi nodes were hard started (as if you pushed the power button).

  This is probably why the task for a planned restart does not turn upward.

  Do you see the ESXi nodes with the following script?

  It shows the events where the connection to a host has been lost.

  $start = (get-Date). AddDays(-7)

  Get-VIEvent - MaxSamples ([int]: MaxValue)-start $start |

  where {$_-is [VMware.Vim.HostConnectionLostEvent]} |

  Select CreatedTime,@{N='VMHost'; E={$_. $host.name}}

• ESXi host security

  What is a good strategy to use AD to authenticate access to an ESXi host?  (I don't want to use root).  Can I create multiple groups in AD with different levels of privileges to access an ESXi host using SSH?  Or can I only use the ESXADMINS of the group do?

  Thank you!

  Hello

  Fixing a VMDK broken-> glass break

  Configuration of the equipment of CLI-> break glass

  With the help of AD does not lighten the need to reset the password every day 50 +. That will still happen. AD simply adds the ability to add other users who are managed remotely, it does not control 'root '. So you still have to do that. This is why I don't really like integrate AD ESXi, I rather integrate HyTrust and let HyTrust manage my passwords. It will change them automatically for you every X days. It will be Thycotic and Xceedium actually. Two other password systems. You can already use one in your store, if you do, see if it will work with ESXi.

  Regarding the ESXCLI, some esxcli orders can be executed with nothing more than your credentials of vCenter. Some require 'root' access to run. Even user access may not work. If you use the vSphere Management Assistant, you can control who does what on a host as well. I prefer it on powershell. Or sit on a Windows or Linux host vCLI. I have this and the use of powershell. Adapt the tool to the solution. I use them all according to what it takes. My scanner to 'security' for example uses vCLI/SDK on Linux and uses your credentials from vCenter for most. If it requires identification information specific vSphere I report only to VMware to solve.

  I'd build my own tool using puppets, Chief, or Perl and wait for it to change passwords, set the new password in an encrypted safe and another tool to recover, connect through a proxy and capture my actions for the purposes of audit, can once again change the password automatically with 50 + guests. Again, it is a glass break situation that requires additional verification. All of these features can be duplicated using the free tools and a little ingenuity, but it can just take the time to do.

  Best regards
  Edward L. Haletky
  VMware communities user moderator, VMware vExpert 2009, 2010, 2011,2012,2013,2014

  Author of the books ' VMWare ESX and ESXi in the business: Planning Server Virtualization Deployment, Copyright 2011 Pearson Education. ' Of VMware VSphere and Virtual Infrastructure Security: securing the virtual environment ', Copyright 2009 Pearson Education.

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• Update Manager fails during upgrade from 5.0 to 5.5 ESXi host.

  Nice day

  I am trying to upgrade to 5.0 and 5.5 ESXi host using Update Manager. However, when I scan my host I get incompatible error. When I click Details I get the error "unsupported configuration.

  Update Manger newspapers show that SANE_ESX_CONF is not in the host logs see below:

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:219 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: "SUCCESS", the planned test of "PRECHECK_INITIALIZE", "version esx.conf" found "version esx.conf".

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:219 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: 'SUCCESS', 'SUPPORTED_ESX_VERSION', wait 4 5' found '5'

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:219 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: "SUCCESS, test 'SPACE_AVAIL_ISO', expected '347872773', '347872773'.

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:219 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: "SUCCESS, test 'MEMORY_SIZE', expected '4261412864', '34357448704'.

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:219 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: "SUCCESS, test 'HARDWARE_VIRTUALIZATION', expected '3', 3'.

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:219 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: "SUCCESS, test 'CPU_CORES', expected '2', 4'.

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:219 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: "SUCCESS, test ' 64BIT_LONGMODESTATUS', wait 1', found 1' «»

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:219 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: ' SUCCESS, 'NXBIT_ENABLED', '1' expected, found test 1'.

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:220 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: 'ERROR', 'SANE_ESX_CONF', expected 'True' to test, found 'False. '

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:220 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: 'SUCCESS', the test plan "UNSUPPORTED_DEVICES", ", found"

  [11-01-2013 13:40:18:221 'HostUpgradeScanner' 3544 INFO]  [scannerImpl, 473] PRECHECK script test result: 'ERROR', 'PACKAGE_COMPLIANCE', test

  I tried to reboot the host but still no luck. the search file is the esx.conf file. When I ssh host I find the file here.

  Any help/thoughts is appreciated.

  Thank you!

  -Ali

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• Disconnected ESXi host cannot reconnect to VCenter

  ESXi 4.0.0 Releasebuild-261974

  VCenter 4.0.0 build 162856

  VSphere 4.0.0 build 162856

  I have a host on the 16 who became disconnected from VCenter recently. I spent some time online means to join new host in VCenter, but each has failed so far. I'm not avoiding perform a reboot of the host due to production VMS are residing thereon. Also, I can't access the Web page for the host, which works very well for the other guests, we have running: https://

  I am able to ping both the IP address and the name of FQDN of the host successfully.

  I did the following things in the hope of resolving, who all have failed:

  1 restart the Management Agents on ESXi host from the windows of the customization of the system.

  2. test the management successfully and rebooted network management network

  3A tried to reconnect to the host via VSphere

  4 registered and the Mode of Support Tech executed the following command: /sbin/services.sh restart when I run this command, I notice that the vmware-aam service does not start.

  Error messages:

  1. (in an attempt restore the link) cannot communicate with the specified host. The host may not be available on the network, may have a network configuration problem, or that the management on this host services may not respond.

  2 (of the newspaper of the Management Agent) panic HttpNfcSvc another process is listning IDE oucederomsurlesecondport 12001; Please ensure that another instantiation of pass run; Cannot initialize the service of httpnfc.

  3. (journal of the VirtualCenter Agent) 0x1499bb90 error 'App' could not discover the ofr is authenticating with host agent version. ; could not resolve version ofr is authenticating with host agent. ; Temporary creation connect spec: localhost:443.

  4. (of the newspaper of the VirtualCenter Agent) 0x1499bb90 error 'App' SSLStreamImp::BIORead (0x2e408bb0) has expired; SSL connection failed with error BIO

  [5 (journal of the VirtualCenter Agent) HttpUtil::ExecuteRequest] error in sending request - SSL Exception: transfer the SSL expired local: 127.0.01:63355 peer: 127.0.0.1:443

  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Let me know if you need to work as well with more information.

  Thank you!

  BOE

  It is an ugly one. At least a restart if not re-install. To minimize downtime, you can close out of virtual machines to the inventory and put them on another host/cluster.

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• Director of the laboratory - cannot export to ESXi host (SMBMount unsupported)

  Hi all

  I had this problem since the liberation.  This is my environment:

  Director of the laboratory of 4.0.1

  vCenter 4.0 Update 1

  ESXi (3 guests) 4.0 Update 1

  Shared storage: EMC SAN with NAS volume on gigabit ethernet.

  I opted to use on ESX ESXi VMWare's future, as far as development.

  My problem is this: when I click to export a configuration of Lab Manager, it fails with "Error in export."  The details of the message are:

  * Error export the Configuration.

  vCenter Lab Manager cannot find that any suitable host connected to the "NFS Datastore" data store for this operation.

  Host 'ESXi1' is an ESXi host and does not support smbmount.*

  I installed ESXi being under the impression he was supposed to have all the same functionality as ESX.  Now, I have myself screwed... my users will sometimes have to export configurations to test booting the VMS of USB dongles (as there is no USB transfer directly to a virtual computer that it's time to start).  If at least 3 times a week I have to export virtual machines, one by one, to a network share, which is quite tedious and quite annoying.

  Is on the timeline of development?  I noticed that the 4.0.2 has been released, but by its requirements (http://www.vmware.com/support/labmanager40/doc/releasenotes_labmanager402.html#newfeatures) it does not support ESXi 4.x, which is strange because the requirements for Lab Manager 4.0.1 (http://www.vmware.com/support/labmanager40/doc/releasenotes_labmanager40.html) list ESXi 4.0 as a host in charge.

  Can someone please shed some light on this issue and maybe get it on the development plan for the next version of Lab Manager?

  Thank you!

  -Jesse Reinhart

  stemplar,

  We don't do generally no update notes version after a product has been released.

  In addition, it is not specific to Lab Manager, ESXi does not support required... orders so Lab Manager is just stating the restriction of resource pools provided.  As far as I remember, ESXi did not support smbmount (or mount-t smbfs) since its inception.

  Kind regards

  Jon Hemming, b.SC., RHCT, VMware vExpert 2009
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