Recommended management and vmotion redundancy?

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• Configuration guide for ESXi 5 (Vmnetwork, management and vMotion) with NIC 2 network

  Hello

  I have 4 NIC in Server Blade 7 (ESXI 5), would like to dedecate 2 NIC for (Vmnetwork, management and vMotion) & NIC (iSCSI traffic) 2 with equallogic SAN.

  I equallogic guide to configure ESXI with it, but how do I configure (Vmnetwork, management and vMotion) with NIC 2, my priority is excellent speed for my virtual machine, and then nothing else.

  Then just go for classic switch.

  The configuration is a lot depend on existing infra, the trunk, the physical switch for redundant network & balance, 100 or network 1GbE, no.. virtual machines and etc. If there is a new configuration, I suggest you trunk 2 x available vmnic (the vm network) to balance the load and better performance.

• Management and vMotion have the same IP address

  Being quite new to ESXi I have spent hours to deceive and reading and do not understand why my management and vMotion interfaces have the same IP.

  The configuration is the following:

  Cisco UCS blades

  8 cards per blade

  vmnic0 and 1 - management

  vmnic2 and 3 - vmotion

  vmnic4 and 5 - IP storage

  given the VM vmnic6 and 7-

  I installed and the management network has migrated to a DVS without issues.

  Now when I create the DVS/port group for vmotion and assign the IP address I met 2 problems as you can see in the screenshot attached the blade/network.

  Thanks for any info.

  P.S., Management and vMotion are on different networks.

  Yes, the ESXi host may have a default gateway. It is used only when a vmkernel must be routed traffic.

  In the case of vMotion - as long as your vMotion enabled vmkernels are all on the same subnet and VLAN, the default gateway will never serve.

• DVS switch or a standard for the management and vmotion - and what about 1000v?

  Couple on this questions:

  (1) is there a drawback to the use of the DVS of management? I seem to remember at least possibly in the early days of DVS that there is a dependency on vcenter - so that if vcenter was declining, the hosts lost connectivity. I'm sure that this is no longer the case? But... there at - it all real aisles at the use of DVS for management?

  (2) is there a reason NOT to use a vswitch 1000v for groups of management ports?

  1) there is still a dependency on vCenter for management but if vCenter is down the vDS will still continue to operate your just will not be able to manage the switch.

  (2) 1000v is that a Cisco developed vDS - so the same applies and that there should be no problem to use it for the administration port groups.

• 3i Embedded and vMotion

  How do people set up their Embedded 3i for NIC redundancy servers in a system of NETWORK 6 card?

  In the past, on traditional ESX I have configured as follows for not to consume more than half the NIC for management and VMotion.

  • Assign 2 network cards to vSwitch 0 (or Vswif0 in ESX), for arguments sake Let's say vmnic0 and vmnic3

  • Have 2 groups of VMKernel ports on vSwitch0, one for the service console (management in 3i connection) for VMotion.

  • I would then bypass the switch by default to be as follows:

  • Vmnic0 is the active NIC to the service console, vmnic3 is set to failover only

  • Vmnic3 is active for Vmotion NIC, vmnic0 is set to failover only

  This means that 2 network cards using the interface of the console/service management and Vmotion use their own NIC unless there is a problem with the NETWORK card, in which they would share a NETWORK card as long as the problem persists.

  To do it in a card system NETWORK 6 then leaves 4 network cards available for traffic of comments.

  However, when I tried to do in 3i I HAD to put in a gateway for the interface of Vmotion or HA would fail to set up with various errors such as cannot solve the other guests or is unable to ping address of default isolation.

  Now, while things work, I had to set the gateway of Vmotion VMKernel default gateway, if it appears as the default gateway for the management interface as well which is a little disconcerting.

  I did some research and I found references to the use of das.allowNetworkx and das. AllowVmotionNetworks to control traffic HA, but I can't find anything to say if it will affect my current number.

  It has been suggested to create switches separated for the service console and Vmotion traffic, but to ensure the resilience it will take 4 of my 6 NICs, only leaving 2 for customer traffic, which is a little limited.

  Welcome to the VMTN Forums,

  Could you try the following:

  The das value. AllowVmotionNetworks to false. Add your default gateway to your management network which can be ping from the console. It should work?

  Duncan

  Blogs: http://www.yellow-bricks.com

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• Creation of vMotion, management and iSCSI

  Hi all

  I have doubts that I'd like to have some clarification.

  First vMotion and traffic management.

  I have two network cards. My question is, should I create IDE oucederomsurlesecondport VMkernel for each one (and adding the vMotion Option and management traffic) adding a different IP address for each and put the two in a vSwtich but the example; an active nic1 for vMotion and nic2 Eve and the management of the same traffic, nic2 active and standby nic1. With this, I have two different networks, but by using two NICs in case of failure.

  Or create a VMkernel and activate them both on the same VMkernel and put the two active network cards.

  What is the best choice, or the best performance?

  I have 6 guests on this cluster, so I need to do this in on the hosts.

  First I use QLOGIC

  The iSCSI side, should I use VMkernel Port binding? Or just use a normal VMkernel with my wihout VLAN iSCSI definition of any Biding VMkernel Port on iSCSI Software adapter?

  I have both running, but do not know which is the best way to get the best performance.

  Thank you

  JL

  Nice day!

  In summary, you should do something like that.

  vSwitch0 - Mgmt & vMotion

  ====================

  vmk0

  --------

  Management

  Uplink 1: assets

  Uplink 2: Passive

  vmk1

  --------

  vMotion

  Uplink 1: Passive

  Uplink 2: Active

  vSwitch1 - iSCSI

  ====================

  vmk2

  --------

  iSCSI traffic

  Uplink 3: assets

  If you only have an uplink for iSCSI traffic, you don't have to set up the binding of ports.  iSCSI ports is for the multipath.  If you only have one NIC for iSCSI, you cannot have MPIO.  You need two or multiple NICs or uplinks to the multipath.

  Now, for the management and the links of vMotion, I suggest using only an asset and a liability for each type of traffic.  Although vSphere 5 has the multi-NIC vMotion functionality, the idea of separating vMotion and traffic management is to separate vMotion and its important traffic in your management traffic bursts, which happens to include your traffic HA (also important).  You have certainly not * have * to set it up like that, but maintaining vMotion on his own physical link will keep walking on your management traffic.  In the case of a defective cable, I'm sure you would rather a cluttered link as no management or vMotion traffic.

  All the best,

  Mike

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• The pool management and quality Service

  I've had problems with HP for over 2 years now. The first laptop, they have replaced and gave me a 8570p Elitebook that they new was not good and gave to a member of the family of the same model. I have had problems with it, run hot and fingerprints from December 2013 and open a file. Tech was released in January and replaces fan and then the numeric keypad now works sometimes. Tech said needed to order parts most never heard talk about him again. They sent an email saying they have closed the case without being fixed pc. I called and had another one opened and got a case manager very rude who called and chatted with me for two days telling me he would give me a same unit renovated, it take or leave. He told me that nobody will do better than that even though I have the extended warranty and care Pak. I told her no but my family members had problems and did not have all of the warranty and they gave him a new one as a replacement for 8770w. I continued to try to work with tech and they will call him each week saying that they have an appointment and no one does or call. Mind you, this has happened since December 2012 and it is the end of February 2014 and my pc has not yet been set. I work from my pc as a business and may not have that going. Then they tell me that we cannot replace because it was given to you in 2011 and I have documentation I received in 2012 at HP and they don't judge. They say it's still too old. It's not my fault for your product. I was treated very brutally and been put on hold and they are standing by their product. I'm not recommending them or buy from them. They have these foreign people who do not in any ways whatsoever and they call it management and customer service. HP is not going to pay my salary is their pc as a last shutsdown I did. If you can replace it for one person, then you must replace for all.

  This is NOT official HP customer service and I, like most other people on this forum do not work for HP. It is a forum for users of peer-to-peer supported for class for the HP consumer products. HP maintains no official presence on this forum and it is unlikely that HP will respond in an official capacity. Response of an employee of HP represents his own opinion and not that of HP.

  Your best course of action is to contact the official HP customer support via Contact HP - United States of America to the United States or Contact HP - worldwide in the rest of the world.

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• DVD drive icon has disappeared from the Device Manager and my computer

  DVD drive icon disappeared from the Device Manager and my computer. I m using window 7. How can I get it back.

  Ashwani Hello,

  Thanks for posting on Microsoft Community.

  There are various reasons why a CD or DVD drive may not be detected. I would like to ask all of the steps in the Microsoft Article describes a troubleshooting and check if they help to resolve the issue.

  Your CD-ROM or DVD drive is not recognized by Windows or other programs

  Note:

  Before editing a registry key or subkey, we recommend that you export, or make a backup copy of the key or the subkey. You can save the backup copy to a location that you specify, for example, a folder on your hard drive or a removable storage device. If you make changes that you want to cancel, you can import the backup copy. For more information about backing up the registry, please see the link below.

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• Windows Firewall is not using the recommended settings and I have no control

  Operating system: Windows 7 Ultimate
  All classes Microsoft offers updates installed from 19/09/12 @ 19:00
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  I recently discovered that I have seem to be 'locked' on my firewall settings.  I discovered it not because I had problems with my firewall or internet but because I went to control panel to change some settings of firewall and found this:

  http://oi49.Tinypic.com/2r3h387.jpg

  So I press "Use recommended settings" and think computer for a few seconds and then nothing changes or happens.
  My firewall seems to work very well, but why I can't access its settings?

  The first thing I did was a scan of my computer with Microsoft Security Essentials and Spy-bot Search and Destroy.  Microsoft Security Essentials found a virus, but after I removed and restarted my computer the problem remains.

  I did a lot of research on this problem before posting here then here are the following things, I've tried.  Every possible solution is fixed at 1 photo:

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  Possible solution 1: http://oi48.tinypic.com/2ng55hi.jpg

  When I type in "netsh firewall reset" this happens: http://oi46.tinypic.com/i2ouc1.jpg

  The rest of the commands seem to work, but after that I restarted my computer it had no effect.

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  Possible solution 2: http://oi46.tinypic.com/2vmeh6p.jpg

  I do not have the other firewall on my computer.  I don't have Norton or McAfee that apparently caused this problem with other people.  There is no error message.

  When I right click on windows firewall "restart" is greyed out, but I can press start.
  Empty the column next to it with the State.  When I press start, it happens: http://oi48.tinypic.com/33cc4et.jpg

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  Possible solution 3: http://oi47.tinypic.com/33nhu80.jpg

  Method 1: Windows event controller does not exist.  The base filtering engine is started and also shows as running in the Task Manager.  Authorization of firewall Windows Driver is already set on request.

  Method 2: SFC/SCANNOW not detected any problems: http://oi45.tinypic.com/11gj7fn.jpg

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  Possible solution 4: http://oi46.tinypic.com/2lu30ut.jpg

  Method 1: Even as a solution as Possible 3.

  Method 2: I made a boot minimum and restarted my computer with ONLY Microsoft services (I disabled all startup unique programs and service not microsoft).  The problem persisted.

  Method 3: even as Possible 3.

  Method 4: Not applicable for me.

  Method 5: I downloaded the antivirus and used today at about 18:30.  No viruses were found.

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  I tried other things:

  If I try to use windows firewall advanced in this case: http://oi47.tinypic.com/hu1y0o.jpg

  According to Task Manager Firewall is not running and when I try to start it, this happens: http://oi45.tinypic.com/5vdddy.jpg

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  So far I have not found any that contributes to this problem.  Any help would be appreciated.

  Hello

  Method 1

  I suggest you to run a scan using Windows Defender Offline offline just to make sure that the computer is clean, you have to download it from another computer if possible.
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/what-is-Windows-Defender-offline

  Method 2
  I think an upgrade on the spot or complete reinstall would be necessary due to unknown changes that may have been made by the virus. You must back up all your files by using the option to be sure. If you perform a full reinstall you should analyze your backup before restoring the files.

  How to perform an upgrade on the spot on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 & Windows Server 2008 R2
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2255099

  Note: Running chkdsk on the drive if bad sectors are found on the disk hard when chkdsk attempts to repair this area if all available on which data can be lost.
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/back-up-your-files

• Uninstalling ATI catalyst Manager and ATI catalyst control center.

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  I want to just confirm that we do not recommend to upgrade the operating system, we do not support the operating system pre-installed and tested on your laptops.
  Its hardware is capable of upgrade to windows 7 but I want to just confirm that we do not recommend the upgrade if your laptop does not come with the windows upgrade option 7.
  Someone please help! Update affect my computer?

  Oh God, that doesn't sound so appealing to me. I think that just keep patient windowsvista. I had problems with installing wondows 7 since day 1, I think it's a sign. THANK YOU SO MUCH! You have been great. Seriously, thanks for your time and patience.

• To work with a SAN and vMotion virtual servers configuration

  Hi all:

  I apologize in advance if this discussion is too much like another.

  I intend to use the following configuration (not yet deployed) and would appreciate your comments and input:

  2 physical host servers running VMware ESXi

  1 SAN Fiber Channel

  high availability and vMotion

  I just have a few questions:

  (1) then I keep all the VHD on the SAN files?  (I intend to have VHD files separate OS disk and DATA drive for each virtual computer).

  (2) is it recommended that I have all the hard drives the on host computers physical (to run virtual machines or anything else like swap files)?

  (3) how much space I have on the SAN?  I guess too much for the readers of the OS and DATA readers of all virtual machines... it's any additional space recommended for anything?

  (4) everyone would be able to direct me towards guides describing how to set up?

  Sincerely,

  Kahn

  (1) then I keep all the VHD on the SAN files?  (I intend to have VHD files separate OS disk and DATA drive for each virtual computer).

  Yes you can, and just a tip, on VMware world the virtual disk is called VMDK :-)

  (2) is it recommended that I have all the hard drives the on host computers physical (to run virtual machines or anything else like swap files)?

  You can use the same physical host computers without the hard drive, because you can boot from SAN, or use features such as automatic deployment, but it is the facility for the virtual machine, my recommendation is to use disks (volumes) of your San and share this volumes between your hosts to be able to configure High Availability (HA). Without shared storage, you can not HA.

  (3) how much space I have on the SAN?  I guess too much for the readers of the OS and DATA readers of all virtual machines... it's any additional space recommended for anything?

  Space on SAN depends on the size of your virtual machines and little extra space to make room for Exchange and snapshot files.

  (4) everyone would be able to direct me towards guides describing how to set up?

  The documentation will have everything you need: VSphere 6.0 Documentation Center , but if you want some guide step by step and with video/screen, see this one: BackToBasics | Mike Landry...

• Why vmkernel port for iscsi and vmotion services?

  Hello

  Just a quick question.

  I was trying to understand - why we need to have a vmkernel port when we want to use features such as vmotion or iscsi.

  Why not use them with a console port service or a port of vm management traffic.

  No particular reason.

  Thank you

  Yes. You're not really all that traffic produced by DRS and vMotion actions in your production (maybe time critical).

  Concerning

• managed and unmanaged servers

  Hey,.

  What is the difference between management and an unmanaged machine vitrual?

  AMD when it comes to a unmanaged can it:

  be vmotioned
  be restarted
  have created a vip
  perform all tasks involving host communication

  ?

  Thank you.

  "what can cause the vms happens."

  OK, we are talking about virtual machines (VM) then.

  Given that the virtual machines running on virtual hardware and therefore use only a few other drivers as if they were running on physical hardware, basically everything that applies to real systems apply to the virtual system. This could be anything from driver issues, problems of network up to infections by the virus.

  André

• FT and vmotion on the same vswitch

  I wonder if the following scenario would work:

  1 vswitch with vmotion/management/FT ports. 2 physical network adapters: vmnic1 and vmnic0

  For the port FT overide the position of switches and him tell us to use vmnic0 as main and vmnic1 as before.

  For vmotion and management ports, we would use replace vswitch settings and tell it to use vmnic1 as main and vmnic0 as before.

  Certainly, if we lose a nic, that's potentially a lot of traffic, but we do a lot of vmotions, even with the DRS in fully automatic mode, it is especially when we do our patch.

  This should make FT use a network card and vmotion good? Anyone who sees no real problem with that?

  take a good look and we have implemented many of these...

• Change the subnet for VMkernel and Vmotion

  Our current configuration has Vmotion on the same subnet as our production machines, which I am not happy, encourage, that is causing our 3com troubled when past we vmotion virtual machine.

  We have dedicated a subnet of vmotion and want to change the port on the new subnet vmkernel.

  Our current vmkernel port has physical NIC 2, 1 in standby mode.

  My plan is to create another port vmkernel on the same switch and the standby card. I enable vmotion on that one, then disable vmotion on the original.

  Then, I would delete the original vmkernel port.

  This plan won't work and if so, what type of network on the age I will consider.

  Finally, is there a better way that I can do?

  Evening,

  It's actually how we run our Console Service with VMotion. We have the Service Console and VMotion on a vSwitch. The Port Console of Service Group is configured with 1 adapter active network and 1 in standby mode. The Group of ports VMotion is configured in reverse. It separates traffic while giving you still a level of redundancy in case a cable/adapter network breaks down.

  As you add VMotion for a vSwitch existing (vswif0), then will be without interruption, unless as it displays other says you have IP storage.

  Kind regards

  Glen