Relocation of vCenter Server to another domain

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• VCenter server by using domain ID and password to login

  Hello

  I wanted to connect to Vcenter server via powercli but its always takes my default windows credentials when I connect using Connect-VIServer-vcenter01 Server rather than my domain ID and the password. My credentials for vcenter server is different from the Windows credentials. Please let me know the command for the VI login server, by using the credentials of domain.

  Thank you

  vmk2014

  Cannot connect you with:

  to connect-viserver Vcenter01.domain.bla - user domain\user - pass the password

• The vCenter server's FULL domain name.

  People,

  Using vSphere SDK Web services, is it possible to get the domain name FULL of the vCenter server that I have connected to? For example, foo - test.domain.com is the name of a field FULL of my RESUME, but I can connect to the Victoria Cross with SDK giving the name as foo-test. Once connected, is their any property by which I can get the FQDN of my CV, IE like foo - test.domain.com.

  Help in this regard is highly appreciated.

  Many thanks in advance,

  -Mani.

  (1) this property reflects maybe just how the guestOS has been set up if she had the FULL domain name or not, I'm not 100% sure but I always put my host names a FQDN. You can watch the underlying guestOS to see how it is set up compared to others which show the COMPLETE domain name

  (2) your original question was on vCenter FQDN, this property as mentioned is only for vCEnter and not for ESX (i). If you need to search for this information, you must watch the HostSystem that represents your ESX or ESXi host. You'll want to take a look at the HostDnsConfig property to find the short hostname under the host name and the domain under the domain name and that will provide COMPLETE domain name.

  I think the best way to interrogate this information actually uses your DNS infrastructure, it is what it is. Looks like not all your environments are configured using domain name FULL which in my books, is not a best practice. If this is the case, what data are only as good as the original configuration in order to make virtual infrastructure out of the image and simply use DNS to query for it. It is trivial to extract the IP addresses of your vCenter and the host ESX (i), so you can use it as a base to make your look up.

  I also recommend to take a look at the API reference documentation, it is the best place to find this information and using the search feature is also very useful to fine-tune the properties that interest you - http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/visdk41pubs/ApiReference/index.html

  I hope this makes sense

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• Pass a vCenter Server ESXi to another with dvSwitch

  Hello

  I am actually preparing a migration of vCenter and have a few questions.

  I'm migrating a cluster esxi 5.5 to one vCenter to another. The esxi server are configured with a distributed VM networking switch...

  now, I would like to know if I can export the dvswitch configuration and import it on the new vcenter disconnect and reconnect esxi for the new vcenter Server?

  in it's kb article is also to bring all virtual machines to a standard switch: KB VMware: ESX/ESXi host with vDS passing a vCenter Server to another

  what I really need to move virtual machines first to a switch standard or is - this just for safety reasons? because I bring the configuration real the new vCenter dvswitch so it would stay the same dvswitch configuration?

  Perhaps it is - can anyone help me...

  Hello

  I just wanted to say that you MUST first migrate all the dvswitch to the standard switch exchanges!

  If you add the esxi with the distributed switch, the dvswitch disappeared and the virtual machines have no connection to network more

• To another server to Vcenter Server

  I am currently in the process of planning a move / upgrade vCenter server, the current version, we are on East 5.1.0 would you recommend to install the same version as a 'move' and then making a separate upgrade regarding the jump since 5.1.0 to 5.5.0?

  Is the current version of the machine I'm on vCenter Server R2 2012 / SQL 2012, I hope go vcenter server to another machine by keeping the database in place but wanted to know if it would be wise to simply start the installation for 5.5.0 on the new machine and then report it to the previous database, or would it cause problems?

  Hi Zade,

  In some cases, I see that if you install vSphere 5.5, pointing to vCenter old DB 5.1 can be a problem. I recommend you to install vCenter 5.1 on the new machine, make sure that everything is good, then proceed to the upgrade to vCenter server 5.5.

  Concerning

  Mohammed Emaad

• vCenter Server

  In case the server vCenter Server has encountered a problem and needs to re-setup of vCenter, what happens to what follows? They will always work?

  1. high availability

  2 DRS (automatic)

  3. distributed switch connectivity

  4 vSphere replication

  5. Advanced vSphere of data protection

  6 site Recovery Manager

  7 cluster VSAN

  During the time where the vCenter server is unavailable.

  1. high availability - Yes, but the management of Cluster HA is possible only when your vCenter gets online

  2 DRS (automatic) - No.

  3. distributed communication switch connectivity - Yes, the VMs will not face questions, data flow is managed completely by ESXi hosts, but your DVS control plan is not available to change the Setup in it.

  4 vSphere replication - work should, don't know if.

  5 vSphere Data Protection advanced - should work, not too sure.

  6 site Recovery Manager - no.

  7 cluster VSAN - Yes, but the handling of the VSAN that we are using vSphere Web Client is going to be affected.

  and if you need to re - install server vCenter completely. so in this case, you need to take action based on how you re - install your vCenter. For example, if you have fresh installation complete you vCenter server then you need to start building your vCenter Server inventory and take steps to add your ESXi hosts in this new inventory.

  many different references

  Distributed failure vSwitches and vCenter, what's the problem?

  VMware KB: Spend an ESX/ESXi host with vDS to a vCenter Server to another

  VMware KB: Move a managed ESX ESXi host to a vCenter Server to a different Server vCenter

• WebClient does not work could not connect to one or more systems of vCenter Server

  Hi all

  I just installed vCenter 5.5 and seems to have done very well.  I can log on to the client vSphere on my computer and see my vcenter server.

  When I log in the webclient service, I can't see my vcenter server.  There's nothing there.

  Also, I get the following error message at the top of the page of webclient when I connect:

  Cannot connect to one or more systems of vCenter server:

  https://domain:443 / sdk

  Question and reinstalled vCenter server has been fixed.

• Displacement of the new vCenter Server (running on vDS) ESX hosts?

  Hi guys... as the title suggests... someone can guide me with how best to move the ESXi hosts on vDS linking a vCenter again vCenter?

  In addition, outside of losing performance stats, what are the other things I need to keep in mind?

  Thanks in advance.

  See you soon,.

  K

  Do you have a chance to see this KB

  VMware KB: Spend an ESX/ESXi host with vDS to a vCenter Server to another

  Thank you

  Avinash

• vCenter Server does not send data to vCenter Log Insight

  I second vCenter server in another site, in Insight Log connection tests but I don't see any data from it...

  ESXi hosts connected to this server vcenter report their data after you run the command configure esxi on the tank.

  Where I can watch on the vCenter box that does not ensure that its installation correctly to send the data?

  Log Insight does not change to vCenter server so there is not place to search the vCenter Server (API calls only - you could try to look at events for the instance of vCenter Server view connection / disconnection of the events in log Insight). Usually when the vCenter Server events, tasks and alarms are not observed it stresses a connection permissions problem. The user specified for vCenter Server integration - must read-only permissions that are set on the object level superior vCenter Server and have you selected the checkbox to enable the authorization to broadcast across all objects? If so, can you generate a beam of support-> page Health Administration and transfer it by the directions here: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1008525 (not necessary for a SR, simply create a file called chasehansen)

• Unable to increase drive vCenter Server 5.0 build 455964

  Friends:

  I have a virtual machine with disk 3, 2 of them has the ability to increase space in gray. The last one is the only one that I can change. I am looking for snapshots in snapshot Manager, but the virtual machine has no snapshot. I created and deleted snapshots, consolidate them, without any fortune. I'm looking for some ideas for review in vCenter Server or another component in the equation.

  Best regards!

  Roberto

  According to the newspaper, the virtual machine has 5 virtual disks (3 x IDE and 2xSCSI). Unfortunately the vSphere Client GUI does not increase the IDE drives (no idea why) and you must do it from the command line (vmkfstools - X) or convert (see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1016192) SCSI drives. No matter what you do, make sure you have a backup in place up-to-date in case something does not work as expected.

  André

• Physical to virtual (P v) Conversion of vCenter Server

  What are all the things I need to think about when convering vCenter server from one physical machine to a virtual machine?  For example:

  1 if the SQL database is on the same server, it can be corruputed?

  2. If I create P to V would be vm and let it sit for a day, while the physical vCenter server is in place, what is happening with Active Directory when I stop the physical and virtual vCenter server takes over?  The vCenter Server virtual would have a less recent synchronization with Active Directory than the physical server, I just stopped.  No problem?

  StageCoach says:

  No unjoining and join vCenter server to this domain questions all possible - such as the loss of permissions, etc that I need to be wary of?

  nothing whatsoever.  vCenter has all it's information stored in a database.  The reason for the possible reach of the field is just to update the AD and DNS object

• vCenter Server - rename the config files and moving datastore

  Our vCenter VMware Server (4.1.0) is a virtual machine. The vCenter Server database is stored on a SQL Server that is also a virtual machine. The configuration files for the server vCenter and file a vmdk are located on a data store and the other vmdk file is located on another data store. This isn't a problem, but the parent folders that store these files have different names and do not reflect the name of the vCenter Server VM. Also the names of configuration files are different for the vmdk file names. I would like to move and rename files vmdk my vCenter Server to another data store and all the configuration files so that the parent folder that stores all the files has the same name as my vCenter Server VM and all of the files in the folder are on behalf of my vCenter Server VM.

  What would be the best way to do this? Can I install the stand-alone converter on the vcenter Server and migrate the server? I have a vCenter Server Standard license. Thank you.

  as above, use storage vmotion if possible else, you can use vmware converter...

• vCenter Server with vSphere Essentials best practices for small business

  I hesitated to post this thread for fear of redundancy, but I wasn't able to find an answer in previous discussions.

  I read the installation documentation for vSphere Essentials vCenter Server installation.

  
  Is it a good idea to install vCenter on my ESXi host as a virtual machine?  I don't understand how the server can be installed as a virtual machine if she must always be on.  What happens when I do the updates of the hypervisor, ESXi (4.0 to 4.1)?  This would not cause the vCenter Server to disconnect?

  Because I have Essentials, I don't have a HA and cannot migrate the server vCenter Server to another host as shown in the installation documentation.

  Thank you

  It should not be a problem - if you manually perform the update using either the esxupdate or vcenter command vihostupdate does not at all in the game - if you use VUM he actually intitiates the vihostupdate order - when restarting the host to be reconnecting to vcenter once it is running.

• I can point my Lab Manager 4.0.2 to point to another new vCenter Server?

  Hi guys,.

  I have a client with a LM4.0.2 production and we are considering moving to one another new/a vCenter server.

  It is important to note that the new vCenter will NOT have the same DB or FULL of the old domain name. It's a completely different vCenter with other ESX hosts.

  Now the questions:

  Can I redirect my Lab Manager (VM) at the new vcenter without any problem?

  What of the ESX (resource) on the old vcenter?

  Is it possible to do this without downtime for laboratories? If this is not the case, how can I minimize downtime? cancel the deployment will be enough?

  Does anyone have this done successfully?

  Any comments would be much appreciated.

  Eyal

  etamir,

  There are some excellent discussions within this forum on the same topic.  I strongly suggest to read first, and I'll see if I can find an example.

  Before going further, data warehouses used in the new vCenter/ESX environment will be exactly the same as the current one?  If you want to keep all of your configurations, I need to know that the UUID of the LUN does not change during this process.

  Can I redirect my Lab Manager (VM) at the new vcenter without any problem?

  You can change the IP/domain FULL name vCenter in the settings section of the Lab Manager site... now on the problems that could result.

  You will need to remove anything from the GUI of Lab Manager that has to do with the current vCenter (unedploy, unprepare host esx, resource pools, configurations etc.).  There will be more on this in the dedicated thread

  What of the ESX (resource) on the old vcenter?

  ESX doesn't really matter, it's the data UUID store that matters.  ESX is just virtual machines.  Note: you'll want to throw all States/suspend points on the VMS where processors are different on the ESX hosts.

  > Is it possible to do this without downtime for laboratories?

  No, there will be a form any downtime.  Either that LM site will be useless (no resources with Betclic, consoles will does not work until the guests are prepared, etc.).

  > If not, how can I reduce downtime? cancel the deployment will be enough?

  Yes, to cancel the deployment of will help... but there will be some lag as you reconfigure Manager of laboratory to use the new vCenter.

  > Has anyone successfully done this?

  Yes.  I saw others to do this.

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• How to move an exchange server to another server on a different domain (trusted domains)

  Here is my scenario,

  I have two domains in windows server 2003. I'll call them X and Y. They are configured as areas of trust.

  I have an exchange 2003 server is currently installed in the domain of X. I want to reduced area X, but all emails to users in the domain X and have been created in the field X Exchange 2003 Server... I'm not an experienced Integrator Exchange, but I was administering the server for some time and I am very familiar with Microsoft Platforms.

  Can I just move the server from one domain to another?

  I have to install a new exchange server and then migrate the mailboxes? (how to do that?)

  I do not know how...

  Your help will be appreciated!

  Kind regards.

  Hello

  You question on exchange servers is more suited for the experts in the TechNet forums. Please repost your question on the link below.

  Thanks, hope this helps.

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