Replicate a VM in the same vCenter environment

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• Is possible let activate domain multi UCS VM - FEX and sign up for the same vCenter

  Hi Experts,

  We have 7 domain UCS. But only a vCenter. Now, we want to enable VM - FEX on each UCS area and sign up for the same vCenter. Is - it work? I have found no description limit configuration on this relationship.

  Or we create 7 vCenter for each UCS area? (But I think it's not sense.)

  Best regards
  Meng-Yuan Hsieh (Nick)

  Hi Moua!

  I open a TAC case on that, and after that many discussions with Cisco, connecting several areas a single vCenter UCS is supported.  However, it turns out that Cisco failed to document this and how to make it work.  You will find that the procedures were written in old documentation for VN-LINK and others for VM - FEX.  This documentation shows that it is necessary to create new certificates, and it must match the key to expansion.  This is NOT true nor with the new versions of UCSM and vCenter.  Cisco, said they will update their documentation.

  Here are the steps that we took to connect two UCS areas for the same vCenter using default self-signed certificates.  I hope this helps...  Please mark this message as the right answer when you get a chance.  Thank you!!

  vCenter Version: 5.5

  UCSM Version: 2.2(5a)

  1. On the VM in UCS Manager tab, click VMware.
  2. Set up a key of the unique extension for every area of UCS.
  3. Click on "Configure VMware integration" on each area of UCS and export expansion of local storage.
  4. Install each UCS domain extensions in vCenter.
  5. After you install the extensions, back to UCSM and click Next where you left off in configure integration with VMware
  6. Run the wizard and after that it's over, areas of the UCS should now be connected to the vCenter.

  

• Move VM between data on the same vCenter centers

  Hey all the...

  With a virtual machine off, I'm migrating a VM between data centers in the same vCenter. There is no shared storage, different networks to the destination host. The user interface works (caveat about the missing shows destination network), yet move-vm does not work between data centers.

  By train: move-vm - vm test-20150309 - destination esx1 datastore - datastore1, I get the error:

  Move-vm: 09/03/2015-14:48:20 Move - VM Destination container must be in the same data center.
  On line: 1 char: 1
  + move-vm - vm test-20150309 - destination esx1. ...
  + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  + CategoryInfo: InvalidArgument: (esx1:VMHostImpl) [Move-VM], VimException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: Client20_VmHostServiceImpl_CheckMoveVmParameters_InvalidDatacenter, VMware.VimAutomation.
  ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.MoveVM

  The manual States -Destination can be file, host, cluster etc... As the hosts AND records are bound by data centers, I guess it must know the new host & the new folder. I tried to use - destination twice, and I've tried - destination host, folder.

  Move-VM: cannot bind parameter because the 'Destination' is specified more than once. To provide several parameter values that can accept multiple values, use the table syntax. For example, '-parameter value1, value2, value3 ".

  Move-VM: missing an argument for the parameter "Destination." Specify a parameter of type 'VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Types.V1.Inventory.VIContainer' and try again.

  I used PowerCLI 5.8 and tried on 5.0 and 4.0 vCenter.

  Move-vm: 09/03/2015-14:48:20 Move - VM Destination container must be in the same data center.
  On line: 1 char: 1
  + move-vm - vm test-20150309 - destination esx1. ...
  + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  + CategoryInfo: InvalidArgument: (esx1:VMHostImpl) [Move-VM], VimException
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: Client20_VmHostServiceImpl_CheckMoveVmParameters_InvalidDatacenter, VMware.VimAutomation.
  ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.MoveVM

  The SDK method works?

  See 3. Re: to a different vm datacenter 

• PowerCLI script to migrate virtual machines to the new vCenter environment

  Hello world

  in the next few weeks, we need about migrate 700 VMs (Windows/Linux) server to a new environment (new vCenter, new hosts, but VMs will remain on same data warehouses). VMs will be migrated not in one batch, but rather from time to time (which, however, can understand the need to migrate some 10s of virtual machines at the same time).

  Cluster names and folder structure will be identical to the old and the new vCenters. As host in the new vCenter names differ from those in the old vCenter, thought to provide a table of 'translation', which tells the script to save a given VM on host B (new vCenter) when having been registered in order to host a (old vCenter) and so on.

  I thought writing a PowerCLI script which, broadly speaking, can accomplish the following steps:

  • Connect to vCenterOld and vCenterNew
  • Correspondence table of host to read from a file (see step "register VM vCenterNew below)

  Then, in a loop:

  • Ask VM name
  • Get the settings of the virtual machine: Datastore/path, network/Portgroup, HA restart priority, host, folder, note
  • View the parameters and the VM name and request confirmation migrate the virtual machine
  • Turn off VM (closed OS gracefully, but force power off if power status is still not equal 'off' after a time given)
  • To unsubscribe from VM vCenterOld (removal of inventory)
  • Registry of the VM to the data store vCenterNew (assumptions: same folder as vCenterOld, host names are different, but for each source in vCenterOld host a host of destination in vCenterNew for you join the virtual machine to can be provided, that is, CSV)
  • The value of VM portgroup (same name as in vCenterOld)
  • Set VM HA restart priority
  • PowerON VM
  • Wait / check the VM (for example, ping) connectivity / continue immediately if the virtual machine is accessible or after a certain time if the virtual machine is still inaccessible
  • Confirm that the virtual machine has been migrated successfully, OR ask the user to check the connectivity of the virtual machine

  Now to my questions:

  • Is anyone know about an existing script that does something similar or contains parts that can be useful to compile a script like this?
  • How can vCenter two connections at the same time been managed within a PowerCLI script - or doesn't work at all and a connect/disconnect to/from the two vCenters must be completed for each virtual computer?

  Many thanks for any help.

  The following seems to work for me

  $vm = Get-VM -Name MyVM$nic = Get-NetworkAdapter -VM $vm $vdPG = $nic | select -ExpandProperty NetworkName
  
  Get-VDPortgroup -Name $vdPG
  

• vCAC 6 cloneVM in vDatacenters in the same vCenter

  Scenario:

  I have a unique vCenter managing several vDatacenters in Boston and San Francisco.

  Configure a vCAC SEO plan "rhel6u1-64-v8" model loaded only in Boston.

  
  

  Issues related to the:

  
  

  1. When clone us at San Francisco location:
     
     1. We need the same model "rhel6u1-64-v8" loaded on the vDatacenter of San Francisco?
        1. Or
     2. VCAC deploys from the "rhel6u1-64-v8" model in Boston out vDataCenter in the San Francisco vDataCenter?
     3. Something is happening?

  Also, if anyone has a documentation describing the vCAC clone process that would be much appreciated!

  Yes this is what is happening.

  We have 2 sites with 3 vCenters each so I know the pain of having the same models across the VCs

• Multiple Instances of the same vCenter Server listed

  I uninstalled and then reinstalled the installer of VMware vFoglight for agents of collector/connector on my vCenter server. It is now listed twice in my console vFoglight. How can I delete the duplicate entry?

  Hi Gerry. There is an option to remove the old date within the FMS. Vizioncore gave me a doc that explains it.
  in the left menu, go to foglight-> servers-> data-> vmware model management
  Here, you can select the vc to remove... but be careful with what you remove! Make sure that the right vc :-)
  If you led the whole tree and restart the service of Fogle, it should disappear... give fms a few minutes to delete (depends on the size of the data) before restarting the service... cheers, patrik
  Sorry... didn't scroll down... I didn ' see that there is already a... pat post

• Help please - why is noon suddenly registered double on the same track (instances on several tracks)?

  Hello everyone, I have been recording of MIDI tracks years on my MacBook with no problems. All of a sudden, MIDI tracks began to record notes duplicate (exact replica - even not, same speed, etc.). ... This has happened on most, but not all, tracks I recorded in the past day or so.

  I was working on a special project with a lot of MIDI tracks and a couple of audio tracks - what is shown in the YouTube video that I have included to illustrate the problem:

  https://youtu.be/AaNOxfwzsmg

  All MIDI tracks recorded in this project before the past 24 to 48 hours recorded normally without duplication. About 90% of the tracks I recorded recently have duplication. The first brief example in the video shows the bass track, that duplication of work and represents 90% of the securities. The next example short - track of cajon - has not been saved with the duplication (so far, it's the only track I checked and made record normally in the last 2 days. Pieces recorded both before and after that the cajon track was duplicated notes throughout.

  The MIDI keyboard, I use as a controller as a Roland FP80. I used this keyboard for all MIDI tracks that don't require modulation or tar leaning over recent months. The MIDI keyboard transmit channel is set to 1, and to my knowledge, there very lunch limited functionality and cannot transmit multiple channels. (It's a good size weighted keys digital piano and this is why I use it.)

  If anyone can help identify the cause of this problem I would really appreciate it! The second part of the question is I would like a quick and easy way to delete ONLY the notes duplicate on all these tracks. I had already saved 7 or 8 in the project MIDI tracks until I discovered this problem when I started to delete some notes. I would like to be able to preserve what has been recorded.

  BTW, I looked for this problem and found a similar thread, but I think that the solution is that the used keyboard passed on several MIDI channels. As much as I know who does not apply in this case.

  Thanks in advance!

  SYSTEM SPECS:

  MacBook Pro (retina, 13 inches, end of 2013)

  Mac OSX Yosemite - version 10.10.5

  Processor: 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5

  Memory: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

  Graphics card: Intel Iris 1536 MB

  Logic Pro X - version 10.2.0

  Working backwards... You can remove duplicate events by selecting all the events in a region (cmd-A) if in the roll of piano or selecting the region then go to menu edit - midi events Delete - reproduced.

  or (D).

  On why - there could be a number of reasons... First, open the list of events by pressing D and see if they are in fact identical... especially on the same channel environment.

  Also - if you could upload a screenshot of the low track to include both region and the railway inspector.

  

• Duplicated on the same server database

  Hi, I'm trying to replicate a database on the same server. It seems to have worked, but I get a lot of error messages in the log of alerts. Please can someone tell if I'm doing something wrong or that I don't need to worry about these messages. Here's what I do:

  Taking rman backup archivelog and proddb database

  Do pfile from spfile proddb

  create directories by replacing the name proddb by clonedb

  copy the proddbinit.ora file rename to replace all references to proddb with clonedb of clonedbinit.ora

  Add 2 entries to clonedbinit.ora:

  * .db_file_name_convert = 'PRODDB', 'CLONEDB '.

  * .log_file_name_convert = 'PRODDB', 'CLONEDB '.

  Instance defined in CLONEDB and startup nomount

  Sign in to rman - rman AUXILIARY.

  DUPLICATE TO CLONEDB DATABASE

  BACKUP LOCATION ' / U01/PRODDB.

  I haven't specified a SPFILE because I don't think I need one as I created a complete pfile file

  "When I look in the alerts log, I get a message saying load ' ORA-01565: could not open the Spfile" and error in the identification of file & apos spfileclonedb.ora & apos;

  I read if you clone to a database on the same server, you must manually create your own pfile and do not use the SPFILE option during replication.

  What I am doing wrong?

  Thank you very much

  Adam

  I think your spfile has no parameter value:

  db_file_name_convert ='/ EOYFIN/TESTP / ',' / FMWSPRT/TESTS /'

  To ensure that:

  create pfile from spfile;

  then check your pfile file to see the entrance is there or not.

  Option 1

  -----------------

  Just add that then you can do it in duplicate using the set command order

  -----------------------------------------------

  Run {}

  allocate channel pr1 type disk;

  allocate channel pr2 type disk;

  allocate auxiliary channel stdby type disk;

  current spfile database of target duplicate database tests

  :

  :

  Set db_file_name_convert ='/ EOYFIN/TESTP / ',' / FMWSPRT/TESTS /'

  Set log_file_name_convert ='/ EOYFIN/TESTP / ',' / FMWSPRT/TESTS /'

  :

  ;

  }

  Option 2

  ------------------------

  If it not is not for this put entry pfile.

  Start the databases using pfile and then create spfile;

  SPFile to start;

  Try again

  See you soon

  M

• Is OSR taken 11.1.1.6 supported in the same field from SOA 11.1.1.7?

  Hello

  
  

  Can someone confirm if OSR 11.1. 1.6 is supported in the same field from SOA 11.1.1.7?
  
  Y at - it no document indicating 11.1.1.6 & one 11.1.1.7 can coexist in the same area.
  
  Thanks in advance,

  Vijaya

  Hi Vijaya,

  I suppose that there is nothing wrong with having the 11.1.1.6 SBA and SOA 11.1.1.7 as part of the same domain. These two products have the same supported version of i.e. of weblogic 11 GR 1 material WebLogic Server (+ 10.3.5).

  How ever, there are some prerequisites that we must follow when installing OSR 11 g in the area and the same as Oracle SOA Suite 11 g Weblogic environment.

  Here are some documents that will be useful

  (1) the prerequisites provided in the release notes for the respective operating system. This is how we do for IBM AIX

  http://docs.Oracle.com/CD/E28280_01/doc.1111/e14771/install.htm#ASRAX6165

  (2) support Note Doc ID 1089793.1: installation OSR 11 g in the same Weblogic environment and area that Oracle SOA Suite 11 g PS1 and PS2

  Requires the password and username of support Oracle

  OSR 11 g topology recommended

  Please let me know if this is useful.

  Best regards

  Amandine

• What are the vSphere components must be on the same subnet?

  VSphere components, those who need to be on the same subnet / vLAN?

  For example:

  vCenter Server and ESXi hosts?

  Groups separated from ESXi hosts are on separate VLANS / subnets? What is the limit of the number of hosts ESXi I should have on one vLAN to avoid having too much broadcast traffic?

  vCenter Server and he associated with SQL Server?

  VMware Update Manager and vCenter Server?

  VMware Update Manager and ESXi hosts it updated?

  There is no technical requirement that vSphere components must be on the same IP subnet. You can have all the components on a separate and routed (or even a firewall, you implement granted sufficient rules) subnet without problems. If that made sense, however, is a completely different question.

  vCenter Server and ESXi hosts?

  Does not really matter, but makes the most sense to be on the same subnet.

  Groups separated from ESXi hosts are on separate VLANS / subnets? What is the limit of the number of hosts ESXi I should have on one vLAN to avoid having too much broadcast traffic?

  If they are managed by the same vCenter, or similar commercial purposes, I would put them on the same subnet. I only consider something a subnet extra for things like DMZ-Clusters, that can be distinguished from any other as much as possible. A vMotion VLAN cluster might be a correct point in a normal scenario too.

  ESXi hosts really do not generate any significant broadcast traffic, apart from a few ARP requests here and there. This isn't Windows, after all, and even if that were the case, the time when you had to worry about the reasons broadcasting with 'only' a few hundreds or thousands of systems on a broadcast domain have long been more with the advent of fast and gigabit ethernet.

  vCenter Server and he associated with SQL Server?

  VMware Update Manager and vCenter Server?

  Even once it does not really matter, but I would put them on the same subnet unless I have a very good reason not to.

  VMware Update Manager and ESXi hosts it updated?

  As long as they are not connected via a WAN snail, causing the staging of updates hours, that's fine.

• Should the hosts to access the same VMFS * always * be grouped?

  Hi all

  As stated above, given a config where there are several ESX / I host & multiple VMFS volumes, you should set up clusters, then present the storage shared for clusters, etc.

  However, I see a config for the moment where there are a number of 'independent' hosts (managed by the same VCenter) that are * not * in a cluster, but each host is running VMs to the same shared storage.

  Is this a reasonable config? It is not me! I'm looking into why they have not grouped (they have business licenses), but I wanted to check if it is an acceptable (i.e. supported) config because it seems a little strange to me!

  (If I could be pointed toward a document covering so it would be ideal to support my argument).

  Kind regards

  Paul

  Hi Paul,.

  You are right, there is no such requirement as incase of Windows Cluster.

  Concerning

• Tearing the ESXi and VM live hosts to 4.1 and falling in vCenter environment 5.1

  Hello

  Can I please perform the following before the people here to get opinions on how you think it may be...

  Basically, I'm planning a 5.1 vCenter vCenter 4.1 facility upgrade, but I'm not eager to upgrade in place due to my being uncomfortable with the 4.1 - > 5.1 upgrade instability.

  Instead, I built an environment vSphere fresh 5.1, including:

  SSO
  The inventory service
  UU.
  vCenter
  Web client
  SRM

  And he works with the internal certificates.  SRM has been integrated, data centres have been created, OS customizations are in place, empty clusters have been created with the same level of CVS, licenses have been imported and everything looks good to go.

  The next part is to import all hosts ESXi 4.1 of their existing DRS, HA, cluster EVC, which is also protected by SRM.

  However, the problem is that this must be done without interruption for the hosts or virtual machines running.  All NFS stores running the virtual machine.

  So my plan is:
  Unprotect all SRM protected virtual computer (to remove SRM placeholders in NFS and placeholder VMS in vCenter)
  Reconfigure the deactivation DRS clusters, HA (with CVS)
  Remove the cluster (guests will return to autonomous? VM will continue to operate?)
  'remove' host of the old vmware vcenter
  Add a host new vCenter
  Add the host to the cluster again
  Configure the SRM

  I can see from google, that other people have already done, but this doesn't sound sane?

  I want to avoid at all costs, downtime for the VM to place guests esxi in maintenance mode is not really an option.  So I need to check that the above is possible, and that the removal of the cluster will not stop the running virtual machine or to force some kind of hardware installation/panic on the virtual machine because of the VCA mode not more be applied. The VCA mode would be a big problem trying to admit the host/vm to the new cluster if the virtual machine have re-detected hardware of newer CPU...

  Thanks in advance,
  Rob.

  You don't need to remove clusters or move the hosts off the clusters before you attach them to the new vCenter Server!

  We have made the migration in the past (to a vCenter server to another) without this step and it worked fine.

  In the new vCenter server, you can also directly add hosts to the cluster.

  It works very well... unless you use the distributed switches! It is still possible, but requires additional steps.

  -Andreas

• Is it possible to run vCenter Server and AUVS in the same database?

  Hello. My client has vCenter Server and VUM installed and running in the same database. Yes, the same database (not only same server database) and the same ODBC (ODBC VUM is 32-bit only).

  My question is whether it is supported or not and I would like a source VMware information, not only "it works fine for me".

  I can't find any definitive info on this VMware. Only something to wave in the installation and upgrade guides about or not to run in the same database ' ' (I guess they mean 'server') and it seems that the recommendation is to separate them for the 'large environments,' whatever that means.

  The environment vSphere 4.1 is currently, and there are about 20 guests and 150 virtual machines.

  If it is not supported, I guess the best way to go is to reinstall both from scratch?

  Thanks in advance!

  / Anders

  Yes, it is a supported configuration.  Since VUM and vCenter using different tables, you can share the same DB

  The database of the update manager that you use can be identical to the vCenter Server database. You can also use a
  separate database, or you can use existing database clusters. For best results in a large scale environment, you
  must use a dedicated Update Manager database that is located on one computer other than the
  the vCenter Server system database.

  http://pubs.VMware.com/vSphere-50/topic/com.VMware.ICbase/PDF/vSphere-Update-Manager-50-install-Administration-Guide.PDF

• vCenter and SQL 2005 Express on the same physical machine

  I'm new on the VMware environment and am a little concerned about my VMware infrastructure and design.  I have 3 boxes physical accommodation 15 virtual servers.  I have a 4th server that hosts the database SQL and vcenter.  I am wondering what are my chances of having vCenter and SQL 2005 express installed on the same box?  That suggest VMware as best practices concerning this configuration?  If this configuration is ok, what are my options to protect myself in case the box with vCenter and the SQL database dies?  Thank you

  VMware sets a limitation to 5 guests and 50 wen invited you use SQL Express. I run it with 6 guests and 48 guests (incl. models) on the same machine as the server vcenter. That's not what I want to keep and we will change to a standard SQL 2005 on a separate server from SQL (which we had with SQL 2000 and before VI3).

  But I didn't have one problem with this configuration, again.

  With both on the same server may lead to a conflict: SQL 2005 requires IIS but vCenter uses ports. So I installed it but disabled.

  I think also that separating the two tracks faster that have it all on the same box.

  AWo

  VCP / vEXPERT 2009

• 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