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• SQL Server VM with vCenter database storage migration

  vCenter Server 5 and ESXi 5.

  Hi all. Have vcenter server on a physical machine. The database server is VM with SQL Server 2008R2. Need recommendation of migrating data to another store. The storage systems are different. And can not be shared beetwen 2 servers. HP MSA 2012 SAS Enclouser and HP EVA 6500.

  I think you only good option is to take note of the host in which your VCDB VM is saved. Turn off vCenter (it won't work anyway once the DB is taken offline).  Then use VMware Converter to migrate the virtual computer from the data store either.  Once the VM has been upsized, turn the VCDB VM, turn on vcenter, ensure that everything works and then destroy the 'old' VCDB VM.

• How to upgrade from Virtual Center 2.5 + SQL Server 2000 to vCenter 4.1 + SQL Server 2008 (R2)?

  I plan the upgrade of an existing VMware Infrastructure 3 (Virtual Center 2.5 + ESX 3.5) to vSphere 4.1, and I'm stuck in the Virtual Center Server upgrade and its back-end database.

  vSphere 4.1 is released only as a 64-bit software, so he needs a x 64 O.S.; This excludes an upgrade the existing server on-site.

  The plan is to install a new Server Windows Server 2008 R2 with SQL Server 2008 (or 2008 R2 if taken in charge), migrate the database and install 4.1 on the server vCenter.

  The question: How can I migrate the database?

  When you perform an upgrade of Virtual Center vCenter 4.0 on-site, the database is automatically upgraded; but this isn't the case when you install a new server.

  VMware provides a utility to clear the existing database and import it into a new server, but it works only for SQL Server Express (which according to VMware must not be used in medium/large production environments); If this is not an option.

  I am unable to find a support procedure to perform this migration.

  Can someone please help?

  Massimo,

  I just went through it and found it to be a little pain simply because I forgot to VMware document simplicity...

  You are right, the 'migration' tool does support SQL Server Express, I don't know why and niether are the two VMware Tech Support Agents I spoke with.

  To anyone reading this. NOTE If you perform the upgrade / migration SQL Server Express via the Migration tool you MUST check the registry DbServerType key FIRST! If it is set on Custom Migration tools will ignore simply stages of database! See this VMware KB article for more information:

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=1024380

  Yes, it is the States 'failure', what he does not say, it is that the Migration tool will be 'Silencieusement Skip' your database.

  End of Migration tools do call a standard SQL Server T - SQL backup command. YAY! You don't have to upgrade your existing 32-bit vCenter Server, do first just in case backup/snapshot, then run through the upgrade as if you were going to use the 32-bit version in production. This step will apply to any database schema change.

  Build your brilliant new 64-bit server, install all of the bits and then use SQL Server Management Studio to make a backup of SQL Server 32-bit database and then restore it on your new 64-bit server. NOTE: Make sure that all SQL and vCenter services are stopped before proceeding with the backup and restore of the measures.

  After the restoration of the SQL on your new server it reboot and everything will come back to life just as it is only now with all 64 bit!

  Hope this Helps!

  Bill Hilburn, Senior Systems Engineer

  StoneAge, Inc.

  http://StoneAgeTools.com

• Closing vCenter management of SQL server, no impact to vCenter server Management?

  Hi guys,.

  Just a small question please.

  We intend to stop the SQL Server for the vCenter and perform some increase VM spec on the SQL Server. Then to make it as clean as possible, we need to stop the VMware vCenter associated services on the management server as well? Is there a particular order to stop dectsron VMware vCenter related services?

  Thank you.

  Then to make it as clean as possible, we need to stop the VMware vCenter associated services on the management server as well? I have

  Yes, please stop the vCenter services.

  Is there a particular order to stop dectsron VMware vCenter related services?

  Here is the official explaining KB in case of maintenance activity, which would be the services stop order and then let the db server back on before starting to vCenter services

  VMware KB: Stop, start or restart services from VMware vCenter Server

• Can I install SQL Server on the server vCenter?

  Is it possible to install SQL server on the vCenter server or the connection to the server...

  Due to limited memory problems, I have to make some adjustments with my setup to migrate.

  Thanks in advance.

  Hey Taher843,

  If your environment is small, you can install vCenter with SQL Express that comes with the installation of the vCenter server.

• moving my SQL Server to another host (with vcenter database)

  Hi all

  I am in progress to improve my environment at ESX4.0. Now I have to move my only SQL server VM to the new host, who is already on ESX4.0 level. My only SQL server hosts the vCenter as database. I don't have a vMotion.

  To move my SQL vm, I need to turn it off and then migrate my ESX 4.0 host. The problem: when the SQL Server is disabled, I lose connectivity to the vCenter server and therefore cannot migrate the virtual computer to another host.

  Is there a way to fix this, or is my only option to move the virtual machine in question off vCenter SQL database?

  The physical files of the VM for SQL server on an iSCSI box and will not change the location of the data store.

  Thank you

  Edy

  Open the browser of data store, right-click right the VM's vmx file and choose "add to the inventory.

  André

• Do need me a separate license for VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat for a remote SQL Server database?

  Do need me a separate license for VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat for a remote SQL Server database?

  Only a single vCenter Server Heartbeat license is necessary to protect the components of the vCenter Server installed remotely, including SQL Server. A single license is also used for several UNIQUE for vCenter Server services protected authentication servers. A license is required per instance of vCenter Server.

• SQL Server edition full for vCenter Server 6.0

  Hello

  Just learn that vCenter 6.0 does not support SQL Server Express.

  We intend to use SQL Server 2008R2 as the database of vCenter Server 6.

  We would like to ask for your opinion if we should use the full 32-bit or 64-bit SQL Server Edition?  For SQL Server Express, 64 - Bit is used, I think that we need to use 64 bits one, is this correct?

  Your opinion is requested.

  Just learn that vCenter 6.0 does not support SQL Server Express.

  The Windows 6.0 vCenter dropped the integrated SQL Express, BUT instead, it comes with a SQL database vPostgres shipped to replace it with similar restrictions. You don't need to install your own SQL server if you're ok with these limits. See the following article:

  vSphere 6 - clarify misinformation. VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs

  Databases are supported for installing windows SQL 2008 R2, 2012 and 2014, Oracle 11g and 12 c as well as the possibility of using an embedded database vPostgres on windows vPostgres is limited to 20 guests and 200 VMs. Upgrades where SQL express is installed will be converted to vPostgres. The vCenter Server Appliance supports the vPostgres shipped to full scale, the host of 1000 and 10,000 virtual computers and is the database recommended for vCenter server unit. Oracle 11g and c 12 external databases are also supported for this version, look for these to drop in the future releases.

  It is also possible to keep an existing SQL Express DB when you perform an upgrade:

  VMware KB: Upgrade vCenter Server 6.0 without migration of the SQL database to vPostgres

  If you use your own SQL server to go with a 64-bit version and stick them on products VMware interoperability Matrices.

• Why MS SQL server is required for installing vcenter?

  Why MS SQL server is required for installing vcenter?

  You need a database to contain the vCenter Server information. It may be SQL/Oracle. By default, an installation of SQL Express happens if you do not want to install a complete SQL Server blown - it will have maximum but limits work for smaller infrastructure.

  Exact wording of the documentation:

  vCenter Server and vCenter Update Manager require databases to store and organize the data from the server.

  Each instance of vCenter server must have its own database. vCenter Server instances cannot share the same database schema. Several databases of vCenter Server can reside on the same database server, or they can be split between multiple database servers. Databases Oracle, who have the notion of schema objects, you can run several unique vCenter Server instances in a database server if you are the owner of a different pattern for each instance of vCenter server, or use a server of Oracle database dedicated for each instance of vCenter server.

  You don't need to install a new server database for the vCenter Server installation to work. During installation, you can point the vCenter Server system for the supported existing databases. vCenter Server supports IBM DB2, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases. vCenter Update Manager supports Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases. For a list of supported database server versions, see the vSphere compatibility tables tohttp://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_compatibility_matrix.pdf on the VMware vSphere documentation Web site.

• vCenter connects to SQL Server very well with 64-bit DSN, but does not connect with 32-bit DSN

  Created a system DSN 64-bit and 32-bit vCenter server by using SQL Server Native Client 11.0 and exact same settings pointing to the database on a SQL Server 2012 box.  The 64-bit DSN connects very well and the 32-bit DSN fails to connect.  Can someone give some guidance as to what could be the problem?  I have never seen it before.  They are pointing to the same database and use the same local SQL account.

  TIA

  The challenge was to enable the SQL Server Browser service in the SQL box - it is disabled by default in Windows with SQL Server 2012 2012...  This should really be documented by VMWare.

• vCenter for protection SQL Server Heartbeat mount points

  Asking if anyone out there knows if vCenter Heartbeat (6.6) supports SQL Server installed on the mounting Points, this installation of HB is to protect the DB SQL vCenter.

  The file system has a provision when the directory of newspapers and directory bin ect are each on a mount point in the same volume of index (g) (for example diskpart: ASSIGN MOUNT G:\SQL55_BIN)

  I get this error when you start replication, and replication does not start.

  Automated Replication Stop Applied : Use of Invalid Reparse Point / Microsoft Mount Point has been detected for the file / directory : G:\SQL55_BIN
  As a result of this, VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat has been stopped with the protected applications left running.
  

  Have not been able to find this error on the googleplex and no reference to the doco on the mount points...

  I know that the end of his LIFE, but I'm not the decision maker and happy not to do.

  Clues?

  FYI,.

  mount points is not supported

• database of travel vcenter + rsa database to new sql server

  Hi we had to move vcenter db + rsa db to new server sql bc former sql server crashed. the virtual service center will not start now. I believe that this is due to the database of rsa. I can't understand how rsa point again sql server.  for the vcenter db all I had to do was update the odbc on the vcenter server connection properties. any advice on how to upgrade the connection rsa properties similar to how I've updated vcenter db properties /?

  Thanks in advance!

  Cheers.

  Have you tried the steps listed in this article?

  Update vCenter Single Sign On settings after you change the hostname or port of the database server

• Creation of the DSN that is needed to connect the 5.1 vCenter to SQL Server

  I'm looking for a simple process, step by step create the DSN that is needed to connect the vCenter Server 5.1 to an already configured SQL database.

  It must be simple, still usable by a person who is not a database administrator.  He should assume no knowledge of database.

  It should be usable on 64 - bit Windows 2008 Server R2 OS when connecting to a SQL Server 2008 R2 database.

  It must include ALL the options I have to configure when configuring the DSN, so that later I can run vCenter Server 5.1 installation and Breeze the by.

  Screenshots would be too great, but if you have a step by step, that would be great.  Some thing that you can go totally illiterate crew of database and they can cross step by step.  Docs from VMware do not give enough details and do not point to a good reference.

  Hello

  Click on Control Panel > administrative tools > Data Sources (ODBC).

  Open ODBC connection, select the system DSN tab, and then click Add

  Select SQL native client, click on finish

  He will ask DSN name, enter the name you want for VC DSN.

  Then enter the address database of VC.

  Then it will ask for authentication, select which option of your choice, as based on windows or SQL based authentication.

  Then click Next and select the correct database that has been created for VC in drop-down option

  Finishing and test the connection.

  Concerning

  Mohammed

• Best practices for vCenter 5.1 with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2

  I am looking for a best practices or really any documentation on configuring vCenter 5.1 with a SQL Server 2008 R2 database. I see that SQL Server 2008 R2 is supported, but that's all. Any help is appreciated.

  Unless you have a huge (and I mean huge) environment, the vCenter database in general is not that big of a deal or go-getter and was apparently not deemed worthy for some secret magic tips because of this.

  Standard SQL "best practices" and observe the standard installation documentation when deployment vCenter and you should be good to go.

  Some documents on the vCenter more in-depth database are here:

  http://www.VMware.com/resources/TechResources/10162

  http://www.VMware.com/resources/TechResources/10302

  Also, I highly recommend you watch this recording of VMworld:

  http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=5Ly64_ca7-I

• vCenter Server and SQL server affinity

  Is there a best practice for the rules of the affinity between a vCenter server and a SQL server VM in the same cluster?

  Thank you

  I think that separation would be mainly for safety.  Maybe to keep the SQL Server in a broadcast domain separate servers so that they do not receive all the Windows usual chatter.

  Most of the environments I've worked have been small enough to either do not have more than a few tens of machines virtual hosts/250, or overworked staff that cannot be dedicated to security, s/n, etc., and the decision was taken to run the DB in SQL Server on the same server as the application of vCenter to reduce the complexity and rely on the host/network/SQL Server security and properly locking to the bottom of vCenter.

  As I said before, there is a good chance you won't notice a difference, performance wise, anyway.