Storage vMotion-Direct between ESXi hosts

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• As part of the SAR cert is to have a NW separated between ESXi host required for VMotion or is it OK to use IP for VMotion management, in the execution of Certification tests.

  As part of the SAR cert is "have a NW/dedicated separate between hosts ESXi (on which we GOS) mandatory for VMotion or is - OK to use IP for VMotion management in the execution of Certification tests.»

  Note that the verification passed Test when you use management IP for Vmotion and without a dedicated connection to NW between ESXi hosts.

  Separate dedicated network interface cards preferred. No problem with the test after this change case.

• Storage vMotion possible with ESXi Std Edt or not?

  Hi all

  We have two implementations of VMware with ESXi Standard edition licenses installed on the two site. A site has vCenter Server Foundation edition while the other has vCenter Server Standard Edition.

  The problem is that the site with vCenter Std and vSphere 5 Std doenst allow storage vMotion (see image below)

  

  While, on the other hand, site 5 Stnd vSphere with vCenter Foundation allows storage Vmotion (see image below)

  

  How is it so that vSphere Stndard this edtion of different characteristics in different places?

  I had recorded the call and found the solution... VSphere 5.0 and 5.1 gives really different set of features with the same Std license vSphere.   Take a look at the link for options available with vSphere 5.0 and 51 below.

  1 compare vSphere 5.0 editions

  Compare the editions of vSphere VMware for Cloud Computing, server and data center virtualization

  VSphere editions 2 - compare 5.1

  Compare VMware vSphere editions: managed Virtualization & amp; Cloud Computing

  For a test, I used the same Standard edition server with 5.1 key to it has worked well with Storage vMotion Option available :-)

• Transfer rate between ESXi host using "Veem backup and FastSCP".

  Hi all

  I have two ESXi host connected with Eth - 1 G ports on an HP switch

  now I'm trying to transfer data between two hosts using "Veem backup and FastSCP" tool

  a 1 MB/s transfer rate is normal? you know a way to improve the performance of the network?

  Note that no collision or inadequacy not discovered on the way to the switch

  Thanks in advance

  Hello

  This work is a line perhaps? If you use VMFS as target, you must double check the block size, if it is the default 1 MB, the maximum size of a vmdk disk is 256 GB.

  The value you got 274878668800 bytes, divided three times by 1024, gives you exactly 256.0007095336914 GB. This is probably the problem.

  PS: I saw your error screencap you come to Italy, visit us on the pages of Italian user :-) group

  Kind regards

  Luca.

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  [reward points for a useful answer is a way of saying thanks]

• Backup VDR when connected directly to ESXi host (no vCenter)?

  I have a single host of vShpere ESXi with camera VDR configured and running. I don't have a vCenter. I have the plugin installed into my vSphere client and I am able to set it up.  I have created a backup task and provided it works, however I get the following message in th events and journal

  "Connected to the ESX Server, automatic backups will not be executed."

  VDR works when connected directly to a host no vCenter ESXi 4? If so, what is my next step in this problem?

  VDR works when connected directly to an ESXi 4 host with vCenter not?

  N °

  If so, what is my next step in this problem?

  Buy vCenter

• Share of CPU between ESXi hosts in a cluster?

  Is it possible to configure a cluster with a pool of CPU resources such as all CPUS of all ESXi hosts in the cluster are in the pool and if a virtual machine starts using more CPU that's current host has it can draw another ESXi host CPU to deal with?

  A virtual machine can use CPU only from the host where the virtual machine works... There is no way to allocate CPU of multiple hosts to a single virtual machine.

• Client VM copies between ESXi hosts

  Hello

  My apologies if this has been posted before, but I can't find the answer I'm looking for.

  I transferred the guest of a virtual computer files using download the data to an ESXi host to another store. Is it possible to open the comments on the destination host ESXi?

  If this is not the right way, what is?

  Thank you

  If you have already copied the files then you can browse the data store in the new host, right-click on the VMX file and select Add to the inventory.  When you start the virtual machine, you will be asked if it is a copy, or if the virtual machine has been moved (see the summary for the VM page if you do not see the issue).  If you do not use the same groups of port VM on the host of the 2nd, then you need to change the VM to fix this as well.

  The way you moved it is fine.  You can also use VMware Converter for tasks like this.

  Dave

  VMware communities user moderator

  New book in town - Start Guide quick vSphere -http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2009/08/12/new-book-in-town-vsphere-quick-start-guide/.

  You have a system or a PCI with VMDirectPath?  Submit your specifications to the unofficial VMDirectPath HCL - http://www.vm-help.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=21.

• VMotion vm between 2 hosts with switch std and vds

  Nice day.

  I had 2 hosts (5.5 and 5.0) uinder signle vCenter and I need to move all the VMs from the second one (5.0) to the first (5.5). ESXi 5.5 is the distributed vswitch so I decided to remove the single vmnic of vds and add it to the standard switch. This host has 4 vmk interfaces now - 3 in the vds (simple management (10.12.0.41) and 2 for vmotion, but now the flag "use it for vmotion" is disabled) and only vmk (vmk3) in standard vswitch. vmk3 is falgged for vmotion only, its address is 10.12.0.100. Host 5.0 is located in another network, single vmk0 (192.168.107.94) and it is marked for traffic management and vmotion. OK, now, I put the correct rules on my router but vmotion ifaces cannot see the other cause of on ESXi 5.5 routing table:

  by default 0.0.0.0 10.12.0.1 vmk0 MANUAL

  10.12.0.0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 vmk0 MANUAL

  10.30.1.0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 vmk1 MANUAL

  and if I add route adds via vmk0, so vmk3 on ESXi 5.5 is not always on the road. Of more if I have "show the routing table" of the vmk in the vSphere client - I got an empty list. How can I add a route for vmkernel specific interface?

  P.S. Add what esxi 5.0 service VDS is no option for me.

  Wow, I guess my problem is solved. Tbh it was not a problem at all. I knew that you can not migrate vm group of standard port of a host to group ports distributed from another host, BUT it seems that I can use vmotion vmkernel interface that is in the Group of ports on a vmk host and vmotion to the Group of standard on another host port, so I just deleted the vmk3 and set vmk0 to be used also for vmotion traffic.

• SCP SSH does not not between ESXi hosts

  Hello

  I have two servers ESXi 5, both I can access via ssh (putty) but I have if try invites one of the other ESXi ESXi5 I can´t access, my ping works, I try to use SCP between two but don t work, the error message:

  ~ # ssh 192.168.0.251
  SSH: connect to host 192.168.0.251 port 22: connection timed out
  ~ # scp /tmp/testescp.txt [email protected]: / tmp

  SSH: connect to host 192.168.0.251 port 22: connection timed out

  interruption of the connection

  PING 192.168.0.251 (192.168.0.251): 56 data bytes

  64 bytes of 192.168.0.251: icmp_seq = 0 ttl = 64 time = 0,157 ms

  64 bytes of 192.168.0.251: icmp_seq = 1 ttl = 64 time = 0,214 ms

  64 bytes of 192.168.0.251: icmp_seq = 2 ttl = 64 time = 0,187 ms

  -192.168.0.251 - ping statistics

  3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss

  round-trip min/avg/max = 0.157/0.186/0.214 ms

  SSH is enabled.

  I can connect using PuTTY or Winscp from a windows machine.

  Is there anyone sugestion?

  Copied from this thread;

  http://communities.VMware.com/message/2067067#2067067

  You must open the ssh ports in the firewall of ESXi.

  In vSphere Client check the host-> Configuration-> Security Profile-> Firewall-> properties

  and select "SSH Client" If you need to scp connections outgoing resp. "SSH server" If you want to enable incoming connections to PCs.

• Setting up iSCSI between ESXi host and MD3000i, firewall Option missing

  I try to configure the iSCSI access and the MD3000i manual head to the firewall option in VI Client.  However, when I go to Configuration - & gt; Profile of security - & gt;  the option firewall appears briefly and disappears?

  I'm having problems to recognize the iSCSI host table and I think that this may be due to the firewall.

  Hello

  I believe that in the latest versions of ESX (3.5u3 for sure), 3260/tcp port (you need for iSCSI) is automatically opened when you turn on the iSCSI (iSCSI software that is).

  You should choose abe to connect using the VI client, click the host in question and select the 'configuration' tab and then the item "security profile. Who should be open all ports.

  Remember that when you use iSCSI, you must as well a VMkernel port and connection of console in your LAN IP storage space. If two IPs per ESX host. The Console launches the iSCSI link, the VMkernel carries the iSCSI connection data.

  EDIT: Sorry, only now I noticed that you are using ESXi. In this case, you won't need a port Console service (because ESXi has one)

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• question of vMotion and storage vMotion

  I have everything set, UCS 5108, ESXi host, VMs, I don't have a SAN connection yet... My question is if I can enable vMotion? Let's say I have a cluster in vCenter, within this group, I have attached two ESXi host, win2008 VM in an ESXi and running, I can migrate (using vMotion) as win2008 VM to an another ESXi without connection SAN?

  How storage vMotion to an ESXi host hardrive to an another ESXi host hardrive? Is this possible?

  Note: I have not connection SAN in this configuration

  One of the requirements for vMotion is shared storage that would allow visibility between source and destination ESXi hosts. (SAN, iSCSI or NFS).

  http://www.VMware.com/PDF/vSphere4/R41/vsp_41_dc_admin_guide.PDF

  pages 210 to 215

  You can use OpenFiler as an iSCSI for lab tests SAN

  http://www.Openfiler.com/community/download/

  Thank you

  Zouheir

• vMotion (without shared storage) between two hosts with different vSwitches standard s VM

  I can VM vMotion (without shared storage) between two hosts with different vSwitches standard? The vSwitches on these two hosts have different names and number of NIC, but have the same name of portgroup.

  
  Thank you.

  Yes, you can in a Storage VMotion to one Esxi to another with no shared storage...

  It is important the portgroup bears the same name... This is the reference for the VM...

• vMotion between two hosts with different version?

  
  Hello

  Can I vMotion VM between two hosts with different version? For example, a virtual machine of esxi 6.0 5.5 esxi and esxi esxi 6.0 5.5 vMotion.

  Thank you.

  Yes, it will avoid you to move.

• vMotion esx to ESXi 5.1 4.0

  Hi guys

  I have a client with a quite old deployment... vCenter 4.0 and ESX 4.0.

  We are going to 5.1.

  I will install a 5.1 vCenter in new server which will have ESXi 5.1

  so I'll add this 5.1 ESXi and ESX 4.0 to a new cluster 3 servers so I'll update one by one all the servers

  so my question is can I vMotion machines virtual ESX 4.0 to 5.1 ESXi? problem with vmware tools or virtual hardware?

  Thank you very much

  Yes, you will be able to vmotion between ESXi hosts without problem - you can confirm support here http://partnerweb.vmware.com/comp_guide2/sim/interop_matrix.php?

  You might also want to review this with your client http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-51-upgrade-guide.pdf

• VM automatically migrated back to ESXi host

  Hello

  I recently installed and configured a Cluster DRS on vSphere 5 on the customer site.

  In the cluster, we added 5 ESXi host. Four HP DL580 G7 with Xeon X 7560 processor and a HP DL580 G5 X 7460 Xeon processor.

  Apparently the X74xx and the X75xx processors are not compatible for vMotion and DRS is impossible between ESXi hosts.

  I tried to vMotion VM of a loaded ESXi, DL580 G7 host, for DL580 G5 the only customer, but the wizard gave me
  a compatibility error saying that;

  "CPU host is compatible with the requirements of the virtual machine to CPUID level 0 x 1 'ecx' register."

  I tired to use EVC on cluster ma to make compatible CPU but no luck! could not execute predefined EVC profiles!

  I just turned off the virtual machine, so I'd be cold - migrate to the ESXi host.

  Could do when it was off, but when I turned it on it automatically ran on the previous ESXi Host which is held before the migration.

  For me, it was strange! because firstly he moved successfully to the new host of ESXi, but came back on the other after power.

  I have two questions about the scenario above;

  1. why the VM turned their backs on the other host ESXi?

  2. How can I solve the problem of cpu compatibility?

  Thank you,

  NetRock

  ' VCA Can' active br because the cluster contains hosts that lack VCA-compatible equipment.

  Please check the BIOS of the host settings and do 'VT - x' and the 'no. Execute Disable"are both set to"enabled ".

  See http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003212 for more details

  André