To connect to a host of ESXi (free) in a vSphere 5.0 infrastructure

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• How can I determine if the host is ESXi free or licensed?

  How can one know if an ESXi host is ESXi free, or if it is allowed?

  I searched through the crowd on a couple of different configurations and I don't see anything obvious that indicates this.  I ask because there are some features that only work on ESXi under license and would like to be able to detect the server type I'm talking about.

  I guess that there is a way to do so under the ha - Manager of licenses.

  Thank you

  Eric

  The method that I use to check for this in my scripts is to use the licenseManager watch ownership licenses and see if the license is equivalent to "esxBasic", the host is ESXi, if both these things are true, then you are using the free version of ESXi. In my view, there is another method in which the free version does not contain the full name of some kind, but I forgot what it was. If the above solution worked for me for some time and is simple to check

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• Embedded ESXi (free) upgrade to Vsphere

  Hello

  First time starting the vmware community. I ran esxi 3 (free) on two or three servers to get a feel for vmware. We love it and we decided to buy vsphere (ordered today ). I'm looking at all the documentation here and I hope that some of our permanent experts can help on the upgrade paths are available, upgrade inplace? start from scratch? I'm not sure. If there are kb articles or blogs out there, please let me know. I'm looking for from shipped (free) for vsphere, esxi/esx esxi (any). will be managed using vcenter.

  Take a look to this blog post by Charlotte that guides you through an upgrade to ESXi 3.5 to 4.0: http://technodrone.blogspot.com/2009/05/esx3i-to-esx4i-update.html

  Best approach will use the Host Update Utility

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• Can we change ESXi host license license free licensed?

  We currently have two additional CPU of ESX license so that we can assign a new install ESXi host that is not connected to FC SAN.

  However, we would like to know because of the need, can change us the license assigned to the ESXi host under a free license, so that we can use it on another ESX or ESXi host?

  Thank you

  Yes, you can change any time, licenses you have is only the functionality.

  If you run virtual Center and you have a rich license feature and decided to change for free, save a single license, you could end up losing the functionality and the ability to power on if some vm of the vcpu exceed your new license mode.

  But tehcnically licenses you can change anytime, you could even remove a license and return to eval for 60 days.

• Failed to connect to client host vsphere and Vcenter also esxi.

  Hi all

  I am trying to connect to the ESXi 5 of vsphere client host. I get the error message:

  vSphere client cannot connect to < ip > an unknown connection error has occurred. (The request has failed because the remote server has taken too long to respond. (L'opération a expirer)).

  and of VCENTR I am trying to add this host. I get the error. Of"request timed out".

  I can connect to the shell of ESXi and restart the vpxa services and spend. I can ping to esi IP host. but just cannot connect to it.

  earlier, he the host showed as disconnected in Vcenter. I tried to plug it failed. so I took it off I think can re add back. It did not work.

  I can just connect to client as esx host.

  kindly advice.

  Thank you

  Hello

  I am able to connect now.

  I noticed as I said previously, unable to connect to the localhost error when running esxcli. Unable to connect using the vsphere client. Unable to connect using VCenter.

  So I started to dig that's wrong with the OS esxi. and began running a few commands information esxcfg etc file system use of space, inode inconsistency, a few other commands such vdh, df to check the file system.  . and but has not changed anything. network configuration is correct.

  in these I run services.sh reboot, restart vpxa, pass reboot, restart host, check the logs, vmkernel, vpxa newspapers spend., check the date and time of the host.  I couldnot Firewall check since esxcli did not work. I haven't checked listed above step on the SSO.

  If you type esx and double tab, you will see many orders. I started testing on these orders.  so esxcli was a single command I tried later. It worked all of a sudden.

  Once esxcli has started working, I checked vsphere client to connect to esx host that it worked. then I was able to connect in Vcenter also.

  Thank you for your support

  -Caroline

  UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

• Interruption of the connection to the host ESXi 5.1

  I did some tests on one of our hosts in preparation for the essential moving to Essentials more when I noticed that most of the vmnic reported only 100 MB Full Duplex connection speeds.  We have a Dell R515 with 2 cards Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM 5709, all set to auto negotiate, so I thought I'd try and force one vmnic to communicate to 1000Mb Full Duplex.  This had quite disastrous consequences resulting in a lack of connectivity to the host.  VCentre host is reported as Disconncted and if I try to connect directly to the host I get a type error "unable to connect".

  Fortunately the virtual machine is still ongoing so I just need to get that host online.  SSH is turned off so I can't chew on the host, if I don't have physical access to it if necessary.

  The management network is running on vmnic8, which is embedded Broadcom BCM5716, while I just changed vmnic6 on one of the Broadcom BCM5709 map, then why I lose o management network connection, I'm a little confused, any help appreciated.

  See you soon

  Dean

  Just follow the steps described in the section "setting the speed and duplex of the NIC in ESX/ESXi host at the service console. In step 1, you will find links to find out how to enable Shell access. Basically you log in to the DCUI to allow Shell access in the "Troubleshooting Options" menu and press ALT - F1 to switch to the console. After the connection, use esxcli nic network list for an overview of installed vmnic network nic esxcli get vmnic8-n to display the settings vmnic8 and esxcli network nic address-n vmnic8-a to set the speed and duplex automatic. For more information about the command, see http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp#com.vmware.vcli.ref.doc_50/esxcli_network.html

  André

• Unable to connect to the host ESXi VMware converter 5.1

  Hi all

  I am trying to use the converter, but difficulties. I can use the first option to connect to a virtual machine power on but when I try to use the second option. To connect to a 5.1 ESXi host, I get the message of network failure. There are stories saying the ports and services must be open on the host computer, but what are they and how to open them? I use the converter 5 version and there is no involved vcenter.

  Thank you

  T

  Welcome to the community,

  unfortunately impossible to use Converter 5.0 with a target of ESXi 5.1 (see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2033315). If all goes well a corrected version will be published soon.

  André

• -OS - how host can be installed in ESXi FREE?

  Hello

  Please forgive me, it's maybe a stupid question, but I'm not familiar with VMware.

  According to titled question this discussion is:

  -OS - how host can be installed in ESXi FREE?

  Whit another word, can be installed on the same ESXi FREE more than a BONE and make this race at the "same time"?

  Or is the FREE edition that is designed to run only one Instance at a time?

  I know that most host on the same physical server required Memomy large and more a physical processor.

  Question:

  How many maximum CPU and physical RAM are supported on ESXi FREE? Correct is the FREE load up to 8 GB of RAM?

  TIA

  Antonio

  If I am mistaken, there is no limitation on access to storage in the free edition, other than the restriction that applies to all editions.

  André

• vSphere Client 5 U1 unable to connect to the host of U1 ESXi 4.1

  Hello

  I'm having a small problem.

  I am currently using vSphere Client 5 U1 (5.0.0 Build 623373) to connect directly to ESXi hosts (still no vCenter).

  I can connect successfully to 5.0 U1 hosts, but I have a few hosts U1 4.1 inherited in the lab which I just can't connect with.

  A little research in the compatibility tables show that with the most recent client, I should be able to connect do former ESXi hosts.

  However, when I try to connect to this host U1 4.1, I get a popup to update with the message "customer support required files must be extracted from the 'vsphereclient.vmware.com' server and installed". And then I get a prompt to install/save a Setup program.

  What is this new installer? Another version of the Client? Have I not the newest one? Anyway, I can't complete the download for this new installer (connection failure).

  The host of ESXi 4.1 is on the network and I can connect with an older Client (4.1) that is installed in a different workstation.

  What happens here?

  Thanks in advance!

  You must install as vSphere client major versions (3, 4, 5) but VMware tries to make this process as transparent as possible. That's why it asks to install it automatically.

  Once installed, just launch v5 and it automatically and transparently pass the correct version if you connect to a 4.x server.

• I thought 5 ESXi free?  VSphere counting down the days of assessment.

  I use vSphere Client to access my esxi Server 5 and VMs.  ESXi 5 free, is free Vsphere Client?  If client vsphere is not free, then how can I access my server and the virtual machines for free?

  1. connection to the host using vSphere Client
  2. Select host
  3. tab Configuration
  4. Click "Features licensed" under the software section
  5. Click on 'Edit' in the corner right uper
  6. Select "assign a new license key to this host.
  7. Click on the "enter" key
  8. ...
  9. Click ok
  10. fact!

  I just did in the hypervisor of test I created in my vmware workstation!

  Post edited by: MagnetBoy

• When I try to connect directly in multiplayer FSX without gamespy, every time I get an error message saying: unable to create the connection to the host.

  When I try to connect directly in multiplayer FSX without gamespy, every time I get an error message saying: unable to create the connection to the host.

  I need help
  Kind regards

  Thank you very much!

  To host successfully a FSX session what follows is the key enabling

  my client (s) to join my host FSX session!

  "Players Maximum (for a shared together plane 2) leave the locations reserved for friends to 0 set."

  6122 6112 UDP port translation FSX multiplayer traffic of my remote 2 wire gateway to my router Linksys Wireless N DMZ to access game FSX host...

  Only a single router in my configuration of the DMZ, the external network to the router,

  in this case, the 2 wires, had defined port forwarding.

  Am now enjoying Gamespy (R.I.P.) FSX free hosting for my MP FSX sessions via direct connection.

  5 high to the author!

• vCenter Server displays the error message: unable to connect to the host

  vCenter Server displays the error message: unable to connect to the host

  Symptoms

  • vCenter Server cannot connect to a host when you perform operations such as:

  •

  o Storage vMotion

  o cold migration

  o cloning a virtual machine

  o the model deployment

  • Newspapers vpxd that contains an entry similar to:

  [2009-06-04 19:27:16.326 error "App" 4444] [VpxdInvtHost] IP address change for 10.223.122.143 to 10.223.127.197 unhandled, verification of the SSL certificate is not enabled.

  • You see errors similar to:

  Unable to connect to the host o

  o [2009-06-04 19:27:09.952 'Libs' 3902384 WARNING] [NFC ERROR] NfcNewAuthdConnectionEx: unable to connect to peer (numRetries = 2). Error: Unable to connect to the host 10.223.122.143: connection timed out

  • vCenter Server shows the VMS as being disconnected then connected.

  Hello

  Resolution

  Cause

  This problem can occur if an ESX host's IP address is changed while being managed by vCenter Server.

  Check the cause

  To check the cause of the problem:

  1. Log in as root to the ESX host using a SSH client.
  1. In the file etc/opt/vmware/vpxa/vpxa.cfg, find the IP address of the host. The entry looks like:

     
     10.21.48.121
     

     Note: for more information about editing the files, see installation in VMware ESX configuration files (1017022).

  Troubleshooting

  If the IP address is incorrect, perform the following steps in order. If the operation does not resolve the problem, continue to the next step. Don't skip a step.

  1. Disconnect and then reconnect the host:
  1. Right click on the ESX host in vCenter Server and click Disconnect.
  1. Reconnect the ESX host in vCenter Server.
  1. Restart the VirtualCenter agent on the ESX host:
  1. Stop the service of vpxa with the command:

     # service vmware-vpxa stop

  1. Open the /etc/opt/vmware/vpxa/vpxa.cfg file in a text editor and correct the IP address of the ESX host.
  1. Start the service of vpxa with the command:

     # service vmware-vpxa start

     Note: for VMware ESXi, you may have to restart all the management agents. For more information, see restart the agents on an ESX or ESXi Server (1003490) management .

  1. Rebuild the VirtualCenter agent on the ESX host configuration file:

     Attention: this step removes all the Statistics counters historical host and the virtual machine. If VMware ESX host is running in virtual machines that starts in a permitted CVS environment, you maybe won't be able to add the host without stopping the virtual machines first.

  1. Right click on the ESX host in vCenter Server and click Disconnect.
  1. Remove the ESX host disconnected from vCenter Server.
  1. Backup the file vpxa.cfg with the command:

     # mv /etc/opt/vmware/vpxa/vpxa.cfg /etc/opt/vmware/vpxa/vpxa.oldcfg

  1. Add the ESX host disconnected to the server vCenter inventory.
  1. Run the following command to view the contents of /etc/opt/vmware/vpxa/vpxa.cfg and confirm that the host IP address is correct:

     # cat /etc/opt/vmware/vpxa/vpxa.cfg

• New VM vCenter and need to connect to a host ESX1 4.1.

  Hi all

  I'm in a difficult situation not in my enterprize environment, but someho I am very confused after a few hours by train.

  Currently I have an ESXi host 4.1 with some virtual machines on it. One of these virtual machines is the vCenter server that had been upgraded to version 5.1 a few months ago. The vCenter Server runs on a virtual Windows Server 2003 64-bit machine.

  Two days ago, I decided to upgrade the vCenter 5.1 to 5.5, but unfortunately the version 5.5 does not work on a Win 2003 server. So I installed a new virtual machine with Windows server 2008 R2 and the plan is either to migrate the new everything from the former vCenter, or simply connect to the new server vCenter with the host (I have not run any complicated environment, I have only 5-6 virtual machines and the only thing that I would need the former vcenter is a few shots but I don't like if I don't get them).

  First, I installed the new vCenter (5.5) and I connected to the host. I logged in as [email protected] , and I could see the server vCenter there. I've added my account domain in the Administrators group and the VCOAdministrators group, but when I connect with my domain account that I do not see any server of vCeter it.

  Now, what I want to ask you is: you have read above I want to do. What would you do if you were me?

  Thank you for all your answers.

  Sign in using the account [email protected] and check the permissions on the server vCenter Server object in the inventory. Make sure that the required domain user (or better yet a domain group) has the appropriate permissions to the object and the objects below it.

  Adding an account to the Administrators group internal grant permissions required to manage the server vCenter Server itself, but does not apply to the inventory.

  André

• VCenter Server with VMWare ESXi free 5 5

  Hi all

  Test the VCenter Server 5 Evaluation (60 day trial) to management all my 5 of VMWare ESXi (free license). It works with restrictions. These restrictions aren´t a problem for me. I need only to move (power off of virtual machines), clone, create templates for and organize my servers in a single interface VSphere Client. So, I would like to know what type of license of VCenter Server 5 woks if VMWare ESXi 5 free. Buy the VCenter Server 5 Standard?

  Another doubt is if VStorage works with VMWare ESXi free license I.

  Best regards

  Fabio Sobral

  Unfortunately the free ESXi hosts in vCenter management is not possible (except for the eval). The hosts of ESXi need a vCenter Server Agent license that is only available in editions 'paid' of ESXi.

  André

• VMware ESXi free 5.0 to paying

  If I have ESXi free 5.0 installation in a real environment and I want to switch to paid one, is it as simple as just enter the new license code, once I buy VMware? Is there some thing other anythign I need to do?

  Thank you

  For a stand-alone host, you'll just have to change the license key.

  If you use vCenter you'll want to deploy what and you can manage your licenses here.   Your host may need additional configuration to advanced features (for example, network vMotion).