UCS C260 M2 E7-2830 ESXI 5.5 Enterprise Plus for ESXI 6.0 upgrade

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  I could not the virtual to work.

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  Hello

  You are able to access the server via the console KVM MMIC and luanch?

  You plan to install ESXi on Flexflash internal drive or hard drives?

  Some documents that serve as a benchmark.

  http://www.Cisco.com/en/us/docs/unified_computing/UCS/OS-install-guides/VMware/CSeries-VMWARE_chapter_011.html

  http://www.Cisco.com/en/us/docs/unified_computing/UCS/c/HW/C260/install/replace.html

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• ESXi 3.5 Emb to Esxi 4 u1 upgrade problem

  Hello world!

  I spent a whole day trying to upgrade my esxi 3.5 integrated hosts and I have so far failed.

  Lets start from scratch:

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  Hello

  Here, it was an admin with the same question.

  Components (to help people to google)

  -Material: HP ML350 G5

  -ESXi Embedded version: HP Embedded ESXi 3.5 Update 4 (U4) Build 153875

  -Host Update Utility: vSphere 4.0 (build 208111)

  Update package - ESXi 4.0 U1: ESXi - 4.0.0 - 1.9.208167 - updated - release.zip

  My workstation (XP-Finnish) and server (English WS03R2x64) had this same problem. Both had the locale "Finnish".

  I have changed the control panel of XP - locale - "Finnish"-> «English (US)»

  Workstation recharged and voila! Error disappeared and I can spend it with zip above.

  BR

  tlindi

  PS. Here is the link which gave me an idea how to workaround:

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1004767

• Cisco UCS 5108 add NIC to ESXi host

  Hello

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  Thank you

  Welcome to Dennis,

  The quantity of NICs you can create depending on the model of the adapter.

  E.g.

  See the diagram below for the virtual interfaces supported by the adapter model

  

  When you use the VIC M81 maximum interfaces that you create also depends on the number of links between IOM (chassis) and interconnections of fabric).  56 is assuming that you have 4 links of each fabric of interconnection of each IOM.

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  Kind regards

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• ESXi 4.1 upgrade 5.1 in a Dell EqualLogic environment?

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  Hello

  There is no requirement for reconfiguration of re - install MEM after the upgrade.  It lies on the existing configuration as before.

  My personal preference is to uninstall 3rd party before the upgrade applications to make the cleaner process.  I don't know problem to upgrade to 1.1.2 and then the ESX upgrade, I have not tried it personally.

• ESXi 5.1 upgrade to ESXi 6.0 with 2 warehouses of data on the local host

  Hi, I'm a little new for vsphere stuff...

  I currently have a 5.1 ESXi host who I want to spend to 6.0. I did with another host with several virtual machines on which had a unique and just ran data store Installer, robbed the store of current data so it updated the system, but kept all my config and VMs in tact.

  However, with this other host, its data store has been expanded at some point, and rather than extend the data store, they have created an additional.

  So my question is now, if I run the Setup, what data store I point to and there are likely to be problems I might encounter?

  Thank you and I look forward to hearing from someone soon

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  Hello

  a multiple data store or data store is no question during the upgrade or install ESXi.

  I guess, you start using ESXi Server ISO.

  Select storage (disk or USB/flash storage) where old ESXi is installed during the Installation (upgrade).

  This allows to detect the existing ESXi installation invites you to upgrade instead of doing the new ESXi installation.

  During the upgrade, select preserve existing and upgrade VMFS ' option to make sure that you keep the old virtual machines and old configuration ESXi.

  Thank you

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• Doubts: ESXi ESXi 6.0 upgrade 5.1u1 u1

  Hi all

  I already upgraded my VCSA to version 6.0 and had already deployed VDP 6.0 (in fact, I created a new installation and added my hosts in new VCSA and VDP).

  Now, it's time to upgrade my two 5.1 ESXi hosts. I have some doubts, and maybe you could help me. After you migrate all my virtual machines to another host, put my host in maintenance mode, disable HA and generate a new license to myvmware.com.

  1 - I have a few problems with the Esxi license? Or after upgrade, I just update the licenses and everything will be working well?

  2. after upgrading the first host, my cluster will have a host in version 5.1 and another in version 6.0. Can I make a normal vmotion between these hosts? 3 is a good tip, allow the ESXi host recently updated with VM Tests? To avoid surprises, like the purple screen? 4. it will be mandatory, pass the Vmware tools to all my virtual machines for the HA works?
  5 - can I keep my virtual hardware in version 8? 6 - upgrade VMware tools and virtual material, requires that all VM restarts?

  Thanks a bunch

  1 - I have a few problems with the Esxi license? Or after upgrade, I just update the licenses and everything will be working well?

  After upgrade version 6 of the host, the host starts in trial mode and you have 60 days to assign a vSphere license 6 to the host.

  2. after upgrading the first host, my cluster will have a host in version 5.1 and another in version 6.0. Can I make a normal vmotion between these hosts?

  Yes.

  3 is a good tip, allow the ESXi host recently updated with VM Tests? To avoid surprises, like the purple screen?

  The first recommendation is to check if your host is on HCL for version 6, this audit will already prevent some problems. And if you can run a few days with the host improved with test VM, I think are a good idea.

  4. it will be mandatory, pass the Vmware tools to all my virtual machines for the HA works?

  Not mandatory but recommended, see: is a vSphere VMware Tools upgrade required during the upgrade? - VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs

  5 - can I keep my virtual hardware in version 8?

  Yes and my recommendation is to upgrade if you're going to use the new features.

  6 - upgrade VMware tools and virtual material, requires that all VM restarts?

  Yes material virtual, but VMware Tools depends, see: details on the VMware tools (time zero) 5.1 - VMware vSphere Blog - Articles of VMware vSphere upgrade

• Determine when ESXi has been upgraded

  I need determine when an ESXi host has been improved (from 5.5 to 6.0).  Can someone tell me if this is possible and how?

  Thank you.

  LSU

  Hello

  When you are logged on the host via SSH if you run the command:

  esxcli software profile get
  

  It will show you details such as the "moment of creation.

  --

  Wil

• The upgrade of our guests 5.0 ESXi and vCenter Server 5 and 5.5 Enterprise Plus

  We are the 4 upgrade hosts of ESXi 5 to 5.5

  We add 4 more guests with own ESXi 5.5 installed

  We are also upgrading our vCS 5 in the vCSA 5.5

  Using Enterprise + licenses

  Question: I'm trying to understand the best way to achieve this transition.  4 guests run about 100 virtual machines and 4 guests we add are clean slates.

  That's what I think... Please help me guys

  1. once the 4 new hosts are installed in the Datacenter clean running ESXi 5.5 I will deploy the vCSA ovf and register 4 guests with the Linux-based device.

  2. now, I have 4 new 5.5 ESXi hosts registered and running with vCSA 5.5 but I still have my old 4 guests with ESXi 5 and registered to the old vCS about 100 virtual machines running WIndows

  3. at this point I think stop on my older hosts 4 virtual machines and remove them from the vCenter Server inventory Windows and everything just their registration with the new vCSA

  4. Will be all my virtual machines or transferred with the hosts if I close them and put the hosts in maintenance mode?

  5. now, I should have all 8 guests registered with my new vCSA.  But the original 4 hosts have yet to be upgraded to ESXi 5.5

  6 move 100 virtual machines to the new 4 hosts running ESXi 5.5 and upgraded the 4 former hosts.

  7. now, I should have 8 guests with ESXi 5.5 using the vCSA

  See you soon!

  Pretty much.

  To make things easier, you can deploy the EGGS for vCSA in your current vCenter (if I remember correctly import an OVA using vCenter allows you to set certain options that should be set to the vCSA shell). After making sure that the vCSA online & configured, you can then install ESXi on all your new hosts, add them to a cluster in the vCSA and put a few trials of virtual machines on there to confirm the network setting is configured correctly. Once it's done (and assuming that the old and the new hosts use the same shared storage) you can stop the vCSA, remove it stock Windows vCS, please write it on one of your new hosts and turn on. You have now two environments (5.0 and 5.5). Next if you disconnect a host from 5.0 vCS (with virtual machines running on it), you can then connect it to the vCSA 5.5. Assuming that the vSwitchs standard networking of the exchanges that are the same name in both environments, you now can vMotion VMs between host 5.0 and 5.5 cluster. At this time, you can repeat with all remaining hosts until everything has been made the transition without service interruption. This will leave a lot of old objects in your old 5.0 vCS, but if that is getting trashed it isn't a big deal.

• ESXi 4.1 upgrade to ESXi 5.5 while all virtual machines and data warehouses

  We have two servers ESXi 4.1.0 348481 (Essentials) and we need to upgrade to ESXi 5.5 for support of Windows Server R2 2012. We intend to use the interactive upgrade. We want to ensure that the virtual machine is preserved. More precisely VMFarm001 where ESXi is installed in the same data store as VMServer1. VMServer1 is our largest server and cannot be migrated to another data store easily because we are not allowed for vMotion.

  The following layout

  VMFarm001

  Dell PowerEdge R710

  Data store:

  Storage1 - 1.36 TB

  VMServer1 - MS Server 2003

  Install ESXi

  Storage2 - 1.82 TB

  VMServer2 - MS Server 2008 R2

  VMServer3 - MS Server 2008 R2

  VMFarm002

  HP ProLiant ML350 G5

  Data store:

  Storage1 - 95GB

  Install ESXi

  ISOs

  Storage2 - 1.82 TB

  VMServer4 - MS Server 2008 R2

  VMServer5 - MS Server 2008 R2

  I have a feeling I'm worried for nothing given that option during the ESXi upgrade and keep the VMFS datastore.

  Thank you

  Yes, that's correct.

  I recently finished the upgrade of lots of stand-alone hosts ESXi 4.1 (with local storage only) to 5.1 and all were successful. The same process applies to 5.5, so you shouldn't have a problem with preservation of VMFS data warehouses (and all virtual machines).

• ESXi 5.1 upgradation of RAM

  Hello friends,

  Actually I improve my esxi of 32 GB of RAM to 64 GB of RAM, and now I am facing problem of license. Please tell me how to solve this problem. 32 GB license does not more than 64 GB.

  The free version of vSphere 5.1 has only been licensed for 32 GB of RAM, you have 2 choices, remove the RAM or upgrade your environment to vSphere 5.5 where this limitation has been removed.  I guess there is a third option and that is to build a 2nd host.

• ESXi 5.0, upgrade to 5.1 or simply wait for 5.5 to be published

  We have a 5.0 ESXI host and I wanted to spend 5.1 to host 2012 server but I heard that the 5.5 version is around the corner. Must I know to it or upgrade to 5.1?

  VMware ESXi 5.5 is released and ready for download. I suggest go for ESXi 5.5. Update is very easy and straight forward

  ESXi 5.1 to 5.5 upgrade