Upgrade to ESXi 5.0 to 5.1 - No Hardware 9 option available when creating a new virtual machine

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• Change the default options for a NEW virtual machine in ESXI 5.1

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  I just tried this on a 5.1 ESXi host and it seems to work perfectly...

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  Any suggestions or ideas are appreciated.

  I am a colleague of GTC and wanted to just sent to our discussion of this topic with the help of VMware.  Basically, we should be able to Setup VMs in vCenter, outside of vCloud Director, pointing them to the same files VMDK and MAC then power off VM vCD and power on VM vCenter.

  : The NASA-EAST region

  Moment of validation: 2014-09-05 11:32 EDT

  Severity of the request for assistance: 4 - low

  Description of the request for assistance: we are looking for ways simple and less disruptive migrate VMS off vCloud Director and vCenter management.

  We have the advantage of a single principle in vCloud, managed by a vCenter and the network configuration is simple with no VXLAN.

  What are the problems with the realization of the following?

  vCD 5.1 is managed by vCenter 5.0, the final result will move VMs in vCenter even

  -Create a new virtual machine in vCenter that points to the same vmdk files as virtual machine in vCD you want to migrate, allocate same configurations of processor, memory, and network (we do not use the vCD with advanced networking)

  -Turning off the virtual computer in vCD

  -Once the vCD WHAT VM is off, power on VM in vCenter

  We must ensure that the VM vCD never gets turned on again and then when we are completely finished with all migrations of VMS in vCenter we abandon vCD.

  Of course there are details to help users migrate to how they use the vCD to vSphere vCenter client web interface or web interface.

  Entry date: 04/09/2014

  Since the opening of the case, I had interviews with several members of VMware support staff and these additional points were added.

  -Configure vCenter VM with the same vNIC driver MAC and like vCD VM vNIC

  -Rename VMDK files to make for easier management, or if not renamed then detach from the propelled out of vCD VM

• Advice on the upgrade to ESXI 4.1.0 to 6

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  I'm not an experienced administrator, ESXI 4 was free for me problem since day 1.  If I replace all readers at the same time, would be a good upgrade path:

  1 export all as OVF of ESXI4 VMS

  2 replace the discs in Server

  3. installation of 6

  4 import OVF VM in ESXI 6

  Thanks in advance for the entry.

  I would backup all virtual machines to external storage, possible using https://www.veeam.com/virtual-machine-backup-solution-free.html

  Update as needed. You will not be able to skip from 4.1 to 6.0. so a reinstall would be my preferred option.

  Restore VMs return. Note that if you use free ESXi then you probably need to restore files on networked storage and copy them back to the store to host data because free ESXI does not include an API for veeam to restore. https://forums.Veeam.com/VMware-vSphere-F24/question-about-free-ESXi-5-and-restore-job-failed-error-t13345.html

  Essentials is really cheap for what you get. You will be able to use the above correctly, because you then will licenses for the API. You probably want 2-3 hosts so that the benefits of vCenter you get with the license are worth. It is not really worth it for a single host unless you need these API etc.

• Upgrade to ESXi 4.1 to 5.1

  
  Hi all

  In our Organization, we have single-server environment, everything is IBM 3650 M 3. These server contains 8 HARD drive configured as 2 * 146 = Raid 1, 3 * 500 = Raid 5.

  On this server we have installed ESXi 4.1 two years ago now, our management had asked to move all these servers to 5.1 last.

  In our setup we have vCenter server, which is the virtual machine on the same host, as well as 3 different virtual machines.

  Can please guide us, how you to run upgrade for single server?

  Our initial Plan is

  1. to create a new machine virtual for vCenter 5.1 and installed

  2. Mount the ISO file and install the 5.1 on the host.

  Not sure if this is the safe approach, because we need to minimize downtime.

  Thank you

  Posted the upgrade than weinstein5 review Guide.

  Must first of all a good backup.
  Check the hardware compatibility

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  Check all return as normal

  Updated VM HW

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• migrate virtual machines to esxi 3.5 free vsphere 4.1 without vcenter

  Hi all

  I have vms on 2 hosts esxi 3.5 with direct (without san)-attached storage that I want to migrate to a new server esxi under license of 4.1 vsphere essentials. I intend using the stand-alone converter to migrate virtual machines from 3.5 to 4.1 and then upgrade the other two hosts to 4.1 and then moving some virtual machines using the converter.

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  is it possible to migrate without losing configurations of network adapter in the virtual machine?

  I can just do something like taking a snapshot of the system of runnying, then copy files to new host, then add to the inventory, upgrade tools, hardware upgrade?

  Thank you!

  is it possible to migrate without losing configurations of network adapter in the virtual machine?

  After you copy the files and re - add to inventory new virtual machine, you must take care on the issue of handgun that you see in the market.

  Choose I_moved the files to keep the VM UUID and the same virtual MAC address.

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  Hi munkyman welcome to communities.

  After you have installed your first ESXi host, open a browser and go to https://your-ESXi-ip-or-FQDN

  You can download the vSphere Client here. It is a windows application that you can install on your desktop. It is often referred to as the "c# Client vSphere" in communities and blog posts, because it is a new implemented in the vCenter Server Web client.

  But for the beginning, install the vSphere Windows Client. You can then launch it and connect directly to your ESXi host. Here you can create your first virtual machine, which can be the VM vCenter (installation of Windows or device, that is you).

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• How do I backup virtual machines free ESXI?

  Hi all

  I tried to use Veeam but for reasons beyond my comprehension, they support free ESXI! The only other way I can think is to export OVF to each virtual machine, but it's very heavy.

  I use ESXI 5.0.

  ... and to add to what has already mentioned the André - take a look at explore Trilead VMX