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• How to remove the server from vSphere VI3 licenses 4?

  Hi all

  In the application of the license of our environment vSphere 4, I always cited the old server license VI3. Since we do not use it more (whatever it is has been upgraded to vSphere 4 a long time ago), we have disabled and therefore vCenter complains somewhere in the newspapers not being able to communicate with her.

  However, I couldn't find an easy way to remove it from vSphere licenses... Does anyone have an idea?

  Andreas

  - Blog of experience front of VMware

  in vCenter go Administration - vCenter Server Settings - authorization - license server.  Delete the entry and uncheck the box «reconfigure...» »

• Upgrade to vSphere 6 perl SDK, SOAP errors

  After the successful upgrade of vSphere 6u2, I can no longer run scripts API:

  
  

  vmcreate.pl - url https://${vcenter}: 443/sdk / webService < parameters >

  Results in:

  Error creating the VM 'testVM ':
  
  Fault SOAP:
  -----------
  Fault string: refused permission to perform this operation.
  Fault of details: NoPermissionFault

  I updated and tried the last SDK perl as well, the same error.

  I have administrator rights on vCenter level, all objects of multiplication.

  Suggestions more than welcome!

  Thank you!

  Just an update for those who also have this problem.

  Looks for from vmcreate.pl API call requires privileges of grater on object of data than those fixed in vSphere 5.5 Center,.

  I have documented more details in my blog. http://www.virtualflow.NET/2016/05/vSphere-6u2-permissions-vs-Perl-SDK-API-calls/

  Hope that helps! This thread can be closed.

• SQL Transaction Log Corruption since upgrade to vSphere 6.0

  Since we have upgraded to vSphere 6.0, we've received damaged trans errors in the log while taking transactions log backups of a SQL instance running on a virtual machine. The SQL error message is: backup detected corruption newspaper in the Department database. Context is arglist. LogFile: 2 "F:\Sqldata\Department_log.ldf" I can work around this problem by assigning to the DB SQL mode to Simple recovery, then again in full and taking a new backup complete, followed by a backup of logfile trans did it restart the chain. This error happens every night and seems to be launched by our nightly VM-level backups taken by CommVault who takes a snapshot, supports the VMDk and then deletes the snapshot. However, I can reproduce this problem without our backup solution by a storage vMotion followed of a backup in SQL of the transaction logs that will be error with trans log corruption. It was non-existent before the upgrade to vSphere 6.0 5.5. I have ensured that the VM tools are updated as well as the hardware version of the virtual machine. I hope someone has an idea of what could happen here because I am confused and would not go back to vSphere 5.5.

  The VM and vSphere news

  VM

  Windows 2008 R2

  SQL Server 2008 R2 - SP3 (10.50.6220.0)

  VM tools 9536

  VM hardware v11

  vSphere

  Blade C7000 enclosure with 3 x BL460c Gen8

  VMware ESXi, 6.0.0 2494585 (HP Custom image)

  Get your vSphere 6.0 servers patched as soon as POSSIBLE.

  The same thing happens to us, we had several SQL Server databases that have been become corrupted.

  This is a known issue with vSphere 6.0 that has since been corrected (I think it was related to snapshots and CBT).  The latest patch for vSphere 6.0/build is "ESXi, 6.0.0 2809209.

• Upgrade infrastructure vSphere Essentials Plus 5.0

  I need to upgrade an infrastructure of VMware vSphere Essentials Plus 5.0 2 nodes of ESXi 5.0 and Windows server 2008 R2 based vCenter (virtual).

  I want to upgrade to vSphere 5.5 U2.

  Can I use the standard VMware CD to upgrade the host or vCenter or should I use Essentials more specific CD?

  Based on what I saw on KB 2057795 I should update the vCenter first, ESXi nodes later.

  Can I upgrade from 5.0 to 5.5 U2 or should I perform any intermediate task?

  Is the update process, I need to run described anywhere?

  Concerning

  Marius

  Can I use the standard VMware CD to upgrade the host or vCenter or should I use Essentials more specific CD?

  There is no difference between the installation media... the same ISO can be used for all editions of vSphere/vCenter.

  Based on what I saw on KB 2057795 I should update the vCenter first, ESXi nodes later.

  Yes, it is in order, all first the vCenter Server and vSphere ESXi hosts.

  Can I upgrade from 5.0 to 5.5 U2 or should I perform any intermediate task?

  You can go directly to version 5.5 Update 2, but for vSphere, ESXi hosts don't forget to check the HCL first just to make sure that your host supports version 5.5 Update 2.

  Is the update process, I need to run described anywhere?

  The following KB articles will guide you:

  VMware KB: Upgrading recommended vcenter Server 5.5

  VMware KB: Installation or upgrade to ESXi 5.5 best practices

• Question about VMware Tools when upgrading of vSphere 5.1 to 5.5

  We are the vSphere upgrade 5.1 to 5.5. We have still a few virtual machines with obsolete tools VMware vSphere 4.  There problems upgrade to vSphere 5.5 and then upgrade VMware Tools on those virtual machines to the version 5.5?  Or should we upgrade VMware Tools version 5.1 first before doing the upgrade to vSphere 5.5? We need plan restarting downtime when upgrading to VMware Tools on those virtual machines and would rather not upgrade VMware Tools twice and planning two stops

  There is no problem, as vSphere ESXi 5.5 supports the VM running older versions of VMware Tools.

  This blog post explain this more in detail: is a vSphere VMware Tools upgrade required during the upgrade? VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs

• "No connection to the server of VR: does not not." after upgrade to vSphere 5.5

  As part of the upgrade to vSphere 5.1 to 5.5 along http://kb.vmware.com/kb/2057795 I've updated vSphere replication to 5.5.0.0 build 1309877. All rehearsals continued well then. I only add the new vCenter replication and it stopped for the old.

  After the migration of all VM including device just RV improved another 5.5 ESXi host I upgraded from original host and migrated the back of some VM. I noticed that only this VM is replicated again then. All other zeroes had "no connection to the server VR: does not not." and "Violation of RPO" messages (including RVS). If I migrate the original replication host virtual computer is restored. If I migrate to another connection from host to the server of VR is lost again - no matter what a host running VR.

  Any idea, please?

  Yes, it's possible, but I just wanted to rule out any more simple explanations first. I was worried especially when you said the VR server could not ping itself, but perhaps I misinterpreted what you were saying.

  In all cases, you can verify if this is your problem by looking for a line like this in the esx.conf of the hosts that you upgraded:

  / NET/vmkernelnic/Child [0001] / tags/4 = 'true '.

  If so, remove the line in the esx.conf and restart the host. Then, once the host is back, check that the network adapter assigned to the vmkernel is an accessible IP address.

  In my view, that the part "child [0001]" may be different on certain configurations if you do not find the exact line I've specified above, check around the lines part of [another] child.

• VSphere Essentials Plus upgrade to vSphere with operations management standard

  Hello

  We currently have vSphere Essentials more running on 3 hosts, and we want to upgrade to vSphere with the Standard edition of management operations (with vCenter Server) using the kit of acceleration.

  Please confirm if it takes to change the key of any upgrade of software or installation or license only it will take?

  Waiting for the answer. Thank you

  Sound just change of license keys. Binaries are all of same for all versions, just the keys toggle features.

  -If you have found my reply useful/correct please close the message by checking the answer.

• Upgrade to vSphere client 5.1 U1 but using vCenter/ESXi 5.1 (not U1)

  So I saw this recommendation from VMware:

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  The sequence for vSphere 5.1 update update 1 and their compatible VMware product (2037630)

  If you are using vSphere Client in your environment, it is recommended that you upgrade the vSphere Client to version 5.1 update 1.

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  My ESXi servers are still 5.1 (build 799733, some to the build 1021289), and my vCenter Server 5.1.0 build 947673. I should be able to install this patch for the client vSphere on my workstation without problem. It is recommended that VMware, right? That the client must be upgraded, regardless of the version of the host?

  
  

  (I still don't think that the web client (again), so I want to continue to use the vSphere client, if and when I can)

  
  

  Thank you

  
  

  the client is backward compatible, you should be fine

• Slow IO performance after upgrade to vSphere 5

  Hi all

  I have a problem in our lab environment and I type some other brains in the community .

  First of all a brief overview:

  2 x Fujitsu RX300 S5 (FC HBA LP1150)

  1 x Fujitsu RX300 S6 (FC HBA LP1250)

  2 x Brocade 200E

  1 x Fujitsu Eternus DX90 (CF)

  1 x Fujtsu Siemens FibreCAT SX80 (CF)

  All devices are running with 4 G FC.

  Last week we updated our servers with the latest firmware (included HBA) and the latest vSphere 5 (updated 01 and the last patch-bundle). Everythings seems to run fine, after I've got svmotioned a few servers to get an empty data store. A few small servers (each. approximately 30 GB) need hours to get to the target data store. With CLI, I created a vmdk eagerzeroedthick to test the performance on our DX90. It took almost 10 minutes to create a 10 GB vmdk (about 17 MB / s; flow even showed DX90 performance monitor). I did the same on the FibreCAT and this storage is running normally with 170 MB per second.

  Now lets get things I did to track down the cause:

  1. I connected directly the first server with the DX90 (to avoid the fc switch)-> problem still there
     
  2. I went down the HBA firmware to version previos-> problem still there
     
  3. I installed the 4.1 vSphere update 02. I put only the investigation period and did test of 10 GB-> problem disappeared. for 10 GB, it took 39 seconds which is nearly 300 MB per second
     
  4. I installed (new installation) of the first version of vSphere 5-> surprise, the problem here is once again
     
  5. I installed ESXi 4.1 (I tested again and it took again 39 seconds for a 10 GB vmdk) and upgraded to vSphere 5-> problem is still there
     
  6. I tried all the way air, Fujitsu drivers customized for Emulex HBA and LUN parameters
     

  Writing performance monitor shows response time between 700 year 1400 ms and 17 MB per second with vSphere 5 to the DX90. With version 4, it is between 0 and 60 ms and nearly 300 MB per second. Only the SX80 works very well to any version (not support ALUA). Each unit works with the latest firmware.

  It is without doubt vSphere 5, what causes the problem. I can't find clues in newspapers or VMware KB.

  Does anyone have an idea or the same problem? If I can't find a solution in the coming days, I propose to prosecute.

  Thanks in advance

  Hi Martin,

  There is a similar discussion in a German community in vmware.

  The solution was simple, your table does not seem to support VAAI.

  If you follow the following article to disable VAAI.

  Turning off the feature in ESX/ESXi VAAI

  HtH,

  Ralf

• Upgrading your vSphere 4 keys for vSphere 5 force update you immediately?

  We are on vSphere Essentials Plus in favour, and the licensing portal offers me the upgrade to vSphere 5.  I would get my keys locked, but I did not intend to upgrade immediately.  Update of key in the portal of licenses (but not immediately use them) turn off or otherwise disabled my existing installation of vSphere 4?

  Thanks for the tips!

  the upgrade of your keys just updates on the Licensing Portal.  This will not affect your production environment.  Your keys are set to never expire.  When you're ready to roll up to vSphere5, at this time, you can tell you key in your inventory of vSphere.

• after upgrade to vsphere 5 - email does not send

  Hi all

  with vsphere 4 and ghettovcb, I had no problem in using the experimental feature of sending the mails after backup completion.

  Now after the upgrade to vsphere 5 and upgraded ghettovcb in the mail last version (esxi 5 incl. support), sent to the internal mail server lacks.

  Nothing else was changed.

  Error:

  2011-09-07 03:04:02 - info: = ghettoVCB JOURNAL END =.

  2011-09-07 03:05:17 - info: ERROR: can't send the log to 192.168.1.11:25 output to emailuser

  2011-09-07 03:05:18 - info: exit log by e-mail will not be erased and is stored in /tmp/ghettoVCB-email-474241.content

  Anything I could provide or check to fix this or help in any resolution?

  Can you check to see if the firewall is on, what's new with ESXi 5 and make sure that port 25 is open.

• Upgrade to VSphere, from ESX3.5 to 4.1

  I wanted to see if anyone out there has had experiences that you want to share in what concerns the upgrade to vsphere esx3.5. Traps, precautions and things you would have done differently in hindsight. We are in the process of upgrading and wanted to have an idea of what could be a problem and what to be aware of.  We do not have a test environment that I can try this upgrade, then it is an upgrade of the production and I'm very cautious and careful.

  Thank you

  Shawn Smith

  I just finished upgrading a cluster of very large from ESX 3.5 to ESXi 4.1. First step was to upgrade vCenter, who has been somewhat complicated by the fact that I had to go from a 32-bit host to a new 64-bit host. Detach the database from a stand-alone server to SQL 2005, then to attach to a host of cluster SQL 2008 has been an easy victory, as he provided us with resilient layer of database. Then I let vCenter 4.1 run with the host ESX 3.5 for a week or two, to prove the cross-compatibility.

  I chose to do a clean install of ESXi 4.1 on each host. It could have been much longer than other methods, but I felt it was the best in the long term. This involved: removing host ESX 3.5 of the cluster, install ESXi 4.1 and all the drivers and the HP management bundles and join this new ESXi 4.1 host in the cluster. Using vMotion, I was able to do the project with absolutely no downtime!

  Finally, I have updated versions of material to version 7 and put to update VMware tools for all the virtual machines in a controlled manner which corresponded with our routine systems maintenance windows. I'm very uncomfortable with the scenario and happy to help someone who needs guidance.

  -Omid bougouin

• ESX 3.5 upgrade to vSphere using Activation of Windows

  I'm trying to upgrade ESX 3.5 a customer to vSphere.   I have a single license of Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition and spin 4 VMS (clones) on a single ESX host.   (a real activation and 3 clones of the Windows VM already active)

  After that I've upgraded to vSphere each Windows VM will require reactivation of Windows.

  Can someone tell me what to expect regarding regarding the reactivation work or I will have to call Microsoft.  Microsoft will allow me to reactivate all 4 VM?  Is it the fact that the VM is clones impact of the process of reactivation with Microsoft?

  Thank you.

  Hello

  If Windows in the VM is already activated, it should not be necessary to "reactivate" once you upgrade to vSphere. I do updates all the time and have never had to reactivate windows.

  Best regards
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• checks before the upgrade to vSphere

  Hi all

  my whish is upgraded to esx 3.5 hosts I already to vSphere.

  I checked HCL and it seemed to be possible, but, not being only not sure about x 64 CPU tried to build 1 x 64-bit OS on each host and I received a message that it was not possible.

  So I guess I can't upgrade to vSphere.

  Am I wrong? or I can do other than buying other servers...

  I am running DL380 G5 and DELL poweredge 6850

  THX in advance,

  Daniele

  Daniele,

  It looks like there DELL shipped this server with several different processors.

  The only supported are those listed in the VMware HCL for DELL PowerEdge 6850

  It goes the same for HP DL380 G5

  André