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• What are the methods to ESXi upgrade with 1 single ESXi Server?

  The server requires her to get any update through the update maintenance Manager or VMA is not possible that both run on the ESXi server.

  What options are left during a server ESXi 4.0 to ESXi 4.1? I can think of root direct-ssh access and the 'host Update Utiliy', even if that fails with errors.

  You must use the vCLI, then update the host vihostupdate.pl. Page 55 @ http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_upgrade_guide.pdf

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• Single ESXi server environment

  Hello

  Is it possible to install an ESXi server without access to the internet and without going through a Windows VI additional customer? I just want ESXi Server allows you to maintain multiple operating systems on my laptop. While I can connect to a Windows operating system, a UNIX operating system in the evening and in the morning? Is it possible to create a kind of a private network between the virtual machines on my laptop? What happened later, when the ESXi server is already installed, can I use my laptop to connect to my VMs without having access to the network?

  Thanks in advance for your advice.

  Is not simple and practical to use Worksation or VMware Server or VMware Player?

  Yes, he would.  Workstation costs $$$ and VM Player won't let you make configuration changes to VM, VM Ware Server is the best option.

• best practices for the deployment of resiliency using a single ESXi host

  I was wondering if anyone had some advice or a deployment guide for ESXi in an environment without using a cluster. If the cost was not a factor I'd put it in a pool, but this can be done. So, assuming that it is an ESXi host with multiple network cards, which would be a good way to cover areas such as backup and restore when you use the free version? The machines that would go on is not mission-critical if there is a pretty good time that machines could be down without causing problems, however, I want to be sure that if the machine were to explode then there will be a way to recover the virtual machines running on this subject.

  Ideas?

  I think, there is no better practical form VMware vSphere Hypervisor (free version) use, but maybe you'll find some ideas here: How to get VMware cost barriers - build an empire around the free VMware hypervisor

• Access NAS storage of ESXi Server using VMKernel Port?

  Hello

  I would like to know the best procedure to connect to the NAS storage of ESXi host 5. I am able to connect to the NAS storage according to the screenshots listed in the link below.

  http://www.tintri.com/blog/2011/11/connecting-vSphere-to-NFS-the-easy-way/

  But, I saw different configurations in the past where port dedicated VMkernel is assigned to NAS and all storage goes into network 10 G. I try to do the same and created a VMkernel for NAS port. But I don't think that traffic is going over there as it is not used at all.

  I gave the IP address of the ESXi server on the NAS box to get access. I couldn't give address IP VMkernel sideways NAS. How can I make use of this IP VMKernel dedicated NFS storage?

  I want to implement the best way to pass NAS 10 G network traffic. In addition, How can I test if storage traffic crosses VMkernel port?

  Suggestions needed.

  Virtualinfra is right that you must use a different subnet for NFS traffic. You masked the IP range, so I don't see what you use, but make sure that the vmkernel and storage using a single subnet, not the management subnet. If you get an error, your use of a subnet that goes out the default gateway of the management port, or that you are using the same subnet.

  I wrote a few articles on the use of NFS with vSphere: http://wahlnetwork.com/2012/04/19/nfs-on-vsphere-a-few-misconceptions/

  Also, make sure that the vmnic can route traffic on that subnet, as in the case of the use of VLANs.

• Web server on ESXi terribly slow! same fee install works uber quickly on a single physical server.

  I have created a virtual machine and allocated 4gig of RAM, 2 cpu and no limit on the CPU usage.

  Freshly installed Centos5 and LAMP. Installed joomla with default content.

  Browsing the site is TERRIBLY slow... I'm talking molassas.

  Now, until people start blaming joomla, I had exactly the same fees installed on a physical server with less specs (only 1 GB of ram and 1 cpu) and it is lightning fast.

  Both are on the exact same network. And the ESXi server has only a current PBX VM to run other then the Web server. I have hordes of resources left and available on the ESXi server.

  I can not quite understand what the problem is or could be. She has available resources and doesn't have 1 million waiting to go through the server process. My Network (2) cards are defined in tandum (I guess that the combination of network cards?) this should not be a problem?

  It's just the way the esxi manages the inbound and outbound traffic? Is this normal? The only thing I can reduce to is 1) the esxi way itself works. (2) the esxi way treats my network cards and or traffic

  What are the specifications of the ESX Server - hardware and CPU? Are there other virtual machines running on ESX Server? Have you tried running with one virtual CPU virtual machine?  It is advisable to start with a single vCPU and add vCPUs only if it is necessary, or if you have empirical evidence that it is necessary - it has to do with how the virtual processors are programmed.

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• updated images of VMware Server to use in ESXI server

  Hello

  I just have a lot of virtual machines that has been configured and used by vmware server 1. Now, I'll use ESXI server, when I downloaded the images to the esxi server and tried to run, I had a mistake in VMDK. Is it possible for me to change VMDK and use these old images or I need to reconstruct images from scracth. also, is there any availbale tool to update my old images to use ESXI?

  Thank you

  ESXi does not support the scattered disk format used by VMware Server by default. What you can do is to follow the recommendations of weinstein5and use VMware Converter or convert the hard file in a supported format (zeroedthick, eagerzeroedthick or thin) using the vmkfstools in ESXi command line tool.

  Assuming that the virtual disk has no snapshots, you can follow these steps in order to maintain the virtual disk file name.

  • create a 'old' subfolder in the folder of the VM on the ESXi host and move the hard files in this folder
  • Basic virtual machine folder run for example vmksftools old-i /hard-d thin vmname.vmdk
  • If the virtual machine lights without problem, you can remove the "old" subdirectory

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• A Dell PowerEdge 2850 server is used for the new ESXi server, but it does not support the 64-bit VM.

  A Dell PowerEdge 2850 server is used for the new ESXi server, but it does not support the 64-bit VM.

  I can't believe it.

  When I start up a virtual computer, it gives a wrong message shown in the picture below.

  Does anyone have any ideas on this?

  Usually not enabled virtualization technology in host BIOS.

  Take a look at can not power on a 64-bit Windows VM

• Export the VM of ESXi to 'not connected' ESXi Server using converter

  Hi all

  Sorry for the newbie question - I've seen a lot of messages about the export of a machine virtual workstation or player, etc, but I couldn't find one for my purpose.

  We need to export a virtual machine that was created on a server ESXi Server ESXi in another place that has no network connectivity between them using the converter v 4.01 Standalone (?). The idea is the following: export image, copy the files on USB key, send to a remote site, they will import image on their server ESXi (same version).

  What is the best way for me to do using the converter?  I thought that I could simply select the VMWare Infrastructure Server as a destination, but that seems to be an option only if you have the remote a plugged into the network.

  Does anyone have suggestions as to the export type that may possibly be more coherent than the others? That is to say; export as "vmware workstation or another vmware virtual machine" say vs "virtual appliance"?  Are just as reliable a prospect of import export and then?

  Thanks in advance!

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  If the two ESXi is the same version that you can do is go to the browser data store and download all the VMS in the USB drive and then go to Site 2 and upload is via the browser of data store. Browser for the .vmx and save the virtual machine.

  If you still want to use vmware converter to format of workstation converter so that the destination can be selected as USB key, then a workstation to vmware infrastructure in Site 2.

• Get-Stat for use of the power of the ESXi Server

  Hi all

  Need your help to get a script to capture power consumption/use of an esxi host. I checked the command get-stat, I don't see any special argument as energy consumption in check for the host entity. The time interval can be anything, I'd like to see the same values that manifest slot for power under the tables of performance of an esxi host.

  Any help would be appreciated.

  Thanks in advance

  Try like this

  10 P 002 003 004 005

  $entity = get-VMHost-name MyEsx $stat = "power.power.average". Get-stats - $entity - $stat - Realtime - MaxSamples 1 Stat entity

• 2808 LAG for use with VMware ESXi and Linux collage

  I posted the month last about setting up my work with groups LAG http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/network-switches/f/866/t/19537080.aspx servers (I'll effectively implementing implement this Saturday)

  I decided to buy a 2808 for my ESXi server get more aggregated connections to my staff iSCSI Linux server but now I'm worried I might have made a mistake to buy the 2808.

  After looking in the manual before I realized I could have been mistakenly assuming that the 2808 had STP and LACP, as I can't find LACP anywhere in the PDF file. I guess that the configuration of my Linux machine for 802.3ad is out (a hope to make mode 4), so now for the configuration of my house, I wonder (* 1 *) that I have to configure my VMware NIC team like and what mode of binding should I use on my Linux host? As for the section at the top (my working configuration) (* 2 *) I don't know what to do about the road other than the leave as 'route based on originating virtual port ID "? (This is how our other data centers are configured, but I'm waiting for my admin network as agglomerates ESXi hosts are configured with the channels of port on our cisco switches)

  For the House, I want to try to increase the bandwidth by using three NICs in each server, I was hoping that it works:
  VMware: Route of IP hash function?
  w/Linux: balance-alb?

  -VMware:
  Before you begin:

  • The default load balancing strategy is route based on the port virtual origin ID. If the physical switch uses the aggregation of links, route based on the IP hash load balancing should be used. For more information, see host requirements for the aggregation of links for ESX and ESXi (1001938) and the guide of VMware Virtual Networking Concepts .
  • LACP support was introduced in vSphere 5.1 on distributed vSwitches and requires additional configuration. For more information, see activation or deactivation of LACP on a group of ports Uplink using the vSphere Client Web (2034277).
  • Ensure that the Protocol of aggregation VLAN and link (if any) are correctly configured on the physical switch ports.

  -Linux:
  * Descriptions of bonding modes *.
  + Mode 0 balance-rr: Round-robin policy: transmit packets in the sequential order of the first available through the last high school. This mode provides load balancing and fault tolerance.

  + 1 active-backup mode: Active-backup policy: only one slave in the link is active. A different slave becomes active if and only if, the active slave fails. MAC address of the binding is visible from the outside on a single port (NIC) to avoid confusion between the switch. This mode provides fault tolerance. The first option affects the behavior of this mode.

  + 2 balance-xor mode: XOR policy: transmit based [(adresse MAC XOR avec destination MAC traiterait de source) modulo County slave]. This selects the slave even for each destination MAC address. This mode provides load balancing and fault tolerance.

  + 3 broadcast mode: broadcasting policy: transmits everything on all slave interfaces. This mode provides fault tolerance.

  + Mode 4 802.3ad: IEEE 802.3ad dynamic aggregation of links. Creates aggregation groups who share the same speed and duplex settings. Use all the slaves in the active aggregator according to the 802.3ad specification.

  -Prerequisite:
  -1.Ethtool support in the base drivers to retrieve the speed and duplex of each slave.
  -Switch 2.A which takes care of IEEE 802.3ad dynamic aggregation of links. Most of the switches will require some type of configuration to activate 802.3ad mode.

  + Mode 5 balance-tlb: Adaptive load balancing transmission: Channel link that doesn't require any special switch support. Outgoing traffic is distributed according to the intensity of the current (relative speed) on each slave. Inbound traffic is received by the current slave. If the receiving slave fails, another slave takes over the MAC address of the failed receiving slave.

  -Prerequisite:
  -1.Ethtool support in the base drivers to retrieve the speed of each slave.

  + 6 balance-alb mode: Adaptive load balancing: includes balance-tlb plus receive balancing (rlb) for IPV4 traffic and doesn't require any special switch support. Receive load balancing is achieved by ARP negotiation. Link driver intercepts the ARP replies sent by the local system on their way and replaces the hardware address of source with the unique hardware address of one of the slaves in the bond as different counterparts use different physical addresses for the server.

  The topic dell nearest you, I have found a useful was: http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/networking/f/4454/t/19415629.aspx

  my previous post was more concerned with VLAN tagging and spanning tree issues, but now I see I should have feared groups LAG it as well.

  Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance all :)

  -

  PS. http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/dell-powerconnect-2800-series-spec_sheet.pdf said that the 2800 series supports LACP, so if I'm worried about anything on my iSCSI side slap me please in the face, but I guess even in this case, I'm still not sure how to configure the ESXi host because it does not support LACP without vSphere and my original configuration is a free version , so I have no web vSphere management needed to make the LACP allow the change.

  Not sure if it is of no use: example configuration of EtherChannel / switches control protocol LACP (Link Aggregation) with ESXi/ESX and Cisco/HP (1004048), but that's where I was to base the choice on IP hash from.

  It must have the support of layer 3 to achieve IP hash, IP addressing is a 3-layer technology, so a 6200 series or higher or the soon to be released N3000 series.

• Clone a virtual machine directly from single ESXi host

  Hi, I want to clone a virtual machine with all the related feathers which the Associate ID (CPU ID, UUID, BIOS ID, etc.) and redeployed on another single ESXi host. It could help me how can I do?

  Hello

  without vCenter server you can accomplish this by check script PowerCLI this useful post below:

  Tools of HL - part 1 - clone a virtual machine without vCenter - notes LucD

  If you want to clone individual disks check this KB:

  VMware KB: Cloning of disks to the individual virtual machine through the ESX/ESXi terminal host

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• Cannot access ESXi server via network

  Hello world!

  We have a HP C7000 Encolosure with 4 BL460c Gen 8 blades in front size of it. Back size of the C7000, we have 2 SAN Switch, 2 switch HP BLc GbE2c layer 2/3 and 2 Onboard Administrator Module.

  Everything is working fine with IP addresses like this:

  OA active:

  IP address: 172.16.0.253

  STANBY OA:

  IP address: 172.16.0.254

  Server Blade BL460c Bay 1:

  The IP address of the ILO: 172.16.0.10

  Server Blade BL460c Bay 2:

  The ILO IP address: 172.16.0.11

  BL460c blade Bay 9:

  The ILO IP address: 172.16.0.19

  Server Blade BL460c Bay 10:

  The ILO IP address: 172.16.0.20

  We can ping pc that connected to the port of ILO on Onboard Administrator (OA) IP addresses above. (I can it call PC MANAGE?)

  Continue, we access OA via Web https://172.16.0.253 use of , then Console integrated to control 4 Server blades. We have mounted image ESXi 5.1 U1 and successfully installed on 4 servers blade.

  We manually config IP address on each ESXi Server (like this):

  BL460c Server Blade on Bay 1 as server ESXi 1:

  IP address: 10.0.0.11

  BL460c Server Blade on Bay 2 as server ESXi 2:

  IP address: 10.0.0.12

  BL460c Server Blade on Bay 9 as a server ESXi 9:

  IP address: 10.0.0.19

  BL460c Server Blade on 10 Bay as a server ESXi 10:

  IP address: 10.0.0.20

  Now we can ping server to another server ESXi ESXi 1. I mean 4 Blade Server can ping together.

  BUT:

  -We can not ping servers to blade PC of manage (that PC connect to the port of ILO on OSTEOARTHRITIS. In this scene, MANAGE PCs has the IP 172.16.0.100/16)

  -We unplug the network cable from the port of iLO, then connect it to the port number 24 on HP BLc GbE2c LY 2/3 switch, then address IP of the PC to MANAGE the 10.0.0.100/24 value. Always the same, can only access servers

  Can someone explain to me how to access this server (ping, http, etc...). Do we have to config switch HP BLc GbE2c LY 2/3? We read many many guide on the HP website, but they have not mentioned about routing or switch to configure

  Thanks in advance!

  It's my mistake!

  My servers have 2 connections FlexLOM. That a connection has been enabled for 'network management' in ESXi. I do not understand, then I activated 2 connections. That cause outside the network can not access them.

  I just disabled a single connection and everything works perfectly.

  I thank everyone!

• Can no longer access the single ESXi after update 4.1.0 502767

  Hi all

  We use 10 servers ESXi and normally we support all part of daily work with our vSphere Client.

  In addition I could connect each ESXi directly.

  If I now like to connect to a single ESXi, I got the following meassages:

  1. "be so."

  -Installationsprogramm implement

  2. "Speichervorgang beim filled fehlgeschlagen."

  "... Dateien zur Clientunterstutzung können nicht vom server 'vspereclient.vmware.com' abgerufen werden.

  I guess, this will not work after the update to version 4.1.0 502767?

  Someone at - it an idea to solve?

  Best regards

  Download you and install the latest vSphere Client?  You can do it by pointing your browser of choice to the IP address of your ESXi host.

• ESXi server RAID

  I'm looking to set up a computer with vmware esxi server with raid 5.  The advice I have is a intel dg33tl.  I was looking for a map of RAID controller supporting RAID 5.  What I read the PCIe x 1 has a transfer rate of 250 MB/s, which I suppose it will have to share with all the connected drives.  If I had to stay with the built-in SATA ports, then the data transfer rate would be about 300 MB/s per SATA port.

  My system has a q6700 with 6 GB of RAM.

  My question:

  It would be better to install a system to use the esx server and configure my system with RAID 5 with the on-board or should I get a RAID controller for the server esxi PCIe x 1 slot card and Setup.  I'm looking for better overall performance.

  Thank you in advance.

  On the one hand, his stats are overrated.  For another you are talking BURST MAX @ 300 MB/s and a RAID card can give you sustained transfer to can a LOT higher than the SATA drives.  SATA is controlled by the CPU, RAID can discharge of the Board of Directors and RAID have cache, most of the SATA controllers are not.

  Don't believe the hype.  SATA is good for archives and applications of single player, they CAN NOT measure in any RAID card.  Those are numbers not world real marketing.