Using workstation for managing ESXi servers

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• Manageing esxi servers

  OK my eval vsphere ended! and I can't seem to find a way of ree to manage my servers. I used a web browser to connect to drink it only gove me the possibility to download the vshere again? I have the habit of vmware server 1.x. Can someone point me in the right direction to help me get started please.

  I don't understand what product you have.

  This is for ESX 3.5i discussion. But you talk about vSphere and VMware Server?

  ESX and ESXi server can be managed by the customer.

  The Windows client could be download from VMware or http://YourESXip/ site

  André

• For ESX ESXi

  Hello

  Do you know if ESXi can be upgraded to ESX?

  We intend putting ESXi into production soon. Further along the line, we have the budget to go full blast with Vmotion, etc..  I want to just plan our options.

  ESXi is the free version, and when the license is purchased, it becomes ESX?  I know that under ESXi, you can perform vmotion, etc., but curious to know the path to upgrade to ESX.

  TIA,

  TNT

  It's really not an upgrade - they are essentially the same virtualization platform with the difference that Java_cat pointed ESX has a Service Console and ESXi does not work - when you purchase licenses for ESXi you provide features for managing ESXi with Virtual Center and are capable of HA, DRS and vmotion.

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• As part of the SAR cert is to have a NW separated between ESXi host required for VMotion or is it OK to use IP for VMotion management, in the execution of Certification tests.

  As part of the SAR cert is "have a NW/dedicated separate between hosts ESXi (on which we GOS) mandatory for VMotion or is - OK to use IP for VMotion management in the execution of Certification tests.»

  Note that the verification passed Test when you use management IP for Vmotion and without a dedicated connection to NW between ESXi hosts.

  Separate dedicated network interface cards preferred. No problem with the test after this change case.

• 6u2 ESXi host nested on VMware Workstation for Linux referee v12

  Hello all, I have

  I have a lab environment virtual running in VMware Workstation for Linux v12, and my ESXi hosts do not work correctly on one of the virtual networks. All my troubleshooting suggests a problem with nested ESXi hosts that may be a bug, but I want to assure you that I did everything properly first. That's why I post here with the hope that if I made a mistake that maybe someone else can point out he me.

  Physical system

  8 core Intel Xeon 2.1 GHz CPU

  128 GB of RAM

  OS - kernel Linux 64 - bit w/3.19.0-32-generic Linux Mint 17.3 (fully updated from this announcement)

  VMware Workstation 12 Pro - 12.1.1. Build-3770994 (fully updated from this announcement)

  Nested ESXi host VM

  ESXi v6.0.0 (Build 3825889, completely updated from this announcement)

  4 cards 'physical' (only 3 used for now)

  -all use the e1000 NIC hardware virtual, but also tried vmxnet3 NIC with no difference

  -vSwitch0 use vmnic0 & 1 vmnet16 of virtual network in a pair of active / standby

  -vSwitch1 uses vmnic2 on network virtual vmnet18

  -vmk0 used for management on vSwitch0 and vmk1 for iSCSI on vSwitch1

  -"Promiscuous" mode and forged passes enabled on all Port vSwitch groups (activating or turning off these features makes no difference)

  Test performed until now

  I checked that all the IP addresses and network masks used are correct.

  With the help of vmkping I ping other nodes on the network vmnet16 with success.

  With the help of vmkping I tried to ping the other nodes in the network vmnet18, but that has failed.

  I have depolyed other non - ESXi VMs on the vmnet18 network, and they are able to ping each other, but are unable to ping or ping by the ESXI host.

  I tried various material virtual NIC as mentioned before, but without changes in the results.

  I tried to use only local network instead of the vmnet18 guest network segments with no change in results.

  When I find out the status of the network adapters on the ESXi host through vCenter or host incorporated client vmnic0 & 1 time display network information, but vmnic2 shows no networks. Yet, I know that there is a network with different VM communicate on it. Moreover, I was able to get all of this work on a Windows system running 10 Workstation (this is the laptop that my employer gives me with).

  Having built nested ESXi labs on different platforms as well as physical environments in the past, I'm very confused as to why I can't get this special configuration to work. At this point my gut tells me that this is probably a bug any with the nested themselves ESXi hosts. Since I can get all this work on vmnet16 including the management of ESXi hosts and the VCSA that I use, I am sure that my vSwitch configuration is correct (other than the IP address space and vmnic configurations is bascially the same). Because I can get other virtual machines to communicate over the network vmnet18 I don't see how can be a VMware Workstation for the issue physical Linux host. Is there something obvious I'm missing here? I read on the ESXi hosts nested under VMware Workstation after having known problems and bugs with networking. If anyone else has experienced this?

  Thanks for any help others can provide!

  Kind regards

  Patrick

  Well, the problem is now resolved. The problem was what covelli was trying to explain, but I couldn't because the physical host network adapters being mentioned.

  The problem on the Linux host, but it was a problem of permissions with the virtual Ethernet adapters. The following article has the fix:
  With the help of Ethernet virtual cards in Promiscuous Mode on a Linux host (287) | VMware KB

  Even if I launched the workstation under the root user I have yet met this problem and which still makes no sense to me, but change the permissions solve the problem. I was not getting an error message on my Linux Mint and Ubuntu system, but when I tried on a second box of Linux Mint that I just got the error has been generated, and the error message was the above link it contains.

  So, here's what I learned:

  (1) the question has nothing to with a VMware Workstation definition that you can configure.

  (2) the question has nothing to do with a physical network card.
  (3) the question has nothing to do with any vmnic on the nested ESXi host.

  (4) apparently virtual Ethernet adapters are not the correct permissions when created.

  All you have to do to fix this is:

  (1) open a terminal.

  (2) run the command ' sudo chmod a + rw/dev/vmnet * "(don't forget to run this each time that you create a new virtual network).

  You can also create a group, as shown in the link above and simply give this group the correct permissions. Personally, I think it's easier to just give everyone the rw permission.

  I appreciate the help that others have offered. I did not understand what was asked for in previous answers because of the terms that have been used.

• VCenter Server installed as a virtual machine within a ESXi servers it manages?

  Hi all.  I'm new in the world of VSphere... still in my evaluation period.

  I have only a single ESXi server running at the moment but plans to add a second later for high availability, vmotion, increase general capacity, etc.  They are / will be ESXi running on the internal storage and the virtual machines running on a shared SAN.

  Today, I installed VCenter Server 4 on a server at bottom of range/Office that I was carrying around running XP Pro x 64.

  As I was installing I read the guide installation and to my surprise, it seems to recommend that I have installed VCenter Server 4 as a virtual machine on my ESXi host.

  Now maybe I just spent too much time setting up my without new Lefthand requiring a 'witness' during the failover of one SAN to another... but I was under the impression that VCenter Server is not designed simply to host configuration, but is also designed to act as a 'witness' or to take account of quorum whenever a failure scenario occurred on one of my ESXi hosts.  I also noticed the VCenter Server features of a port "heartbeat", which I suppose one would use for the ESXi server heartbeat, but perhaps it is used for "connected mode" with other VCenter servers (I was intending to use only one since it is a small scale installation) I also felt that it would be useful enough to restore a damaged or shot ESXi host.

  So my question is, if my ESXi host dies and it is where I have VCenter Server installed, then high availability will be unable to work?  I guess there are going to be other issues with me unable to access VCenter Server while I have an ESXi host shot, too, as a greater difficulty to get the ESXi up?

  Maybe I'm wrong understand the purpose of the VCenter server... maybe it's not something that's necessary for HA, recovery, etc. and acts only as a configuration tool until something is wrong?  Or maybe I misunderstood the installation guide and they recommend only installing VCenter Server on an ESX box... they don't want this ESX box to be part of the group that manages the server?

  Finally, if indeed they recommend I install this on a ESXi host manages... would I ideally be install this for local storage on the server (where I installed ESXi) or on the SAN (where all my other virtual machines are installed)... or is it just personal preference?

  Thank you!!

  When you add hosts an active hemagglutinin vCenter cluster HA agent is installed on it.  This agent is what is actually the HA.  While necessary to add new hosts in a cluster and configure some specific parameters of vCenter vCenter's agents HA are self-sufficient and can handle HA failover so vCenter is offline.

  You must install the vCenter VM on SAN storage, so that he can use the vMotion, sVmotion, DRS, HA, functions etc. that require a SAN.

  -MattG

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• A webgate11g can be used for multiple web servers (ESS)?

  We have a webgate was used for a server of OSH. We need the application on a server of OSH dffierent to protect both by OAM SSO.

  Do we not have to install a new webgate as SST or we can use one of two web servers.

  TIA

  Or treat the app on the second server as a target application that is reverse Proxy through OHS1.

• Hi all, after happily using CC for almost a year he no longer works: the creative cloud icon continue on spinning and when I try to open ANY CC applications a warning saying "Adobe Application Manager is needed to solve this problem. However, he

  Hi all, after happily using CC for almost a year he no longer works: the creative cloud icon continue on spinning and when I try to open ANY CC applications a warning saying "Adobe Application Manager is needed to solve this problem. However, it is missing or damaged. Please download and install a new copy ecc ecc. Tried all that but I'm stuck. any help, please? Thank you.

  Hello

  Please try following steps depending on your operating system

  (Windows)

  (1) close adobe all processes in the Task Manager (Core sync services for the desktop application adobe, adobe office, broker CIB Adobe updater AAM service)

  2) navigate to the following locations and assign all permissions to the adobe folders to the current user.  (Right click on adobe folder select properties then click on the Security tab, click on edit and select current user, that you are connected to, select full control, click on apply and then ok)

  C: / / program data (to view hidden files to see this folder)

  C: / / program files 86 x files / common

  C: / / program files x 86.

  C: / / program files common files

  C: //program files.

  Go to c:/programdata/Adobe and oobe and rename it oobe.old

  Go to c: / / programfiles86x/common files/adobe/and rename the oobe oobe.old and aamupdator to ammupdator.old and delete the folder Adobe application manager

  Go to c: / / Users/username/appdata/local/adobe/rename in oobe to oobe.old and aamupdator.old aamupdator

  Go to Control Panel/Add or remove programs and uninstall cloud creative app

  Install app creative cloud from link according to https://creative.adobe.com/products/creative-cloud

  Run it and it should work.

  (MAC)

  (1) close adobe all processes in the activity monitor (cloud Creative), synchronization of the base, CC, ccx, services for the desktop application adobe, adobe office, CIB Adobe updater AAM Broker service

  2) navigate to the following locations and assign all permissions to the adobe folders to the current user. To navigate, click on go in the bar on then click goto... type/library/application support of / and then click OK.

  (3) to assign the authorization right click on adobe folder and click on Get info... A window will open. Then click on the lock symbol to allow editing. Then click on sign + to add your user name. Then change read only to read and write. Then click gear icon on the bottom and click on apply to the elements included and click ok... Go to the next step then.

  3) navigate to the location following support/adobe application and rename in oobe to oobe.old and aamupdator.old aamupdator.

  (4) place you ~/Library/application support/adobe/oobe and rename in oobe to oobe.old and aamupdator.old aamupdator.

  Cloud creative library and remove 5 open application).

  (6) open utility library of the application itself and delete Adobe application manager and creative cloud

  (7) install creative cloud from link according to https://creative.adobe.com/products/creative-cloud

  (8) launch cc app and it should work properly

• My pdf files that I am editing keeps "freezing" and I have to use the Task Manager to end the program. I have the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC and I have 10 windows? Is there any solution for this?

  My pdf files that I am editing keeps "freezing" and I have to use the Task Manager to end the program. I have the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC and I have 10 windows? Is there any solution for this?

  Hi gregs5153218,

  You can't the PDF files to be changed with Acrobat Reader DC.

  You must have the Acrobat application to edit PDF files using Acrobat. Edit PDF files.

  Kind regards
  Nicos

• ESXi 4.1 using VMware Update Manager Update

  This is my first time using Update Manager to update an ESXi host.  I have vCenter server and the Update Manager Server installed on a physical machine that has ODBC connections to a database Microsoft SQL on a computer located on my single ESXi 4.1 host virtual.  Realizing that I have to put the ESXi host in maintenance mode in order to upgrade to the latest version, I don't know how to and can continue to use vCenter Update Manager.  My only guess is that I'll have my SQL Server VM to vMotion to another ESXi host and have somehow vCenter and Manager update access to this database in order to stop the VM of the SQL Server to put the host in maintenance mode?  I tried to close the VM of SQL Server when you are connected to vCenter but I lost all ability to do something immediately.  My DC is also on that same host ESXi as well, closing the domain controller affect as well?

  If you have only an ESXi server and your VC / database etc all SimCity.EA.com ESXi host, you could consider only the upgrade without using VUM?

  http://www.get-virtual.info/2011/03/24/436/

  If your ESX host is in a cluster, the 'Miantenance Mode' operation will be vMotion virtual machines to the other hhosts and you should have no problem.

• List uses disk space for all the servers on a site

  I read http://www.virtualizationadmin.com/articles-tutorials/General-virtualization-articles/use-PowerCLI-quick-stats-part1.html and other information. I've not seen all examples that can identify the disk space actually used for a virtual machine. for example thin servers provisioned and space used by disk...

  There's a good scenario for this need help for vSphere PowerCLI script to report on all the warehouses of thin provisioned

• Why always, I received management is not available when you use maps for the iPhone 6 and I live in the Qatar?

  Why I always get direction is not available when you use maps for the iPhone 6 more?

  Currently I live in the Qatar.

  Hi Alison, Sameh

  The reason why you see directions is not available, it's that for cards of Apple, turn-by-turn directions is not a feature that is available in the Qatar. You can search for places and satellite imagery
  Take a look at the link below for more details on what features are available in the Qatar.

  iOS 9 feature availability
  http://www.Apple.com/iOS/feature-availability/

  Nice day

• OpenManage for VMWare ESXi has no possibility of tasks of virtual disk

  OMSA v 7.1 and 7.2 for Windows (and earlier versions) allow the user to perform many tasks on virtual disks, including reconfiguring - expand a RAID array with a new drive.

  This is not true for managing open for VMWare ESXi - although you can monitor the status of the RAID and disks with the browser of the OMSA interface type, you cannot perform tasks - can not even make a high beam Flash.

  It is a huge problem, because the PERC controllers (H700 and H800, for example) don't allow you to develop virtual using hard drives not Dell disks when you try this during startup in the bios.  (These controllers only allows you to create new virtual disks using drives not Dell).

  This test was conducted using the latest firmware (12.10.4 - 0001 A10) and drivers for the H700 and H800 and multi-server r610 ESXi 5.1.

  Other people with VMWare have been affected by the present?  The only solution is to have two player networks connected to the computer, and create a simple Windows with OMSA, boot in Windows Server to expand the table using OMSA for Windows.

  I would be interested in the comments of others, including those of Dell.  We spent hours on the phone with Dell; This seems to be the only solution.  (Yes, Dell released a firmware version last year that has ceased blocking non Dell readers, but it only works for the creation of a new virtual disk, do not expanding one existing).

  Yes.  It came through a discussion in the Dell | Servers | Discussion of the RAID community.

  en.Community.Dell.com/.../20263442.aspx

  There is a CD bootable linux called OMSA Live that you download from PowerEdge (linux OS) systems management.

  This OMSA PERC H700 and H800 control and allows you to do everything.  When you reconfigure the RAID and the PERC card starts the reconstruction, although it seems risky, you can restart under VMware and the reconstruction of the RAID continues on.  And you can analyze with OMSA for VMware.

• Clients to manage ESXi 3.5 and ESXi 4.1

  I need to manage 2 independent of VMware ESXi servers, one based on ESXi 3.5, the second relies on ESXi 4.1.

  As the customers that I download from different servers, what is the easiest way to manage both servers from a single PC?

  • Can I use a single customer (that we)?
    
  • Can I install both clients (in different directories?) and use each customer for the related server?
    
  • Configure a single client to manage two servers (how)?
    

  Concerning

  Marius

  you will need customers.  Each client will be installed in its own directory.  The client Launcher will take care to load the correct client depending on what environment you plug.  However, you will see a shortcut on your desktop for the vSphere Client.

• Connection iSCSI SAN to ESXi servers

  Hi all

  I am trying to work through the iSCSI SAN Config Guide and get our three ESXi servers connected to our iSCSI SAN, but I'm confused about a few points.

  Background - Our production network is 172.16.10.x, our management network is 172.16.64.x and the SAN is on the 10.1.1.x network.

  The Guide says that the service console and VMkernel need to access the iSCSI storage - but in ESXi, there is no service console. Our network administrator (who has used 2 ESX) said just put in place two vSwitches and configuring each of them to VMkernel access, one on network 10 and the other on the management network. Every time I try this, I lose connectivity to the management console. It seems VMkernel wants a default gateway set and when I put it for 172.16.64.1, the SAN does not connect, but when I put it to 10.1.1.1, vCenter loses the connection. Our network administrator says he won't let the 172.16.64.x network traffice to the 10.1.1.x network, but I think that we have to set up in this way.

  Is there something I'm missing. There actually seems to be three issues. (1) when the Guide says of console, VMkernel and service is possible to distinguish between the two in ESXi? (2) if we set VMkernel network 172.16.64.x, can we create a second VMkernel on the 10.1.1.x network? and (3) should just bite the bullet and set up routing between the VMkernel and the San?

  Thank you. I know it was long and complicated, but that reflects my confusion! Any help would be appreciated.

  The answer to the first question is no, there is no distinction between console and vmkernel port in ESXi, like network service management of walks on the portgroup vmkernel.

  You should be able to create a vmkernel 2nd interface, and you do not change the default gateway.  As you have noticed, you can have a default gateway, that is why the default part.  That alone, and you should have two exchanges vmkernel, one on the network management and the other on the storage network.  The vmkernel being on the same segment as the storage, traffic goes out through it and not the default gateway, so no routing must take place.

  -KjB

  VMware vExpert