utility for documenting the ESXi server configuration?

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• Tool to documentate the esxi server configuration

  Hi all

  I'm looking for a (free) tool that can generate a U1 esxi 4.1 server configuration documentation (in html, for example).

  I know that there are vicfg - cfgackup.pl, but I'm not really looking for a backup tool.

  Thanks in advance.

  Best regards

  Pablo.

  Take a look at this free script that generates an HTML report enough compression on your vSphere environment - http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-9842

• The ACE can be configured for recording the syslog server configuration changes?

  Hello

  On all our routers, switches and firewalls, we have configured syslog so we get headlines when configuration changes occur.

  Is it possible on the ACE too?

  Kind regards

  Sebastian

  Hi Sebastian,.

  Yes it is possible but depends on the upong the logging level, you have defined. So record trap 5 should be able to get configuration changes or command execution logs.

  November 1, 2013 11:20:33: ACE-5-111008%: "admin" user running the command "logging buffered 6'.

  November 1, 2013 11:20:48: ACE-5-111008%: "admin" user running the command "no book testlog.

  So, you should see these newspapers of level 5 on syslog if siphon 5 logging is configured.

  Let me know if you have any questions.

  Kind regards

  Kanwal

• workstion 8 - cannot install 64-bit on the esxi Server vm

  I installed VMWARE WORKSTION 8.2 on my system after I installed Win7 64-bit.

  Then, I installed the server ESXI WORKSTION Version 5 469 512 on VMWARE WORKSTATION

  Now I'm running the server via VSPHERE CLIENT 5.

  Whenever I try to install a virtual system on the ESXI 64-bit version, it gives an error that the system is not supported and I can only use it for information.

  If I install the 64-bit version of virtual on my computer without problem systems, why I can not install on the ESXI SERVER ?

  Change the settings for the virtual machine for the VM ESXi.  On the processors tab, check the box next to 'Virtualiser VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/IVR.'  If your hardware supports this feature, you will be able to run embedded 64-bit clients.  For more information, see nested running VMs.

• The ESXi Server network configuration

  Hello

  This is a pretty silly question for most of you, but I don't have any experience on ESXi.

  If an EXSi server has 4 installed physical network cards, this means that it can only subnets different hosts 4? they are more than 4 subnets to be hosted, one or more servers need to be purchased ESXi?

  Thank you

  Hey Roywang,

  You can have as many subnets you want as long as they are all set on your physics of switching.  For example:

  VLAN 100 - 24 10.1.1.X

  VLAN 200 - 10.1.2.X 24

  VLAN 300 - 10.1.3.X 24

  VLAN 400 - 10.1.4.X 24

  VLAN 500 - 10.1.5.X 24

  VLAN 600 - 10.1.6.X 24

  VLAN 700 - 10.1.7.X 24

  Now, with these VIRTUAL networks, you can cut your vSwitch like this upward:

  vSwitch0

  PortGroup - management - VLAN100 - 10.1.1.5/24 active VMNIC0, VMNIC1 ensures

  VMotion PortGroup - - VLAN 200 - 10.1.2.5/24 VMNIC1 active, VMNIC0 ensures

  PortGroup - VM Network - VLAN 300 - VMNIC0, VMNIC1 Active 10.1.3.5/24, active

  PortGroup - VM network WebServer - VLAn 400 - VMNIC0, VMNIC1 Active 10.1.4.5/24, Active

  PortGroup - VM Network Backup - VLAN 500 - 10.1.5.5/24 VMNIC0, Active, Active VMNIC1

  vSwitch1

  Port - iSCSI1 - unused VMNIC2 VMNIC3 Active 10.1.6.5/24 Group

  Port - iSCSI2 - 10.1.7.5/24 VMNIC3 VMNIC2 Active unused group

  What is happening is essentially in your vSwitch each port group gets a tag VLAN, then on your physical switches where the nics connect tag, what is needed, and the switch will forward the packets accordingly.  For example, the ports that vmnic0, vmnic1 plug on the physical switch you would tag for VLAN 100,200,300,400,500 like all these networks can land on each network card.  You will also need these trunks in trunk for this mode.

  If you have any questions please let us know.

• How to use the copy utility for app from one server to another

  Hello
  I use hyperion 9.3.1 and I want to synchronize two applications on different server, I know how to use the utility to copy of app, but on the same server, I think that we can also use this utility to copy the application from one server to another using the properties file but I dnt know how to do it because the example is SQL and I am using and database oracle
  can you guys please help.
  
  Published by: sharad sapra on March 31, 2011 11:33

  Hello

  1. create a property file (this example is relevant if you have a repository of ORACLE, you can find more information in http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E10530_01/doc/epm.931/html_hp_admin/frameset.htm?ch09s01s01.html]):

  SOURCE_APP_JDBC_CATALOG = SOURCE_APP
  SOURCE_APP_JDBC_DRIVER = Hyperion.JDBC.Oracle.OracleDriver
  SOURCE_APP_JDBC_URL = jdbc:hyperion:oracle://RepositoryDatabaseServer; SID = DatabaseSID
  SOURCE_APP_JDBC_USERNAME = schemaName
  SOURCE_APP_JDBC_PASSWORD = schemaPassword
  SOURCE_APP_JDBC_DATABASE_TYPE = ORA
  SOURCE_APP_OLAP_SERVER = olapServerName:port
  SOURCE_APP_OLAP_USERNAME = olapUserName
  SOURCE_APP_OLAP_PASSWORD = olapUserPassword
  SOURCE_APP_OLAP_APPNAME = SOURCE_APP

  TARGET_APP_JDBC_CATALOG = TARGET_APP
  TARGET_APP_JDBC_DRIVER = Hyperion.JDBC.Oracle.OracleDriver
  TARGET_APP_JDBC_URL = jdbc:hyperion:oracle://RepositoryDatabaseServer; SID = DatabaseSID
  TARGET_APP_JDBC_USERNAME = DatabaseSchemaName
  TARGET_APP_JDBC_PASSWORD = DatabaseSchemaPassword
  TARGET_APP_JDBC_DATABASE_TYPE = ORA
  TARGET_APP_OLAP_SERVER = olapServerName:port
  TARGET_APP_OLAP_USERNAME = olapUserName
  TARGET_APP_OLAP_PASSWORD = olapUserPassword
  TARGET_APP_OLAP_APPNAME = TARGET_APP

  2. open CMD and type copyapp /S:yourSourceAppName T:yourTargetAppName P:yourPropertiesFileName.properties /L:yourLogFileName.log

  Once the migration has been successful, you must update your users using the UpdateUsers.cmd (UpdateUsers.cmd and PlanningUserName PlanningUserPassword TARGET_APP).

  I hope this helps...

  Kind regards
  André

• Critical of my network to new ESXi server configuration

  Hi all, I would like to see if someone sees a problem with the following configuration for 2 new servers which will join my Cluster.  I want to so 2 way balancing redundancy by using etherchannel.  I have 5 total physical NETWORK adapter each ESXi server.  Since they will be ESXi, no service console.  I intend to install NIC1 and NIC2 etherchannel and trunk of ESXi to spend blade1 in our Cisco 6509.  I intend to install NIC3 and NIC4 etherchannel and trunk of ESXi to switch module2 in our Cisco 6509.  I intend to connect 5 NIC for module1/2 in our 6509 using a VLAN dedicated to be used only for vmotion traffic.  Virtual MACHINE will be connected to a vswitch with uplinks by using etherchannel groups.  Is it a solid plan or suggest something different?  Please see the diagram attached clarification (or possibly more confusing)

  Thank you!!

  To answer your question on etherchannel, you are right when you say that you'd be using the total card network bandwidth, but you must enable IP Hash-based like politics that comes with a bit of overhead, not much but it's there.  Also, do you have VMs that require the use of more than 1Gbps of bandwidth actually?  If you go this route, if not then I would just create a Port Channel on your 6509 and add as appropriate ports to switch to this channel port then set the channel Port in trunk mode.  At this point, just use VLAN tagging on PortGroup level to mark up your traffic to your virtual machines.  If there is no need for tagging VLAN and then just set the access ports switch vlan on your pSwitches.  Then use the default NIC Teaming-> Load Balancing political originating virtual port ID.

  I have actually made vMotion and management both before.  I think it really boils down to your convenience, but I think that best practices States to separate the two.

  If you have found this helpful at all prices please points using the correct or useful!  Thank you!

• Advice on the ESXi server conversion

  Hi all - I have a project, I work on the weekend and hoped comments before you start. I have a HP Xeon bicoeur recently purchased Windows Server 2003 running server is installed directly on the hardware (no virtualization yet). I want to convert the VMWare ESXi 4.0 running server and run the same operating system on this material. Here's the tricky part. I want to run ESXi on the same computer, Windows Server running on right now. I understand that VMWare converter exists for this, and it would be no problem I got a 2nd ESXi Server I could use as the destination for the new virtual machine running. But I have only 1 server. And the converter interface looks like it requires a host ESXi to connect to, when converting from one physical machine to a virtual machine. (please, correct me if I'm wrong)

  My plan to achieve this is:

  1. temporarily install ESXi on another computer

  2. use VMWare workstation to converter to convert the physical operating system to a virtual machine running on the ESXi host temp

  3. carefully test the new virtual machine!

  4. download files of the virtual machine to the host temp to converter with vSphere client workstation

  5. clean the hard disks on HP Server, install ESXi

  6. download VM files on HP Server with vSphere client

  7. I hope that new start VM brilliant without problem

  8 go back home and get some sleep!

  If anyone has any input on this point, known pitfalls to avoid, or how to go faster, please let me know!

  To make it a little easier (you save setting up ESXi twice) just to use VMware workstation and VMware converter (even just an eval version will do). Then...

  1. install VMware workstation and VMware converter on a decent existing computer (that has enough cpu/ram to support the windows server).

  2. use the windows VMware converter for P2V server in VMware workstation.

  3. test the virtual windows server 2003 works correctly

  4 install ESXi on HP Server and configure it.

  5 use the converter once more to shoot on the virtual machine in the front of the workstation in an ESXi virtual machine format hardware version 7.

  Andy, BSc (Hons)

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• How to move the ESXi server in a data center

  Hello

  I'm new to VMware so I hope someone can help me with this small request! Currently in our environment, we have two ESXi servers (both with several virtual machines) and we would like to add to vCenter.  vCenter is configured, acting as a license server & when attempting to add a host to the data center, we get the following message "there is not enough licenses installed to run the operation. Is it possible to add an ESXi server to vCenter?

  Thanks in advance,

  Peter

  Of http://www.vmware.com/products/esxi/uses.html

  "In addition, manage a VMware ESXi with VMware vCenter Server host requires a VMware vCenter Server Agent for each host, available only with the purchase of a VMware Infrastructure license (Foundation, Standard, or Enterprise)."

• Nested inside the ESXi Server ESXi

  Nested run ESXi in ESXi server.

  I can't turn on the virtual machine for Vcenter, I get an error "this host does not support Intel VT - x. Here's my server BIOS settings.

  Is there a solution for this?

  
  

  See attached screenshot.

  
  

  My server is running an Intel Xeon processor E5540 Proliant DL380 G6 2 x Xeon Quad-Core 2.53 GHz

  
  

  Physical server Bios settings

  -Intel(r) Hyperthreading Options-> active

  -Intel(r) Turbo Boost Technology-> active

  -Intel VT - d-> active

  Your hardware supports nested ESXi.  Is that you checked the box next to "Hardware-assisted virtualization expose to the guest operating system" on the settings of the processor in the web client?

• How to reset the ESXi Server?

  Hello

  We have two servers ESXi in vCenter, a ESXi server running a VM to openfiler that shares the data store local as iSCSI target that is mounted by the two server ESXi, for some reason any ESXi and vCenter no longer meets, and after connect you in ESXi via ssh, command df stuck, I suspect that they lost connection to openfiler web interface works always (said status current user 0).

  I'll reset ESXi servers? I tried to restart command, also stuck.

  Thank you

  William

  You could try to restart with the option - f.   Or services.sh restart to see if it shakes things upward.  Something in particular by logging in var/log/messages?

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• Move the VM of the ESXi server to another

  Hey guys.  Fairly new to ESXi.  We have an ESXi server that has 3 SQL servers running, 2 Web servers and a domain controller.  Too much for one box.  So they bought more than 4 servers for me to set up ESXi on them and for me to migrate existing virtual machines to the new boxes.

  My question is what is the best way to do this and there at - there a tutorial on how to do this?  I downloaded and installed Veeam FastSCP, but I don't know if this is the best way.  If anyone can lead me to a tutorial, that would be awsome!

  I think would be best to use VMware vCenter Converter Standalone , if you do not have vCenter.

  I do not use FastSCP, so I can't really comment on.

• The Golden Gate system separate from the Production Server configuration

  Hello
  I have two database server Oracle 11 g on Windows System. I want to set Golden Gate on a Windows system separate for replication (one-way) of the source (production) server to the target server of (at rest).
  
  I am aware of the Golden Gate installation on the source (production) server.
  
  Please guide.
  
  Thank you
  
  Hiren Pandya s

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• Communicate the guests as well as the ESXi Server VCenter?

  Hello:

  We deploy a solution virtual machine using Vcenter and ESXi 4.1 the VCenter logically is in a different subnet from the ESX servers.

  Is it true that the VCenter server does not need to communicate with the IP addresses of the colleagues of the BONE... and that the vcenter needs access to the IP addresses of the ESXi servers? What (if any) features is lost if the Vcenter server talks to the ESXi ip addresses?

  Please advise and thank you,

  -Chris

  vCenter communicates only to host servers ESXi and vSphere client only connection. vCenter is unable to communicate with the virtual machine, such as the virtual machines are linked to different virtual switch that would have properties different network (vlan and etc.).

• Copy ESXi 4.0 VM off the ESXi server and start using it

  Hello

  I want to know if it is possible to copy virtual machines stored in the ESXi 4.0 data store server that I can download just outside the server, let's say in a the position of work/external HDD and start using it immediately. Request, the reason why it is we have some scenarios that our demos are field office and so you are obliged to distribute virtual machines in a laptop or external hard drive. I have been using VMWare Converter 4.0 to convert the VM VMWare Server ESXi, but it takes time, is there another way to do much faster this process or any product VMWare Player or workstation that can run ESXi virtual machines without conversion.

  Looking forward to your feedback.

  Nikhil

  VMware Converter is the best choice and really one of the fastest.

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