Vcenter 5 arrive to esx 4.1

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• Can the vcenter server that an ESX host is connected to determine through query of the esx host cmd line?

  Can the vcenter server that an ESX host is connected to determine through query of the esx host cmd line?

  All points will be awarded. Thxs.

  Look in

  /etc/opt/vmware/vpxa/vpxa.cfg
  

  you will see that the IP VCMS listed something like

  1.1.1.1
  

• How to find VCenter which manages the ESX host

  Hi all

  Is it possible to query ESX host using API to determine if it is autonomous or managed host and if it's a managed - what VCenter (name, IP address) actually runs it. I know it's easy to VCenter query to find all the hosts its handles, but I need to go the other way.

  Thank you

  Yes, you can query for the http://vijava.sourceforge.net/vSphereAPIDoc/ver5/ReferenceGuide/vim.host.Summary.html managementServerIp if defined, then it is managed by a server vCenter Server, this is the only information on the vCenter Server and assuming you have DNS, you can get the FULL of the IP domain name

• VCenter 4.0 with ESX 4.1

  Until we have upgraded to a 64-bit server can we use VCenter 4.0 to manage hosts VSphere ESX 4.1?

  Laughing out loud. page 3 here: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_compatibility_matrix.pdf

  / Rubeck

• vCenter Server Setup - 2 ESX host

  Hi all,

  I'll put up a very small virtualized environment, and I am

  looking for some advice, so I can get it hopefully implement the best

  way!

  Here are my planned layout:

  Site:

  -1 Server ESX 4.0 U2

  -This server hosts our virtual machines in production, on 5 virtual machines of Windows Server 2003 total

  Off site (connected via private WAN circuit)

  -1 Server ESX 4.0 U2

  -This server stores our backed up (using Veeam) VMs and is used as a failover in case of emergency

  My question:

  Which physical server should host the virtual machine with vCenter on it?   I prefer the

  offsite one of free resources on the ESX Server hosting our production servers.   Are there problems with it?

  I personally would go there breast on-site environment for better performance, you can always plug on the vCenter server on your off-site location in case of a failover.  I doubt that the load on the vCenter server will be ideal for just two hosts, so I worry that too.

  -Kyle

  «"RParker wrote: I guess I was mistaken, everything CAN be virtualized"»

• Best method to move vCenter VM to another ESX host?

  Update Manager has refused to allow us to stage an update for our ESX host our vCenter VM running on. So we have to move the other host our vCenter ESX just update this ESX host. But as we use vSphere Standard that does not come with vMotion and storage vMotion, we must stop vCenter and make a manual transfer.

  Did you guys a better method to do that in order to copy files from local storage ESX VM vCenter to the PC running the VI Client on and then copy the file vCenter VM from the PC to the local storage of the other local ESX storage? Because we do not have a usable for the moment SAN storage.

  BTW, we tried Storage vMotion with the year evaluation license last to move vCenter and it failed.

  We use mainly use the converter for the conversion or 'movement' of VMs from one region to the other because it is a GUI based process.  We have quite a few movements/conversions per week, so we have standardized on the converter.  If we have problems with converter (several failures, etc.) we will perform a dorsal scp of the actual VM files.  I agree that this method is faster, but in our case, we did not want to open the console for jobs like that, it seemed a more dangerous process from the console (deleting files etc...).  We used the converter to convert physical movement to virtual, virtual virtual clone, convert virtual from one version to another (workstation to esx for example).  I also like that the sysprep process can be automated in the process, but also some virtual machine configurations.  If we say PCS had a virtual machine to another location and we created a clone in the new location, we would have to scp, starting the virtual machine and then treat the sysprep (Windows) and rename, configuring ip etc...

• Add vcenter - I see all esx hosts too?

  Hello!

  I added our vcenter at VMAs, but when I do a 'vifp' mailing lists I see only the vcenter. Should I see all the ESX servers managed by the vcenter too or have to manually add all ESX host?

  You must add'em manually, or search for scipt to do.

  StarWind Software R & D

• Licensing vCenter 5.0 for ESX 3.5 Server update5

  I'm about to upgrade my vCenter 2.5 to 5.0 on a 64-bit VM. For now, I leave my host to 3.5 update 5. When I install the license server, can I bring over the old file from my old server vcenter 2.5 license? Also, if I do a new install of 5.0 and point to my database server, I have to use the data for this upgrade migration tool?

  Thank you

  Yes, you will need the original from the old server vcenter licenses, or you can download them on the VMware license portal.

  If you perform a new installation, Yes, you can use the data migration tool-

• Cannot add the ESX 6.0 host to vCenter Server 6.0

  OK, I'm testing laboratory a vsan 6.0 cluster.

  I have my running 6.0.0 esx hosts and vcenter server is 6.0.0 also.

  I have the services platform on a virtual machine and vcenter on another. I was able to create a data center, then a cluster below.

  Then I went to try to add a host to my group and I get this error...

  Failed to contact the specified host (hostname\IP). The host may not be available on the network, may have a network configuration problem, or that the management on this host services may not respond.

  
  

  Per this KB: KB VMware: Add a host VMware ESXi/ESX from VMware vCenter Server fails

  
  

  I confirmed that my vcenter server and platform services server can see all esx hosts. From the vcenter server, it can ping the host esx and PuTTY can access all of them. I even installed the client and it can connect to all esx hosts. I used the netbios name, IP and FULL domain name and they all work.

  I have only a single subnet, so this isn't a problem. DNS resolution works in all areas of both sides, vcenter esx hosts and host esx to vcenter.

  
  

  I am quite puzzled.
  

  
  

  
  

  OK, after working with VMware on this issue, I think that I thought about it.

  All my hosts are DL360 G6 servers.

  My hosts are run the same build «VMware-ESXi-6.0.0-2494585-HP-600.9.2.38-Mar2015.iso» ESX Downloaded from HP.

  All buildings are in trial mode.

  After placing a call to VMware, they had me build some ESX VM, the services of the platform and the vcenter VM on an ESX host. We suspended because it took all day to go upward.

  Once I woke up all the parts (sql server, esx vm, server platform & vcenter) in virtualization nested, I created my data center, then Cluster then added the ESX host.

  The hosts added properly, no error. Then I remembered when I installed ESX inside a virtual machine, I am angry that the iso, I had the habit of HP does not work in my VM nested due to virtualized hardware.

  Then a fire came into my head. We will rebuild all of the physical cluster but NOT use the CV provided the iso file but use VMware provided iso file "VMware-VMvisor-Installer - 6.0.0 - 2159203.x86_64.iso".

  I did it today. I have rebuilt all hosts with the provided iso file VMware ESX...

  Spun SQL Server vCenter, service platform, all VM VM VM you need. My AD & DNS VM are on another server, so he has been upwards all the time.

  Connected to the web interface (yuck!).

  Created my data center...

  Created my Cluster...

  Add all my Cluster hosts.

  All of this worked!

  Therefore, if you encounter the same problem, I'm plan to generate your with the provided iso file VMware ESX hosts and try it. In my case, the provided HP iso file didn't work properly for me.

  I also downloaded the iso file of HP 2 other times to make sure and do a validation test and it did the same thing.

• Disconnection of the VCenter ESX host

  Hi, I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem.  I have an installation of VMWare VCenter and 4.1 ESX servers.  Periodically, one of my ESX hosts will lose just login to the VCenter server and I need to re-add.  The host still pings, does not actually lose network connectivity or I receive an alert.  I've been searching newspapers with no luck yet.  Any help would be appreciated.

  Thank you

  good things!  Glad to see you go it is resolved

• Last upgrade Vcenter 2.5.0 and a mixed Envoirment ESX

  Hi guys,.

  I have 2 node ESX 3.51 that I manage with a VCENTER 2.5.0. Now come another ESX 2 with a VSphere 4.0 node and I'm not sure about:

  -can I use a recent version of vcenter to manage all ESX 4 nodes?

  -If none can use a last VCenter Client to do?

  -If think to upgrade a VCenter 2.5.0 for last afterwords version can I also connect an ESX 3.5.1 node to it?

  A guy told me that if I have 2 ESX 3.5.1 node connect to a VCenter I can disconnect and reconnect a Client to VCenter again, it's possible! A Vcenter is located on a different physical node.

  There is a problem to do?

  One more:

  It's possible to have a trial for the last Vcenter Client version?

  Sorrel for questions too.

  Thanks in advance.

  ALT

  The client is the same if you connect to a single host ESX (i) or a vCenter.  There is no difference.

• vCenter is virtual server - how to upgrade ESX host?

  Our vCenter server is a virtual server.  I've been thinking how to run update manager on the host ESX, vCenter is sitting on.   The only thing I can think of is to use the VMware Converter stand alone app and move the vCenter server to another ESX host and then start vCenter / Manager Update on the new ESX host to update the original ESX host.

  Is there an easier way?

  you have a shared storage?  If so, go to the host computer running the vCenter VM on, turned off, make a note of the data store that it is, remove the inventory, go to another host, browse the data store, find the vmx file, right-click "add to the inventory.

  .. .or you can use VMware Converter to move the VM vCenter.  Another way would be to turn off the VM vCenter and do the upgrade using the CLI interface.

  Post edited by: Troy Clavell - missed a step (out of stock)

• Virutal VCenter Server on ESX 3.5?

  We are a boutique of ESX 3.5.  Our first step in the upgrade to vSphere is the construction of a vCenter Server.  We want to build it as a virtual machine.  My question is: can we build a virtual vCenter on a host ESX 3.5 Server?  Or should it be built on a vSphere host?

  Thank you

  Mary

  There is no problem on this building on an ESX 3.5 host - as long as the virtual machine running an operating system that is supported by vCenter 4.0

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• Does not illuminate vcenter

  Hello everyone,

  We cannot start the vCenter on a host esx 6.0 when I run this command:

  [root@aut-srv-esx4: ~] vim - cmd vmsvc/power.on 4

  Switch on/off VM:

  Has no power on

  The Vcenter status is:

  [root@aut-srv-esx4: ~] vim - cmd vmsvc/power.getstate 4

  Consulted DURATION info

  Power off

  The hostd.log shows the error as follows:

  2016-07 - 01 T 09: 36:56.409Z info pass [3F98CB70] [Originator@6876 = Vimsvc.ha - eventmgr opID = 65734394 sub] 119 of the event: [email protected] user logged in as VMware-client/5.1.0

  2016-07 - 01 T 09: 36:56.411Z info pass [FF982AE0] [Originator@6876 sub = Vimsvc.TaskManager opID = 65734397 user = root] created task: haTask-4 - vim.VirtualMachine.powerOn - 116759414

  2016-07 - 01 T 09: 36:56.411Z info pass [3FE81B70] [Originator@6876 sub = Vimsvc.ha - eventmgr opID = 65734397 user = root] event 120: aut-srv-vce6 on the host begins Tue - srv - esx4.autotrans.fr ha-data center

  2016-07 - 01 T 09: 36:56.411Z WARNING pass [3FE81B70] [Originator@6876 sub=Vmsvc.vm:/vmfs/volumes/55e56065-d2d28ea9-0765-d4ae52b78b88/aut-srv-vce6/aut-srv-vce6.vmx opID = 65734397 user = root] Transition State (VM_STATE_OFF-> VM_STATE_POWERING_ON) not allowed for this virtual machine

  2016-07 - 01 T 09: 36:56.411Z info pass [3FE81B70] [Originator@6876 sub = default opID = 65734397 user = root] AdapterServer caught exception: vim.fault.InvalidState

  2016-07 - 01 T 09: 36:56.411Z info pass [3FE81B70] [Originator@6876 sub = Vimsvc.TaskManager opID = 65734397 user = root] task completed: error status haTask-4 - vim.VirtualMachine.powerOn - 116759414

  2016-07 - 01 T 09: 36:56.414Z info pass [3FEC2B70] [Originator@6876 sub = Vimsvc.ha - eventmgr opID = 657343 a 1 user = root] event 121: [email protected] disconnected user (connection time: Friday, July 1, 2016 09:36:56, the number of API calls: 0, user agent: VMware-client/5.1.0)

  Can you help us please?

  Thanks in advance

  Hello

  Please check the status of the VM with the vSphere Client (which connects directly to the ESXi host) or the builtin ESXi host Client (available since 6.0 U2) and if there are tasks running on the computer (for example an instant withdrawal) virtual who could help turn.

  -Andreas

• Adding more than one host ESX and the upgrade at the same time.  What is the order of preference of the operations here?

  We are budgeting for more licenses and hardware for 2014 and want to do immediately in January.  I am trying to decide what is the best order of operations for adding two vmware hosts additional to our current installation of vsphere and also upgrade our vsphere / esx 4.1 u3 for the latest and best.

  We have 3 Dell PowerEdge R710 running ESX 4.1 U3.  In this vmware cluster, there is a vcenter server 4.1 U3 virtual machine handle this.  The three servers are about 90% memory used so we add 2 additional servers.  Probably the Dell PowerEdge r.620 since we get up 2 in the space of a 710.  Storage is on a san EMC NX4 NFS which will become too but not yet, let's just deal with the vmware part.

  When adding additional r.620 2, should I install ESX 4.1 on them and join them to the existing cluster and THEN pass vcenter and each one esx?  I ask precisely because 90% of use on 3 current servers, I need 2 other servers to support the update operations take place.  They would be able to repel vmotioned vm while each host receives an upgrade at the same time.

  So which is the best way to go about adding of the hosts and the upgrade?  Would I add as 4.1, then they would be available as targets vmotion and so I have room to start the hosts one upgrade at a time?

  If I update vcenter to the latest version, it is comparable backwards and can manage the 4.1 hosts, but also hosts 5.x?  I guess version 5.5 is the last one I would get from VMWare?  It is right of ESXi, then, how is this ESX ESXi 5.5 4.1 upgrade?  How much storage space do I need for ESXi 5.5, as I'm dechatoiement out of these r.620 Dell and need to know what hard drive to put in.

  The steps that you must follow

  -Updated vCenter Server

  -Upgrade of the ESX hosts (because we do a updating of the material we will install 5.5 on our new guests and add them to the cluster and then dismantle our existing)

  -Upgrade VMWare tools

  -Update data warehouses

  ESXi 5.5 has these storage requirements:

  • Installing ESXi 5.5 requires a boot device is at least 1 GB in size. When booting from a local disk or SAN/LUN iSCSI, a 5.2 GB drive is necessary to allow for the creation of the VMFS volume and a scratch 4 GB partition on the boot device. If a smaller drive or logical unit number is used, the installation program attempts to allocate a region scratching on a separate local disk. If a local drive is not found, the scratch partition (/ scratch) is located on the disk virtual ESXi host, linked to the/tmp/scratch. You can reconfigure /scratch to use another drive or logical unit number. For best performance and memory optimization, VMware recommends that you leave no /scratch on the ESXi host ramdisk.
  • To reconfigure / scratch, see Configure the Scratch Partition of vSphere Client vSphere Installation and Installation Guide.
  • Because of the sensitivity of the I/O devices, USB and SD, the installation program does not create a partition scratch on these devices. Therefore, there is no tangible benefits to the use of the great features of USB/SD that ESXi uses only the first 1 GB. When installing on USB or SD, tent Setup devices to allocate a region scratching on a local disk or the data store. If no disk is local or data store, /scratch is placed on the virtual disk. You must reconfigure /scratch to use a persistent data store after the installation.
  • In Auto deploy facilities, Setup attempts to allocate a region scratching on a local disk or the data store. If no local disk or data store is found /scratch is placed on the virtual disk. You must reconfigure /scratch to use a persistent data store after the installation.
  • For environments that start from a San or use Auto Deploy, it is not necessary to assign a separate logical unit number for each ESXi host. You can co-locate areas scrape for several hosts ESXi on a single LUN. The number of hosts assigned to a single LUN must balance the size of the LUN and behavior I/O virtual machines.