VCenter 6.0 upgrade vCenter Server 6.0 best practices?

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  I I know what kind of criteria from database / best practices that I need to create to support VCenter Management Server v4?

  I use Windows Server 2003 standard and SQL Server 2005 SP3 Standard edition.

  Thank you.

  Kind regards

  AWT

  Maybe this can help you.

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• Server Windows 2012 - best practices to create the template

  On Windows 2012, has anyone created models for this OS (VM)?

  If so, what services did you remove, disable or install or what changes did you make to create a model of 'Base '?

  Any ideas or suggestions?

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  We have plenty of 2012, immediately, but I have bookmarked the blog post below it... looks pretty good

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• What is a physical server to virtual best practices?

  I have a physical server with an attached drive HP 6400 Bay.

  We want to convert it to a virtual machine.

  What is advised to do?

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  For me personally I'd go with rehabilitate VM manually and then import / migration of data from P2V (using VMware converter) is generally not the sweet/good approach.

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• VMWare v6.0 to 6U1 or 6U2 Upgrade - external PSC - 1603 errors in vCenter Server

  Hi all

  I was wondering if someone met the upgrade a version 6.0 VMWare install to U1 or U2 upgrade and received a 1603 error.

  The installation runs correctly on the external PSC, but when running against the vCenter Server fails and has a 1603 error and did a restore.

  The VCSServiceManager component installation failed with error code "1603". Check the logs for more details

  I tried all the other threads suggesting to have .net installed 3.5, the ipv4 stack and database permissions but are all there.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  For those who have encountered this problem in the future, was the way I solved this:

  Question has been connected to the VMWare SysLog Collector Service. There is a problem with the new syslogcollection MSI being able to upgrade, uninstall or reinstall on the legacy.

  Best way to solve this problem is to remove the reference to the old service of library of Windows Setup syslog collector. The way I did it was to use the Windows Installer CleanUp legacy.

  Post this, remove installation held as scheduled and transmitted "installation VCSServiceManager.

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• Upgrade to vCenter Server to 5.5u2d (5.5.0 build-2183111)

  Hi guys, I just wanted to check with you somethings, I need to run the below to be in compliance with the last safety:

  Upgrade to VMware vCenter Server 5.5u2d (5.5.0 build-2183111) or later, our current version is 5.5.0 build-1945274.

  
  

  I previously ran updates when you move the vCenter server, but did not have an upgrade on the same server, it is just a matter of downloading the latest version of the software running in custom mode, the upgrade of each of the parties to vCenter and be careful not to overwrite the database?

  
  Thanks in advance

  I previously ran updates when you move the vCenter server, but did not have an upgrade on the same server, it is just a matter of downloading the latest version of the software running in custom mode, the upgrade of each of the parties to vCenter and be careful not to overwrite the database?

  Yes, just make sure backup your base of data and/or your vCenter VM snapshot and to proceed with the custom installation wizard.

• The upgrade of our guests 5.0 ESXi and vCenter Server 5 and 5.5 Enterprise Plus

  We are the 4 upgrade hosts of ESXi 5 to 5.5

  We add 4 more guests with own ESXi 5.5 installed

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  Using Enterprise + licenses

  Question: I'm trying to understand the best way to achieve this transition.  4 guests run about 100 virtual machines and 4 guests we add are clean slates.

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  2. now, I have 4 new 5.5 ESXi hosts registered and running with vCSA 5.5 but I still have my old 4 guests with ESXi 5 and registered to the old vCS about 100 virtual machines running WIndows

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  4. Will be all my virtual machines or transferred with the hosts if I close them and put the hosts in maintenance mode?

  5. now, I should have all 8 guests registered with my new vCSA.  But the original 4 hosts have yet to be upgraded to ESXi 5.5

  6 move 100 virtual machines to the new 4 hosts running ESXi 5.5 and upgraded the 4 former hosts.

  7. now, I should have 8 guests with ESXi 5.5 using the vCSA

  See you soon!

  Pretty much.

  To make things easier, you can deploy the EGGS for vCSA in your current vCenter (if I remember correctly import an OVA using vCenter allows you to set certain options that should be set to the vCSA shell). After making sure that the vCSA online & configured, you can then install ESXi on all your new hosts, add them to a cluster in the vCSA and put a few trials of virtual machines on there to confirm the network setting is configured correctly. Once it's done (and assuming that the old and the new hosts use the same shared storage) you can stop the vCSA, remove it stock Windows vCS, please write it on one of your new hosts and turn on. You have now two environments (5.0 and 5.5). Next if you disconnect a host from 5.0 vCS (with virtual machines running on it), you can then connect it to the vCSA 5.5. Assuming that the vSwitchs standard networking of the exchanges that are the same name in both environments, you now can vMotion VMs between host 5.0 and 5.5 cluster. At this time, you can repeat with all remaining hosts until everything has been made the transition without service interruption. This will leave a lot of old objects in your old 5.0 vCS, but if that is getting trashed it isn't a big deal.

• Upgrade memory of VCenter Server

  Hello

  Can anyone tell how to change the memory in my server vcenter?

  It has already been upgraded to version 10 and the use of the customer is no longer an option.

  Welcome to the community,

  This is probably the main reasons for the warning in the documentation anyway, there are two ways to change the settings of the vCenter Server VM. If you have 10 of VMware Workstation in place, you can connect to the host on which is inscribed the vCenter Server VM and manage settings, another way is to use a PowerCLI script to do this. Last but not least, you can simply change the VM manually .vmx file through the CLI (console or SSH). In this case, remember to reboot the virtual machine after editing the file .vmx (see http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1026043). In all cases you must stop the server vCenter Server to change the settings. This can be done by connecting directly to the appropriate of ESXi host using the vSphere Client.

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• The upgrade to vCenter Server 5.5 U1 beat vCO AD Plugin

  Hey guys,.

  I've recently updated vCenter Server (under Windows) to 5.5 U1, and so vCO has been upgraded to the latest version as well. It seems that the AD plugin has been upgraded to 1.0.4 - 763 and now can not be configured correctly. The vCO newspapers give the following:

  2014-05-12 12:11:14.141 - 0400 [WorkflowExecutorPool-thread-1] ERROR {[email protected]: Configure Active Directory server: 8a6abc61-9f1e-4b75-84e3-5f7ed902af57:1d74889645f12cdf0145f133c1e20009} [MSPluginFactory] condition of credentials are corrupted.

  java.lang.RuntimeException: org.bouncycastle.crypto.InvalidCipherTextException: block corrupted buffer

  at ch.dunes.util.PasswordEncryptor.decrypt(PasswordEncryptor.java:76)

  at ch.dunes.util.EncryptHelper.newDecrypt(EncryptHelper.java:61)

  Furthermore, when I try to set up an advertising server by using the plug-in, I have the following problem, showing me one of the configuration objects is null - 'ConfigurationManager '.

  2014-05-12 12:11:14.251 - 0400 [WorkflowExecutorPool-thread-1] WARN {[email protected]: Configure Active Directory server: 8a6abc61-9f1e-4b75-84e3-5f7ed902af57:1d74889645f12cdf0145f133c1e20009} Script Runtime error [WorkflowItemTaskRunner] on the workflow: Server Configure Active Directory / 'Configuration' (item1) update: ReferenceError: 'ConfigurationManager' is not defined. (Workflow: Configure the Active Directory Server / update of Configuration (item1) #10)

  2014-05-12 12:11:14.351 - 0400 [WorkflowExecutorPool-thread-1] ERROR {[email protected]: configures Active Directory server: 8a6abc61-9f1e-4b75-84e3-5f7ed902af57:1d74889645f12cdf0145f133c1e20009} [SCRIPTING_LOG] [Server Configure Active Directory (12/05/14 12:11:12)] ReferenceError: 'ConfigurationManager' is not defined. (Workflow: Configure the Active Directory Server / update of Configuration (item1) #10)-null

  We do not use LDAPS, LDAP standard, so I don't see why we would receive an exception of encryption, and the 'ConfigurationManager' null configuration object is interesting.

  Is it possible to reset the configuration of the plugin, re-establish a connection, and try again? I prefer not to reinstall this vCO, as we have done a lot of configuration.

  Uninstalling and reinstalling the 1.0.4 plugin does not seem to solve the problem. I should come back 1.0.3 or can it?

  Thanks for all your help.

  Thank you, Christophe, who complained of being 'ConfigurationManager' being missing (according to the first message in this thread). That said...

  Rename/Delete the

  C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Orchestrator\app-server\conf\plugins\AD.xml and

  C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\Orchestrator\app-server\server\vmo\conf\plugins\AD.xml

  and re - configure the plugin (1.0.3 in this case) AD, seems to have allowed the AD connection is restored. At that time, we were see errors in the vCO related to plugin configuration of the client (it seems that all the old cruft of 1.0.4 has not been completely cleaned), so I upgraded the plugin from 1.0.3 to 1.0.4.

  I can now browse through the structure of the AD in vCO as expected. A terrifying upgrade, plugin-breaking!

• How to upgrade vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 to 5.5 Update 1

  Hi, just wanted to know how to upgrade vCenter Server Appliance 5.5 to 5.5 Update 1. Is it with Crossover?

  Hello

  Connect to your device from vCenter:

  https:// : 5480

  Click on the update tab,

  Check the updates and then install updates.

  Takes a long time. Restart when it's over.

  And you're done

  Tim

• Upgrade SQL Express to vCenter server

  Hello

  In one of our environment vSphere 4.1, we have SQL SERVER 2005 Express edition. We need to upgrade to SQL 2008 R2 Express exdition.

  After SQL guys, below must be performed;

  1) take backup of database,

  2) uninstall of SQL SERVER 2005 Express

  3) install SQL 2008 R2 Express

  4) restore the SQL 2008 R2 Express database

  Above activity will take approximately 2 hours.
  

  
  

  I want to know what will be the impact on the current server vCenter and the guests/vms.

  
  

  Thank you

  Mihir
  

  Hello

  your VM would work fine and your hosts will also be fine. But you will lose access to your vCenter server. The Impact will not be on the vCenter server and may require a downtime.

  Thank you
  Avinash

• vCenter Server upgrade issues

  I'm looking to upgrade vCenter Server Application 5.1 to 5.5 and I have a few questions:

  Y would there be a way to migrate the current settings of my instance 5.1 to 5.5 new one?

  -Can I use the appliance of vCenter 5.5 5.1 ESXi?

  -Manage vCenter 5.5 5.1 ESXi hosts?

  Thank you!

  -John

  Y would there be a way to migrate the current settings of my instance 5.1 to 5.5 new one?

  Rep. : Please go through the KB: VMware KB: upgrading vCenter Server Appliance 5.0.x/5.1 to 5.5

  -Can I use the appliance of vCenter 5.5 5.1 ESXi?

  Rep. : Yes, you can.

  -Manage vCenter 5.5 5.1 ESXi hosts?

  Rep. : You can manage vCenter 5.5 5.1 ESXi hosts

  -vChinna

• The upgrade to vCenter Server to vCenter Server 5.1 5.1 update 1 when the SQL database is remote and vCenter Server Heartbeat is installed

  Hi guys,.

  I'm in the middle of an upgrade to vSphere 5.1 5.1 vSphere update 1. I have vCenter protected by HB and SQL on a separate computer (also protected by HB) I also run Syslog, Update Manager and Proxy authentication on vCenter.

  I've successfully upgraded HB on all 4 nodes (2 x vCenter & 2 x SQL) and started the upgrade components on the secondary according to the •vCenter Server Heartbeat 6.5 server and vCenter Update 1 Installation on Windows Server 2008 when the secondary server is virtual (PDF) http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vcenter-server-heartbeat-65-u1-installation-windows-2008-virtual-guide.pdf

  I got to step 3.c

  3. change the primary/active server role:

  a launch of the vCenter Server Heartbeat wizard configure server and click the tab of the Machine to change the server role for the current server (primary) to the active State and click Finish.

  b using the Service Control Manager, start the Server Heartbeat of VMware vCenter service.

  c using the vCenter Server Heartbeat Console, check that all the status icons on the server: summary page are green indicating that the boot process is completed and protected from all the services are started.

  d using the Service Control Manager, stop the service Server Heartbeat of VMware vCenter.

  As the vCenter service does not start, I'm stuck at this point. As far as I'm concerned, the error is quite logical. I've updated vCenter using the secondary server, and then I'm trying to connect (according to the guide) with another version that breaks down.

  If I continue with the services stop and launch the installer SSO, it is trying to perform an uninstall!

  Did I miss something in this upgrade?

  Concerning

  
  Ciaran

  Hi guys, VMware have finally updated the documentation to reflect the right way forward: https://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/heartbeat_pubs.html U1 6.5 Select from the menu drop-down and you'll see the last date of update for each of the documentation is now 10/10/2013. The guide States now specifically to restore the vCenter database before proceeding with any other measure, this is copied below for convenience: "the upgrade of the main server of the upgrade process further guess upgrading the secondary server completed successfully. Procedure 1 before continuing the upgrade process, perform a restore of the database of vCenter Server, Single Sign-On database, VMware Update Manager database and SSL certificates that were backed up in step 4 on the secondary server. regards Ciaran

• How to upgrade the hardware on a VCenter Server

  In lab environment, two hosts, VCenter server, don't HA, storage etc. running share. I managed to upgrade hosts, using Crossover, but his declaration of errors when attempting to upgrade the hardware of server VCenter comments... I can see that it would be a problem, using VCenter to upgrade equipment on himself, when he needs to reboot the server to install. The question is, how to get around that? I tried to look for solutions, not found anything yet. Hope that makes sense.

  Latest versions of everything, as it is a laboratory under eval licenses. Thank you

  You must turn off the VM, connection to the ESXi host through vSphere client vCenter and right-click on the VM vCenter > virtual hardware upgrade.

  Make sure that you run VMware tools before do you.

• vCenter Server Upgrade

  
  Hello

  I want to upgrade the server vCenter Server to vCenter Server 5.1 5.1.0b 1 update. Any literature on this?

  Thanks in advance,

  Check this box

  Step by step upgrade from VMware vCenter Server to vCenter Server 5.1 5.1 update 1 - YouTube