VCenter are running in a virtual machine: now, it is a good idea?

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• How to configure HA when vCenter is running as a virtual machine in one of the army?

  To install HA with VMware EVC, guests must be first maintenance mode before moving into the HA cluster. The problem is, vCenter runs as a virtual machine inside one of these hosts. If I stop vCenter downwards so that the host in maintenance mode, how do I setup with VMware EVC HA without using vCenter?

  If you do not feature vMotion, right down your vCenter VM and you unsubscribe eg. ESX1 can record for example. ESX2 then turn back on. ESX1 maintenance mode and then back ESX1 on your cluster file and exit once done maintenance mode. It goes the same for ESX2 and the rest of the ESX host.

• Check if all tasks are running against a virtual machine in vCenter?

  I need to write some powercli to see if a virtual machine is being switched, vmotioned or possibly another operation.  How can I check if a task is running on the VM specified in vCenter?

  I know how to get the tasks running in vCenter:

  $task = get-task-status Running

  But how to determine what the target is tasks?

  Try something like this

  Get-job | where {$_.} {ObjectId-match ' ^ VirtualMachine'} |

  Select StartTime,State,@{N='VM'; E = {Get-View-Id $_.} ObjectId-the property name. {{Select - ExpandProperty name}}, Description

• Can be completely protected from infecting your host PC if you are running in a virtual machine?

  I would like to know if you can run a virtual machine and keep the invincible host against malware. What are the best practices to configure such an environment? How to share data between the host and the virtual machines and still stay safe?

  Nope, it will be some protection for your host PC, but not a complete protection.  Many viruses can travel on a local network and infect "nearby" machines and your host would be a.  You must use the same computer security practices in a virtual machine as you would in a real machine.

• 64 bit VMs in ESX/ESXi 4.0 that is running as a Virtual Machine in VMware Workstation 7.0.1

  I created an ESX4 host in VMware Workstation 7.0.1 as a Machine with 4 GB of RAM, 2 vCPUs and 1 (25 GB for installation) VMDK virtual and more later added 75 GB VMDK as an iSCSI LUN using openfiler.

  My vCenter Server runs as a Virtual Machine with SQL Express Edition 2005 DB.

  I want to install a Windows Server 2008 R2, which is a 64-bit as a virtual machine within the VM ESX4 embedded operating system. Is this possible?

  Hello

  as this comment by DOC from VMWare, in the 'internal' invited you will just be able to run 32-bit clients, never a 64 bit one.

  Best wishes / Saludos.

  Pablo

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• Database SQL vCenter that is running on the virtual machine within vsphere

  Hey guys, I was wondering how many of you are running your database remote vcenter on a virtual machine inside your vsphere environment? We always ran the vcenter db on a physical remote outside the vsphere group box, but I am considering the upgrade to sql 2008 R2 and I already have a virtual sql server computer running within vsphere.

  Pro/drawbacks to be aware of the db running on a virtual machine?

  Thanks in advance

  Kevin

  We rotated our SQL database in a VM for a while now.

  Some advantages are for example the wide use of HA and the ability to easily extend if necessary resources. In addition, if you use backup as Veeam software a restore takes only a few minutes from a physical configuration.

  There are a few things when you have to keep in mind:

  -Make sure that your SQL VM database begins before your vCenter (the service does not start if it cannot reach the database), even if it can be fixed manually it might be something you want to keep in mind

  -If you use the distributed switches power risk since data is stored in the database, of course there are solutions for this (keep the traffic on a standard switch management)

  -If you use HA make sure you modify the priority of restarting HA for the virtual machine (you don't want a reboot suddenly)

• VCenter U1 patch that runs in a virtual machine.

  Hello, I have recently updated my ESX infrastructure to vSphere 4.0U1. I run Server 4.0U1 with Update Manager vCenter. I'm confused as to how I can keep my current VM with patch vCenter. When I try to scan the virtual machine with the Update Manager - I get the following error:

  CK-VCENTER VM is a virtual machine that has installed VMWare or VMWare vCenter Update Manager vCenter. This virtual machine will be ignored for scan or clean-up.

  I know vCenter running as a virtual machine is officially supported by VMWare - so I'm confused as to how I can keep this compatible virtual machine. I have several tasks such as improving the VM hardware version 7 to 4, while keeping the of Windows OS virtual machine patched, etc. This must be a common situation for those who have a similar setup as me. Please notify.

  There are no Patches VMware vCenter, just for vCenter and those are re - installs the application.  Regarding Microsoft security patches, you would have to patch as if it was physical.  We use Shavlik.  But you can use WSUS or even windows updates.

  with regard to the update of the virtual hardware. Go to the ESX, the guest host is registered on, stop the VM vCenter and upgrade the equipment this way.

• 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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• XEN running inside a virtual machine under ESX (i) 3.5?

  Hello world

  I'm still pretty new mV, so please bear with me if I ask is stupid. I have already searched the web, but I couldn't really find an answer to this:

  Let's say we have a VM-certified (for example from Dell) server running ESX 3.5 or ESXi 3.5. I understand that the following would be a typical scenario:

  -ESX 3.5

  -VM 1: Windows Server 2008

  -VM 2: Windows Server 2003

  -VM 3: Debian 4.0 (unofficially supported?)

  -Virtual MACHINE 4: Redhat Enterprise Linux 4

  Could I now install XEN in Debian of VMS 3 making 3 Xen's Dom0 of VM?

  So what I want is this:

  -ESX 3.5

  -VM 1: Windows Server 2008

  -VM 2: Windows Server 2003

  -VM 3: Debian 4.0 with XEN (= Dom0)

  -DomU 1: Debian 4.0

  -DomU 2: Debian 4.0

  -DomU 3: Debian 5.0

  -DomU 4: Debian 3.1

  -DomU 5: supported an another Linux system by XEN

  -Virtual MACHINE 4: Redhat Enterprise Linux 4

  Is this possible? If so, that requires any special parameters on the side of the virtual computer, Debian or Xen?

  Or, and this is what I hope, is the ESX service an fully transparent layer between whats running in the virtual machine (for example. Debian with XEN) and the actual hardware.

  In other words: is the installation of Debian in VM3 "knows" that he is not actually run directly on the hardware?

  Thank you very much in advance for any answers or advice in the right direction!

  Tom

  Depends on the mode of Xen.  If Xen tries to use the VT / SVM instructions, it will not work because these instructions are not virtualized.  If Xen is running a guest paravirtualise it could work - anyone I know has ever attempted.  (So, "no".)  If this does not work, we would like to hear about it.

  Re: Why Debian is not a client supported... it's a problem of bandwidth QA, invited taken in charge to be tested carefully so the number of guests that can be supported is limited.  Debian runs almost certainly - it is very similar to Ubuntu, which is supported - but VMware not QA, if we do not pretend that support.

• is it a good idea to run the JAVA virtual machine inside the hypervisor?

  If I want to write a global user inside the hypervisor platform and you want to reuse some java lib, it's a good idea to install and run the JAVA virtual machine as part of global programs of the user inside the hypervisor? Thank you.

  Maybe you listen to the wrong people?

  The ESXi hypervisor is pretty well stripped of the linux console you are talking about, there is a thin busybox linux like environment, but you are strongly advised not to run anything in there.

  Performer of applications within this console may have all kinds of side effects such as severely affect the performance of your computer virtual guests.

  Why the hell would you want to run the JAVA virtual machine inside the hypervisor? What is the reason why you want to do this? If it's because you get a better return, then you're wrong, the console becomes just a little bit of resources available on your host computer.

  If this is to go directly to the features that the hypervisor provides then the VMA we're talking is the answer.

  So getting back to your question initial for EACH use case that I can think it's a very bad idea.

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  Wil

• I can run all the virtual machines (created with workstation) in VMWare player?

  Suppose I created a virtual machine in a Vmware Workstation 7.1 installation.

  Can I take all of this a virtual machine and run it on a VMware player installation?

  Or Vmware Workstation offers specific features that are required by the virtual machine to run successfully?

  Matt

  If,

  If you are using vmware player 3.x, you should have no problem.

  Do not forget that the workstation and vmware player share much of its architecture.

  Best wishes / Saludos.
  Pablo

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• The host CPU is not able to run 64-bit virtual machines

  I am running VMWare Server Console on a Windows 2003 64 bit OS 1.0.3 and prepare to create a 64-bit VM server to test a new application on.  This forum server works on is a SuperMicro SuperServer 6025 B - TR +.  I entered the bios and activated the virtual bios in the CPU settings.  However, when I start my VM, I get the following error:

  «You have configured the virtual machine as an operationg system 64-bit client.»  However, this host processor is not able to run 64-bit virtual machines or this virtual machine has 64-bit support disabled.

  I looked online and saw some references to allow an EM64T which was to be activated but I do not see this option in my BIOS.  Someone at - it any other suggestions as to what I have to do to get the virtual machine to use the 64-bit compatibility.

  Unfortunately, the 1.x server logs are a little sparse in this regard.  However, it seems that you have mixed steppings of physical processors.  In this range of models, Intel changed the VMCS review between the Bx steppings and Gx steppings ID, making it incompatible for the execution of VT - x.  Realizing their mistake, Intel has provided to OEMS for a microcode patch that makes the revision ID the Gx stepping VMCS matches that of the Bx stepping.  OEMs distribute this patch of microcode as a BIOS update.

  In short, an update of the BIOS of your system provider should solve the problem.

• Connect to a service running on the Virtual Machine

  Hello

  I installed the server virtual computer on a Windows Vista-based computer. I have created a virtual machine and configured the Windows XP operating system and certain services is installed.

  I can't do a ping to the host Vista the XP virtual machine. But I'm not able to ping for the service that is running on the Virtual Machine host to Vista XP. I have configured the virtual machine to run on the HostOnly network.

  What could be the problem/fix?

  Kind regards

  Knockaert C

  If you are pinging by IP address then it work should absolutely check that the Windows Firewall in XP guest does not prevent the ICMP packets that is located on the tab 'Advanced' the Firewall Control Panel applet. No changes to host files is required. What type of network you choose - bridged, host only or NAT. If fulfilled, VMware is fill protocol running on this NETWORK card in the home? If one of the other two, is their virtual network adapters (VMnet *) in the active host and IP associated with them?

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• How to run the VMWare virtual machines in Microsoft Azure cloud?

  How to run VMware Windows Virtual machines to Microsoft Azure cloud?

  Thank you

  Vincent

  This issue is beyond the scope of this site (for consumers) and to be sure, you get the best (and fastest) reply, we have to ask either on Technet (for IT Pro) or MSDN (for developers)
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• Sorry this application cannot run under a Virtual Machine

  How can I solve this problem. I can not choose the option of Windows 8 and activate the button of Hyper-v. I try to get a game running on windows 7.

  Sure, I can. All first, open the settings of Bitdefender, antivirus and silence him Active Virus Control. After that, I was able to play games like Dead space 3, Kane and lynch etc. That is the question on Windows 7 for the warning to error: Sorry, this application cannot run under a Virtual Machine.