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• Easy VMware vCenter Server for Essentials Question

  Hi all

  We are looking to buy VMware vSphere Essentials for use in our Test/development environment and had a question about vCenter Server for Essentials. I know this is a light version of the 'standard' vCenter, but is there any reason that I could not run this version in a VM to manage the node 3 environment "Essentials" like I do in my "regular vSphere cluster?"

  TIA,

  -Jason

  I see no problem at all with your server vCenter Server running as a virtual machine. In addition, it is fully supported.

• vCenter Server Evaluation license questions

  Hello

  I just downloaded and installed vCenter Server assessment. When I log on to the server vCenter via vSphere client and you try to add the host and the vm I get the message that my evaluation license has expired, but according to vMware he does not expire until December 2011.

  I checked the host for the configuration of the date and time, and that's okay.

  If it helps, I host esxi5 installed on a server and have created two esxi5 vm as well as three windows vm operating system.

  I appreciate any help on this.

  See you soon

  Chris

  Hi Chris

  The host usually has a Date in the past after installation. If you had a wrong date on the host to the (first) initial priming the vCenter device start-up of the device with the wrong date "BIOS" of the host. after correction of the Date do not help the license number of the trial of fixation.

  Conclusion: delete the vCenter device, check the Date and time of the ESXi host setting and deploy the vCenter device again. If now the device starts the first time the 60-day trial works as expected.

  Good luck!

  Concerning

  Ivo

• vCenter Server 4 or 5: upgrade or install fees?

  I work with a client who needs to upgrade their current vCenter Server 4.X to v5 (Physics/stand-alone). They decided to replace the physical vCenter server is installed on because the warranty will expire quickly and seller support will need to be renewed.

  There are about 10-20 host ESX [4.1] and more than 200 virtual machines. I understand that a lot of configurations will be lost when moving to the new server vCenter Server. My questions are the following:

  1. If you use the old DB from the previous VC, what should I know.

  2 should I remove clusters and old guests of the VC before turning off?

  3. What is the best order, by doing this? ((reference KB is nice))

  4 can I completely remove the data center which managed the old VC - then put power off, and then add the ESX host and basically "start over"?

  5. what 3rd party SSL certs? Someone had problems with these when you add hosts to the new vCenter Server?

  6. currently, the environment has configured EVC modes, will be these configs maintained by the environment when I add the hosts in an EVC cluster with the new Victoria Cross?

  Basically, I want to just cover all the basics and be as prepared as possible.

  In addition, there are a separate part of the existing data center which must be PCI compatible, with special configurations in place. Will be those recognized by the new vCenter since I intend to old DB from VC help?

  Thank you in advance for help and offer your experience and suggestions!

  Hello

  I consider this time that you asked before upgrade :-)

  I work with a client who needs to upgrade their current vCenter Server 4.X to v5 (Physics/stand-alone). They decided to replace the physical vCenter server is installed on because the warranty will expire quickly and seller support will need to be renewed.

  no problem with the new physical server migration

  Open link below, your script is called, go to vCenter Server on a different Machine and upgrade the database, but I definatelly advice you read together the subject called to upgrade to vCetner Server 5 :-)

  http://pubs.VMware.com/vSphere-50/index.jsp

  1. If you use the old DB from the previous VC, what should I know

  • Stop services vCenter and DB do back up everything first, before the migration
  • point of ODBC new vCenter server up to old DB before the start of the migration

  2 should I remove clusters and old guests of the VC before turning off?

  not to feed anythin off :-) do not remove anything from the old server vCenter, just stop services vCenter before migration

  3. What is the best order, by doing this? ((reference KB is nice))

  See point above

  4 can I completely remove the data center which managed the old VC - then put power off, and then add the ESX host and basically "start over"?

  See the two points above

  5. what 3rd party SSL certs? Someone had problems with these when you add hosts to the new vCenter Server?

  If you migrate correctly use migration - migration utility provided by VMware, no problem with certificates

  6. currently, the environment has configured EVC modes, will be these configs maintained by the environment when I add the hosts in an EVC cluster with the new Victoria Cross?

  Migrate to the new vCetner with DB, you will avoid the problems of CVS

  Good luck

  Artur

• Support for Windows 2008 R2 in vCenter Server 2.5 U4 and 4.0

  I'll have no problem creating models in both versions of vCenter Server. The question arises when you try to deploy the model to the Customization Wizard help. Under 4.0, it immediately comes up as not supported (7 64 windows server). Minus 2.5 U4, there is no tag for Windows 2008 R2 OS.

  Support for this OS will be released in a next update on both vCenter servers (specifically the Customization Wizard)?

  Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 is not supported with vSphere yet but experimental and should be supported subsequently released but they're working on it. You can run the wizard of customization with Windows 2008 however, here's how the instructions http://vinf.net/2009/07/09/how-to-deploy-a-windows-2008-server-from-a-template-with-vsphere/

  If you found this information useful, please consider awarding points to 'Correct' or 'useful '. Thank you!!!

  Kind regards

  Stefan Nguyen

  VMware vExpert 2009

  iGeek Systems Inc.

  VMware, Citrix, Microsoft Consultant

• vCenter Server install Question

  Hello fellow professionals of computer science,

  My question is based on 1 single step in installing vCenter. The part of the installation that I have a question about is the destination directories. In this step, it gives you the option to use the default directory or change the directory where the server vCenter Server is installed. Then just below that is the ability to change the directory data for the vCenter Server server are installed too. My question is when he says data do you mean virtual machines? I ask because I have little space to work with the vCenter Server alone. If the data for the vCenter server means computer virtual vhd then I can change that to a SAN that has at least 5-6 to a value space.

  Hello

  The vCenter Server allocates any virtual machine inside the disks.

  This means installation vCenter only data. You point where the virtual machine is preserved when you create a new virtual machine (normally on storage)

• Einsatzgebiet vCenter Server Appliance - question

  Hallo,

  denn sehen wie die euch aus bei experiences mit der vCenter Server Appliance.

  Meine question geht though, dass ich am uberlgen bin sharp als process vCenter as ca einzusetzen. 25 host und ca.300 VMs.

  Die Laut technical documents ist kein problem, however habe ich von some people belongs, dass ich die besser nicht fur Einsatzzwecke use is productive.

  Wie sind eure experiences?

  Danke

  Hello!

  My opinion nach should bei dieser Grossenordnung eine Installation von hand gemacht werden und das VCenter too equal auf eine Instanz von einem vernunfttigen SQL Server gepackt werden. Auch die entsprechenden Serviceaccounts should be clean, in selbst und dem Namensschema der Firma einer accounts mit entsprechenden Passwortern breast. Naturally kann man some Dingé auch afterwards gained der Squad, aber was Hat man dann noch save device? Abgesehen von dem (opinion nach meiner) "vielseitiges" taste das man nicht "exactly" weiss was in device drin ist und wie der plant.

  Just my 2 ct.

  Matthias

• Basci question with vCenter server & ESXi 4.1

  Dear all,

  A question really of entry level. Currently, we have a production system works as shown in the picture. High availability has been configured in the VirtualCenter server. My question is if the power of host01 has been cut, SERVER01 Virtualcenter Server & Application (the two are running) cannot yet migrate to host02. In other words, does Virtualcenter for HA after completing the configuration? Or is there a special setup for this kind of solution within the Cluster.

  Thank you!

  HA has been configured correctly and works correctly, it should not matter if the vCenter server fails. The hosts are smart enough to work when there's a problem via exchange of pulse on their management network. To answer your question, the virtual machines running on host01 must be restarted on host02...

• VCenter Server 5.5 update question

  I would like to install my vCenter Server Vsphere Update Manager. I have the Enterprise more of ESXi installed version. I am able to start installing Update Manager installation with worries about licenses or do I have to update my authorization to install the Update Manager? I looked online but I could not find any info on this subject.

  Thanks in advance.

  Manager update comes with the ISO of the vCenter Server. The only thing to make sure is that you must have compatible versions of the vCenter and the Update Manager. That is to say, you can install Update Manager with vCenter Server 5.5 5.5 only.

  And Yes, it takes a 32-bit DSN to connect to the database.

• iSCSI storage presented to the hosts managed by different vCenter Server - questions?

  I currently have three hosts (esxi 5.0) that are managed by vcenter server 5.5 U2. The hosts are attached to iSCSI LUNS (data warehouses) 10.

  I'm migrating to esxi 6.0 U2. For this, there are three new hosts have esxi 6.0 installed and managed by vcenter server 6.0 U2 U2.

  The plan is to detach/remove 5.0 5.5 U2 vcenter esxi hosts. Then import it into vcenter 6.0 U2 (a new cluster will be created). Once imported, uninstall the 5.5 vcenter u2. Then turn off the resident VMs imported esxi 5 hosts and move them to 6.0 esxi hosts.

  My query is regarding regarding storage.

  At present, three new guests see all storage the old 5.0 esxi hosts to see (guests are not in the cluster. "I'm still trying to put things up). That's because the new hosts were deposited to the same group on the side iSCSI initiator storage. Now things, data warehouses are visible by the hosts with esxi 5.0 (managed by vcenter 5.5 u2) and also the esxi hosts 6.0 (managed by vcenter 6.0 u2). The only VMs residing in esxi environment 6 is vcenter 6.0 u2 and update manager 6.0 u2. These are in a data store that is not any other virtual machines.

  That's no problem during the migration? I have not created a cluster for the esxi 6.0 hosts yet and plan to do after obtaining your entries.

  Thank you!

  No problem whatsoever, regardless whether if you do or that you add no vSphere 6 hosts in a HA cluster.

  If you temporarily enable EVC on the vSphere hosts 6, once all hosts are connected to the same vCenter you can VMotion all VMs to new hosts even without any stop. Clear CVS once the migration is complete.

• Vcenter Server Question database - can't see any clients

  Hello

  Host Windows 7 w / Vcenter Server 4.1

  VM Workstation 7.1

  ESXi4.1

  Laptop use VM Workstation for a mobile laboratory from my ownn training benefits.  My company helped, but I need to understand this, so I'm in evaluation mode with apparently of all features.

  I have the lab including open file server storage.  When I go to charge access of vcenter server that I expected to see all my VM-there is practically no robot there more everythign is grayed out, as indicated in the attachment.

  I do nto see average on the client to fix this, so I am at a loss.  Under the Summary tab, there is a link to allow the virtual machine to be manageed through VCeneter, but this is just a link to the download of vcenter

  Any help much appreciated

  Yes, the user interface is very limited functionality beyond the functions of simple power of your guests.  You will need for the program installation/configuration/manage your VI using the vSphere Client.

• vCenter Server Questions

  Hello

  I'm trying to find some information on vCenter Server.

  With the latest version of VMWare vCenter is Server possible to manage all ESX or ESXi, guests including the free edition?

  We have a vCenter Server edition comes with a starter kit and can manage up to 3 guests. Can upgrade us this version to the standard edition to manage an unlimited number of hosts?

  Thanks for your help.

  You can manage the free version of ESXi assuming you have enough vCenter Agents for ESX (i).  The free version doesn't have the vCenter agent license.

  In addition, you can watch the Maximums of Configuration, there is no "unlimited", but you can manage a bit.

  http://www.VMware.com/PDF/vSphere4/R41/vsp_41_config_max.PDF

• Upgrad question, vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1

  Hi all:

  This is my first post, and it's really stupid!  HI HI!

  I look at my Server vCenter.  In the help about it says: I'm on the #208111 build.  But apparently the update 1 build # is: 208156 build?

  When I download the ISO for the full install of update 1, it says I have to remove my vCenter continuous server rather than upgrade offer.  I found the Patch 1 file that says she is replaced by installing already on the server.

  What I am doing wrong?

  you are in the correct version for vCenter4 U2.  The other version number you see includes all modules

  VMware vCenter Server 4 and modules

  Installer of VMware vCenter Server (build 208111), VMware vSphere Client (build 208111), VMware vSphere Host Update Utility, VMware vCenter Update Manager (build 208126), VMware vCenter Converter (build 206188), VMware Guided Consolidation vCenter and VMware vCenter Orchestrator. Available in English, German, Japanese, and Chinese simplified.

• 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.

  If you come across this issue - you can test it by trying to run the msi syslogcollector contained in the directory of files binary vCenter.

• vCenter Server

  In case the server vCenter Server has encountered a problem and needs to re-setup of vCenter, what happens to what follows? They will always work?

  1. high availability

  2 DRS (automatic)

  3. distributed switch connectivity

  4 vSphere replication

  5. Advanced vSphere of data protection

  6 site Recovery Manager

  7 cluster VSAN

  During the time where the vCenter server is unavailable.

  1. high availability - Yes, but the management of Cluster HA is possible only when your vCenter gets online

  2 DRS (automatic) - No.

  3. distributed communication switch connectivity - Yes, the VMs will not face questions, data flow is managed completely by ESXi hosts, but your DVS control plan is not available to change the Setup in it.

  4 vSphere replication - work should, don't know if.

  5 vSphere Data Protection advanced - should work, not too sure.

  6 site Recovery Manager - no.

  7 cluster VSAN - Yes, but the handling of the VSAN that we are using vSphere Web Client is going to be affected.

  and if you need to re - install server vCenter completely. so in this case, you need to take action based on how you re - install your vCenter. For example, if you have fresh installation complete you vCenter server then you need to start building your vCenter Server inventory and take steps to add your ESXi hosts in this new inventory.

  many different references

  Distributed failure vSwitches and vCenter, what's the problem?

  VMware KB: Spend an ESX/ESXi host with vDS to a vCenter Server to another

  VMware KB: Move a managed ESX ESXi host to a vCenter Server to a different Server vCenter