VCenter server virtual installation vs. physical

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• VCenter Server virtual to the different host

  I have a little a conundrum.  I forgot to set up a cluster in Vcenter before creating my virtual servers, including my Vcenter Server virtual machine.

  What I do is move my Vcenter server to a host (not in the cluster) to another computer (host in the cluster).  I am sure that if I try to use VMotion to do weird things since using Vmotion the VCenter Server virtual I lose the connection with Vcenter for the transfer and the operation fails.

  I think I should stop Vcenter and then remove it manually from one host and importing it into another host in the cluster, but I don't know how to do this.

  What is the best (and safest) way to Edifier?

  Jim

  No vmotion will work as long as the hosts are configured approriately and are part of the same data - center

• vCenter Server Virtual Appliance Evaluation...

  Dear Sirs,

  Use a free v5.0 VMware vSphere, ESXi, also an another ESXi hypervisor in test environment free hypervisor v4.1.

  1. can I use vCSVA to manage both during the evaluation period.

  2. after the evaluation of the vCSVA what will happen?, can I continue to manage the hypervisor individually using vSphere Client... ?

  Kindly help, even if it is the test environment, but also of significance since the virtual machines on these servers are used as staging environment before deploying/change production application servers.

  Thank you

  concerning

  Nirvana (VCP5-VTC #147165)

  In some versions, it was possible to add hosts with a free license of hypervisor of a vCenter Server in evaluation mode. However, IMO, it was probably more a bug than a feature. If your two hosts are still in the trial period (60 days) you can restore their assessment (delete the assignment the selection of evaluation and license). If this isn't the case, you can contact your VMware reseller or a VMware representative and ask them trial licenses.

  After having completed the assessment, removed the vCenter Server hosts and disabled all of the advanced features that are not part of the free version, you should be able to reassign the license.

  André

• Process of upgrading 3.5 host with vCenter server Virtual

  Hi I have recently updated my old server from client to vCenter 4.1 virtualized VI, sitting on my 3.5 cluster.  I intend to use the Update Manager to upgrade my guests, but I don't know how the virtual vCenter server is going to face?  The plan was: 1. move all the virtual machines off-host 1.  2 put the host in maintenance mode 1. 3. on the vCenter server, create a base, then line at host level 1 to 4.1. 4. now - at this point add this host in the cluster? And migrate the server vCenter top, so I can upgrade the other two hosts?  If the works above, then it should be quite a nice update, if you cannot add the new version of the host of back in, how you vMotion the vCenter server off so you can keep control of the cluster.

  IMO, it should work. To upgrade from 3.5 to 4.1, your ESX host must be in 5 update (see http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r41/vsp_41_upgrade_guide.pdf) already.

  If VMotion or migrate the server vCenter Server - for some reason-does not work, you can delete vCenter Server of the inventory of the old host and add to the inventory of the new host.

  André

• vCenter Server virtual redundancy

  Is this a good FT using choice for virtual vCenter server redundancy?

  No.... vCenter Server 4.0 require 2 vCPU (expecially if you also have a local database).

  FT 1.0 can work only with single vCPU VM.

  André

• vCenter Server virtual or physical

  While weighing the pros and cons of placing a server vCenter on a physical or virtual platform, the following design has been proposed:

  Build a stand-alone ESXi server and then install a virtual vCenter on the stand-alone hypervisor server. The stand-alone ESXi host would only use local storage. In this way the administration server is outside of the virtual environment but has a portability and functionality of DR. Anyone see any problems with this approach?

  Thanks,-Jeff

  Hello

  There is no problem to put it in a virtual machine.

  Gave the server 2 GB of Ram and 2vcpu and everything will be fine.

  MCP, VCP

• vCenter Server Virtual Appliance and Update Manager

  Hello

  Anyone with experience in the present? Documentation says that it is not possible to install the update on a VCSA Manager but you can install the update on a Windows Machine Manager and point it at the VCSA.

  Anyone try? It works as recommended by VMware?

  Thanks in advance!

  elgreco81

  As petkom says...

  That works, let some customers like that, no problem.

• Physical to virtual (P v) Conversion of vCenter Server

  What are all the things I need to think about when convering vCenter server from one physical machine to a virtual machine?  For example:

  1 if the SQL database is on the same server, it can be corruputed?

  2. If I create P to V would be vm and let it sit for a day, while the physical vCenter server is in place, what is happening with Active Directory when I stop the physical and virtual vCenter server takes over?  The vCenter Server virtual would have a less recent synchronization with Active Directory than the physical server, I just stopped.  No problem?

  StageCoach says:

  No unjoining and join vCenter server to this domain questions all possible - such as the loss of permissions, etc that I need to be wary of?

  nothing whatsoever.  vCenter has all it's information stored in a database.  The reason for the possible reach of the field is just to update the AD and DNS object

• vCenter Server 4 as virtual machine by vSphere, ESX4 host

  Hello

  I would like to ask if anyone has tried to do.

  I create a virtual machine to run my vCenter Server 4 under a new brand, vSphere, ESX4, armed with other VM.

  My question is, can I use vCenter Server 4 and the same vSphere, ESX4 host where the vCenter Server 4 is be managed host?  Is this possible.

  I did this, but in the ESX and vcenter 4 installation guide his page 16 of the document makes it clear that: "the vCenter Server system is a physical machine or the virtual machine with access to a database taken in charge. The vCenter Server system must meet specific requirements. Also, make sure that the vSphere Client machines meet the hardware requirements. »

  Here is the link to the document: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_esx_vc_installation_guide.pdf

  But if you plan to do that you have to ensure three points (shown in this link: http://www.vladan.fr/three-main-reasons-to-run-virtual-center-server-as-a-virtual-machine/):

  1. Disable DRS (level of automation of change!) for your VirtualCenter VM and make sure the document where the VirtualCenter Server (my suggestion would be the first area of ESX)

  2. Enable HA for the VirtualCenter server and set the boot at high priority

  3. Make sure the VirtualCenter server gets sufficient resources by defining actions

  There is also another useful post that describes the advantages of the virtual centre running as a virtual machine:

  http://www.vmwareinfo.com/2009/01/VMware-VirtualCenter-as-virtual-machine.html

• PowerCLI Script to migrate virtual machines with the same network Source for the new vCenter Server.

  Hi all

  I checked a few posts on the migration to the new vCenter Server virtual machine. But I'm not very good with Powercli and need some help here.

  We have a new vCenter server where we migrate virtual machines from one source vCenter server. Here are two things that I don't know how to connect together to make sure that bwfore we turn on the virtual machine to the virtual machine is connected to its source network.

  Part 1 - this script works well but do not get any network on the vCenter destination.

  cluster = Get-Cluster "clusterA.

  $inventory = get-Cluster $cluster | Get - VM | Add-Member - MemberType ScriptProperty-name "VMXPath" - value {$this.extensiondata.config.files.vmpathname}-Passthru-Force | Select-Object Name ResourcePool, folder, VMXPath |

  $inventory | Export-Csv c:\file.csv

  $inventory = import-csv c:\file.csv

  $cluster = get-group 'b '.

  {foreach ($vm to $inventory)

  $ESXHost = get-Cluster $cluster | Get-VMHost | Select - 1 first

  New-VM - VMFilePath $vm. VMXPath - VMHost $ESXHost - location $vm. Folder - ResourcePool (Get-Cluster $cluster |) Get-ResourcePool $vm. ResourcePool)

  }

  Part 2 - I want to preserve the Portgroup macaddress and the Ip of the virtual computers and connect them to the new vCenter. How can I do this with the script below. Or how can I combine them together?

  $vm_list = get-Cluster-name "clustera | Get - VM test * | Name sort

  $information = {foreach ($vm to $vm_list)

  $network_adapter_information = get-NetworkAdapter - VM $vm

  $vm | Select Name,PowerState,ResourcePool,@{N="Path; E=       {$_. ExtensionData.Summary.Config.VmPathName}},@{N="NetworkAdapter '; E = {[string]: join (":", ($network_adapter_information |))} %{$_. {{(Nom + "," + _.NetworkName $}))}}, @{N = "MacAddress"; E = {[string]: join (",", ($network_adapter_information | % {$_.}))} MacAddress}))}}

  }

  Step 2

  # Unsubscribe virtual machines

  Remove-VM - VM $vm_list-RunAsync Verbose - confirm: $false

  Step 3

  $cluster = get-group 'b '.

  {foreach ($vm to $inventory)

  $ESXHost = get-Cluster $cluster | Get-VMHost | Select - 1 first

  New-VM - VMFilePath $vm. VMXPath - VMHost $ESXHost - location $vm. Folder - ResourcePool (Get-Cluster $cluster |) Get-ResourcePool $vm. ResourcePool)

  }

  # Save virtual machines

  foreach ($info in $information)

  {

  $vmxpath = $info. Path

  $resource_pool = $info. ResourcePool.Name

  New-VM - ResourcePool (ResourcePool-Get-name $resource_pool) VMFilePath - $vmxpath - RunAsync-Verbose | Out-Null

  }

  Step 4

  # Put the network cards

  foreach ($info in $inventory)

  {

  foreach ($network_information in ($info.NetworkAdapter - split ":"))))

  {

  $virtual_machine = $info | %{$_. Name}

  $network_adapter = ($network_information-split ",") [0]

  $network_vlan = ($network_information-split ",") [1]

  Get-VM-name $virtual_machine | Get-NetworkAdapter-name $network_adapter | Together-NetworkAdapter - NetworkName $network_vlan-Verbose-RunAsync-confirm: $false | Out-Null

  }

  }

  # Start the virtual machines

  foreach ($vm to $vm_list)

  {

  Start-VM - VM $vm. Name-RunAsync Verbose - confirm: $false | Out-Null}

  }

  Thanks in advance for any help.

  Hi all

  I made some changes to the script and it worked for me. We have added a host on the destination with all exchanges and storage mapped vCenter.

  $vm_list = get-Cluster-name 'Site B - b | Get - VM | Name sort

  $information = {foreach ($vm to $vm_list)

  $network_adapter_information = get-NetworkAdapter - VM $vm

  $vm | Select Name,PowerState,ResourcePool,@{N="Path; E=       {$_. ExtensionData.Summary.Config.VmPathName}},@{N="NetworkAdapter '; E = {[string]: join (":", ($network_adapter_information |))} %{$_. {{(Nom + "," + _.NetworkName $}))}}, @{N = "MacAddress"; E = {[string]: join (",", ($network_adapter_information | % {$_.}))} MacAddress}))}}

  }

  # Unsubscribe virtual machines

  Remove-VM - VM $vm_list-Verbose - confirm: $false

  $cluster = get-Cluster "Site A - clustera.

  {foreach ($vm to $information)

  $ESXHost = get-Cluster $cluster | Get-VMHost | Select - 1 first

  New-VM - VMFilePath $vm.path - VMHost $ESXHost - location $vm. Folder - ResourcePool (Get-Cluster $cluster |) Get-ResourcePool $vm. ResourcePool)

  }

  # Save virtual machines

  foreach ($info in $information)

  {

  $vmxpath = $info. Path

  $resource_pool = $info. ResourcePool

  New-VM - ResourcePool (ResourcePool-Get-name "test1") VMFilePath - $vmxpath - RunAsync-Verbose | Out-Null

  }

  # Put the network cards

  .

  foreach ($info in $information)

  {

  foreach ($network_information in ($info.NetworkAdapter - split ":"))))

  {

  $virtual_machine = $info | %{$_. Name}

  $network_adapter = ($network_information-split ",") [0]

  $network_vlan = ($network_information-split ",") [1]

  Get-VM-name $virtual_machine | Get-NetworkAdapter-name $network_adapter | Together-NetworkAdapter - NetworkName $network_vlan-Verbose - confirm: $false | Out-Null

  }

  }

  # Start the virtual machines

  foreach ($vm to $vm_list)

  {

  Start-VM - VM $vm. Name-RunAsync Verbose - confirm: $false | Out-Null

  }

  Hope this will help many of you.

• vCenter Server 5.5 silent installation problem

  Our requirement is, vCenter Server 5.5 must be installed in silent mode with its default SQL express database.

  To do this, I am referring http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/vcenter_server_cmdline_install.pdf documentation.

  I am able to do a silent install of SSO and the inventory of service components, but stuck to a vCenter Server silent installation. On the command line, I performed following command to install the vCenter Server. This command should install vCenter Server in silent mode, but it is prompting you to press the next button to continue.

  < snip >

  echo 'Get hostname of the system '.

  host Set = % ComputerName %

  echo% % host

  echo "Installing vCenter Server."

  start/wait D:\vCenter-Server\VMware-vcserver.exe/s/w/L1033 /v ^.

  ' / Quiet/QR ^ ".

  VCS_GROUP_TYPE = Single ^.

  VPX_ACCOUNT_TYPE = system ^.

  DB_SERVER_TYPE delivered = ^.

  FORMAT_DB = 1 ^

  [email protected] ^

  SSO_ADMIN_PASSWORD=password@123 ^

  [email protected] ^

  VC_ADMIN_IS_GROUP_VPXD_TXT = false.

  ' IS_URL = ' https://%host%:10443 ^

  LS_URL = https://%host%:7444/lookupservice/SDK " ^

  VCS_HTTPS_PORT = 443.

  VCS_HTTP_PORT = 80. ^

  VCS_HEARTBEAT_PORT = 902 ^.

  TC_HTTP_PORT = 8080 ^.

  TC_HTTPS_PORT = 8443 ^.

  VCS_ADAM_LDAP_PORT = 389 ^.

  VCS_ADAM_SSL_PORT = 902 ^.

  "/ L * V"% temp%\vCenterServerInstall.log"/ QR".

  < / snip >

  On the command line, it is yet to complete the entire order with all the arguments. On the command line after order is printed with 2 rest arguments are ignored.

  < snip >

  C:\Install > start/wait D:\vCenter-Server\VMware-vcserver.exe/s/w/L1033 /v "/ QR/quiet VCS_GROUP_TYPE = single VPX_ACCOUNT_TYPE = System.

  < / snip >

  Need to know,

  1. How can I perform this installation in silent mode?

  2. is there a any error in my command arguments?

  The 'start' command expects the first agument in quotes for the title. Try

  Start "vCenter Server Installation" / wait "D:\vCenter-Server\VMware-vcserver.exe" / s...

  André

• vSphere 5 vcenter server download virtual appliance

  Hello

  can a peovide a link to download vsphere 5 vcenter server virtual appliance... for use of the lab environment.

  I think that you need a valid SnS use of vCenter.  That said, it can be downloaded from

  http://downloads.VMware.com/d/details/VC50/dHRAYnQldEBiZHBqcA==

• Do I really need 2 Windows servers to run vCenter Server Ess. ?

  I used free ESXi on the host only for a year or two and now decided it's time to become a paying user perform a VMware. That's why I bought VMware vSphere Essentials Kit.

  Installing ESXi on a new host went well past, but after having tried installing vCenter Server Essentials, it seems that if I need to buy 2 Windows servers just to run it-1 Windows for the vCenter Server Server Essentials and a another server Windows because vCenter Server Essentials installs on a domain controller. Is this really true? Would be quite a blow for a small business that does not use Windows servers...

  Hello

  go to the download page for vSphere. You can download the vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA).

  It is a pre-installed virtual machine that runs on SLES, so no windows license is required.

  Tim

• Limit of vCenter Server Essentials 5.0 vs 5.1 vCPU

  Hello

  There currently restrictions during execution of vCenter Server Essentials in terms of vCPUs 5.0? For example I manage 3 guests by vCenter Server, each with 2 physical processors; (20 carrots/host) send me carrots close to 60 who manages a single Server vCenter.

  How about on 5.1 vCenter Server Essentials? I went through each document maximum Configurations for each version or stipulates a limit for vCPUs managed by a single vCenter, but this does not take into account license.

  Thank you and best regards!

  GDunck

  Hello

  you are not limited in the total number of cores. (well an Essentials kit houses 3 with 2 Sockets each, your base number max would be so [max available by socket hearts] x 2 x 3)

  The license only limits the number of vCPUs that you configure for a single virtual machine. And it comes to 8 vCPU per VM in vSphere 5.0 and 5.1 Essentials.

  Concerning

• -= Decommissioning of a license key on ESXi host in order to import in vCenter Server Essentials 6 =-

  Our company recently bought a license for VMware vCenter Server 6 Essentials for vSphere (VCS6-ESSL-C) with license keys for VMware vSphere Essentials 6 for 1 processor (ha6-ESSL-C).

  I accumulated vCenter Server 6 on a physical device and assigned the new relevant license key, as well as installed Update Manager Server on this machine. This instance seems to be functional and functional.

  Now, I'm trying to import 3 x ESXi hosts in this environment which have the license keys from an environment "vSphere advanced 5. These 3 hosts are administered under an instance of VM of vSphere vCentre, that I want to the Commission under this license and the license on these hosts is no longer valid after a takeover of the company.

  Question:

  (A) Comment can I get correctly to the setting of these hosts so that I can use the new vSphere license key 6 that I received?

  (B) should I upgrade these hosts to v6 ESXi befin environment to use this new license key?

  (C) do I need to disable features on the hosts in order to apply to apply this license key "6 of vSphere Essentials?

  (D) what is the correct order for doing all these things to use this new environment vCentre?

  Thanks in advance for any assistance given.

  Concerning

  Grant

  I havn't done it myself yet, but I think you should be able to achieve your goal, follow these steps:

  -downgrade license keys CPU Essentials to v5 im Portal MyVMware

  -the value of the new vCenter Server Evaluation Mode (actually maybe not necessary)

  -Add the licenses of Essentials v5 license vCenter inventory 6

  -Add hosts to the new vCenter Server ESXi 5.5 and assign licenses Essentials guests

  -re - assign the license previously removed to vCenter Server

  André