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• VCenter server virtual installation vs. physical

  Could Hello everyone, you give me advice on how to implement Vcenter server in Vsphere 4.1? Physical or virtual Vcenter server installation? Thanks for your help

  I used vCenter virtualized servers in environments of production for a couple of years now... I did first minus 3.5 and did in 4.0 and 4.1 with no problems at all... Performance of the vCenter Server (in production environments) has never been a problem due to using enterprise grade, powerful host servers storage and put them in place properly (all the environment too)...

  Beyond the benefits already mentioned to go with a vCenter Server virtual (that I've seen in action) I'll second the mention of make it easier to administer all of your environment... The savings are not to be rejected either... Not only can you save by not having no no need to have another Canon of material (even if it's the one you had in hand and simply re - purpose it) you save on power and the breakdown of costs (not a small amount per year on the old boxes)... There is also the added benefit of the higher speeds of communication (VM for VM networks run very fast)...

  With respect to the complexity that it could bring your network... Not really... Unless you are about to run out of IP addresses on your network (which would require either expand your subnet to allow more addresses or add another subnet within your DHCP server) you can just assing the IP address of the virtual machine (really simple) i.e. the vCenter Server... Unless you have hundreds of servers, you should not need to another range of VLAN / subnet for the virtual environment...

  I think you're really too complicate the coast network of things too... Think of it this way... Your host servers are intellectual property will 10.1.1.x, if you place the vCenter Server on the same IP range (a single system more on this beach)... You place your VM on the IP range, they are too (can be the same, may be different) linking the port of Machine Group virtual host NIC to physical switch ports correctly. Depending on your storage/SAN, you plug these host ports to correct physical switch ports...

  Do not plan things for how things are going to interconnects. That being said, it is not a surgery of the brain here... I advise you intend having redundancy at the physical level of switch NIC and host for all connections... As two NIC for the management of the network, x 2 NIC / ports for traffic of the VM port group (depending on the size of the cluster/County of VM, you will need to have enough connections to support the claim), x 2 NIC / ports for SAN connectivity, etc... This is why I generally 8-10 NIC / ports in each host I've implemented (production level hosts)... This includes (in general) the four s Integrated NIC, so adding a pair of dual-port, or a quad (always class Intel server NIC is there), or a combination, to each host.

  If you're having trouble designing the configuration of your network, view information such as the physical switches (and how the ports are configured so divided into several VLAN) for regular traffic and SAN connections, host configurations (include the two how many ports on board and through additional cards), SAN brand/model (and how which many network/controllers there how many ports per controller) etc... See also how you plan to put it all and will help people here making sure what did it right (or even better for the environment, in which it is to enter)... If the network is already installed, works well, and looking just to put more things in place (within the cluster) is something else...

  VMware VCP4

  Review the allocation of points for "useful" or "right" answers.

• 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 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

• 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.

• 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==

• Best way to get vCenter Server VM

  I would like to spend our vCenter server from one physical machine to a virtual machine.

  What is the best way to go about this?

  The current Server vCenter running Server 2003 R2 Standard x 64 Edition with SP2.

  I want to move it to a virtual machine running Server 2008 R2.

  I don't have something special, installed with the server vCenter Server. Running Essentials Plus licensing.

  2 host ESX 4.1 with one on the way. New host will be ESXi 4.1 update 1.

  Thanks in advance.

  

  The sysprep files if you use the converter will go on the client in which you are running the converter from.

  Here's a link KB with all the sysprep files.

  Sysprep file locations et versions (1005593)

• A vCenter Server failure recovery

  Hi all

  I'm relatively new to VMware and now find myself with a serious and perplexing problem.  We have a cluster of two ESXi hosts with approximately 20 mV for connections a DVS.  Recently, we noticed that the Server vCenter, who also works as a virtual machine has become inaccessible.  Using the VI Client I reached the host that the vCenter Server is running and found alive, but without a network connection.  Reviewing its network settings, I found that he was still the real network set up but it was not "connected".  I tried to check the 'connected', but would receive enigmatic "caused by 0" error message in the newspaper work.  Tried to restart the server vCenter Server, no change.  Tried to change the setting so that it is turned off, no change.  Finally, I made the tragic decision to remove the connection network altogether and try a new.  Although the deletion went beautifully, but as you can probably guess, I now can't add a network card!  In fact I can make any change for the network adapters from one of my virtual machines due, I guess, to the configuration of the DVS and that, even if they are fortunately pumping packages in and out through their 'data plan', the 'control plan' of the switch DVS is located somewhere in the bowels of the vCenter Server...

  My question is the best way to recover my vCenter Server without affecting my virtual machines.  Should I create a new server vCenter Server on a physical server and support clusters with its two hosts?  How this would affect my productions receive VMs? or y at - it an easier way?  What happens if, on the host where my vCenter VM is running, I had to remove one of the network adapters of the DVS back to the simple virtual switch - I was then able to use this network adapter to add to my vCenter Server and get it back up and communicates with the two hosts?

  As all my virtual machines are running without problem, I want to ensure I can retrieve my vCenter without negatively impacting on them or do something stupid (yet!).

  I am grateful for any light you can on this for me...

  see you soon,

  William

  Hello

  You can remove a NIC of the DVS and create a simple switch and change the virtual machine to configure to use this switch.

• Mobile vcenter server in existing farm to new esx host

  Scenario of

  2 ESX host running version 3.

  1 ESX host running version 4

  New vm on vcenter server machine within the current cluster

  Existing vcenter server is a physical machine.

  How can I move my existing to my new host ESX cluster virtual vcenter server.

  In your original description I though you said "Existing vcenter server is physical machine" - so you say your vCenter server is already virtualized? If they are all machines - the esx3 2 and 4 1 under this environment vCenter esx execution? They share a common network for vMotion? Are you running vCenter 4?  If all this is true, you should be able to vMotion between ESX hosts - if they are not part of a commune vCenter environment but share common storage that Yes, you can simply turn off the virtual machine remove it form the inventory of existing cluster and then using the browser of data store to find the vmx file and add it to the inventory of the new server =

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• VCenter Server 4.1 4.1 U1 or U2 update

  Hello friends

  We have a customer who has a VCenter Server 4.1 build 258902 whitch I'm trying to update to U2

  First of all, I tried to go directly to U2 and it is not said that it will update now. It only gives me two options. Uninstall or connected mode.

  [URL =http://www.pic-upload.de/view-15822032/esxu2.jpg.html] [IMG] http://WWW10.PIC-upload.de/30.08.12/wicwc1sar5n8.jpg [Line] [url]

  So I thought that I must update to U1 and the second step updated for U2.

  But no man luck. When I started the wizard from the cd of U1, I get this message:

  [URL =http://www.pic-upload.de/view-15822030/esxu1-1.jpg.html] [IMG] http://WWW7.PIC-upload.de/30.08.12/xdd1fci4r4d.jpg [Line] [url]

  It is the German text. So I tried to start the wizard by using English language, but this is not word.

  The transaltion would be something like: the installer will now start the update, you want to start?

  When I click Yes, you'll see this message:

  [URL =http://www.pic-upload.de/view-15822088/esxu1-2.jpg.html] [IMG] http://WWW10.PIC-upload.de/30.08.12/7btwj7yz3gt6.jpg [Line] [url]

  The translatio is: there is already a newer version installed. Setup cannot continue here.

  I was not shure if perhaps the customer shows me only the incorrect version number. So I tried to run the command vpxd on the vcenter:

  It's return code: VMware VirtualCenter 4.1.0 build-258902

  now, I guess so that someone has tried already to update the Vcenter server and then the installation failed. So I think that the SQL database is changed with the 4.1 schema u2 but the vcenter has even the old binary oder back.

  but the customer is saing than ever, he tried to install something on the server.

  What is the best way to update the server now? Is there a way to clean up the database installation oder?

  VCenter Server is a physical server. There is therefore no way to make a snapshot of the server for the things of sorts.

  Here are some details of the server and database:

  Windows Server 2008 sp2

  HP proliant 380 g6

  12 GB of ram

  SQL server 2005 64

  I hope someone can help pe

  I can't really tell you what is the cause. Anyway, you can consider installing the update 3 that has just been published.

  André

• Slow execution of VCenter Server problem

  Hi people,
  one of Vcenter server (virtual server) in our environment is to have slow performance and slow problem. Its operating system is Windws 2003 64-bit and 4 GB RAM. Any recommendations on this is much appreciated.
  Thank you
  vmguy

  I like to play games

  Would you please give me a hint on the place where to begin the search of the screenshot!

  André