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• Failover storage and a new analysis while running virtual machines?

  The guys from storage must update the firmware on our HP EVA 8000 without. Currently, all my LUN is replicated to another EVA. The guys from storage you want to switch on the other EVA LUN so that they can make updates of the firmware without changing anything. I planned a complete failure of all my virtual machines and hosts so that they can make the switch. Basically stop all virtual machines, stop the hosts, making failover LUNs and then turn everything back.

  My question is there anything that can be done online? We tried it a couple of weeks, and we were hoping to have just the storage team launch the failover and a new analysis on the ESX hosts. All ESX hosts that had run VMs on those LUNS could would not fail on Mon after a new analysis. I have another cluster which can also display these LUNs. They were able to rescan and see the failure on Lun without problem. The only difference is that these other hosts have not the virtual machines running on these LUNs.

  If this working or is this the behavior that we should expect to see? This change in all with vSphere?

  Management has come back and asked why we must take a complete failure and whether it can be avoided in the future.

  > do failover LUNs and then turn everything back. My question is there anything that can be done online?

  Depends on your storage space.  If the LUNS are replicated really, they are up to date and your paths are correct on the ESX AND you use alternating (unfixed) it should work fine.

  This really isn't a function of VM Ware, because technically, storage is really transparent to ESX.  If you can find a valid path to the data, it will use it.  Just to make sure that is not the FIXED path.

• You can edit vmx file while the virtual machine is running? And is it safe?

  You can edit vmx file while the virtual machine is running? And is it safe?

  Hello

  Moved to the forum of the Virtual Machine and the guest operating system.

  If you edit the VMX while the virtual machine is powered on change is not levied until the power off then power on (not reboot) and there is a good chance that the change will be deleted when turn you off the system. So it is not safe to do so.

  Best regards
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• ESXi installation before vCenter Server?  How can I get vCenter Server on a virtual machine on ESXi servers?

  My plan for a new vSphere Essentials Plus 5.5 U2a installation is to have the vCenter Server on a virtual machine on the servers of the host on which is installed ESXi.  However, all the installation instructions I found indicate the user to first install the vCenter Server.  How can I get vCenter Server on a virtual machine on ESXi servers?

  Thank you for your help.

  Hi munkyman welcome to communities.

  After you have installed your first ESXi host, open a browser and go to https://your-ESXi-ip-or-FQDN

  You can download the vSphere Client here. It is a windows application that you can install on your desktop. It is often referred to as the "c# Client vSphere" in communities and blog posts, because it is a new implemented in the vCenter Server Web client.

  But for the beginning, install the vSphere Windows Client. You can then launch it and connect directly to your ESXi host. Here you can create your first virtual machine, which can be the VM vCenter (installation of Windows or device, that is you).

  You can use the web client or connect to the Server with the client c# vSphere vCenter VCenter runs.

  Tim

• The virtual machine that wouldn't die - or - how the % ^ $^ % $ do I stop a suspended virtual machine?

  Fusion: v4.1.4

  VM: Windows XP SP3

  OK, so I copied on my old XP VM, initially created on Workstation 5, on my Mac. It starts very well and I've added merge tools without problem. Everything works fine. BUT if I power down using start-> computer-> Turn Off Guest, it will just into suspend mode. I have a--suspend try virtual machine-> Force Shut Down and it just goes back to the standby mode. I try to start-> turn off the computer-> restart followed by start-> computer-> Turn Off and same thing. Virtual machine-> Force restart following start-> computer-> Turn Off the same results. So nothing I've tried will turn off what I can change the settings.

  I think what happened is, I had initially set the preferences of the merger to 'Suspend the virtual machine', powered on virtual machine and then he changed it to "Turn off the virtual machine" and then tried to stop.

  An OS X Lion VM, I have no problem turns off.

  What can I do, short removing the cursed thing and start over? And if I do that I'll have the same problem I think.

  Administer a test... While the virtual machine is stopped, manually edit the .vmx placing a # configuration file to: snapshot.action = "autoRevert"

  It is a parameter that is available from the VMware Workstation user interface but not the INTERFACE of VMware Fusion and I believe that it is perhaps the origin of the problem.

• Cannot install VMware vCenter Server on a virtual machine

  Hello world

  I'm new to the forum. I try to install the vcenter server in a virtual machine.

  Configuration of the VM: 10G VMDK, used 7G... 2G memory... guest operating system is win XP Pro.

  When I run the Setup it says:

  This installation package could not be opened!

  I have attached a JPG of the error. Can someone please!

  Kind regards.

  64 bit is not supported as a host to vCenter operating system, see the compatibility guide posted above.  I would try to mount the ISO using the client machine instead of starting from the ESX host, it could be that your DVD image is not good.

• Need more disk space to run virtual machines on R710 server with no available drive slots

  Hello

  We have a server R710 with five $2.5 146 each and three 600 GB SCSI disks SCSI.  We have no more slots.

  We want another 2-4 TB of space.   This server is used to run virtual machines to test software applications.  We have need for decent speed, but more important still need a cost-effective solution for running virtual machines.

  The budget would be in the $1000 range give or take.  I might be able to get $3000, but a $10,000 would be too.  We could consider removing disks from 146 GB 5 and replacing them with those larger, but that might not be the first choice.

  Any ideas?

  Thank you!

  What you ask for is really difficult to do within the budget without sacrificing important performance (from what you have right now in performance).

  Any external storage solution (Dell) is out of the question for $3 k (think MD1200/1220).

  The market, 2.5 "drives max out at 1 TB at 7200 RPM, 900 tr/10 k or 300 GB @ 15 k RPM.

  Dell has disks 1 to 7200 RPM 2.5 "company (for PowerEdges) for ~ $440 (see here). These are not the best choice if you want any kind of good performance.

  You might look into upgrading to 900GB 10 k rpm drives. These run $799 each today on the Dell website (see here).

  If you replace one of the 146 both each and let rebuild you could then use the extra space to another virtual disk. This would give about 2800GB.

  If you can't budget 5 of them, according to the current setup of raid, you can watch a backup and restore of the virtual disk of some 146.

  You could:

  -use 2 of the existing 146 in raid 1 for operating system and the extra space

  -use 3 x 900 in raid 5 (which would give a crude 1800 (Go so ~ 1674 usable))

  -Use the 3 600 existing RAID 5 (which would give ~ 1116 GB usable)

• Strange error; VMware Server 2.0.1 stopped running virtual machines after update.

  I was trying to understand what the problem may be, but I can't find so put my VM in your hands.

  It worked perfectly until I updated my x 64 Ubuntu 8.04 to:

  root@VisionServer:/usr/lib/VMware# uname - a

  Linux visionserver-2.6.24 - 24-server #1 SMP Sat Aug 22 00:59:57 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  I also brought up the RAM from 1 GB to 8 GB, but that should not intervene, or?

  The interface is not implemented service (but netstat it also lists open).

  root@VisionServer:/usr/lib/VMware# netstat-l

  Connections Internet active (only servers)

  Proto Recv-Q Send-Q local address foreign address State

  tcp        0      0 *:902                   :                     LISTEN

  tcp        0      0 *:8333                  :                     LISTEN

  TCP 0 0 localhost:8307 : LISTENING

  tcp        0      0 *:8222                  :                     LISTEN

  tcp6 0 localhost:8005 0 LISTEN :*

  tcp6       0      0 :8009               :*                  LISTEN

  tcp6       0      0 :8308               :*                  LISTEN

  tcp6       0      0 :ssh                :*                  LISTEN

  udp        0      0 *:bootpc                :

  UDP 0 0 192.168.17.1:ntp :

  UDP 0 0 172.16.130.1:ntp :

  UDP 0 0 visionserver.vision:ntp :

  UDP 0 0 localhost:ntp :

  udp        0      0 *:ntp                   :

  udp6 0 fe80::250:56ff:fec0:ntp 0 :*

  udp6 0 fe80::250:56ff:fec0:ntp 0 :*

  udp6 0 fe80::214:5eff:fef8:ntp 0 :*

  udp6 0 0 ip6 - localhost:ntp :*

  udp6       0      0 :ntp                :*

  raw        0      0 *:icmp                  :                     7

  UNIX domain sockets active (only servers)

  Inode proto RefCnt flags Type State path

  UNIX 2 /var/run/vmware/root_0/1253661581394001_8906/ha-nfc-fd STREAM LISTENING 17007

  UNIX 2 /var/run/vmware/root_0/1253661581394001_8906/ha-nfcssl-fd STREAM LISTENING 17014

  UNIX 2 /var/run/vmware/proxy-Web server STREAM LISTENING 17016

  UNIX 2 /var/run/vmware/root_0/1253661581394001_8906/hostd-vmdb-fd STREAM LISTENING 17065

  UNIX 2 /var/run/vmware/proxy-mob STREAM LISTENING 17067

  UNIX 2 /var/run/vmnat.9485 STREAM LISTEN 17901

  root@VisionServer:/usr/lib/VMware# /etc/init.d/vmware-core start

  Starting VMware services:

  Virtual machine monitor makes

  Virtual machine communication interface is

  VM communication interface socket family: fact

  Virtual Ethernet is

  Networks bridged on/dev/vmnet0 made

  Network invited only on/dev/vmnet1 (background)

  Server DHCP on/dev/vmnet1 did

  Network invited only on/dev/vmnet8 (background)

  Server DHCP on/dev/vmnet8 is

  NAT service on/dev/vmnet8 is

  Demon of authentication server makes VMware (background)

  Available shared memory is

  Yet;

  root@VisionServer:/usr/lib/VMware# /etc/init.d/vmware-core State

  Networking networking on/dev/vmnet0 is running

  Network host detection does not work

  Invited only on/dev/vmnet1 network is running

  DHCP server on/dev/vmnet1 is running

  Network invited only on/dev/vmnet8 is running

  DHCP server on/dev/vmnet8 is running

  NAT networking on/dev/vmnet8 is running

  Responsible vmmon module

  Loaded module Vmnet

  And no virtual machine work! ... It installs without a hitch and says that everything is good to go, but obviously not! :/

  / Thank you thousand!

  Start your old kernel and see if it works.

• vSphere 4.0u2 activate VCA with running virtual machines?

  Hello

  We are in the process of upgrading/migration of 4.0u2 ESX to ESXi 4.1.

  vCenter has been upgraded to 4.1 and we have received a couple of new hosts, which we are in the process of ESXi 4.1 installation on.

  We would like to put the new 4.1 hosts in a HA/DRS cluster's existing capabilities while we improve the hosts in a cluster.

  However, a difference between processors in the old and new guests two-way vMotion (Opteron 2435 vs. Opteron 6174).

  -I'm guessing that the new AMD - V 2.0 feature is to "blame"?

  It seems that the option activate CVS for Opteron Gen 3 is available on the cluster's existing ESX4.0u2 - even if the virtual machines are running.

  But will it work? And it is supported? (Seems at least that it was not possible in v3.5)

  I tried direct CVS on a test cluster containing two new hosts ESXi4.1 and a test of running VMs - this has worked.

  - And afterwards, I was able to vMotion on the 'old' cluster ESX4.0u2.

  But I'm a little reluctant to do a direct to CVS on our existing production cluster.

  Any input/experiences?

  Best regards

  Martin

  VCA goes through the same process of validation that vMotion don't - so it will not let you do if he won't have to work. I did not work with AMD chips in this configuration, but I did it with intel (and recently) and it worked very well and in production.

• Closing and reopening the workstation with running virtual machines

  I have recently upgraded to 10 Workstation and I am having a strange problem. In preferences, I have checked option which says "continue to VMs run after the closure of workstation. In workplace planned 9 this option worked exactly, but workstation 10 seems that partially works as expected. In Workstation 9 I could close my computer, and then open then in from the tray icon to always see my virtual machines running with the small green icon play on them. However, in the 10 workstation I close the workstation and all my virtual machines continue to run, but when I reopen it workstation all my virtual machines appear in the workstation as if they are off; but they run because I can RDP for them. If I right click on one of them all is grey with the exception of mark it as a favorite and delete. I can't power off, change the settings, see the console, or anything like that. The shows the icon that VMs are being run, but even suspend, stop or suspend tray icon options or background open VMs do not work either. The only way I found actually to get my computer working again is to use the Task Manager to kill the task of vmware - vmx.exe. As soon as the task is killed for each workstation running, they operate again in the workstation.

  If anyone has encountered this problem, or know a fix for this? I have run several virtual machines and never have any idea that vmware - vmx.exe is for what VM when needing to change something on one of them. I make sure that I can kill them all in order to make a change to one of them.

  David Moore

  Ok. I have this problem. However, the fix has been an awareness in desperate need of repair. I ended up uninstalling the VMware Workstation and then remove all references to the registry with REGEDIT. I then restarted the computer and reinstalled VMware Workstation again. After this heavy treatment, it works again the way it should work. It seems that the upgrade to the latest version of Workstation 9 to the latest version of 10 break something somewhere.

  By the way, Dayworker, it was and is version 10.0.3.

• vMotion is not migrate running virtual machines

  It is a new installation of 2 host VSA.  I can only migrate computers when they are turned off.  When I try to migrate a virtual computer running, I get this error:

  Migrate virtual machine: a general system error occurred: vMotion migration failed because the ESX hosts were not able to connect to the network for vMotion.  Check network vMotion and physical network configuration settings.

  See the error of the stack for more details on the cause of this problem.

  Time: 14:47:04 09/11/2012

  Target: Test 1

  vCenter Server: MW-VCENTER-01. DerseInc.com error stack migration vMotion failed because the ESX hosts were not able to connect to the network for vMotion. Check network vMotion and physical network configuration settings.

  vMotion migration [173015045:1352494025051601] could not create a connection with the remote host

  < 10.80.0.4 >: ESX host the failed to connect on the network for VMotion Migration [173015045:1352494025051601] unable to connect to the remote host < 10.80.0.4 > < 10.80.0.5 > host: Timeout the vMotion failed because the destination host has not received the data from the source on the vMotion network host. Please check your network vMotion and physical network onfiguration settings and make sure they are correct.

  I have 2 VLANS on my extreme switch.  I can not vmkping by the hosts for the vMotion IPs.  What VLAN the vMotion IPs should be in?  Front-end or Back-End?  Here's my intellectual property structure:

  MW-VSPHERE-01 (VSA-1)	10.80.0.1 front End VLAN
  MW-VSPHERE-02 (VSA-0)	10.80.0.2 front End VLAN

  Default gateway	10.80.0.62
  vMotion on host MW-VSPHERE-01	10.80.0.4 front End VLAN
  vMotion on host MW-VSPHERE-02	10.80.0.5 front End VLAN

  VSA Cluster	10.80.0.8 front End VLAN
  VSA Cluster service	10.80.0.9 front End VLAN
  Mgmt IP for VSA - 1	10.80.0.10 front End VLAN
  IP for VSA - 1 data store	10.80.0.11 front End VLAN
  Primary IP address for VSA - 1	192.168.0.1 back-End VLAN
  vSphere functionality IP for MW-VSPHERE-01	10.80.0.4 front End VLAN
  Mgmt IP for VSA - 0	10.80.0.12 front End VLAN
  IP for VSA - 0 data store	10.80.0.13 front End VLAN
  Primary IP address for VSA - 0	192.168.0.2 back-End VLAN
  vSphere functionality IP for MW-VSPHERE-02	10.80.0.5 front End VLAN

  What is different when migrating a computer running and an engine out of VM migration?

  I've attached screenshots of the network for guests and the VSA Cluster configs.  What other information can I provide for troubleshooting?

  Thank you very much for your help!

  Tzuriel

  If ESXi hosts are still able to communicate with each other via a network that is enabled for management, the host is not partitioned.  Do you have other vmk interfaces enabled for management traffic?  If so, the two hosts would still be able to communicate with each other and would not be considered an event of host isolation.

  Take a look at the excellent deep dive HA post of Duncan.

  http://www.yellow-bricks.com/VMware-high-availability-deepdiv/#HA-50isolated

• vCenter Server is a virtual machine, how can I update the host

  I have 2 guests in our environment, I have updated the host of the 2nd, but may not know how to upgrade the 1 host because vcenter server runs as a virtual machine on it. This has me thinking that I don't have the installation program as best as possible.

  Basically, we have 2 Guest boxes and a small box of DC. I don't really want to run vcenter on the dc area. What would be the best soltuong for our environment? Can I keep vcenter as a virtual machine? If Yes, how can I update the host it will run on?

  Thanks in advance everyone... Chris

  I was afraid of that say you that

  Well in this case you may need to update the host manually (see for example http://communities.vmware.com/people/vmroyale/blog/2011/09/15/updating-esxi-5--single-use-esxcli-how-to) even with the need to manually update the host on which vCenter Server is running, I would always run as a virtual machine. There is usually not that many updates.

  André

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• Migration to vSphere vCenter operating as a virtual machine 5

  Is about to begin to move our hosts 4 and 4.1 vSphere 5. I'll start first with our smaller cluster. My question is, if vCenter is running as a virtual machine in this cluster, what kind of problems can that I meet?

  Thanks in advance.

  Ben

  as long as the hardware version of the virtual machine is 7.

• VC / SRM running virtual machines

  Hi guys,.

  I was wondering everyone experience the performance of VC and SRM on the same Virtual Machine?

  Thank you

  DC

  vCenter and SRM run very well together.  The only concern I have is with the size of the environment, and I do not have this guideline to the host/guest count to offer.  The drawback is that you would limit your vCenter for 32-bit server, which also limits the ability of memory.  Location of your database is probably more important.

  That said, it is quite easy to move SRM services and/or database on a new virtual machine if you opt for later.  Important files on the SRM server are in the SSL Directory.

  Tim Oudin

• 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