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• VCOPS through multiple vCenters not in bound mode

  Hello

  Y at - it no limitation of licensing for me deployment VCOPS enterprise edition on multiple instances of vCenter server, where the vCenter servers are not in bound mode? All vCenter servers are part of the same company, but I saw that the VCOPS will be separate proceedings related to the separate vCenter servers am breaking licensing rules by installing all these instances with the same license key?

  Gregg

  Do not use the standalone vCenter based Licensing.  Therefore, you can upgrade the license in this version of the product and then monitor any number of the vCenters.

  The VAPP version gets and use reports to a single vCenter, which becomes the source of the license.  You can put a single license in the vCenter and then follow multiple vCenters with a single instance of vApp... up to the limit.

  If you want to have a paralytic by vCenter, then (as shown above), you will need to divide portal site licenses VMware.com have enough per VAPP installed on each vCenter licenses.

• vCenter 4.1-5 upgrade in bound Mode

  We have 6 vCenters 4.1 running.  Our main vCenter that we started the thing linked modes together with must be upgraded to vCenter 5 but after reading the release notes, I see as vCenter 4.1 and 5 cannot live together.

  If I delete the main vCenter linked mode, not vCenters unplug all other linked between them?

  If you do 1 vCenter, break its linked modes configuration, then you can upgrade.  The other 5 should not be affected.  There is no 'Master' vCenter Instance in a linked mode configuration.

• Administrator to display horizon see VCenter all bound mode

  Hello

  I am currently evaluate a new view 5.2 customer environment and noticed that in VC 2 Administrator servers are installed. View Composer was installed only on the first Victoria Cross. I am able to create pools that use the second Victoria Cross. However, when I manually add a desktop computer, it seems that the agent is not able to communicate properly with the login server and the Administrator status is still "waiting for the agent. Confirmed all ports are not filtered and has also reviewed the agent logs - the only valuable entries I found are v4v-agent:

  ...

  11:29:26 0x00000a1c WARNING of failure to get the configuration of message server.  Error code 0 x 80070002.

  11:29:26 0x00000a1c INFO Started responsible of the communication.

  11:29:28 0x00000a1c INFO initialized engine.

  11:29:36 0x00000a1c INFO UN-initialize (reason 5) engine...

  11:29:36 responsible 0x00000a1c of communication of INFORMATION Stopped.

  11:29:36 0x00000a1c INFO uninitialized engine.

  ...

  
  

  On the login server logs, there is nothing Associates (or probably, I'm looking in the wrong files). I know that the composer is a requirement for the linked clones, but what about the pools of books? I still have a composer on the second Victoria Cross? You will appreciate all advice. Thank you.

  That was several months ago, but I remember that I managed to fix it by asking 4172 UDP open network team. I hope this helps...

• Single Sign-On sequence 5.1 to 5.5 upgrade (multisite mode and bound)

  Hello

  I have trying to find SSO upgrade documentation that describes the options I have to choose for the following upgrade scenario:

  Before the upgrade to 5.5:

  • 2 x 5.1 vCentre servers (Windows 2K8R2) along with related modes.
  • Each vCentre has its own local SSO server that runs on the same server vCentre. Both have the same deployment ID.

  My understanding of what the upgrade for authentication UNIQUE and related modes cannot function after update 5.5 should go as follows (obviously related modes has been removed before the upgrade):

  1. On the first SSO server. Switch from 5.1 to 5.5 using the MULTISITE option. (Web Client follow-up, inventory Service & Server vCentre).
  2. On the 2nd Server SSO. Switch from 5.1 to 5.5 using the MULTISITE option. (Web Client follow-up, inventory Service & Server vCentre).

  The problem is the first SSO server when I select MULTISITE option on the next page, I get the details of the host partner and password I was do one of the following errors:

  1. Could not get the server certificate, or
  2. Unable to get the host name

  And cannot proceed with the upgrade. The only option that works is the AUTONOMOUS vCENTRE SSO SERVER option which I think related modes don't work after upgrade.

  Any help pointing me to a document that stresses the good options if bound mode is preserved after upgrade would be great.

  See you soon

  You use the 2 vCenter 5.5 Update Setup or an older version? Because there are a few changes on the descriptions of the modes of deployments between vCenter 5.5 GA/starting at day 1 and 5.5 Update 2, take a look:

  The deployment modes available for vCenter Single Sign-On are:

  For 5.5GA for vSphere vSphere 5.5 Update 1 b:

  • vCenter Single Sign-On for your first server vCenter Server
  • vCenter Single Sign-On for an additional vCenter Server into an existing site (formerly Cluster HA)
  • vCenter Single Sign-On for an additional vCenter server with a new site (formerly Multisite)

  For vSphere 5.5 Update 2 and beyond:

  • SSO Server vCenter standalone
  • High availability
  • Multisite

  For your first vCenter, you must select "vCenter Standalone single authentication server ' and the second 'Multisite' option, see this note:

  Multisite | vSphere 5.5 Update 2 and beyond

  This option installs a vCenter Single Sign-On additional server in a new site of logic. Single Sign-On Server vCenter are created using this option, they will all be members of the same domain of authentication vSphere.local. As an improvement on vSphere 5.1, provided Single Sign-On (policy, users of the solution/application, sources of identity) are now automatically replicated between each vCenter Server Single Sign-On in the same field of authentication vSphere.local 30 seconds. This mode should be used after the first Single Sign-On Server vCenter is deployed using the vCenter Single Sign-On for your first server vCenter Server or stand-alone vCenter Server SSO option, depending on your version of version 5.5 of vSphere .

  For more information, see this KB article: VMware KB: vCenter Single Sign-On deployment for vSphere 5.5 modes

• VCenter Mode servers related to deploy MIS

  Hello

  It is possible to deploy the solution SRM with an existing vCenter servers with the bound mode runs in vCenter 5.5?

  Thanks in advance.

  No doubt possible.

• vCenter Server 5.0, 5.5, and SSO deployment Modes

  Hello

  Just after a few reviews I've seen conflicting opinions on this.

  
  I have half a dozen instances of vCenter server. They are all on the same AD domain but quite geographically dispersed and the links are of variable quality. Each site has its own VC based on vSphere 5.0 on 2008 Server with a separate database providing functions and MS SQL Server. Every VC has its own instance (local) Single Sign On hosted on the local SQL DB. All instances are independent, there is no bound mode and or other dependencies between them. Other than the AD, they are completely isolated. They are also quite low (a few hundred VMs, less than 10 guests).

  I plan to spend 5.5 and considered him my options for SINGLE sign-on. According to the Documentation Center 5.5 I have three options of SSO - Standalone/Basic, high availability, and Multisite.

  
  Ignoring the high availability, I don't know if I should go to basic, with a standalone (local to the VC) SSO to each site or multi-site, with a local SSO to each site but a part of the same domain of SSO authentication. The 5.5 Documentation Centre indicates that if I do not use related modes (which I am not) then a basic each site deployment will end.

  
  However, the 20724335 KB that the last line seems to indicate that multisite reading is preferable for instances of PASS-THROUGH authentication after the first installation.

  Important : VMware recommends this deployment mode during the installation of servers to Single Sign-On vCenter extra in your environment.

  At the moment I tend to keep it simple and stick to the base, but I'd like to see if someone else has done this differently, and if I should go down the road of multisite?

  Thank you

  Chris

  The multisite configuration will you be gives certain advantages, as built-in multi-master replication automatic which will ensure all SSO cases are always in sync and of course the possibility of using the Mode related to the future, but if it is not important in your environment, the will of stand-alone deployment / Basic works very well.

• vCenter Server Linked Mode or not?

  Hello

  I had the following scenario: I have an existing with 8 physical ESX host Esx environment and virtualized 1 vCenter server for all direction and 1 Cluster. Now (for Oracle license costs) my company advised me to create a second group of Esx with 4 physical ESX host.

  My question is related to the vCenter for the management of the two clusters. It is recommended to install a second vCenter Server for the Oracle VM Cluster and server vCenter link the two together (linked modes) or let them operate separately or use only 1 vCenter Server for the management of the cluster 2?

  In your opinion, what are the ADVANTAGES and DISADVANTAGES?

  Thank you!

  Just bound mode will not give you solution Dr. bound Mode is used when there are two vcenters and they are linked together to achieve centralized management. It will all show you the inventory in both the vCenters. The first vcenter will both his and 2nd vCenters inventory and the second will have its own and inventory of 1.

  But using a UNIQUE multi-site authentication users/permissions will be replicated and since you have the replication table both of them should work together and give you DR.

• vCenter Linked Mode Upgrade w

  Guy.

  I have two servers vCenter running (5.1) and 5.1U1 facility in bound mode. I plan to upgrade them both to 5.5 b and want to make sure that I understand the process regarding the related modes. I feel I will break the connection related modes before starting and then separately upgrade each instance of vCenter. I must point out anything during the upgrade of the main site? I guess I will have the opportunity during the installation of the secondary site to indicate that it will be a linked mode connection? Or this connection comes after the two instances have been implemented. Thank you guys.

  This fence, my response to remove the link between VC and then perform upgrades using multiple single sign - on bodies in different locations and after that the two sites are upgraded to link them returns with the configuration utility.

• vCenter Linked Mode and Perl SDK

  Hello

  our VMware environment is divided into two physical places represented as two instances of vCenter. The two vCenters are interconnected. I think that its Mode called "related"?

  Is it possible to use the Perl SDK also bound mode? Currently, I have to manually interrogate both our vCenters and then sort out myself.

  (1) How to configure Perl SDK so I only authenticate once against our environment in Linked mode?

  (2) How can I build queries against the API so results will include objects in the two vCenters? That is to say. If I run a ' Vim::find_entity_views (view_type = > 'VirtualMachine') "I want to get all the objects 'VirtualMachine' in the two vCenters I can avoid running two separate queries and then later combining query results? ".

  Thank you!

  Thomas Willert

  It is not a published API method, but there is a way to get the vCenter server list in a group of related modes.  I have an explanation and sample code: http://www.virtuin.com/2012/12/querying-vcenter-linked-mode-with.html

  With respect to authentication, if your vCenter instances use the same permissions (which is recommended), then it's just a matter to authenticate each vCenter.  This is what the native client as well (if you have never installed vCenters with different permissions, you will see the login for each vCenter prompt).

  If you look at the blog post I linked earlier, you self an example of authentication each vCenter as well.  Basically you call Util::connect() two times, once for each of your URL for vCenter.  However, do not delete the global VIM uses the SDK package, or it will default to the last vCenter.  I show in the example script: LinkedModeExample.pl

  With respect to the combination of queries... not so easy.  You need to redesign each vCenter with $vim-> find_entity_views().  Now on a more advanced note, API is powerful enough to make custom inventory queries, you can usually pick up and keep the updates in your objects.

  What I would recommend as a simple approach is two calls to find_entity_views, then push them in a hash or an array.  You'll just want to use the UUID vCenter:

  $vc_uuid is $vim1-> get_service_content()-> {'about'}-> {'instanceUuid'};.

  The instanceUuid has been added in vCenter 4.x and later versions (do not have in the past 2.5 vCenter instances).  Then use this instanceUuid + moref as hash keys.  This is important because the morefs can be duplicated between vCenters.

  So, you can then create a hash:

  My % vm_hash;

  foreach my {$entity (@$vm_views)}

  My $moref = $entity-> {'mo_ref'}-> {'value'}; # will be vm-# for virtual machines

  $vm_hash {$vc_uuid.} "+". $moref} = $entity;

  }

  Then you can quickly research specific VMs and keep separate them between vCenters.

  You'll find it works for simple data queries, but you start to get more items of inventory (say for an inventory report), the relationship becomes more complex and the number of objects grow.  I did work to push these values in a database and files (including by running it on 5 or less than weight and WaitForUpdatesEx), excel, which works well if you have the time to build the DB and the work of database object schemas.  Just use instanceUuid + Moref value as primary key to prevent any moref vCenter cross reuse value.

  The other option is that the vim reference is added to each object, so you can just get the data of each entity:

  foreach my {$vm (@$vm_views)}

  Print "VM:". "." $vm-> {'name'}. "\n";

  Print "InstanceUuid VC:". $vm-> {'vim'}-> {'service_content'}-> {'about'}-> {'instanceUuid'}. "\n";

  Print "ServiceUrl VC:". $vm-> {'vim'}-> {'service_url'}. "\n";

  }

  I have a project that I tinker with in my spare time (which is rare these days) which aims to consolidate multiple vCenters into one database for queries and reports, but I didn't get far enough away from share it (very rude, but works for a subset of data at present, but it is very effective for collecting loose on<5s intervals).="">

  You can also look into VMware Orchestrator.  Orchestrator can connect to multiple vCenters and caches data for access by automation.  According to your WAN performance, he can work a geographic site and make sure that you need (just watch the moref, names of entities and other potential overlap between vCenters) aggregated data.

• vCenter linked mode SSO

  Hello

  I am trying to understand the SSO with related modes works

  Today I have a vCenter installed with SSO installed as a base and. Now, I implement SRM here and after I install the second vCenter as base too much on the other site and try to create a linked mode an error pops up

  in ID incompatibility or something like that. I read that multisite is necessary to deploy related modes.

  How can I configure related here, but the problem is that I can't change the basic deployment in the first vcenter because it uses Nexus 1000V is a complex configuration for me.

  I can reinstall the second vCenter because nothing is yet set in.

  Thank you

  Unfortunately because you have it installed as a base, there is no way to install SSO multisite.

  According to the documentation

  "Server vCenter linked mode instances can be connected to different physical servers of Single Sign-On, but must be connected to a single Single Sign-On logical server. An only Single Sign-On logical server can be one of the following forms. »

  With 2 sets of basic mode, they are 2 physical and 2 logical SSO server.

  What should have been done is the first vCenter install SSO on the first node of a multisite SSO and when the second gets installed you create a UNIQUE authentication server separate but accede to the first node. Logically, this will be a single instance SSO so now both servers can be managed from a single web client and can be regulated in bound mode.

• SSO domain ID correspond with membership of related modes

  Hello

  SSO is of course a pain in the @$S, I have created two fresh instances of vCenter. All services have been installed individually (so no simple installation).

  The two instances are configured for multisite

  Before installing the second instance I exported as explained in the articles UNIQUE authentication data.
  I created the second instance in the same way. Has pointed out my primary server for SSO SSO using multimode.
  Once 2nd vCenter was running I exported the UNIQUE authentication data and imported on the primary standards body, again according to the instructions in KB.

  Then I tried to join the second instance in bound mode the first instance that fails.
  The tool.log of status.txt file and join say there is an incompatibility of domain ID. Apparently this happens when not to use the multisite SSO, but I set it up in these two facilities.

  What could be the cause of that time? I found an article that talks of veryfying ID but for some reason that I do not have access

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/search.do?cmd=displayKC & docType = kc & externalId = 2050493 & sliceId = 1 & docTypeID = DT_KB_1_1 & dia...

  I checked that the first Victoria Cross and indeed appearing as part of a config attached. I was not able to isolate configuration as editor that reported an error. I managed to get it joined after I deleted the 2nd VC instance by the ADSI Configurator in the first instance.
  It seems so when there is an error with joining during installation that it leaves some settings behind which prevents to join them later.

• VCenter Lab Manager 4.1 Linked mode

  Hello

  What is someone using a vCenter Lab Manager 4 configured in bound mode?  I would like to activate the connected mode, searching for traps that everyone can share.

  Thanks in advance

  No traps.  Bound Mode is independent of Lab Manager.

  Please be aware, Lab Manager works with exactly a vCenter and a data center object inside this vCenter.

  So once you activate the bound mode, you won't see all the resources here.

• Modes like DR?

  Hello

  We intend to implement vCenter Server on 2 sites geographically separated in bound mode - mainly for DR. So, if a site fails, the other site should be able to access the VC as usual.

  Is it possible to install? IE will VC in connected mode requires a server to be "Primary" and the other is "secondary"? Or are independent bodies and replication only between them, so that if one instance fails, the others will continue to work as usual?

  Thanks a lot for your help

  Vicky

  Related modes will not do DR for you. If you lose a vCenter, it will be alone and you will not have access to the other vCEnter ESX or VM servers.

  To do this, you should take a look at solutions like MRS or any other associated with SAN replication.

• Update Linked-Mode v4.1 to v5.0

  Hey,.

  I have four vCenters mode, all on the 4.1 update 1. I have checked the v5 documentation but can't find anything about upgrading vCenters who are already in the related mode configuration. Should I be aware of, or can I just hit them one at a time to get them all to v5?

  See you soon,.

  Graeme

  You can not join an instance of vCenter vSphere4 and vSphere5.  You have to break you're bound mode configuration, then upgrade as stand-alone hosts. From there, you can change the installation and link them together as soon as they are vCenter 5

  page 28

  http://pubs.VMware.com/vSphere-50/topic/com.VMware.ICbase/PDF/vSphere-ESXi-vCenter-Server-50-upgrade-guide.PDF