VSphere HA Cluster failure when downing VCenter Server

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• VCenter Server 6 requires 2CPU

  Hi all

  I was in the process of upgrading our Vcenter Server 5.5 for Windows which is a virtual machine to the latest version of January of Vcenter Server 6.0 for Windows.

  I went through the installation program and once I accepted the EULA a pop up displays "VMware vCenter Server detected 1 processor (s), 2 processors are required for the selected deployment type. It is not a choice for the type of deployment start with. Everything is installed in the same VM.

  The virtual machine is already at version 10 of VM level. This means that I can't change the settings of the processor in Vsphere Client. The only choice is to change hardware parameters in the Web Client. But when the Vcenter server is down for maintenance of the web client is declining too. The only choice would be to directly connect to the ESXi server and change the parameter directly. However, I can't use the Vsphere Client.

  Have I any other option to change the virtual machine hardware settings?

  What exactly is the requirement, 2 CPU or 2 cores per Socket?

  Thank you

  Edy

  The possibility to change the hardware version 10 virtual machines with the vSphere client was added in to vSphere 5.5 Update 2, so if you download the update client 2 5.5 you will be able to use it.

  Alternatively you could use VMware Workstation to connect to the ESXi host when vCenter is out of service and modify the virtual machine, or use PowerCLI, take a look at edition vCenter VM parameters with Hardware Version 10 | Pelicano computer services

• Service component of VMware Manager fails to start in vCenter Server 6 Update 2

  Hello

  A brief idea of my test environment:

  VCenter servers:

  VC1 - recorded at the psc1 in Site1

  VC2 - recorded at psc2 in Site2

  External Services platform controllers:

  psc1 - Site1

  PSC2 - Site2

  SSO domain: vsphere.local

  I upgraded from vCenter Server 5.5 update 3d to vCenter Server 6.0 Update 2. VCenter 5.5 servers had integrated / embedded of SSO and all services running on the same machine and were in modes related before the upgrade and I have them removed modes related before the upgrade. They have been upgraded to vCenter Server 6.0 with Embedded PSC and they entered automatically improved Linked Mode (ELM).

  After the previous step, I deployed the PSC external psc1 respectively 2 and psc2 mode of replication with vc1 and vc2 in the same site Site1 and Site2. I migrated then boarded two PSC vCenter servers to their respective partners external PSC of replication by running the command cmsso-util reconfigure - repoint-PSC "psc1/psc2" - administrator user name - domain name "vsphere.local" - passwd "Hasło_Administratora." This operation ended successfully and my vCenter have been reconfigured as vCenter Server with external CFP.

  After that, I followed article KB VMware 2127057 (agreements ofdetermination of replication and the State with the service controller 6.0 platform (2127057) |) The VMware KB) do psc1 and psc2 external replication of the PSC 2 partners either by running the command vdcrepadmin-f createagreement-2--h psc2.clifford.local h psc1.clifford.local u Administrator w 'Hasło_Administratora '. I ran this command psc2. Also, this operation succeeded, and when I ask the State of replication of the psc1 of replication partners and psc2, there is nothing wrong. However, after restarting my vSphere Infrastructure, I see that vc1, psc1 and psc2 have all their services started successfully.

  VC2 services seem to be failing, especially the service component manager of VMware which is required for many other services start. The VMware HTTP Reverse Proxy service starts properly and I have no IIS role / feature installed on my machine. The error message that occurs when you try to manually start the service is also attached as a file Error2.JPG in the discussion. The Windows event log error is as deeply as the file Error3.JPG in the discussion.

  Please let me know how to solve this problem as soon as possible.

  Well, I found a solution myself.

  In fact, after I created the external PSC 2 psc1 and psc2 partners of replication of the vc1 and vc2 in Site1 and Site2 respectively, I had to immediately follow section KB VMware 2127057 in order to create a replication agreement between the 2 external to the PSC psc1 and before psc2 I reconfigured and show the vCenter servers vc1 and vc2 of on-Board of the PSC outside the PSC following the VMware Documentation (Center of) VSphere documentation 6.0).

  That's all.

  Thanks to all for looking into it.

• How update you the server vCenter Server?

  I have a virtual machine in my vSphere environment running Windows Server 2008 R2 that has update manager installed on it and my vCenter Server installation.  After scanning it with the Update Manager, it showed it needed to upgrade VMware tools to match the host and also to modernize hardware virtual machine to correspond also to the host.  I've improved the tools successfully, but when I tried to restore the VM for the hardware, I got the following error message:

  "VM [VM name] has vSphere VMware Update Manager or VMware vCenter Server is installed.  This virtual machine will be ignored for the scan and sanitation. »

  So, how can I get around this because I use this machine virtual also patch/update the other hosts/VMs and this is my installation vCenter?

  Yes, it must be turned off. So your only option in this case is to connect to the host, Vcenter, and then right click to upgrade.  Unfortunately, this is your only option

• Lab Manager 3 and vCenter Server 4?

  Lab Manager 3.0.2 will work if I upgrade Virtual Center to version 4?  (I realize ESX 4 is not supported, was impossible to find out what anyone simply upgrading to vCenter Server.)

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  http://www.VMware.com/support/labmanager30/doc/releasenotes_labmanager302.html

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• How to allocate disk space for vCenter server logs

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  I plan to level 4.1 to 5.5 U2d vCenter on the customer site. One of the conditions set out in the vSphere upgrade guide is:

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  Just see the free space on the partition where the vCenter server logs are stored. If it is insufficient, increase the size of the virtual disk and then increase the file system to the guest OS.

• 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...

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  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.

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• vCenter Server does not send data to vCenter Log Insight

  I second vCenter server in another site, in Insight Log connection tests but I don't see any data from it...

  ESXi hosts connected to this server vcenter report their data after you run the command configure esxi on the tank.

  Where I can watch on the vCenter box that does not ensure that its installation correctly to send the data?

  Log Insight does not change to vCenter server so there is not place to search the vCenter Server (API calls only - you could try to look at events for the instance of vCenter Server view connection / disconnection of the events in log Insight). Usually when the vCenter Server events, tasks and alarms are not observed it stresses a connection permissions problem. The user specified for vCenter Server integration - must read-only permissions that are set on the object level superior vCenter Server and have you selected the checkbox to enable the authorization to broadcast across all objects? If so, can you generate a beam of support-> page Health Administration and transfer it by the directions here: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1008525 (not necessary for a SR, simply create a file called chasehansen)

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

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  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?

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  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

• Installation of vCenter Server 4 on Windows 7

  Now, I think that a lot of people have had this error when installing vCenter Server on Windows 7:

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  Is there a solution? Can we install .NET 4? Who is supported on Windows 7.

  Or,

  Can I create a virtual computer to manage my ESX Server?

  Please notify. Go ahead, give me advice, it's just for a test environment. I don't have any production.

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• Virutal VCenter Server on ESX 3.5?

  We are a boutique of ESX 3.5.  Our first step in the upgrade to vSphere is the construction of a vCenter Server.  We want to build it as a virtual machine.  My question is: can we build a virtual vCenter on a host ESX 3.5 Server?  Or should it be built on a vSphere host?

  Thank you

  Mary

  There is no problem on this building on an ESX 3.5 host - as long as the virtual machine running an operating system that is supported by vCenter 4.0

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• We get an error when I try to collect data from vCenter Server. But the Collection of Cluster works!

  Hello

  I m getting a strange errormessage when he tries to load my vCenter Server inventory.

  I have configured my vCenter Server as the endpoint server and I was able to load the Clusters. When I klick collection of data in a Cluster (Cluster of EQL 1) I can load all the data and the State is 'successful', but when I try to load the inventory FRO the vCenter Server (to get the models) im getting this error message:

  The treatment [inventory], error details error: illegal managed object reference type, folder.

  The same schows Agent logs:

  [26.08.2014 16:48:16] [Info]: start: treatment Workitem ID [2e38598e-4385-4b2d-bc88-fd2b773d1f98] [inventory]

  [26.08.2014 16:48:16] [Debug]: [[inventory]] [inventory] VirtualMachine.Admin.Hostname = vCenter

  [26.08.2014 16:48:16] [Debug]: [[inventory]] VirtualMachine.Admin.ParentIdentity = [inventory]

  [26.08.2014 16:48:16] [Debug]: [[inventory]] [inventory] VirtualMachine.ManagementEndpoint.Name = vCenter

  [26.08.2014 16:48:16] [Debug]: [[inventory]] VirtualMachine.ManagementEndpoint.Identity = [inventory]

  [26.08.2014 16:48:16] [Debug]: [[inventory]] [inventory] VirtualMachine.ManagementEndpoint.Endpoint0 = vCenter

  [26.08.2014 16:48:16] [Debug]: [[inventory]] [inventory] VirtualMachine.Admin.Name = inventory

  [26.08.2014 16:48:16] [Error]: <? XML version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-16"? >

  < Boolean > false < / Boolean >

  Error parsing [inventory], details of the error:

  System.ArgumentException: Illegal managed object reference type, folder.

  at DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.vSphere.VSphereGetHostsRequest.ExecuteImpl)

  at DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.vSphere.VSphereHypervisorServiceProvider.GetHosts (ManagementEndpoint managementEndpoint)

  to DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.Collector'3.get_Hosts)

  to DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.Collector'3.CollectManagementEndpoints)

  to DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.CollectInventory'3.Collect)

  to DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.BaseHypervisorAgent'3.EnumerateHypervisorResources (collector collector 3, WorkItem workItem, PropertyBagHelper propertyBagHelper)

  to DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.BaseHypervisorAgent'3.ProcessWorkitem (WorkItem workItem, task of the chain, PropertyBagHelper propertyBag)

  to DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.vSphere.VSphereAgentService.ProcessWorkitem (WorkItem workItem, task of the chain, PropertyBagHelper propertyBag)

  to DynamicOps.Vrm.Agent.BaseAgent.ProcessWorkitem (WorkItem workItem)

  I hope that someone had an idea, im out of ideas.

  THX Steven

  There is no data for the endpoint collection... And I'm not entirely sure of how you added the vCenter object it... y at - it a calculation object named "vCenter? To answer your specific questions about the models, however, they must be stored on a cluster that is part of the tissue group for data collection to pick them up... They are not considered as a global entity (as a resource calculation). Add models to one of the clusters and then to collect data on it, and you should be fine.

• Can I run vSphere 4.1 hosts when you run a 2 vCenter 4.0 update server

  Can I run vSphere 4.1 hosts when you run a 2 vCenter 4.0 update server.

  The thing is that I don't have a 64 bit OS on my vCenter server and a new requirement was 64-bit DSN on the vCenter.

  So I want to install vSphere 4.1 on the hosts and vCenter 4.0 until a new server running is running.

  No, 4.1 hosts need a vCenter 4.1.

  See http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_compatibility_matrix.pdf

• When I installed the web client vsphere using vcenter server iso, encounted an error that the vcenter server signon administrateu use name and password is invalid

  VCenter server is version 5.1 and this server is a member of the working group.

  It comes to my administrator:

  

  So, I used ISO server vcenter and installed web client pulg-in vsphere, it prompted:

  I've used many ways, but failed.

  usernme:admin@system-domain,

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  I'm not vCenter sign the only to have another admin, please help.

  

  and another question: how install and configure the data via the vsphere 5.1 customer protection, vsphere isn't vsphere web client.

  You must provide credentials for the user admin@system-domain.

• Ripping a 4.1 host in a new 5.5 Cluster WITHOUT access 4.1 vCenter Server

  I have a client who has his 2 4.1 vSphere hosts in a cluster of vCenter 4.1 which is NOT under its control or access. vCenter server access is with a 3rd party that he is nervous on his account supported by a new provider. I'm looking for the safest method (preferable without interruption) to import these 2 hosts into a whole new vSphere 5.5 cluster with 2 new hosts and vCenter 5.5 server. He has access to individual hosts via the vSphere Client as well as its local based NAS storage where the virtual machine of the resident. The end result is vMotion and Storage vMotion, virtual machine on the new guests and new storage without interruption then remove the old hosts.

  This is possible without any downtime of the virtual machine. However, as you deploy new fresh vCenter again, you will need to reconfigure settings HA/DRS. Also, since you have no control over the old vCenter, given old vCenter performance you can't as well. If you don't care about performance data, you're good to go.

  Here's how you can make this migration:

  1. deploy the new vCenter: for your condition: vCenter device will work just fine: reference:http://www.virten.net/2013/09/vmware-vcenter-server-appliance-5-5-vcsa-limitations/

  2. create the cluster on new vCenter, set up the same.  first add your new ESXi 5.5 clustered host. Make sure that the shared on the old host ESXi storage is visible on the new host as well. If it is not possible, you can run without shared as well storage vMotion. Reference:VMware vSphere 5.1

  3. now you can add your old webhost to the new cluster, make sure that vMotion requirement are already configured:

  Documentation Centre of vSphere 5.5

  4. Add your old host to new cluster. Once you add these ESXi host in new vCenter, both will be disconnected automatically old vCenter. If your host processors are different, you must enable EVC: make sure you understand impact of the VCA, the same configuration.

  Reference: VMware vSphere 5.1

  VMware KB: Enhanced vMotion compatibility (EVC) support processor

  VMware KB: EVC and CPU compatibility FAQ

  VMware KB: Activation CVS on a cluster when vCenter Server is running in a virtual machine

  5. you can migrate your old Web host VMs to new host, once the migration is complete, you can keep your old Web host in maintenance mode and remove the same.