Re: Best way to move VM from an old Blade environment to a NEW one
Assuming you don't need the old vCenter Server's data (history, events, resource pools settings, permissions, ...) and further assuming the hosts aren't compatible anyway, I'd go ahead and install the...
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> Would you please tell me which functions or features of vSphere 5.1 can't work without DNS service ? (exclude AD integration)> or which functions will work better with DNS service, not only for...
View ArticleRe: Are these results as bad as they look? (DB -Pre-Upgrade Checker output)
Not 100% sure for a 4.x vCenter Server for the filename but all installations should have all the SQL scripts in their installation folder, either directly in the folder or in an "SQL" subfolder....
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1 Update 1 clean install hung at 27%
Can you press ALT+F12 during the hung state and have a look at the log indicating any errors? That should give you DEBUG output of what the installer is doing. You can change back to the normal install...
View ArticleRe: Best way to move VM from an old Blade environment to a NEW one
Thanks Andre, So I'm assuming that there is no way to do this without having downtime because of the different hardware? Are there going to be any gotchas because the new vcenter and esxi hosts will be...
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Hi I am having issues add esx 4i base image into UM, it added my 5.1 ones. I have some 4.1.x hosts that I still manage.Is this a feature ?
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The 4.x updates will be there in the patch list by default.. Use them to update your 4.1 hosts. Update Manager can scan and remediate ESX/ESXi hosts, virtual machines, and virtual appliances. Host...
View ArticleRe: Best way to move VM from an old Blade environment to a NEW one
Donwtime will be required since they are different hardware and vMotion cannot be done.4.1 VMs will work fine on ESXi 5.1
View ArticleRe: vSphere 4.1 (ESX) to 5.1 (ESXi) using New Hardware
Westmere is the current option since we dont have sandy Bridge on 4.1.Yes they wont allow to be migrated to a Sandy Bridge EVC cluster...Westmere should be used..You are correct :).. If its a new DB,...
View ArticleRe: Best way to move VM from an old Blade environment to a NEW one
Don't forget to turn on EVC in the newly built cluster before powering on VMs. The above method is the quickest, easiest and most efficient. Yes you will need downtime, that is unavoidable if you want...
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Downtime won't necessarily be required for the VMs if he uses a compatible EVC mode on his HP blades. How old are the IBM blades? are they intel processors? We just did this in our environment, going...
View ArticleRe: VC 5.1 Update manager
http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-51/topic/com.vmware.ICbase/PDF/vsphere-update-manager-51-install-administration-guide.pdf Section: Importing ESXi ImagesWith Update Manager 5.1 you can upgrade or migrate...
View ArticleRe: Best way to move VM from an old Blade environment to a NEW one
Few questions: 1)Currently our datastores are vmfs3, I will want to upgrade to vmfs5. What's the best procedure for doing this? If I create a new Datastore In the new vcenter, can I migrate using...
View ArticleRe: Best way to move VM from an old Blade environment to a NEW one
Nothing needs to be changed on the dvswitch or network level. If you are using LACP, then please set the policy NIC Teaming policy to IP Hash on vSwitch and port group. Also once you have upgraded all...
View ArticleESXi 5.1 wont detect my network cards during install
Hi I am trying to install esxi 5.1 but during install I get an error no physical network cards detected and then aborts instillation. i know that when installing windows my network card isnt detected...
View ArticleRe: Best way to move VM from an old Blade environment to a NEW one
We left our datastores on vmfs3 after our migration, but now that we are a few weeks after it, we are using storage vmotion to move VMs onto new storage groups with new datastores. Once we move them...
View ArticleRe: Does vSphere 5.1 still need a DNS server ?
Appreciate for Frank's instruction. In brief, when we need "VDP/vSphere Replication/AD integration" features of vSphere 5.1, it must build a DNS server for working properly. Besides, if we only need...
View ArticleRe: ESXi 5.1 wont detect my network cards during install
marvell nics are not supported as per comptaibility guide
View ArticleRe: Best way to move VM from an old Blade environment to a NEW one
So what's the verdict then, downtime or as Asherman has suggested? The IBM are IBM eServer BladeCenter HS21 -[7995G6U] blades are Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5450 @ 3.00GHz
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if you have extra SAN to accommodate VMs, go what Asherman has suggested
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