Re: vSphere 4.1 (ESX) to 5.1 (ESXi) using New Hardware
I spoke to VMware support yesterday about this and they told me that if I start with a fresh database then the VMs on my existing ESX 4.1 host will not come across with those EVC features once those...
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Question for you.. How are you going to add your ESX 4.1 host to new vCenter 5.1. I mean the same ESX host running in westmere evc mode with VMs running....
View ArticleRe: Best way to move VM from an old Blade environment to a NEW one
We don't have extra SAN Per say, we have room on the same SAN which we intend to attach to HP. I don't get this part ..Can you go into more details "We built our new vCenter as a VM on the new UCS...
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When you create your new vCenter, you are probably going to create it on the new 5.1 hosts in a cluster. If you then want to make a cluster-level change, you will be affecting the new vCenter VM, which...
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Ahh, so once EVC is enabled I move vcenter vm off of temp cluster and back to primary cluster. SO when choosing which EVC mode, do I need to choose what CPU's my IBM blades have or what HP has? IBM...
View ArticleRe: Are these results as bad as they look? (DB -Pre-Upgrade Checker output)
Thanks both, I've just had a look through my list of tables (on a test box clone of my vcentre) and noticed that both of the tables actually do exisit, BUT they are both (VPX_DEVICE and...
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Yep, you've got it. For EVC, you need to look at the CPU architecture that your IBM HS21's have. I think they are Penryn, but I could be mistaken. On the HP blade cluster, you'll need to set them to...
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Thanks. You all have been a big help.
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Re: ESXi hardware build
Anybody want to share their experiences with SSD drives in general. I might get one for VMs that need good speed. Currently, my VMs are running of a FreeNas with (raid 5- 2TBx4 using 3ware card)....
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No, I'm planning on removing it from the EVC cluster then vCenter 4.1 inventory then add it to vCenter 5.1 as a stand-alone ESX 4.1 host. From there then I'll vMotion the VMs onto ESXi 5.1 host. Once...
View ArticleRe: Fixed: Web Client Service will not start
You did good. ty. ya here try this: http://www.virtualizationsoftware.com/vcenter-5-1-using-simple-install/ ok I will. You're handsome too!
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Re: ESXi 5.1 Update 1 clean install hung at 27%
Hi, Thanks for the Alt+F12 tip, i was unaware of that. The debug screen does show some warnings of which i don't really understand. It mentions usb storgae which i am not using. I have attached a...
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Fixed: Web Client Service will not start
For the event error: "The VMware vSphere Web Client service terminated with service-specific error Incorrect function" This is how I resolved: I figured it out thx to this guy: vSphere 5.1 Web Client:...
View ArticlevCenter Server Appliance update
Hi,We are currently using VMware Essentials and I a few questions on updating our vCenter appliance and ESXi. Currently, our vCenter appliance version is 5.0.0.5480 Build 804279. Our ESXi version is...
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its always a good practice to update the Vcenter first and then the host.Here is a link for your reference....
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Thanks for the link...I am assuming that updating through web GUI doesn't update to the latest build 5.1...It only updates to the latest 5.0 build?
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Check for updates and in Available updates you would see the 920217 which is latest one. Click on update and run through the steps. Upgrading the VCVA from 5.0 to 5.1 is a migration process.
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Ok thanks. So as far as ESXi is concerned...5.0 to 5.1 is a migration process as well? If I update all the patches that I am behind on currently with Update Manager that will only bring me to latest...
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From the host prescriptive its an update. You would need to download the update files (update-from-esxi5.0-5.0_update02.zip) then import to the Update manager and remediate. It will bring your host to...
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