Re: Replacing Existing Host with New Host/Hardware
that will work, from what I am reading you have two 5.0 hosts that you wish to replace with two shiny new 5.1 hosts, with the same host names and IP addresses for management and iSCSI connections etc....
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looks good - I am sure you know that the new hosts have to have access to the existing storage luns (since you are using iSCSI) in order to vmotion guests to them. Other than that, pretty...
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Yes, we have considered that and forgot to include in the post. We will be updating the target security information for the LUNs to reflect the host changes once the hostname and IP changes are made....
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You are on right track. As said , ensure you have an access to the datastores , and the network configurations ( VM port groups, VLAN if any, iscsi, vmotion etc ,. )You are good to go.
View ArticleRe: partedUtil : Error: Read-only file system during write
Thanks for the reply, Ludovic. I did try to create the partition with # 9 instead of 3, and received the same exact error. Interestingly enough, I am able to create the datastore via vSphere client,...
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Re: Upgrade vSphere from 4.1 to 5.1
The DB also gets upgraded during upgrade.Plus with vsphere 5.1, there is also SSO to be installed RegardsGirish
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Girish, Thanks for you heads up. The documentation that I've read thus far spoke of SSO and that it will installed as part of vCenter upgrade to 5.1. However, I haven't read anything about the DB being...
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Not for an external DB.. what i meant was some tables will get updated including the vpx_version hence the need for taking a backup if something goes wrong.SSO comes as part of the ISO but its a...
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Auto deploy hangs at pxe boot
Has anyone seen this error before? Autodeploy hangs during the boot process. It loads iPXE, retrieves the URL https://my.autodeploy.server:6501/vmw/rbd/tramp. It hangs and eventuall fails while...
View ArticleRe: Upgrading ESX 3.5.0 build 110268 to ESXi 5.1 or latest
I realized that I was looking at an old upgrade guide which was vcenter 5.0 and it supported managing 3.5 hosts. Sorry for the confusion. Anyhow, would it be possible to do any of the following...
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Option 1 will work - Option 2 will not work exposing the iSCSI SAN to the old hosts will not expose the FC datastores to the new hosts
View ArticleRe: Upgrading ESX 3.5.0 build 110268 to ESXi 5.1 or latest
How about this one, a slight change which i've underlined on option number 2? The reason that I'm leaning towards option number 2 is that it's easier for me to do. Our new 5.1 hosts don't have hba's,...
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This issue may occur due to a prior partition table present in the local datastore.To resolve this issue, use a Linux boot CD of your choice. Format the local datastore and create a partition table....
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Did you use stateless-cache option (Set it in host profile). this would have created partition to your disk, clear them and try it. Another chance could be, uploaded image to autodeploy would have...
View ArticleRe: Replacing Existing Host with New Host/Hardware
Hi, I would suggest you before going to add those new host to your cluster , make sure whether CPU of new physical box is EVC supported which is currently configured in your current cluster. different...
View ArticleRe: Installing vSphere client
I know this post is SUPER OLD, but, I had the same problem, and it is usually your AV scanning every help file as it's installed. Trend Micro WFBS here. As soon as I disabled AV, install completed...
View ArticleCannot boot when trying to install ESX1 5.1
Hi All, I had successfully installed ESXi 5.1 (evaluation version) on a Dell Poweredge 620 server. After a 60 days period, the evaluation license expired. I added some more harddisks to the same...
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