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I have a VRSLCM 8.4 deployment with multiple environments and datacenters configured to the same vcenter. After some organization changes, we'd like to move VROPS 8.4 from one environment to another.... See more...
I have a VRSLCM 8.4 deployment with multiple environments and datacenters configured to the same vcenter. After some organization changes, we'd like to move VROPS 8.4 from one environment to another. Can we delete the environment without deleting the VROPS deployment and then import it into another environment? We are looking for options that preserve the existing VROPS deployment.
I have also received that feedback from others. Now to make a feature request. Dennis
I am working with Log Insight 4.6 and am looking for a way to combine two queries that each work individually, but don't really have any intersection other than they both are related to a specifi... See more...
I am working with Log Insight 4.6 and am looking for a way to combine two queries that each work individually, but don't really have any intersection other than they both are related to a specific application. Here are example of the queries: The first query: hostname contains "app-ts01" or "app-ta02" or "ops-sql1" channel contains "application" or "system" text contains "this" or "that" level contains "critical" or "warning" or "error" The second query: hostname contains "locA-dc-01" channel contains "security" keywords contains "Audit Failure" text contains "APPServiceUsername" If I combine them into a single query by combining the hostnames, channels, text, etc. no matches are returned because the logic fails. It appears to me that I need to have a query that has the query 1 parameters logically OR'ed with the query 2 parameters. I am hoping there is something easy or obvious that I am missing! Suggestions? Dennis
The MS KB article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2526142 describes the problem I was experiencing and the hotfix referenced in the KB article provided a fix. Dennis
For Windows 7 templates with the VMXNET3 adapter. The fix referenced in this MS KB article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2526142 works. Dennis
If I perform a clone from vCenter with no customization, the network adapter is connected at power on.
I am trying to deploy 64 bit Windows 7 VMs from a template. I am using vCenter 4.1 and ESX 4.1. The template currently is configured with the vmxnet3 adapter, I have also configured it with e100... See more...
I am trying to deploy 64 bit Windows 7 VMs from a template. I am using vCenter 4.1 and ESX 4.1. The template currently is configured with the vmxnet3 adapter, I have also configured it with e1000. Whenever I clone or deploy a VM from the template, the copy succeeds, but the network adapter is not connected. The network adapter device status settings on the template are configured "connect at power on" and the cloned VM comes up with "connect at power on" selected, but "connected" is not selected. Has anyone out there run into this? I tried a few searches in the communities with no luck. Dennis Bray
I am trying to deploy 64 bit Windows 7 VMs from a template. I am using vCenter 4.1 and ESX 4.1. The template currently is configured with the vmxnet3 adapter, I have also configured it with e100... See more...
I am trying to deploy 64 bit Windows 7 VMs from a template. I am using vCenter 4.1 and ESX 4.1. The template currently is configured with the vmxnet3 adapter, I have also configured it with e1000. Whenever I clone or deploy a VM from the template, the copy succeeds, but the network adapter is not connected. The network adapter device status settings on the template are configured "connect at power on" and the cloned VM comes up with "connect at power on" selected, but "connected" is not selected. Has anyone out there run into this? I tried a few searches in the communities with no luck. Dennis Bray
Setting a standard vSwitch port group VLAN ID to 4095 enables that port group to pass frames that have VLAN tags applied by the Guest VM's NIC driver. This is analogous to configuring a physica... See more...
Setting a standard vSwitch port group VLAN ID to 4095 enables that port group to pass frames that have VLAN tags applied by the Guest VM's NIC driver. This is analogous to configuring a physical switch port for VLAN trunking. The following KB article has an example: Sample configuration of virtual machine(VM) VLAN Tagging (VGT Mode) in ESX The following PDF also describes VLAN's and the use of Virtual Guest Tagging (VGT): VMware ESX Server 3 802.1Q VLAN Solutions The document may be dated, but the concepts are good. I hope this helps. Dennis Oops..., Previous post was with the wrong login!
In a situation like you are describing, I have found that using the default load balancing without the etherchannels is more reliable. Dennis Bray VCI, VCP
1. Say I have a vswitch with two active active pnic adapters. On this vswitch I have two IPs assigned, one portgroup for the service console, the other for vmkernel. (they both route to the sa... See more...
1. Say I have a vswitch with two active active pnic adapters. On this vswitch I have two IPs assigned, one portgroup for the service console, the other for vmkernel. (they both route to the same gateway) Is is an acceptable configuration to keep an active / active configuration for both port groups. If so why? It appears to work just fine, but I've been challenged on this scenario. Or should I have something like this: SC - vmnic 0 active, vmnic 1 standby VMkernel - vmnic 1 active, vmnic 0 standy. We are using the default vswitch properties, so <span class="Interface"><span class="Interface"> The distribution of the network traffic with a single Service Console port and a single VMkernel port on a vSwitch with 2 active uplinks and the default load balancing setting will result in the same spread of traffic as the active/standby config you described. All of the Service Console traffic will use a single uplink and allof the VMkernel traffic will use the other uplink. If one of the uplinks fails, then both the Service Console and the VMkernel would use the remaining uplink until the other is restored. With the configuration you shared, you decide which one of the uplinks is used for each, while the default load balancing setting will "pick" for you. Net result, no performance difference advantage, just explicit active/standby order that must be set for each portgroup. Dennis Bray VCI, VCP
So what should I do to speed up vMotion while still being redundant? I figured out, that I could set up 2 vMotion-enabled vmkernel-ports, each mapped to 2 physical nics. The 2 nics of the 1st ... See more...
So what should I do to speed up vMotion while still being redundant? I figured out, that I could set up 2 vMotion-enabled vmkernel-ports, each mapped to 2 physical nics. The 2 nics of the 1st vmkernel-port would be connected at the 1st switch and the 2 nics of the 2nd port would be connected to the 2nd switch. With this setup, I could enable 802.3ad aggregation separately on both switches and set up ip-based load-balancing for the vmkernel-ports. Setting up 802.3ad won't give you a single larger pipe to run the vMotion transfer. And understand that IP hash load balancing only helps distribute the traffic when there is more than a single IP destination. vMotion is always just between a pair of ESX hosts. That is 1 source IP and 1 destination IP, therefore a single interface will be used, regardlesss of the number of physical nics you team together. If you are determined that bandwidth is the limiting factor, then go with Edward's suggestion of using faster ethernet ports. Dennis Bray VCI, VCP
Have you configured andy load balancing on the vSwitch other than the default "Originating Port ID"? Has the Cisco 3020 admin configured etherchannels? Has the Cisco admin configured load balanc... See more...
Have you configured andy load balancing on the vSwitch other than the default "Originating Port ID"? Has the Cisco 3020 admin configured etherchannels? Has the Cisco admin configured load balancing on their side? I have seen situations where the combination of IP hash and etherchannel configurations have led to the behavior your are describing. The document referenced with the link below explains ESX 3.x virtual networking in language that Cisco folks recognize. The concepts, features and configurations all reference standard vSwitches, but translate easily to the vDistributed switches. It may also help you to understand the Cisco terminology. VMware infrastructure in a Cisco Networking Environment Dennis Bray, VCI, VCP
What version of vCenter are you using for RHEL5 template deployment. With 2.5u4 I get errors that customization is not supported. Dennis
For the "VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Server" license download "[VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 1.0 Update 1|http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=SRM100U1]". ... See more...
For the "VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager Server" license download "[VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager 1.0 Update 1|http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=SRM100U1]". For the vCenter Foundation license download "[VMware vCenter Server 2.5 Update 4 - includes Converter Enterprise (formerly VMware VirtualCenter)"|http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=VC250U4]. For the VI3 Enterprise license download"[VMware ESX 3.5 Update 4|http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=ESX350U4]" and finally for "VI3 Consolidated Backup" download "[VMware Consolidated Backup 1.5|http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=VCB115]" Good luck, Dennis
You can confirm the DSN that is in use by checking the registry: HKLM\Software\VMware\VMware, Inc.\VMware Update Manager\DB: The login, DSN name and client type are all listed. Assuming you used ... See more...
You can confirm the DSN that is in use by checking the registry: HKLM\Software\VMware\VMware, Inc.\VMware Update Manager\DB: The login, DSN name and client type are all listed. Assuming you used a separate DSN from vCenter, this should help you verify. If you need to verify the DSN then you can check: HKLM\SOFTWARE\ODBC\ODBC.INI\&lt;your DSN name here&gt;. The "Database" string value has the name of the SQL database that is the target of the DSN. Dennis
I'd appreciate a copy of the P2V and V2P notes, if you don't mind. Thanks in advance. Dennis
What is going to be configured on "vSwitch2 - iSCSI HBAs" - a separate SC connection? Dennis
The Quick Start guide is certainly a great piece to give to the DBA (and read yourself!), but my recent experience is that unless the SQL login for the VC database has the "sysadmin" server rol... See more...
The Quick Start guide is certainly a great piece to give to the DBA (and read yourself!), but my recent experience is that unless the SQL login for the VC database has the "sysadmin" server role at the time of VC installation, you will receive an error stating "The DB user entered does not have the required permissions needed to install and configure VMware Virtual Center with the selected DB..." I recognize that the document stated db_owner or sysadmin, but in practice it appears that both are required during installation. After installation, remove the sysadmin server role. Dennis
Have the DBA create a blank database, the Virtual Center installation program created the tables, views, etc. Have the DBA create a SQL login for the ODBC connection. This SQL login needs to ha... See more...
Have the DBA create a blank database, the Virtual Center installation program created the tables, views, etc. Have the DBA create a SQL login for the ODBC connection. This SQL login needs to have the system administrator server role and the db_owner database role during install, but later can just be left as db_owner for the database. I don't have experience with using a named SQL instance for this. I would just have a new database on an existing SQL server. Make sure that the SQL DBA configures a maintenance plan for this database. Dennis