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Getting an error when unregistering a PSC. Our environment has 4 sites running Linked-Mode.  Each site has 3 guests.... 1 vCenter, 1 PSC and 1 SQL.  Sites 2, 3 and 4 partner back to the PSC at site 1.  We are shutting down site 2. I'm following VMware KB 210736.  I stopped the PSC service at site 2, then  on that PSC ran cmsso-util to unregister the vCenter, which was successful.  Then I went to the PSC at site 4 and ran cmsso-util to unregister the PSC at site 2, but received an error.  A bit confusing..... displays error 1, but then shows Success. Below is the cmsso-util output.  I believe I need to run vdcleavefed -h -u -w to force a rip-out of the machine account, but need someone to verify if that is correct.  If it is, where do I run vdcleavefed ?  From the PSC at site 4 or on the PSC at site 2 (the one being removed) ?  Thanks in advance for any help. D:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\bin>cmsso-util unregister --node-pnid km- 001-psc01.minoltana.minolta.com --username administrator@vsphere.local --passwd Admin01$ D:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\python-modules\identity\vmkeystore.py:4: RuntimeWarning: to-Python converter for struct client already registered; second conversion method ignored.   import identity.vmafd as vmafd D:\Program Files\VMware\vCenter Server\python-modules\identity\vmkeystore.py:4: RuntimeWarning: to-Python converter for class vmafd_exception already registered ; second conversion method ignored.   import identity.vmafd as vmafd WARNING! This step is irreversible! Are you sure you want to unregister host km-001-psc01.minoltana.minolta.com ? (Y or N) Y 2018-01-31T21:51:05.712Z   Running command: ['D:\\Program Files\\VMware\\vCenter Server\\vmafdd\\dir-cli.exe', 'service', 'list', '--login', 'administrator@vsph ere.local'] 2018-01-31T21:51:06.012Z   Done running command 2018-01-31T21:51:06.848Z   RC = 1 Stdout = vdcleavefd offline for server km-001-psc01.minoltana.minolta.com Leave federation cleanup failed. Error[1] - Operations error Stderr = password: ERROR unregistering computer account. Success

Just started working with SRM version 6.5.  Will be using SRM to move a datacenter to a new facility.  Once the SRM process completes..... all guests are visible at the new site I would like to test in an isolated network.  The guests are SAP-Hana...... we want he original guests, those on the sending site to remain active...... the ones at the new site need to be up and on a isolated network.  There cannot be any connections between the 2 environments. What is the best way to do isolated testing once guests are at the new site ?  Was looking at creating a standard switch, however all guests will not fit on 1 host. I did create a DvSwitch port with no uplinks, but not sure if that will work.  I do not want to create a new private VLAN if that entails using our Network Group's precious time. What is the best way to accomplish isolated testing ?  Thanks in advance.

Looking for options to move guests from ESX 4.0 hosts managed by vCenter 5.0 to a new vCenter 6.0 environment.  We do not want to upgrade the ESX 4.0 hosts as the hardware is old and will be taken out of service.  vCenter 5 doesn't see the same SAN storage as the vCenter 6.   I know we can use the VMware Converter, but guests need to be powered down.  Using vMotion between vCenters is not possible.  CPUs in  the 4.0 hosts are AMD....... CPUs in the vSphere 6 hosts are Intel.  Ideally we don't want any down time for the 140 guests.  Can anyone offer some other options ?  Thanks in advance. 

We are building a new vCenter 6 U2.  Been going round and round between embedded versus external PSC.  We have other business entities running VMware, but they manage themselves, at least for now.  Here at my location (corporate) we have 45 hosts and around 800 VMs.  Installing as embedded would be easier and should provide headroom to increase the maximum number of hosts.  Installing with the PSC external may be of value should we have to hook into the other business entities, but also  poses concerns about PSC HA, patch updates, backup\recovery, etc. There also appears to be more administration.  Our current 5.0 vCenter runs on physical hardware.  Some recommend sticking with physical while others say go the virtual route.  Can anyone offer some advice on these questions ?  Thanks. .  

We currently run vCenter 5.0.  We were going to do a new fresh install of 6.0 U2, but now see 6.5 is out.  Should we stick with 6.0 U2 for now and then upgrade to 6.5 later or just jump right into 6.5 ? Anyone have a recommendation ?  Are there any 6.5 support or stability issues that would affect the decision ?  Thanks.

Hello.  We have 2 ESX 4.0 U2 hosts that are now obsolete, but still powered up.  The license used on them was downgraded from ESXi 5 Enterprise to ESX 4.0 Enterprise.  We need to upgrade that license..... back to 5.0.  We see how to do that through My VMware License Keys.  Do the old hosts need to be powered down first before we do the license upgrade and remove the licenses from them ?  Would removing the hosts from inventory remove the association of the ESX 4.0 key so that we can upgrade it to 5.0 and apply to the newer hosts we just built ?  Thanks in advance.

Question on snapshots.... We powered off a group of W2K8 guests and took snapshots.  A few days later our developers asked us to put the guests back to the point in time when the snapshots were taken.   In snapshot manager we clicked on Go To, had the developers check to ensure their changes were not present.  All appeared to be good, but later we noticed the original snapshot entries still show in snapshot manager.  We were thinking the Go To option put the guest back to the state the guest was in at snap time and removed the snap file.  Apparently not.  We no longer need the snapshot file(s).  Can we just select Delete All,  which would leave the guests functioning the way they are now and also delete the snap file ?

Read some of the other discussions on this topic .... I have a slight twist... can someone offer guidelines\options on the best way to relocate a very large VM from a NetApp array to a EMC VNX array.  The VM has 4 disks  -  2 of which are 1+ TB each and currently runs on a ESX 4.0 host.  We want to move the datastores and guest to a new ESXi 5 host.  Can be 2 steps if necessary.  Taking any downtime will be difficult and must be kept to a minimum.  I've used vMotion and Converter.  A vMotion test generated a block size complaint.  Converter is very slow and often times out.  If the guest can be powered off I can use the datastore browser to move the .VMDKs, then unregister\re-register the .vmx.  Slow maybe, but should be better than Converter.  Unfortunately the 4 disks are all separate datastores and therefore do not reside with the dtatastore containing the .vmx.  Can I still do this by modifying the .vmx to point to the new disk locations ?