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vSphere 5.5 + vCSA 5.5 Migrate VSS to VDS ????

Hi,

I am trying this on VMware Workstation 10.

Demo1:

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VM1:

I install esxi 5.5 with 2-vmnic & 8GB-RAM 120GB HD

ip=192.168.163.251

hostname=esxi1.myesxi.lan

VM1->vCenterVM:

I deploy the vCSA with 4GB

ip=192.168.163.250

hostname=vcenter.myesxi.lan

This was deployed as a VM inside my esxi server.

VM2:

I installed windows 7 on a vm with 1GB & 40GB

I then install google chrome

ip=dhcp

hostname=ws7.myesxi.lan

Notes:

I an not using any DC/AD

i modify vm1, 2 & vCenterVM hosts file with this info:

     127.0.0.1     localhost

     ::1               localhost

     192.168.163.250     vcenter.myesxi.lan     vcenter

     192.168.163.251     esxi1.myesxi.lan     esxi1

     192.168.163.252     esxi2.myesxi.lan     esxi2

     192.168.163.253     esxi3.myesxi.lan     esxi3

     192.168.163.254     iscsi.myesxi.lan     iscsi

How do i go about migrating the VSS to VDS without losing connection.

I need a step-by-step note so i can replicate it in VMware workstation.

Demo2:

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VM3:

I will installed esxi on another vm with 2 vmnic 2GB + 120GB, then add it to vcenter, see if the VDS was transfer, it not i will add VM3 to the VDS and then see if it has transfer.

Demo3:

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if all goes well with demo2 then with demo3, i will edit:

VM1 to 4.5GB-RAM

VM1->vCenterVM to 3.5GB-RAM

VM3 to 4.5GB-RAM

VM4:

I will install esxi with 2 vmnic 4GB + 120G, then make sure the VDS is transfer to it.

Then create a tinycore linux VM and move it around, play with it.

VM5:

I will create a freenas or openfiler iSCSI VM and add it the vcenter and see it all esxi server get's it, then move the vCSA storage to the iSCSI datastore.

enable HA/DRS and play around a bit to see what will happen. shutdown esxi servers to see if VMs will load on another server.

Thanks

Note: if all goes well, then I can now do my production network on real gears.

3 x HP Proliant server (2 x 12-core CPU, 2-146GB SAS, 96GB-RAM)  vSphere 5.5

2 x HP Storagework (14 x 450GB SAS, 12GB RAM, 6-1GB-nic (2-iSCSI, 1-Quad Port) Win2012r2+iscsi target

2 x 1GB Cisco Small Business Switch 24-port

VMs:

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Firewall - ClearOS 6.5.0

DC1 - win2012-r2 (AD/DHCP/DNS)

CA - win2012-r2 (offline certificate server)

APP1 - win2012-r2 (online certificate server)

SQL - win2012-r2 (SQL 2014)

Files -  win2012-r2

Mail - win2012-r2 (Exchange 2013)

AccPac - win2012-r2 (Sage 300/500), would like to use Sage ERP X3

SmartPay -  win2012-r2 (smartpay pro)

Wireless -  pFsense 2.3

Horizon Suite 5.3

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vComposer -

vCServer -

vVDI - image(winxp/7/8)

vMirage -

vWorkSpace -

xenDesktop 7.1

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xenDDC -

xenLIC -

xenSF -

xenAPP -

xenVDI - image (winxp/7/8) + vdisk

Equinox

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EQ-Web - oracle linux + weblogic

EQ-DB - oracle linux + oracle database

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