Migration from 4.0 to new 5.x system.
Hi all, I'm staring to think about my planning for a migration from our current v4.0 system to a 5.1/5.5 setup on new metal. I'm getting my head around most of the process easily, but I was wondering...
View ArticleNeed Advice is it worth Going for Esxi 5.1 U1
Dear Experts, Presently we are having environment of Esxi 5.0 U2, We have three enclosures All C 7000, Two enclosure having 8 Blades are 680c G7 and the other enclosure is having 680c G5. I've checked...
View ArticleEasiest way to update host version to 5.1u1 from 5.1/5.0 + migrate esx system...
Hello. Please, can you advise about this: Im have a few datacenters under control of VCenter Server 5.5 + Update Manager 5.1. All hosts, connected to VCenter are ESX 5.0\5.1 Standart. Each ESX...
View ArticleRedesign
Hi!We have a setup of ESX 4.1, the current configuration and setup is not leveraging the resources efficiently, I would like tor redesign this i.e. consolidate the resources to use them more...
View ArticleUpgrading a host from 5.0 to 5.1 update 5
Please, hoping people can help, with my fairly basic questions. I have hosts being delivered with Esxi 5.0 pre-installed on USB.I need to upgrade / patch these to esxi 5.1 Update 1 patch 5 as per...
View ArticleVDP Question
Hi, We are running vSphere 5.0 still. I am interested in upgrading to 5.1 and make a use of the VDP. If our backup server is out side of the VM environment, can I still implement it?The backup server...
View ArticleUnable to connect to ESXi 5.50 from vsphere client 5.0.0
I downloaded and installed ESXi 5.5 today, connected to it through Firefox, and downloaded and installed VMware-vclient.When I try to connect with the client I get the following message:"vSphere Client...
View ArticleUpgrading VC 5.0 U1(623373) to 5.0 Update3
We are going to upgrade our virtual environment from VC 5.0 to 5.0 Update3, Please update what are the precossions to be taken to get it succesfull..What are the changes to be performed on database end...
View ArticleASUS Z9 PE-D8-WS + LSI Megaraid SAS 9240-4i - Fatal Error 10 or mega_sas...
We have a ASUS Z9 PE-D8-WS Motherboard. We have a LSI Megaraid SAS 9240-4i Raid Controller with a Raid 1 configuration. Without the raid card the installer runs and installs just fine. As soon as we...
View ArticleiSCSI datastore connectivity issues after upgrade to vSphere 5.5
Has anyone encountered datastore connectivity issues after upgrading their ESXi hosts? Upgraded 3x DL360 G7 servers last week from vsphere 5.1 to 5.5, and now they're experiencing loss access to their...
View ArticleAdvice needed - Upgrading mulitple vCenters to 5.5
Hi, Currently running two instances of vCenter 5.0 U2 in the same location (one for server environment, and the other for a View environment), both have their databases on the same remote SQL Server...
View Article(J9748A) HP Adv Srvs zl Mod w/vSphere Platform upgrade
Hi All, recently we brought hp module ( (J9748A) HP Adv Srvs zl Mod w/vSphere Platform) which is having embedded esxi 5.0 we planned to upgrade that to 5.1 or 5.5 it is successful but at last while we...
View ArticleCan these hosts be upgraded, or do they need new install: "This system has...
I'd like to use update manager to upgrade ESXi 5.0 hosts to 5.5 - When I login to the hosts using putty, I see this message of the day: This system has been migrated to ESXi 5.0.0 I know there is...
View ArticleAdding ESXi 5.50
Can I add ESXi 5.50 to my cluster containing ESX4 U2 and vCenter 5.50, or should I upgrade the ESX4 hosts first?
View ArticleUpgrading from 5.1 to 5.5, question about host upgrade with SAN
In the past when doing Host upgrades using the Update Manager tool, I never disconnected my iSCSI or SAS SANs from the Host before the actual upgrade, done this countless times and everything worked...
View ArticleAdding ESXi 5.50
Can I add ESXi 5.50 to my cluster containing ESX4 U2 and vCenter 5.50, or should I upgrade the ESX4 hosts first?
View ArticleHost upgrade to 5.5 through update manager prompts for reboot on console
I have upgraded vCenter and all of the associated apps; started upgrading hosts through update manager by uploading VMware-VMvisor-Installer-5.5.0-1331820.x86_64.iso as an ESXi Image. I can apply this...
View ArticleThat vSphere SSO upgrade error - 1630
so, i thought the upgrade from 5.1 to 5.5 would be easy since we are not using Active Directory or HA, or DRS,, Simple setup with one ESXi Server and 10 VMs. I downloaded the 5.5 install pkg. Tried...
View Articleconfiguring SSO authentification fail with error :...
Hello, My VCenter was rename and change his IP adresse.I had yet a problem with the SSO authentification for STSService. I have this one :https://172.16.1.17:7444/ims/STSService I would like this one...
View Articlehost profile problem
Hi, I've run into a problem applying host profiles to my hosts. I have a direct attach SAN in my lab as I am waiting to get a switch in the mix at the moment. Because I use my lab for multiple...
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