ESXi 4.1 U1 to U2
I am running vCenter 4.1.0 345043 with 6 ESXi (4.1.0 348481) hosts. I'm not ready to make the jump to 5.X yet, but I'd like to update my hosts to Update 2 (502767) to facilitate installation of HP...
View ArticleESXi 4.1 GA -> U3
Hi, Hi, I have a few questions on the upgrade path... 1. When upgrading 6 hosts from GA to U3, can hosts from the same cluster be on different 4.1 revisions? i.e. 2 on GA 4 on U1?2. I assume from the...
View ArticlevDS upgrade 4.1 -> 5.0 expectations?
I need to upgrade a virtual distributed switch from version 4.1 to 5.0. What can I expect? Will there be a "blip" in network traffic? Roughly 100 vm's on this vDS, across 7 hosts. Thanks,Craig
View ArticleHelp me everyone I can't install vmware 5 on IBM X 3250 M4
error :Relocating modules and starting up the kernel I can install vmware on IBM X 3250 M4 ro not I already download vmware form IBM Vmware ISO. but not or thips Please help me
View ArticleESX 3.5 migration to ESXi 4.1 U3
Is it possible to migrate virtual machines from an ESX 3.5 server to a ESXi 4.1 U3 server? Note that both servers are in the same cluster.
View ArticleESXi 5.1 and Update Manager
Hello All, As Im sure a lot of you are well aware, ESXi 5.1 is the last release with a .NET VI Client that is a seperate install. From now on we are to use the Web Interface to manage the ESXi hosts....
View ArticlePowerEdge R520 Disable NIC port
Hi, We just bought a PowerEdge R520, which comes with 2 NIC ports. We will like to disable one of these ports, but the BIOS setting has only an option to disable NIC interface but not individually...
View ArticleBest way to remove a host from a cluster?
We have an ESXi 4.1 cluster with 6 hosts which share datastores on a SAN. We want to remove two hosts from the cluster, detach their storage connections and then put them into a new cluster with its...
View ArticleMigrate to New vCenter In a Nexus 1000v World
Greetings all. I'm looking for some discussion, opinions, & feedback here. We have a rather large virtualcenter with quite a few hosts, datacenters, clusters, vms, permissions, etc... It's been...
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Post 5.1 upgrade, move the vSphere Web Client.
Hi, I've successfully upgraded one of our vCenter installations from 4.1 to 5.1, including installing the vSphere Web Client. Our setup is such that everything is installed on a single server at the...
View Articlesyslog location to esxi hostname
Anyone who know`s an easy way to setup remote syslog collector, so that the folders isn`t named with the ip address of the host, but with the FQDN or just hostname of the ESX server..???
View ArticlevSphere Client won't connect to any vCenter :...
Today my vSphere client (5.x) randomly stopped being able to connect to anything. It gives an error: The type initializer for 'VirtualInfrastructure.Utils.ClientsXml' threw an exception. I tried to...
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Help with VC5.1 SSO installation
Hey All Was wondering if you guys can help ? Have been tasked to install a new fresh installation of VC 5.1 in our environment. The basic design is quite simple install SSO onto a standalone server...
View ArticleCannot use group with user from another domain
Hi, Just after updating my vSphere system to 5.1 (from 5.0), I notice some strange think with users and groups. Here my setup: 2 domains : let say Domain A and Domain B.Domain B have a one way trust...
View ArticleBoot from SAN issue - UCS B-series, VNX 5300, FC
Hi! I'm having what seems like a very weird issue and I'm really hoping for some help. The problem is that on 3 of 4 hosts (I was able to install ESXi 5 U1 on all of them), after loading ESXi they...
View ArticleProper setup and use of Vmotion with 4 nics
I have a new VMWare setup esxi 5.1.0 on two servers. Each server has 4 nics. I currently have two nics setup for iSCSI and two nics setup for the administrative network. What is the best way to add...
View ArticleMoving VM's from 4.1 to 5.1 in Separate Environments
I currently have two vmware environments: ESXi4.1 and ESXi 5.1. The 4.1 environment is currently in production and the 5.1 environment is done with testing and ready for production. These two...
View ArticleUpgrade to 5.1 using trusted certificates
Hi All, I have spent days working out how to do this and finally have most of it working. Have generated a certificate for every service of vCenter 5.1 with completly different distinguished names...
View ArticleVsphere client 4.1 not compatible with other versions
I have a few workstation (2008), with vsphere clients 4;4.1;5;5.1 installed on them. Whenever I connect to esxi 4 or 5 or 5.1' it works fine and connects, but if i try to connect to 4.1 host i get this...
View ArticleNexus 1000v online lab
Free Nexus1000v online lab 2 Nexus 1000v VSM VMware Esxi 5.1 servervCenter 5.1 applianceNexus1000v-1 is now a cluster of two Nexus1000v VSMAlso added the ESXi server as a module #3 (VEM) of the...
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