Re: Major migration: Move vCenter from 5.1 on Windows 2008R2/SQL 2008 to 5.1...
I found this on a related post: Migrating Existing VMware Environment to a New vCenter | IT Diversified This how-to seems to echo everything else I read so far, in that I have to dismantle the...
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AutoDeploy Host Profile is assigned but nothing is configured.
I have 16 HP blades that I am upgrading to the latest 5.5u1 versions for a Proof of Concept for vSAN and SRM.Blades 01-08 will be DC-A.Blades 09-16 will be DC-B. I will use the same build of ESXi on...
View Articlemigrating vcenter db from sql 2008to sql 2012
how do i do a vcenter 2008 to vcenter 2012 migration? any good references here?
View ArticleRe: migrating vcenter db from sql 2008to sql 2012
Hi Welcome to communities. I would recommend to go through vmware kb first if not . http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1028601
View ArticleRe: Major migration: Move vCenter from 5.1 on Windows 2008R2/SQL 2008 to 5.1...
Hi Welcome to communities. I don't think without downtime you can reverse it .
View ArticleRe: vCenter server crash
Hi Welcome to communities. Yes after adding to cluster vm will continue to run.
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.0 upgrade to 5.5 license question
Just to close this out, what I discovered is the machine name listed in the licensing was just the name stored in the license database on the local machine. I discovered because I cloned this VM, even...
View ArticlevCenter 5.5 u1 - Host Profile Issue - IPv4 routes did not match
No matter what I do, i cannot figure out why some hosts have this issue and others do not.I have seen this issue in 5.1, and seen that it is resolved in this very version, however, I have it in 5.5 and...
View Articlewhen i create a snapshot for VM with virtual disk of 20TB, how much space...
I have a vm with thick disk used space of 20TB DFS server and it's configured in thick disk. i have made changes in .vmx to move the snapshot to different datastore. I need to know how much space will...
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The initial snapshot will start with only a few MB in size (depends on whether the VM is powered on or off as well as the data change rate in the guest OS). However, it can grow up to the provisioned...
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Thanks. We are using HITACHI solution to backup via snapshot. The data growth will be max 20GB and planning to have a dedicated datastore of 5TB for snapshot. will the solution work? the snapshot will...
View ArticleRe: when i create a snapshot for VM with virtual disk of 20TB, how much space...
I don't think you will have issues with the disk space. Is there a special reason why you want/need to locate snapshots on another datastore, i.e. making things more complex? (see...
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Because in the current datastore there is no free space, we have only 200GB free space left on each datastore. That's why we are moving the snapshot to different datastore. We are planning to move the...
View ArticleRe: when i create a snapshot for VM with virtual disk of 20TB, how much space...
With moving the snapshots to a same (or higher) tier storage/LUN you shouldn't have issues. I just wanted to make you aware of possible performance issues. Anyway, isn't there a chance to simply...
View ArticleRe: when i create a snapshot for VM with virtual disk of 20TB, how much space...
I can increase the datastore by adding another LUN, in case of any of the one lun goes issue the entire datatore will have issues. Thats why i am planning to go for another datastore for snapshot.
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I agree that rather to increasing the datastore by adding extents, it may be better to relocate the snapshots.Just for me to understand this, isn't it possible to increase the existing LUN by 5TB on...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.5 u1 - Host Profile Issue - IPv4 routes did not match
Do you have more than one VMkernel on the same subnet ? Any changes made on reference host after the creating of Host Profile ? Maybe you can try update the host profile from the reference host and...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.5 u1 - Host Profile Issue - IPv4 routes did not match
Okay, so HERE is why it would (and did) happen. I have typoed IP addresses in the 3rd octet on a couple of my vKernel interfaces.Check yours - they must have a typo in them.... right? (seriously, go...
View ArticleRe: vCenter 5.5 u1 - Host Profile Issue - IPv4 routes did not match
Multiple vKernel interfaces on the same subnet causing this was a known problem, and fixed in 5.5 U1 - hence my confusion on why it was happening now.Also, re-updating was always going to be required...
View ArticleRe: OVF environment services by vCenter ?
Hi Welcome to communities. please find details about OVF and yes , OVF deployment in the form of a configuration XML file...
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