Re: Storage vMotion will not migrate powered on guest
You have some other problem, but I'm not sure which ... Are you by chance trying to move the VM to another datastore and to another host at the same time? Doing this with the VM powered on would be...
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I am attempting to move the guest from the VM host's local datastore to my new SAN datastore. When I right click on the guest I get the Migrate Virtual Machine window with the "Change host" and "Change...
View ArticleNot seeing iscsi luns, tying to add storage
I am newish to the whole vmware/iscsi thing but got it to work once. Environment:HB BL460c (32gb ram, 2 x 146gb local SAS HD, nc382m HBA)vSphere ESXi 5.1MSA2012i (12 x 1TB HD) I created a vswitch...
View Articlevcenter "ghost" host record
vsphere hosts are 5.0 U1 + updates. vCenter is 5.0 (something, not sure). The old lab manager may be installed, as well as SRM. I removed a host from inventory today, and then installed 5.0 U1 on new...
View Articlewiping out vcenter db, and starting clean - what impacts?
So for a vcenter system that has distributed vswitches, and also SRM installed - what is the effect of just "starting over" with a clean DB? Let's for the moment forget SRM (I'll research / ask about...
View ArticleAutomating Creation of vCenter & VUM Database
Hi all, I am in the process of trying to use powershell to deploy a VM, then install SQL, create ODBC connections, then install vCenter and VUM. This will all be on the same server. I am stuck at the...
View ArticleRe: Automating Creation of vCenter & VUM Database
Hi, You can try the below command and the file to create the database for VC and VUM using powershell. Write-Log "Creating Databases." Start-Process "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL...
View ArticleHow to check if vCenter, vCenter Single Sign On and vCenter Inventory Service...
Hi, I have the vCenter Logs and the vCenter VM logs.How do I check if vCenter, vCenter Single Sign On and vCenter Inventory Service are installed on the same Host Machine?Also how do I check from the...
View ArticleESXi/ESX hosts with visibility to RDM LUNs being used by MSCS nodes with RDMs...
Referring from kb.vmware.com/kb/1016106 Quote ".....However, MSCS LUNs that have a permanent SCSI reservation cause the boot process to lengthen as the ESXi host cannot interrogate the LUN due to the...
View ArticleRe: ESXi/ESX hosts with visibility to RDM LUNs being used by MSCS nodes with...
Welcome to the Community Please check this blog which answers your questions Setting Perennial Reservations for MSCS with EMC CX/VNX Arrays » ValCo Labs Thanks
View ArticleRe: Not seeing iscsi luns, tying to add storage
Welcome to the Community, since you can see and use the first LUN, I'd rule out configuration issue with networking and iSCSI setup. Do you see the LUN under "Storage Adapters"? André
View ArticleVcenter Licence's
I have a single Vcenter managing my 2 datacenters. It is enterprise 5.0 I am looking to implement Zerto as a backup/replication solution and it sounds like it requires a Vcenter at each datacenter. Do...
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vCenter Server is licensed per instance, which means you need an additional license. André
View ArticleAdding VCenter server into AD - Issues?
Are there any gotchas or things to be aware of, when joining our VCenter server (4.1) to our new AD domain? When originally set up, the VCenter server was a standalone machine, as we didn't have AD at...
View ArticleStorage Admin Permission
Hi, We have a new storage admin that started and I would like him to be able to see path information and storage properties. I gave him Power User access in the vSphere client but he is unable to...
View ArticleRe: Not seeing iscsi luns, tying to add storage
The only LUNs that are show under “storage adapters” is the currently mounted and operating LUN. The newly created LUN is not shown. (See attached, details are the same for both iSCSI Adapers)...
View ArticleRe: Not seeing iscsi luns, tying to add storage
I just checked the VMware Compatibility Guide: Storage/SAN Search and saw that the latest supported version for the MSA2012i is ESXi 4.1 Update 3. This doesn't necessarily have to be the issue, but...
View ArticleRe: Not seeing iscsi luns, tying to add storage
The active LUN is 1TB the missing LUN is 1TB on a 3TB Volume Regards, --Marshall Marshall CurtisManager, Information TechnologyCompass Housing Alliance
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