Re: redundant esxi on embedded dual SD
I'd recommend you read http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/poweredge-idsdm-whitepaper-en.pdf where Dell describes different configurations for the SD cards (stand-alone and/or...
View ArticleDoes installing an ESXi enterprise license 'phone home' to ensure authenticity?
When you install a windows OS it connects to Microsoft servers to authenticate the key is legal and never used before. Does installing an ESXi license have the host connect to any sort of VMware...
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Hi, No, vmware's licenses are not checked on VMware servers, so potentially, it can't stop someone from installing the same licenseseveral times.Regards,Julien
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Thank you for the reply. That is kind of scary when you think about it
View ArticleImplementation of two ESXi and new switch setup.
Hi.Right now I have 3 ESXi servers, which connects to an SAN with ISCSI, which is using an Essentials license.The two switches, which the ESXi and SAN are connected to now, is being used to ISCSI, VM...
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Ok. Ceate 2 vswitches. One for iscsi and another for mgmt network. Assign uplinks. Enable iscsi for san network and enable mgmt for another.
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Re: Implementation of two ESXi and new switch setup.
Not exactly the answer I was looking for. I want to know how it would be best to implement these two new psycical switches and esx servers without much down time.I thought about just installing the two...
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Hi, There is just one problem with this and that is I only have license for 3 ESX in my VCENTER. You can install 2 new hosts and used the license evaluation during 60 days. With that, you will be able...
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Would I be able to add 5 ESX in my VCENTER then?What is that license named?
View ArticleRe: Implementation of two ESXi and new switch setup.
I haven't seen that you have an essential license. So you will not be able to add 5 hosts , because of the limitation of 3 hosts. So you need to migrate your host one by one. Regards,Julien
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So no *easy* way to do this? Can I activate the Essentials Plus license temporarily on all 5 servers, so I could use Live Migration?
View ArticleRe: Implementation of two ESXi and new switch setup.
if you have already order your new license key, just add it into your vCenter , and assign your license key. You will be able to use live migration and migrate your host without downtime. Regards,Julien.
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I have ordered it, and it is activated on the two new ones.Ok great, so i will just activate it temporarily on all five, and then live migrate them.This just leave me with the switch install.. hmm.
View ArticleRe: Implementation of two ESXi and new switch setup.
No it is a misunderstanding, you will be able to manage only 3 hosts at the same time. So you will migrate one host by one host with vmotion , you will not have any downtime. And for the switch...
View ArticleRe: Implementation of two ESXi and new switch setup.
Yeah okay, host is one by one. Thanks. We have Dell MD3200i SAN which all 8 ports is connected to the old switches, so they should be redundant.The ESX is configured like this: http://sdrv.ms/13A7HQv...
View ArticleRe: Implementation of two ESXi and new switch setup.
If you have a correct multipathing configuration, you should not have any impact on your VMs.I believe you have more than one path? regards,Julien
View ArticleHelp required to interpret vmkernel.log
Hi all, I have installed ESXi 5.1.0 build 799733 including driver for adaptec 6405 SAS RAID controller, version 1.2.1-29900. I have two SAS-SSD installed as RAID-1, I want to use as repository for ISO...
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Looks like that the ISCSI port is configured wrong, they only have one Adapter per VMKernel, so no standby adapter.I think to be on the safe side I will shutdown the whole environment then I implement...
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Yes by default all the nic are set to active. You can check the failover order in the portgroup properties. Regards,Julien.
View ArticleRe: Help required to interpret vmkernel.log
There are three adapters in this output that are generating the same error message - mpx.vmhba2:C0:T0:L0, mpx.vmhba2:C3:T0:L0 and mpx.vmhba36:C0:T0:L0.The translated error message is: illegal request...
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