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Re: update esxi server

November 17, 2015, 1:00 pm
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Hello,

 

1. Download the required ESXi image.

2. Select the required host in the vCenter > Update Manager

3. Click Admin View and Click ESXi images

4. Import ESXi image and browse to the directory where this image is > Upload

5. The wizard asks you to provide a baseline name, give a baseline name (For example, host_upgrade)

6. Go back to Compliance view and Enter the host into maintenance mode. if the host is in maintenance mode, then no VM should reside on it. The host wont be removed from the cluster when it is in maintenance mode.

 

 

7. Click Attach and select only this created baseline containing the ESXi 5.5 ISO

8. Click Scan, the compliance status must come up as non compliant. If it comes up as incompatible then reboot that ESXi host and perform the scan again

9. Click Remediate and give a task name and keep the default values and finish the upgrade.

 

 

Couple of things here:

You need to make sure that your ESXi 5.5 is supported on the hardware. You can used Vmware Hardware Compatibility List to check that

vmware.com/go/hcl

 

 

Once the hardware is compatible for 5.5 ESXi, then you can proceed with the above upgrade.

 

Also, you need to put the host into maintenance mode during firmware upgrade.

 

 

 

Suhas

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Re: Can't access [\\vmware-host\shared folders], no z: drive on W10 guests on W10 hosts running Workstation 12 Pro

November 17, 2015, 1:05 pm
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Same problem - seems to have started after the upgrade to Windows 10 November update - build 10586

 

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Issue detected on host.data.ca in Data DataCenter: Failed to create useropts.gz in /tmp. Updated kernel options may be lost.

November 17, 2015, 1:15 pm
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Recently we've been getting errors like this

 

Target: host.data.ca

Stateless event alarm

 

Alarm Definition:

([Event alarm expression: Host error] OR [Event alarm expression: Host warning])

 

Event details:

Issue detected on host.data.ca in Data DataCenter: Failed to create useropts.gz in /tmp. Updated kernel options may be lost.

(2015-11-17T21:01:01.899Z cpu12:34074383)

 

There is nothing online in regards to this. Has anyone else seen or experienced this error?

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Avamar failed to consolidate the disk

November 17, 2015, 1:14 pm
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Hello,We have problem with Avamar- It failed to consolidate the VM disk after completing the backup Error" Virtual machine disks failed consolidation" - Avamar

 

We are using vCenter server 5.5 Build - 1750596, vSphere 5.5 Build 1892794 Avamar - 7.1 Build 61..Anyone gone through this problem before?

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Re: Can't access [\\vmware-host\shared folders], no z: drive on W10 guests on W10 hosts running Workstation 12 Pro

November 17, 2015, 1:19 pm
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There was another thread a few days ago on the same topic, where it was fixed by completely uninstalling VMware Tools, rebooting the guest OS, and reinstalling Tools (Important: Not just doing a "repair" installation).  Have you tried the complete uninstall-reboot-reinstall of Tools?

 

Cheers,

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Darius

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Re: vSphere 6 - upgrade or fresh install?

November 17, 2015, 1:24 pm
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Hello Steve,

 

The cons are as you mentioned performance history is lost

Task and events are lost

If you have cluster configured with HA and DRS they have to be created and configured again

 

If the same DB is not being used and if you are using vDS in your environment, then it would be best to migrate to standard switch and then perform the fresh install. Then migrate the ESXi host to the newly installed vCenter and then migrate back to vDS.

 

If there is no vDS then the first 3 points are pretty much it.

 

VMware KB: Moving a managed ESXi/ESX host from one vCenter Server to another vCenter Server

 

 

 

Suhas

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Applinks and SidebySide

November 17, 2015, 1:25 pm
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Hello, we're trying to use Applinks and SideBySide together.  I can only get it to read the base DAT file of any RequriedApplinks parameter (or OptionalAppLinks).

 

For example:

 

BaseApp.exe

BaseApp.dat

Applink1.dat

Applink1.dat.1

 

RequiredAppLinks=Applink1.dat

 

I cannot get it to recognize Applink1.dat.1 is there.  I've tried Applink1.1 as well, and I've tried changing RequiredApplinks to Applink1.* as well, to no avail.

 

Background:

 

We have a main application (BaseApp.exe) and about 70 "modules", which are a series of DLL's, which are updated frequently (a module is updated every day).  When a module is updated, I just want to update a child DAT file, not the entire multi-gigabyte package.  From a version control standpoint, it is simply too messy.  I cannot tell by looking at BaseApp.dat which module was updated.  By using AppLinks, I can, but if we cannot update Applinks without replacing the DAT file, it's fairly pointless.

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Re: Need Education on VMWare Converter

November 17, 2015, 1:30 pm
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VMware converter is a free product and there is no license is required.

 

Release notes for 4.3

VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Release Notes

 

I found this by simply typing the same from Google.

 

I believe 4.3 is no longer available for download from VMware anymore.

 

 

Suhas

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Re: Inoperable network for Autostarted Shared VMs - Workstation Pro 12

November 17, 2015, 1:33 pm
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Thanks for the suggestions. Tried them both but it hasn't helped.

I've also been experimenting with a different startup script using Linux's init.d settings. That has exactly the same problem with the NIC and autostarted VMs.

 

I'm about to give up on Workstation and try something else. I wonder if Workstation Server would be any better?

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Re: Running VM on external SSD or HDD

November 20, 2015, 3:09 pm
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While Michael is correct with recommending the Mushkin thumbdrive, please be aware that it is a SSD thumbdrive and not a Flash one.

 

You do not want to host your VMs on Flash as it will be a world of pain (read: slow ).
Even while some of these flash drives claim insane speeds .. and appear to deliver that, lots of that is done via tricks like on device and driver caching.

They work performant as long as they are not put under constant load.

 

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Wil

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Re: Storage Migration Issues with Single VM

November 20, 2015, 3:13 pm
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I remember an old issue which I thought has since been resolved but is there any chance you have multiple vmdks on different volumes for this VM and two of them have the same name?

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Re: Vcenter 6.0 converter stalled with operation timed out

November 20, 2015, 3:24 pm
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I just tried that and added an extra 5 GB. It balked at me and said to disable synchronization even though it says it will ne allowed if its NTFS, which it is. I need that turned on to make sure we keep the data up to date when it finishes.

 

2015-11-20_18-19-14.jpg

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Re: Assigning global permissions using PowerCLI

November 20, 2015, 3:28 pm
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Are you sure that will work.

Afaik the users you add need to belong to AD or OpenLDAP groups.

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Re: DataStore housekeeping

November 20, 2015, 3:30 pm
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If you do not add the Delete switch on the call, the function will only list the orphaned files.

See the Sample Runs further down the post

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Re: DataStore housekeeping

November 20, 2015, 3:34 pm
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LucD,

 

Is there a way to alter your housekeeping script to move the files to a "Cleanup" folder on the datastore, instead of deleting them?

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Re: vswp file reside on the root of datastore ?

November 20, 2015, 3:41 pm
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Hi,

 

Can you elaborate what is reloading the VMX file ?

 

Thanks

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Re: VCIX6 DCV Exam Release Date

November 20, 2015, 3:43 pm
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Yes an update on the ETA for these exams would be great...

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Re: Is VSS installed with VMWare Tools & enabled ?

November 20, 2015, 3:43 pm
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Hi,

 

From Veeam documentation, they write

We recommend using application-aware image processing instead of VMware Tools quiescence.

Installing  "Volume Shadow Copy Services Support" option will allow VMware Tools to perform VSS-aware file system snapshots, but not VSS-aware application snapshots.

 

Does it mean that if we don't install "Volume Shadow Copy Services Support" in VMware Tools, we can still invoke "Application Aware VSS" on a Virtual Machine ?

 

Thanks

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Is "VSS Support" installed with VMWare Tools by default and its use ?

November 20, 2015, 2:38 am
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Hi,

 

We are running ESXi 5.5.

 

When we update / install VMware Tools, we would like to know

1) Is VSS Installed as default ?

2) Do we need to enable VSS in VMware tools ?

 

Thanks

 

Message was edited by: TonyJK

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Re: Storage Group Replication

November 20, 2015, 3:44 pm
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the timing is every 4 hours and no its not configurable. You can force replication but not for a single AppStack. However if there is only one new one added and you force a replication, it will only replicate the one new one

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