How to separate backup traffic in virtual switches
I am using Avamar backup agents on ESXi 5.1 with distributed virtual switches. Avamar uses proxy agents on each cluster to assist with the backup traffic. Avamar proxy agent is on esxi host 1. The...
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To segregate traffic either physically by using seperate vswitched withs eperate uplink ports or you will need to create vlans that will require seperate virtual machine port groups will you will...
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Re: Do we need to use VLANs for our small environment?
You better go for VLAN to avoid broadcast, collution and separate traffice. In this case you need a trunk port between your switch and ISP switch to communicate different VLAN. If your service provider...
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Thanks for the input. I guess what I'm not clear about, is in the scenario above on ESXi host 2, is backup traffic flowing over a vmkernel port or just through a regular port group? If it is flowing...
View ArticleRemove VM from vCSrv5.1 Inventory and Access Via Client
Hi to all We are in the process of moving servers from Boston to Atlanta but not all at once. One server on an ESXi5 host will move to Atlanta tomorrow. We will need users to access the vms on it in...
View ArticleUsing Distributed Switches on differing physical NIC configurations
I have some sites running multiple kinds of physical servers. Some have 4 x 1Gb NICS, some have 10 x 1Gb NICs, some have 2 x 10Gb NICs. Each of these physical NIC configurations has different design...
View ArticleUsing vSphere Distributed Switches on remote sites
I have some very small sites with 2 physical servers. They are connected to a vCenter over the WAN. That vCenter uses distributed virtual switches for all local ESXi hosts. What are the arguments for...
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Re: Switch VM and IP address while still maintaining client connection
In this case Vmware View 5 will be better with it's Simplify desktop and application management while increasing security and control with VMware View. Have a...
View ArticleBest Configuration for 4 x 1Gb Physical NICs
I have some servers with 4 physical NICs (can't add any unfortunately). This is ESXi 5.1 with Enterprise Plus. Tr affic load is very light with less than 20 servers on two hosts. Storage is...
View ArticleRe: esxtop and client performance chart discrepancy for receive packets dropped
I'm also having this same exact issue. My 5.0 hosts do not exhibit this issue, only the 5.1 hosts.
View ArticleRe: Best Configuration for 4 x 1Gb Physical NICs
I would suggest some changes... - NFS are good. You need redundancy for NFS as it is your most important piece of the infrastructure.- I would move vMotion the the vSwitch2, with NFS, and place vmnic1...
View ArticlevDS multiple default gateway
Can vDS have multiple default gateway assign to different port group? I have Management port group and vMotion port group on same vDS but cannot assign different default gateway to each port group and...
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Are you trying to run vMotion across different subnets? If the vMotion addresses of all hosts are in the same subnet (recommended configuration), you don't need a gateway address. André
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Yes Andre. I am aware of vMotion does not require DG address in same subnet. I am trying to use vMotion across subnet on second vDS ( i am not sure if that is configurable or not).
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Maybe VMware KB: Configuring static routes for vmkernel ports on an ESXi host can help!? André
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Thanks Andre. KB put me on right path for what i wanted to achieve.
View ArticlePort Mirroring on vDS
Hi everyone, I'm having a few problems and need some clarification on port mirroring. I have a need to mirror the vmnic of a web server to a IDS virtual appliance. I can create the port mirror group...
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Re: VM with No Internet Access
You talk about internal network VLAN that get internet. Please make sure that your DMZ allow internet. I think your DMZ in different VLAN which does not have permission to access internet. So you have...
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Re: vSwitch, promiscuous mode and OpenVPN
Look you wrote your problem very complexly. So far what I have understand that you wanna promiscuous mode. You have configure VLAN here that means switch will initiate a ARP and delivery packet only...
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Re: host dmz network on the vmware cluster
You have to configure the firewall properly.Cheers, Yours Udin
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