Hostname of VCSA 5.5 showing IP Instead of FQDN
Hi,I am trying to upgrade vCenter from 5.5 to 6.5 using command line but during precheck my script is showing IP instead FQDN and below warning when I check hostname I see FQDN.I still no clue what is...
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Can you resolve the VCSA's hostname correct from your PC in both ways? Windows: nslookup vcsa.example.com nslookup 1.2.3.4 Linux: dig vcsa.example.com +short dig -x 1.2.3.4 +short
View Article10GbE and 1GbE mixed setup best practice
Hi there! Soon we'll finally have 10GbE with our new ESXi hosts and I'm wondering how I should set up the different vSS (and probably vDS next year after the planned upgrade) to get the best out of...
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Hi Alex, thanks for your fast reply. Because I also need iSCSI from within a few VMs I need 10GbE in the frontend as well. I like your distribution for this:1x 10 GbE (active), 1x 1 GbE (passiv): NFS1x...
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Why you want more than one redundancy? Because Management doesn't need much traffic, I would combine it with Frontend or vMotion. And yes, the blank line was meant "vMotion" :-)
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Only 2x 10GbE isn't the best setup, so I would prefere: 2x 10 GbE: NFS2x 1 GbE "Frontend" (VMs)2x 1 GbE vMotion If you need 10 GbE for VMs, then maybe this mix setup: 1x 10 GbE (active), 1x 1 GbE...
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Issue resolved when on vCenter 5.5 I updated same system name again and regenerated certificates.
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The host is reporting errors in its attempts to provide vSphere HA support.
Hi, I recently upgraded vCenter and ESXI 5.5 to 6.5 and upgrade was successful. I deployed some new VMs on upgraded ESXI hosts but when I try to power on I am getting error "The host is reporting...
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VCSA reinstall problem
Hi all. One day some services on my vCenter Server Appliance 6.7 have failed to start without obvious reasons. I couldn't manage solving this trouble and decided to reinstall VCSA. While doing it I...
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Re: 10GbE and 1GbE mixed setup best practice
Okay, the thought wasn't more redundancy, but more throughput. Because, if the 10G link fails, I was hoping that the two standby become active. This would only drop our max speed by a fifth, not a...
View ArticleRestore recovered virtual machine will be disconnected.
Dear, I use version 6.5 with 20 hosts with more than 300 VMs on site A that are replicating to site B in another region using vreplication. So long. However, due to semi-routine restore testing, this...
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So, what you mean with "interfaces are not recognized automatically"? You mean the virtual machine network adapter is not connected to a port group on remote site? The port group name are the same on...
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Hi Richard, thanks for your feedback.What I mean is that when restoring the VM in Site B I need to manually make the choice of Distribuited SW and this leaves my recovery very slow. Unfortunately I do...
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Re: Restore recovered virtual machine will be disconnected.
HivSphere Replication disconnects virtual machine network adapters to prevent damage in the production network. After recovery, you must connect the virtual network adapters to the correct...
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Re: Port-channel witch vlans between ESXi 5.5 and ASA5506-X
Hello, I believe you're confusing 2 different concepts. Port-Channel is to add bandwidth and HA to a common Host, with another concept 'Layer2 Trunking'. If you only want to propagate VLans, you need...
View ArticleCorrect Firmware and Driver alignment for Network Adapters
Hi All, looking at the VMware Compatibility for IO Devices VMware Compatibility Guide - I/O Device Search its never clear what Firmware and Driver to use when aligned to a HPE Host for example. So...
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Re: Correct Firmware and Driver alignment for Network Adapters
So currently for the Network Adapter iLO is detailing: so i then look onto VMware HCL for IO Devices and this is shown: # So there is no sign of the iLO Firmware detail that is 10.2.5
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Run the below commands on the ESXi and check what firmware version is being reported - To list the devices - </usr/lib/vmware/vmkmgmt_keyval/vmkmgmt_keyval -d> To fetch the information for a...
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Re: Correct Firmware and Driver alignment for Network Adapters
Can you please try the below command? /usr/lib/vmware/vm-support/bin/swfw.sh | less Cheers,Supreet
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