vmotion between clusters, with vmotion in a DVS switch - GUIDs don't match?
Apparently each DVS has it's own guid - and when you try to vmotion across clusters when each cluster has it's own DVS - the vmotion fails because the DVS guids don't match? Is it possible to have a...
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I use DVS for my management(in fact I have no standard switches at all). My primary reason is for LLDP.
View ArticleRe: DVS or Standard switch for management and vmotion - and what about 1000v?
While it has gotten much better over time, there is still a risk putting mgmt. on the DVS. The most common issue you could face is the inability to get a dvPort for a VM powering on after loss of the...
View ArticleNetflow V10 collector
Does anyone know of a netflow collector that is open-source and can receive v10 packets. I found a bunch that can receive v9 packets but no luck in finding v10. I know that in 5.5 I should be able to...
View ArticleRe: DVS or Standard switch for management and vmotion - and what about 1000v?
No issues putting MGMT on the nexus 1000v now. You just want to make sure that you use the system vlan command on your MGMT, vMotion, storage, and n1kv layer 3 control port profiles. You also need to...
View ArticleRe: vmotion between clusters, with vmotion in a DVS switch - GUIDs don't match?
Yeah, each DVS would be a live migration boundary. Over time the VMware VDS configuration maximums have gotten much larger. We are going to a design with a core fabric and a secure fabric, and each DC...
View ArticleRe: vswitch - dedicated management and virtual machine vswitches?
We run separate on the standard switch, but don't on the distributed switch. Standard Switch - Need from 4 to 6 NICs Switch 0 - MGMT and vMotion (pin MGMT active on one nic, and vMotion on the...
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Hi Heath,Nice! I just found your blog. You have some great 1000v content there!
View ArticleRe: DVS or Standard switch for management and vmotion - and what about 1000v?
Thank's, but I'm the worst blogger in the world. I mostly use it to record the solution to problems I couldn't find with google, so hopefully it will save someone else some time. Let me know if you...
View ArticleRe: DVS or Standard switch for management and vmotion - and what about 1000v?
HeathReynolds wrote: We just bought NSX for one of our environments, so that will probably start our transition off of the 1000v. Bummer! Well that should be exciting though. Best of luck and I hope...
View ArticleRe: Netflow V10 collector
Solarwinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer can handle IPFIX: NetFlow Traffic Analyzer | Network Traffic Analyzer | SolarWinds
View ArticleRe: vmotion between clusters, with vmotion in a DVS switch - GUIDs don't match?
Refer to the configuration maximums for VDS: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdf 1,016 active ports per host6,500 port groups per VDS60,000 ports per VDS You...
View ArticleRe: vswitch - dedicated management and virtual machine vswitches?
There's very little reason to carve out unique switches for traffic types with modern vSphere. There are many technologies that help balance traffic and enforce quality of service: NIOC, Traffic...
View ArticleRe: ESXi hosts became isolated until the redundant network is unplugged
I don't know much about Dell switches, but check to make sure that spanning tree is disabled or transitioning to a forwarding state immediately on your ESXi ports. It sounds like they may be in a...
View ArticleRe: vswitch - dedicated management and virtual machine vswitches?
In a couple recent environments without Enterprise Plus licensing running on Cisco UCS, I used UCS-level Quality of Service. This enabled me to use 2 vSwitches for ease of management. FC was used to...
View Articlehow to create a new vswicht in free esxi 5.5
Hello everyone, I am trying to set up a freenas vm on a free esxi 5.5 server. To improve network performance I have been advised to dedicate one of my two nics to a new vswitch. However after much...
View ArticleRe: how to create a new vswicht in free esxi 5.5
Setting up vSwitches is the same in the free and paid versions. Select the host in the inventory, select Networking in the Configuration tab, and then Click the "Add Networking ..." link in the upper...
View ArticleRe: how to create a new vswicht in free esxi 5.5
Hi André, thanks for your answer. I was constantly looking under "Properties" and there, of course, is no option for a new switch, if there is only one. Silly me.Lukas
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Mirror quality in VDS with ESX 5.1 (Entreprise+)
Hi everybody, I'm asking some questions about the quality and transparency of mirroring in VDS. To begin, the goal of this mirror is to make some performance measurement of the network and...
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Interesting post. I am curious if your results are more stable if you set the desired transmission size to 1472 (i.e. on iperf). The reason I ask is I see some packets coming in with a size of 1514...
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