If you see a virtual machine shows invalid in the vCenter VM inventory, it means this VM failed to get registered against vCenter. You have to manually remove it from the inventory and go to the datastore, then find the virtual machine .vmx file and manually add it to the vCenter inventory. If you have … Continue reading Invalid Virtual Machine in vCenter
Category: Virtualization
ESXi 5.0 Command: Create Standard Switch
Here is a example of using esxi command to create a virtual standard switch, and add the vMotion port group (vlan 100). ##Standard vSwitch Settings esxcli network vswitch standard add -v vSwitch1 esxcli network vswitch standard uplink add -v vSwitch1 -u vmnic3 esxcli network vswitch standard uplink add -v vSwitch1 -u vmnic4esxcli network vswitch standard … Continue reading ESXi 5.0 Command: Create Standard Switch
vSphere 5.0 Install, Configure, Manage Training Day 5
Module 11: High Availability and Fault Tolerance vCenter Server Availability:- Cluster DB- Multiple redundant servers- HA, vCenter server heartbeat A cluster enabled for vSphere HA can have:- up to 32 hosts per cluster- up to 512 VM per host (regardless of the number of host/cluster)- up to 3,000 VM per cluster HA Failure scenario: Host, … Continue reading vSphere 5.0 Install, Configure, Manage Training Day 5
vSphere 5.0 Install, Configure, Manage Training Day 4
Module 8: Data Protection VADP (vStorage APIs for Data Protection) requires no software installation because it is built into ESXi. Hardware version 7 or later can support CBT ( Changed Block Tracking), “-ctk.vmdk” Data Recovery Appliance Virtual Machine Snapshot Consistency Backing up vCenter Server: vCenter Server database, VMWare VCMSDS (ADAM), SSL certificate and vpxd.cfg file … Continue reading vSphere 5.0 Install, Configure, Manage Training Day 4
vSphere 5.0 Install, Configure, Manage Training Day 3
Module 7: Virtual Machine Management A template is a master copy of a virtual machine used to create and provision new virtual machines (it actually rename the vmx file to vmtx file, and set it read only). It is recommend to specify the customized configuration during cloning or deploying from template. Virtual hardware v7 or … Continue reading vSphere 5.0 Install, Configure, Manage Training Day 3