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10GbE and 1GbE mixed setup best practice

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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 speed and redundancy. The hosts will have 2x 10GbE (on 1 NIC) and 4x 1GbE (those are onboard and guaranteed to be on 1 NIC, too).

 

The current hosts have 6x 1GbE on two NICs, where one of each NIC is in a vSwitch for the vMotion (vmk0) and management (vmk1) adapter. The remaining 4 are on another vSwitch for the VMs. All physical ports are active. We use NFS which is in the same subnet as vmk0.

 

I have no good idea how to use the 10GbE with the 1GbE ports. First, I'll probably create a new vmk for the NFS traffic*, or is it okay to run those two in the same VLAN like we do now? After the migration to the new hosts we will have a maximum of 3 hosts.

Then I'll either put 1 or 2 1GbE into the first vSwitch for the management vmk adapter and the rest into another vSwitch. There the 10GbE adapters will both be active and the 1GbE adapters will be on standby.

 

Would this be a valid and and good way to distribute the physical ports into the hosts and VMs? The physical switch on the other side is of course stacked and I'll connect to it in a redundant fashion like we do already.

 

Kind regards,

Chris

 

*I'll probably just create new vMotion NICs so I don't have to change anything on the storage side, just create a new VLAN and Subnet for vMotion


VRAC 7.0 installation fails at Verify that all services are started..

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Hello,


I am running through an issue while doing a brand new installation of VRAC 7.0. The same error below from https://vracFQDN/vcac/services/api/status is listed on the catalina.out log. Any help would be appreciated.


Thank you!


vrac7.JPG

<serviceRegistryStatus>

 

<errorMessage>

 

catalog-service service error: 503 Service Unavailable

</errorMessage>

<initialized>false</initialized>

<serviceInitializationStatus>UNAVAILABLE</serviceInitializationStatus>

<serviceName>shell-ui-app</serviceName>

<solutionUser>cafe-1F7kY6mCRw</solutionUser>

<startedTime>2016-01-04T12:35:54.653-08:00</startedTime>

<serviceRegistrationId>40ea0a62-f91a-4416-a3b2-3262ee447763</serviceRegistrationId>

Error Linking Account with Skyline Collector

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Hello,

 

We are trying to deploy the Skyline Collector on our environment but, the follow message appear when we try link our account on collector:

 

The My VMware account or EA number you have selected is not associated with a Skyline enabled entitlement account. Please visit https://www.vmware.com/support/services/skyline.html to signup to be a part of our next adoption wave.

 

We have received an invitation for the program but are unable to link the account.

 

Thanks.

SRM with Platform Services Controller High Availability (PSC HA)

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Hi,

 

I am looking to understand if SRM 6.5.x supports Platform Services Controller High Availability (PSC HA)? (VMware Knowledge Base)

 

I am deploying vCenter Server High Availability (VCHA) clusters with PSC HA using F5 LTM Load Balancers, but I am not 100% sure if SRM supports it?

 

I have attached a block diagram of my proposed final setup. There will be two VCHA clusters and two PSC's per SSO site, with 2 sites in the SSO domain. All vCenter Servers will be federated using Enhanced Linked Mode (ELM). Only 1 VCHA cluster in each SSO site will be using SRM to protect/recover it's workloads.

 

All vCenters & PSC's will be running version 6.5 update 1.

 

The PSC's will been deployed in sequence 1->2->3->4 and a final manual PSC replication agreement will be created between PSC 4 and PSC 1, to create a ring topology.

 

If I cannot use PSC HA with SRM:

 

  1. can I still use it for the workload VCHA cluster?
  2. which PSC's should I directly configure SRM to use?

 

Any advice or gotchas you can point out will be appreciated.

 

Cheers,

M

Powercli Multi Host portgroup tagging

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Do to the nature of my job I deal with multiple individual esx hosts.  They are nt part of vcenter cluster.  The script below works....somewhat.....NTP section is fine.....It is the portgroup section....it will apply the tags to the first host portgroup..then red inks and gives me a time out error.....I have tried to pipe portgroup commands to a start-stop to delay the tagging but it didnt except....any help would be appreciated.  This script is in first draft phase and I am just trying to get portgroups to tag on multiple hosts with exact same configuration.

 

 

 

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #          

#                      Hello                            #  

#                                                       #

#     You will choose What Config you want to use       #

#                                                       #

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #                                       

 

 

Write-Host -ForegroundColor DarkRed -BackgroundColor white "Welcome To Nutanix ESX Config Script"

 

 

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

#  Setting Variables for  Loop  #

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

 

 

$root = "root"

$pwd = "password"

$tag = "408"

$a = "x.x.x.x"

$b = "x.x.x.x"

$c= "x.x.x.x"

$esxlist = $a , $b , $c

$ntp1 = "x.x.x.x"

$ntp2 = "x.x.x.x"

$ntp3 = "x.x.x.x"

$ntp4 = "x.x.x.x"

######Begin Loop###########

foreach($esx in $esxlist) {

###########################

 

 

Write-Host -foregroundColor DarkGreen -BackgroundColor white "Choose a Configuration type Sir"

 

 

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

#  Setting Variable for Switch  #

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

 

 

$VmwareConfig = ""

 

 

Write-Host -ForegroundColor Green -BackgroundColor Black `

@"

1 = Configure NTP/Portgroup

2 = Configure NTP

3 = Configure Portgroup

"@; [int]$choicetype = Read-Host

 

 

switch ($choicetype) 

{

 

 

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

#   Configure NTP/Portgroup #

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

 

 

   1 {$VmwareConfig = `

 

 

Connect-VIServer -Server $esx -User $root -Password $pwd

 

 

Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -WarningAction SilentlyContinue

 

 

Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP $true

 

 

Write-Host -foregroundColor DarkGreen -BackgroundColor white "Please enter NTP Server Info"

 

 

###########Ensure Firewall Policy is Configured#####################################################################

Get-VMHostFirewallException -VMHost $esx | ? {$_.Name -eq "NTP client"} | Set-VMHostFirewallException -Enabled:$true

####################################################################################################################

 

 

######Add NTP Servers###########################################

Add-VMHostNtpServer -NtpServer $ntp1 , $ntp2 , $ntp3 , $ntp4 -VMHost $esx

################################################################

 

 

############Start NTP Service###############################################

Get-VmHostService -VMHost $esx | ?{$_.key -eq "ntpd"} | Start-VMHostService

############################################################################

 

 

#############Ensure service is set to start/stop on host#################################################

Get-VmHostService -VMHost $esx | ? {$_.key -eq "ntpd"} | Set-VMHostService -policy "on"

#########################################################################################################

 

 

Write-Host -foregroundColor DarkGreen -BackgroundColor white "NTP Config Complete, now lets configure the Portgroups to your desired specification"

 

 

Write-Host -foregroundColor DarkGreen -BackgroundColor white " Tagging CVM Port Group"

 

 

#############Tagging CVM###################################################

Get-VirtualPortGroup -VirtualSwitch "vSwitch0" -Name "VM Network" | Set-VirtualPortGroup -VLanId $tag

###########################################################################

 

 

Write-Host -foregroundColor DarkGreen -BackgroundColor white "Tagging Host"

 

 

##########Tag Management Portgroup#################################################

Get-VirtualPortGroup -VirtualSwitch "vSwitch0" -Name "Management Network" | Set-VirtualPortGroup -VLanId $tag

###################################################################################

 

 

Write-Host -foregroundColor DarkGreen -BackgroundColor white "End Transmission"

 

 

}

     

 

 

# # # # # # # # # # # # #

#   Set NTP ServerS     #

# # # # # # # # # # # # #

  

   2 {$VmwareConfig = `  

  

######Begin Loop###########

foreach($esx in $esxlist) {

 

 

Connect-VIServer -Server $esx -User $root -Password $pwd

 

 

Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -WarningAction SilentlyContinue

 

 

Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP $true

 

 

Write-Host -foregroundColor DarkGreen -BackgroundColor white "Please enter NTP Server Info"

 

 

###########Ensure Firewall Policy is Configured#####################################################################

Get-VMHostFirewallException -VMHost $esx | ? {$_.Name -eq "NTP client"} | Set-VMHostFirewallException -Enabled:$true

####################################################################################################################

 

######Add NTP Servers###########################################

Add-VMHostNtpServer -NtpServer $ntp -VMHost $esx

################################################################

 

 

############Start NTP Service###############################################

Get-VmHostService -VMHost $esx | ?{$_.key -eq "ntpd"} | Start-VMHostService

############################################################################

 

 

#############Ensure service is set to start/stop on host#################################################

Get-VmHostService -VMHost $esx | ? {$_.key -eq "ntpd"} | Set-VMHostService -policy "on"

 

 

}

 

 

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

#   Configure Portgroups    #

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # #

 

 

   3 {$VmwareConfig = `

 

 

#########loggging into each host################

Connect-VIServer -Server $esx -User $root -Password $pwd

################################################

 

 

Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -InvalidCertificateAction Ignore -WarningAction SilentlyContinue

 

 

Set-PowerCLIConfiguration -Scope User -ParticipateInCEIP $true

 

 

Write-Host -foregroundColor DarkGreen -BackgroundColor white " Tagging CVM Port Group"

 

 

#############Tagging CVM###################################################

Get-VirtualPortGroup -VirtualSwitch "vSwitch0" -Name "VM Network" | Set-VirtualPortGroup -VLanId $tag

###########################################################################

 

 

Write-Host -foregroundColor DarkGreen -BackgroundColor white "Tagging Host"

 

 

##########Tag Management Portgroup#################################################

Get-VirtualPortGroup -VirtualSwitch "vSwitch0" -Name "Management Network" | Set-VirtualPortGroup -VLanId $tag

 

 

###################################################################################

 

 

Write-Host -foregroundColor DarkGreen -BackgroundColor white "End Transmission"

     }

}

}

Alternate Video Drivers?

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Hello. Some but not all of our users are experiencing screen flickering issues in remote desktop sessions. I'd like to try a different or updated video driver if possible. Are there alternative drivers available for our configuration?

 

 

 

ESXi 6.0.0 3620759

 

VMware Tools 10.0.6 build 3560309

Windows Server 2008 R2

Microsoft Remote Desktop connections

Windows 7 64 bit clients

 

VMWare SVGA 3D driver installed

 

128MB RAM allocated video card

 

Options, General, Disable Acceleration unchecked

 

Thank you!

Changing windows VM MAC address issue

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Hello,

 

I have windows 2012 R2  VM  for For some reasons I have to change NIC MAC address form windows

but when I change MAC VN lost network connection

 

anyone have idea how to solve this issue ?

 

BR

Stretched Cluster

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Hello,

 

I have 3 servers in Site 1 and 3 servers in Site 2 connected through 10G L2 with HDD disks for capacity and SSD for caching. Can we configure stretched cluster between sites? can we use RAID1 with stretched cluster or we need RAID5/6?

And if RAID5/6 is mandatory for stretched cluster, should we need all-flash?

 

Regards,


Desktop is Currently Not Available - User Has No Session

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We have 1 user who is seeing an issue when he attempts to go to a specific pool that used to work fine for him. Now though, when he clicks on the pool after authenticating with his Horizon client, he gets the message "This desktop is currently not available. Please try connecting to this desktop again later, or contact your system administrator.". If he switches to other endpoints (even even HTML Access), he gets the same message. If I use my account, from these same endpoints, I get in fine. I did verify that this user does NOT have any current sessions on the pool. Is it possible something in the ADAM DB is saying this user is signed on/hung up, and is not clearing?

 

Horizon 7.3.2. Using Cloud Pod. 4.7 Client, 4.8 Client, Wyse ThinOS, and Chrome HTML Access clients have been attempted.

esxi vmxnet3 max speed

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esxi version 6.0 u3

 

esxi network - 20000 full from the nic

 

However, vm network speed seems to be 10G

 

Does vmxnet3 not support 20G?

Provide more details on the %pre, %post and %firstboot parameter

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Author : Doreen Kasson

URL : http:////docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.esxi.upgrade.doc/GUID-61A14EBB-5CF3-43EE-87EF-DB8EC6D83698.html

Topic Name : Installation and Upgrade Script Commands

Publication Name : VMware ESXi Upgrade

Product/Version : VMware vSphere/6.7

Question :

Please provide more details on those parameters. From the documentation it's unclear that those parameters have to be the last parameters set in a ks.cfg file. The reason for this seems to be that there is no script limiter. Thus, when executing the kickstart file and comming across a %pre, %post or %firstboot tag everything after that will be executed with the given %pre, %post or %firstboot interpreter. the interpreter only then will switch back to kickstart when it again sees another %pre, %post or %firstboot line.   

Provide more details on the --firstdisk parameter

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Author : Doreen Kasson

URL : http:////docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-vSphere/6.7/com.vmware.esxi.upgrade.doc/GUID-61A14EBB-5CF3-43EE-87EF-DB8EC6D83698.html

Topic Name : Installation and Upgrade Script Commands

Publication Name : VMware ESXi Upgrade

Product/Version : VMware vSphere/6.7

Question :

The documentation is unclear on if the firstdisk=disk-type1[,disk-type2]... parameter of the install command is a filter or only a ordering of what disk to install ESXi on.  E.g., when using --firstdisk=local will this cause ESXi to be ONLY installed on local disks and NEVER on remote disks? or does this only set "local" disks to be considered before all other disks types but, if no local disks are found, will eventually install ESXi on a e.g. remote disk type anyways.  This may seem like a little detail but it makes a huge difference. Many LUNs have been lost this way...

Removing esxi from the srm configuration

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I am currently using the srm

 

Trying to remove two esxi in dr

 

How do I work process?

 

If just remove esxi, will my vm become an orphan?

vSphere could not connect to host

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That is my error when i connect to ESXi, can you help me fix it? Thanks so much

Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Performance issue

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Hi

 

We have deployed Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 using App volumes and RDS. We have a comparison from the end user that the performance is much better in a physical machine than the virtual desktop or the published apps. We can see a micro lag when the user is provide their inputs to the MS Dynamics AX.

 

Below is the current environment

Horizon 7.2

App volumes 2.12

RDS farm 2012

UEM 9.1

 

Thank you


missing permissions after VCSA 6.7a upgrade

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Hi,

 

I've faced following issue. We had vCenter 6.5 on windows as embedded PSC. This server was migrated to VCSA 6.7 and all looks good except one thing - permissions. All permissions from active directory were missing except Global permissions. I have added all again. Now I have upgraded to 6.7.0a through :5480 UI. After services restart I lost permissions again.

 

Does anybody face same issue?

 

Thanks

Cross vCenter Migration - Failing to Relocate

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Relocate works great for powered off VMs. I can't get powered on VMs to work. Source is vSphere 6.0 U3 and destination is vSphere 6.7. I keep getting "The target host does not support the virtual machine's current hardware requirements." Both sites have EVC set to Ivy Bridge, so I am not sure what it means by hardware requirements.

 

Source is ESXi 6.0 Build 7967664 (Latest)

Number of microcode updates:1

Original Revision:0x0b000021

Current Revision:0x0b00002a

 

Destination is ESXi 6.7 Build 8169922 (Latest)

Number of microcode updates:0

Original Revision:0x0b00002a

Current Revision:0x0b00002a

 

I even double checked the CPUID Feature Flags to be certain. There are no CPU affinity settings configured or issues with resources/reservations.

 

If I am reading this site correctly. VMware Knowledge Base

 

vSphere 6.0 U3 to vSphere 6.5 U2 and later* (* This includes all VMware Cloud on AWS versions and vSphere 6.7.) vMotion is supported. So what am I missing?

How to Convert NumCPU to An int?

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i need to get the number of vCPUs on a VM and then cast the value into an integer data type.

 

$cpus = [int]( get-vm sqlvm1 | select NumCPU)

 

However it is telling me it can’t convert the data type of NumCPU to an int.

 

any ideas?

Are zfs snapshots a safe way to backup esxi hosts?

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We are using zfs snapshots to back up our esxi hosts.  It this a safe way to back them up?

I am afraid of data loss or corruption.  Should I be using something like gettoVCB?

 

Thanks

[HELP] My big problem with Horizon 7.4 - Printer Redirection

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Hello, I have a big problem with Horizon 7.4 that I can't see the virtual printer in my virtual desktop.

 

My Horizon Components:

1.[Hypervisor] VMware vSphere ESXi 6.5

2.[VM] VMware vCSA 6.5

3.[VM on ESXi 6.5]  SRV1 (AD、DNS、DHCP) - Server 2008R2 Standard

4.[VM on ESXi 6.5] SRV2  (Connection Server) - Server 2008R2 Standard

5.[VM on ESXi 6.5] SRV3 (Composer、SQL) - Server 2008R2 Standard

6.[VM on ESXi 6.5] TPL (Horizon Agent for cloning) - Windows 7 Pro SP1

7.[Physical PC]  Horizon Client - Windows 7 Pro SP1

 

The step I deploy Horizon as follow:

1.Install the virtual machine environment, such as ESXi6.5, vCSA 6.5

2.Deploying VM OS and Install VMware Tools on SRV1, SRV2, SRV3, TPL...etc

3.Add AD、DNS、DHCP role on SRV1, and create the OU for Horizon

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4.Join AD member (SRV2, SRV3, TP)

5.Install Connection Server on SRV2

6.Install SQL Server and Composer on SRV3

7.Install Horizon Agent on TPL and snapshot

8.Setting View Administrator (add trial license, add vCenter, add desktop pool ..etc)

 

After the Horizon environment setup, I used Horizon Client login into the virtual desktop,

I can't see the printer in my virtual desktop.

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Some solution I have tried:

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1027293

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1013520

1.Check the services are running, and trying to restart these services,

  • TP VC Gateway Service
  • TP AutoConnect Service
  • Print Spooler service.

2.Reinstall Horizon Agent on TPL.

3.Reinstall Horizon Client on physical PC.

4.Increase timeout value in registry

Change HKLM\Software\ThinPrint\TPAutoconnect\TimeOutClient from 600000 to 900000

Change HKLM\Software\ThinPrint\TPAutoconnect\TimeOutClientExecution from 600000 to 900000

 

It still doesn't work....

 

And some papers I saw that virtual print setting is on the Horizon client,

but I can't find it..

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Does anyone have good solutions?

Or is any step I setup the Horizon environment wrong?

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