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VSphere on DELL PowerEdge 1850R

BlackMamba — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:51:26 GMT

Guys,

I have 2 DELL PowerEdge 1850R that I would like to deploy in production. THE CPU is supportedly a 64 bit CPU and got VSphere running successfully.

However, I am unable to install any 64bit O/S. I am kinda stumped. If VSphere sees the CPU as 64bit, why the heck won't Microsoft O/S see the CPU as 64 bit. Is there a setting I am missing? Please advise.

Cheers

martin

Importing VMDK file created on ESX2.5 to ESX3i

myemmi — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:37:05 GMT

Hi Everyone,

First time in this community. I was just wondering if anyone tried or knows if we can import VMDK files created using ESX2.5 enterprise version into ESX3i (free version)?

Thanks You very much.

Mourad

Converter error

kanoute696 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:42:28 GMT

Hi Kelly,

I've put this on a different thread but said I would ask you as you have been of such help in the past

Converter errors

Im running vmware converter standalone, ran on a W2k3 server (importing an online physical server,i.e itself ) . I am trying to P2V itself and send it to out to our ESX3.5 server\datastore (destination)

sorry I cant explain it any better than this.

Hi All, I'm getting this error

Unknown error returned by Vmware convertor Agent

and in the logs its saying

2009-10-29 15:18:11.119 'ClientConnection' 5028 info Making sure that UFAD interface has version vmware-converter-4.0.2

2009-10-29 15:18:11.135 'ClientConnection' 5028 info UFAD interface version is vmware-converter-4.0.2

2009-10-29 15:18:11.150 'P2V' 5028 info task,277 Task execution completed

2009-10-29 15:18:11.181 'P2V' 5028 info ufaSession,129 DoImport called

2009-10-29 15:18:11.181 'P2V' 4256 info task,275 Starting execution of a Task

2009-10-29 15:18:11.181 'P2V' 4256 info ufaTask,207 Successfully connected to VMImporter

2009-10-29 15:19:20.149 'P2V' 4256 error task,296 Task failed: P2VError UNKNOWN_METHOD_FAULT(sysimage.fault.ImageProcessingTaskFault)

Is there no way I can P2V it to itself and then copy it to the datastore

(when i try this, it just doesnt see a file the file even though its there)

What is the best P2V tool out there?..

Thanks for any help provided

VSphere on DELL PowerEdge 1850R

BlackMamba — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:47:05 GMT

Guys,

I have 2 DELL PowerEdge 1850R that I would like to deploy in production. THE CPU is supportedly a 64 bit CPU and got VSphere running successfully.

Cheers

martin

vSRM VLAN configuration?

vikash_roy — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:14:15 GMT

I am planning to start POC for vSRM using ESX3.5 U2. I have done demo and it went through but could not show all the functionality. Currently for POC purpose I need to design VLAN.

My question what kind of approach should I take for VLAN. Shall I use "streached VLAN's" as few/NetApp says or shall I re-ip those machine?

If someone can point me to understand from pros/cons as well as "How To" that would be great help.

Thanks,

Vikash

Mirroring two ESX Servers with direct attached arrays

kanoute696 — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:26:08 GMT

Hi, am new to the forum so please forgive if I commit any faux pas

We have two HP DL585 servers (amd opteron) with Direct attached storage arrays (attached via scsi cable) We would like to create a VM environment using ESX 3.5 (this is whats available to us - packaged) We also have all the vmware tools available to us but no other budget to spend on NAS\SAN's

Is there a way to create a mirror between the two machines (and arrays so to speak) so that failover is possible if one goes down or something similar - I think HP storageworks storage mirroring does this but does VMware have anything build in to do the job?

we will be installing the ESX build on the local hard disks(mirrored) and the VM slices on the array (raid 5). Also the arrays are seen as another local disk on the server. Would Vmotion help or what could we put in place here?. Thanks

Alternatively, what is a good design to follow with the hardware we have? I'm finding it hard to get examples of VMware environments on the web. Thanks in advance

HP Blades, Virtual Connect, 10Gb, Flex-10 and vSphere

julianwood — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:48:21 GMT

Is anyone working on a reference document for HP Blades and ESX particularly using HP Virtual Connect

We are working out how best to deploy HP Blades with Virtual Connect and 10GbE and would be great to get some opinions and hopefully get some common guidelines together for people to follow

Here are some of our requirements:

We use NetApp NFS for all storage.

We require multiple VLANs for our production networking.

These are some of the things I'ev been considering.

Should we just use a single 10GbE uplink per Flex-10 module.
Should we not stack chassis together.
Should we have shared uplinks or just dedicated uplinks?
Should we just pass through VLANs to ESX or actually set up the VLANs in VConnect?
Should we get the ESX hosts to do the failover or get VConnect?
Should we carve up our FlexNics or just using the single 10GbE?
Should we separate LAN / NAS physically or with VLANs or not at all?
Should we separate out Service Console and VMotion?
Should we use portgroups to direct traffic over particular uplinks but allow failover?

What Blades should we use?
The 490c can take more memory but doesn't have hot swappable disks. Does it matter? You cannot currently mirror the internal solid state disks.
The 460C has less memory but HSS disks, so is that not a single point of failure.
8GB Dimms are very expensive so we're thinking of going 4GB dimms and getting more blades which works out cheaper.
Do we run ESX or ESXi installable or ESXi Embedded?
Anyone running ESXi off the internal SD cards on a 490C?

Would love to see some reference architecture or at least get everyone's thinking for how to set up vSphere with Blades.

Self-Provisioning Portal

mvaughn — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 23:53:00 GMT

Has anyone deployed a portal or web applicaiton to allow users to self-provision VMs within your environment? I really like Amazon's EC2 interface, and would like to investigate options to add a similar interface internally for our VMware environment.

More VM's VS Less VM's

khunter — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:31:04 GMT

Having an on going arguement with App Devs re: putting their database driven websites into VM's. My questions/concerns are as follows.

Enviroment ESX Cluster 100 GHZ 200 Gigs Ram. 5 hosts. NFS Connectivity trunked 4gig link.

Our physical env suffered from major sprawl, and instead of just P2V'ing all the garbage into our fresh new cluster was considering redploying webapps and attempting to consolidate as much as possible.

One of our apps in the physical world consists of 3 boxes, One webserver, One SQL, and one Buisness Logic Layer box. Which then needs to be replicated x 3 for a full Test, Dev, and Production setup. So 9 physical servers for one app. Obviously the above multiplied over 60 apps = nightmare.

I have a dev arguing to continue to build the app as above with 3 VM's one each for Web, Sql, and Bll. My arguement is *WHY* bother with seperate vm's, why not put all 3 functions inside of 1 vm and throw more resources at said VM, since it all derives from the same pool. Aside from isolation (which is not my concern) is one method preferred vs the other ? Forget shares / DRS every VM has the same contention aspects. 3 vm's vs 1 vm ?

Let the fighting begin.

5 VDI anti-patterns

schambers — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:15:12 GMT

VDI is fantastic and getting better, and the complexity lies in integrating the new technology with the old desktop practices.

Have you come across these five anti-patterns in VDI?

1. Liberal use of the Somebody Else’s Problem (SEP) field.

2. Indifferent business case

3. VDI changes the desktop lifecycle

4. Virtual Desktops are NOT Virtual Servers.

5. Nobody owns VDI.