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... Screen 16 Virtual Machine Protection State 20 Host Protection State 21 VMware HA Advanced Options 22 Admission Control 24 Virtual Machine Options 25 Virtual Machine Monitoring 27 Storage Heartbeats 29 Validating VMware HA Operation 29 Host Failure 29 TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 2 Volume One Table of Contents About This Guide 5 Intended Audience 5 System Requirements 5 Hardware Requirements 5 Servers 5 Storage 5 Networking 5 Software and Licensing Requirements 6 VMware vSphere 6 Guest Operating Systems 6 Evaluation Guide Environment Setup 7 Server Configuration 8 Logical...
... Screen 16 Virtual Machine Protection State 20 Host Protection State 21 VMware HA Advanced Options 22 Admission Control 24 Virtual Machine Options 25 Virtual Machine Monitoring 27 Storage Heartbeats 29 Validating VMware HA Operation 29 Host Failure 29 TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 2 Volume One Table of Contents About This Guide 5 Intended Audience 5 System Requirements 5 Hardware Requirements 5 Servers 5 Storage 5 Networking 5 Software and Licensing Requirements 6 VMware vSphere 6 Guest Operating Systems 6 Evaluation Guide Environment Setup 7 Server Configuration 8 Logical...
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VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Volume One Host Isolation 34 Disabling VMware HA 43 Connect to a Virtual Server 43 Go to the Cluster Summary 44 Edit Cluster Settings 45 Wait for Task to Complete 46 Getting Familiar with the New Command-Line Interface 46 Introduction 46 The New esxcli Command 47 esxcli Command-Line Syntax 47 Remote esxcli Command Authentication 49 Enabling Access to the ESXi Shell 50 Enabling the ESXi Shell from the DCU.I 50...
VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Volume One Host Isolation 34 Disabling VMware HA 43 Connect to a Virtual Server 43 Go to the Cluster Summary 44 Edit Cluster Settings 45 Wait for Task to Complete 46 Getting Familiar with the New Command-Line Interface 46 Introduction 46 The New esxcli Command 47 esxcli Command-Line Syntax 47 Remote esxcli Command Authentication 49 Enabling Access to the ESXi Shell 50 Enabling the ESXi Shell from the DCU.I 50...
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... Start an Image Builder vSphere PowerCLI Session 92 Import the ESXi Offline Bundle 94 Display Software Depots 94 Display VIBs 95 Display Image Profiles 95 Create a New Image Profile 96 Create a New Image Profile by Manually Selecting Individual VIBs 96 Create a New Image Profile by Cloning an Existing Image Profile 98 Removing VIBs from an Image Profile 98 Compare Image Profiles 99 Export Image Profile 99 Export As an Offline Bundle 99 Export As a Bootable ISO Image 100 Product Documentation 100 Using...
... Start an Image Builder vSphere PowerCLI Session 92 Import the ESXi Offline Bundle 94 Display Software Depots 94 Display VIBs 95 Display Image Profiles 95 Create a New Image Profile 96 Create a New Image Profile by Manually Selecting Individual VIBs 96 Create a New Image Profile by Cloning an Existing Image Profile 98 Removing VIBs from an Image Profile 98 Compare Image Profiles 99 Export Image Profile 99 Export As an Offline Bundle 99 Export As a Bootable ISO Image 100 Product Documentation 100 Using...
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... by all VMware vSphere customers. The companion guide, the VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide, Volume Two, is to support a self-guided, hands-on the VMware vSphere 5.0 Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). Hardware Requirements This guide makes the following section. Networking You must have an existing VMware virtualization environment and want to configure hardware and software as detailed in a small- System Requirements To ensure the best experience when using this guide, the user will need...
... by all VMware vSphere customers. The companion guide, the VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide, Volume Two, is to support a self-guided, hands-on the VMware vSphere 5.0 Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). Hardware Requirements This guide makes the following section. Networking You must have an existing VMware virtualization environment and want to configure hardware and software as detailed in a small- System Requirements To ensure the best experience when using this guide, the user will need...
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... six virtual machines running virtual machines. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - The VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide, Volume Two, will be required. Volume One For more detailed requirements, see the following assumptions about your existing software infrastructure: VMware vSphere This volume of the VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide, a license for Essentials Plus. The user is the best choice for ESXi management, vMotion, and virtual machine traffic Software and Licensing Requirements This guide makes the following table. Two...
... six virtual machines running virtual machines. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - The VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide, Volume Two, will be required. Volume One For more detailed requirements, see the following assumptions about your existing software infrastructure: VMware vSphere This volume of the VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide, a license for Essentials Plus. The user is the best choice for ESXi management, vMotion, and virtual machine traffic Software and Licensing Requirements This guide makes the following table. Two...
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... and default gateway for management network. Subnet, netmask and default gateway for vMotion network. Datastore 3 name. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 11 SOFTWARE CHECKLIST: VMware vSphere/VMware ESXi installation media is downloaded. Volume One VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide, Volume One - Worksheet You can see at least three common 100GB LUNs (or NFS exports). Each server has the required HBA/network adaptor to a common switch (this will be configured as a network adaptor team). VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - VMware vSphere® Client...
... and default gateway for management network. Subnet, netmask and default gateway for vMotion network. Datastore 3 name. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 11 SOFTWARE CHECKLIST: VMware vSphere/VMware ESXi installation media is downloaded. Volume One VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide, Volume One - Worksheet You can see at least three common 100GB LUNs (or NFS exports). Each server has the required HBA/network adaptor to a common switch (this will be configured as a network adaptor team). VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - VMware vSphere® Client...
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... operation. Specific areas of interest include the following steps will guide you through this document and verify that the environment you have a working management network with a third-party tool, an administrator can be configured properly. Refer to VMware vCenter™ utilizing the vSphere Client. The following : • Ensure that you will attempt to administrators. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 12 Enabling HA Enabling HA is of the virtual machine...
... operation. Specific areas of interest include the following steps will guide you through this document and verify that the environment you have a working management network with a third-party tool, an administrator can be configured properly. Refer to VMware vCenter™ utilizing the vSphere Client. The following : • Ensure that you will attempt to administrators. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 12 Enabling HA Enabling HA is of the virtual machine...
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Click the check box next to modify the settings of the cluster. Edit Cluster Settings VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - This will close the wizard and the system will bring up a wizard that you can use to Turn On vSphere HA and select OK. Editing Cluster Settings In the cluster summary screen, select the Edit Settings option. Volume One Figure 3. This will initialize VMware HA. Initializing VMware HA TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 15 Figure 4.
Click the check box next to modify the settings of the cluster. Edit Cluster Settings VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - This will close the wizard and the system will bring up a wizard that you can use to Turn On vSphere HA and select OK. Editing Cluster Settings In the cluster summary screen, select the Edit Settings option. Volume One Figure 3. This will initialize VMware HA. Initializing VMware HA TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 15 Figure 4.
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... HA State for All Hosts Within a Cluster To display the VMware HA state for all of the most commonly used options. This section provides an overview of the hosts within a cluster, select the cluster from the navigation tree and then click the Hosts tab. Volume One Figure 13. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 22 Editing Settings Click Edit Settings. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Right-click the title...
... HA State for All Hosts Within a Cluster To display the VMware HA state for all of the most commonly used options. This section provides an overview of the hosts within a cluster, select the cluster from the navigation tree and then click the Hosts tab. Volume One Figure 13. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 22 Editing Settings Click Edit Settings. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Right-click the title...
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... PAPER / 45 Cluster Settings Wizard In the cluster summary screen, select the Edit Settings option. Figure 47. This will close the wizard and the system will bring up a wizard that you can use to deselect it and select OK. Viewing the Progress of the Unconfigure Task of VMware HA Under the Recent Tasks pane of the vSphere Client, you can observe the...
... PAPER / 45 Cluster Settings Wizard In the cluster summary screen, select the Edit Settings option. Figure 47. This will close the wizard and the system will bring up a wizard that you can use to deselect it and select OK. Viewing the Progress of the Unconfigure Task of VMware HA Under the Recent Tasks pane of the vSphere Client, you can observe the...
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... the VMware Technical Support staff. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 46 NOTE: The ESXi Shell is recommended that use the vCLI for remote administration only • Used to your virtual infrastructure, including the VMware vSphere® Command-Line Interface (vCLI), a set best suited to administer ESXi hosts from Windows systems Table 1. The following table provides a summary of the command-line tools available in serious problems. Users should use of the ESXi Shell be limited to manage...
... the VMware Technical Support staff. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 46 NOTE: The ESXi Shell is recommended that use the vCLI for remote administration only • Used to your virtual infrastructure, including the VMware vSphere® Command-Line Interface (vCLI), a set best suited to administer ESXi hosts from Windows systems Table 1. The following table provides a summary of the command-line tools available in serious problems. Users should use of the ESXi Shell be limited to manage...
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... Volume One The New esxcli Command For the first time, the new esxcli command is not backward compatible with the vicfg- commands. The esxcli command in conjunction with earlier versions of the command syntax. esxcli Command-Line Syntax The esxcli command is an example of namespaces. The following is made up of a hierarchy of this command: Figure 50. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - This provides for a user-friendly CLI...
... Volume One The New esxcli Command For the first time, the new esxcli command is not backward compatible with the vicfg- commands. The esxcli command in conjunction with earlier versions of the command syntax. esxcli Command-Line Syntax The esxcli command is an example of namespaces. The following is made up of a hierarchy of this command: Figure 50. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - This provides for a user-friendly CLI...
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... Windows The vCLI installation package for information on a supported Windows server and launch the installer. In can be installed on the host summary page serving as a reminder to install and configure the vMA. Refer to Chapter 2 of the Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces guide for Windows includes the ActivePerl runtime environment, along with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces guide for Windows on how to disable the access when it is enabled on a host, the vSphere Client...
... Windows The vCLI installation package for information on a supported Windows server and launch the installer. In can be installed on the host summary page serving as a reminder to install and configure the vMA. Refer to Chapter 2 of the Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces guide for Windows includes the ActivePerl runtime environment, along with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces guide for Windows on how to disable the access when it is enabled on a host, the vSphere Client...
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... examples show esxcli commands executed from the ESXi Shell Use the esxcli storage core device list command to display the host name and domain name and verify the change. Then use the esxcli system hostname get command to set --host tm-pod01-esx01 --domain tmsb.local command to display the ESXi host syslog configuration, as follows: TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 54 Display Host Syslog Settings from the local ESXi Shell. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide...
... examples show esxcli commands executed from the ESXi Shell Use the esxcli storage core device list command to display the host name and domain name and verify the change. Then use the esxcli system hostname get command to set --host tm-pod01-esx01 --domain tmsb.local command to display the ESXi host syslog configuration, as follows: TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 54 Display Host Syslog Settings from the local ESXi Shell. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide...
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... example, we will use the vMA -vi-fastpass authentication, making it prompt for the user name and password, as follows: Figure 65. esxcli storage core adapter list Command from vMA Use the esxcli --server tm-pod01-esx01 --user root storage core adapter list command to display the amount of the esxcli command. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Volume One Sample esxcli Commands Run Remotely from the vCLI. Here we provide the --server option...
... example, we will use the vMA -vi-fastpass authentication, making it prompt for the user name and password, as follows: Figure 65. esxcli storage core adapter list Command from vMA Use the esxcli --server tm-pod01-esx01 --user root storage core adapter list command to display the amount of the esxcli command. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Volume One Sample esxcli Commands Run Remotely from the vCLI. Here we provide the --server option...
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.... In the following example, we need only a summary showing the interface name, vSwitch, and port group, we need to include in a report. To facilitate this, the esxcli command enables you can refine our command using the --formatter and --format-param options, as follows: Figure 70. We start by running the esxcli network ip interface list command, as follows: TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 58 VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide -
.... In the following example, we need only a summary showing the interface name, vSwitch, and port group, we need to include in a report. To facilitate this, the esxcli command enables you can refine our command using the --formatter and --format-param options, as follows: Figure 70. We start by running the esxcli network ip interface list command, as follows: TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 58 VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide -
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... scripts. Previous operating systems, such as an administrative language with easy-to a desktop system, the following Web site: http://support.microsoft. To change the execution policy, start a PowerShell session with Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2. vSphere PowerCLI adds over 200 cmdlets (commands) to native PowerShell commands, enabling the management of vSphere PowerCLI to -learn management and automation capabilities. By default, PowerShell is integrated with administrator privileges, as follows: Figure 77. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide...
... scripts. Previous operating systems, such as an administrative language with easy-to a desktop system, the following Web site: http://support.microsoft. To change the execution policy, start a PowerShell session with Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2. vSphere PowerCLI adds over 200 cmdlets (commands) to native PowerShell commands, enabling the management of vSphere PowerCLI to -learn management and automation capabilities. By default, PowerShell is integrated with administrator privileges, as follows: Figure 77. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide...
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... vSphere Client UI. Evaluation Overview In this scripting language easier to the host. ESXi firewall configuration can specify the IP addresses or range of vSphere management, including host, network, storage, virtual machine, and guest OS management. Each virtual machine a software tool installed a. You can see that vSphere PowerCLI is a robust command-line tool for each host in the knowledge of PowerShell and, inherently, vSphere PowerCLI, makes this exercise, you can be used with other products...
... vSphere Client UI. Evaluation Overview In this scripting language easier to the host. ESXi firewall configuration can specify the IP addresses or range of vSphere management, including host, network, storage, virtual machine, and guest OS management. Each virtual machine a software tool installed a. You can see that vSphere PowerCLI is a robust command-line tool for each host in the knowledge of PowerShell and, inherently, vSphere PowerCLI, makes this exercise, you can be used with other products...
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... Image Builder 5.0: Install vSphere PowerCLI Download and install vSphere 5.0 PowerCLI from www.vmware.com. Volume One Image Builder Prerequisites The following components are required to use vSphere 5.0 Image Builder: • Windows VM with 2GB of this directory. Connect-VIServer TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 92 Download the file on the .exe file to beginning your vSphere PowerCLI session to a vCenter Server. Start vSphere PowerCLI by Example" section of free disk space (used to host vSphere PowerCLI and store Image Builder software depots) • vSphere...
... Image Builder 5.0: Install vSphere PowerCLI Download and install vSphere 5.0 PowerCLI from www.vmware.com. Volume One Image Builder Prerequisites The following components are required to use vSphere 5.0 Image Builder: • Windows VM with 2GB of this directory. Connect-VIServer TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 92 Download the file on the .exe file to beginning your vSphere PowerCLI session to a vCenter Server. Start vSphere PowerCLI by Example" section of free disk space (used to host vSphere PowerCLI and store Image Builder software depots) • vSphere...
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... disk by importing the offline bundle as a bootable ISO image. PowerCLI C:\> Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile MyNewProfile -ExportToBundle - VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - With an offline bundle, each time you start a new vSphere PowerCLI session, you can see that were made. FilePath C:\ImageBuilder\MyNewProfile Figure 143. Export Image Profile The following steps show how to help identify and track differences between vSphere PowerCLI sessions, you exit your custom image profiles by exporting to work...
... disk by importing the offline bundle as a bootable ISO image. PowerCLI C:\> Export-EsxImageProfile -ImageProfile MyNewProfile -ExportToBundle - VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - With an offline bundle, each time you start a new vSphere PowerCLI session, you can see that were made. FilePath C:\ImageBuilder\MyNewProfile Figure 143. Export Image Profile The following steps show how to help identify and track differences between vSphere PowerCLI sessions, you exit your custom image profiles by exporting to work...