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Volume One Host Isolation 34 Disabling VMware HA 43 Connect to a Virtual Server 43 Go to the Cluster Summary 44... ESXi Shell 51 Enabling SSH from the DCU.I 51 Enabling the SSH from the vSphere Client 52 vSphere Client Notification When the ESXi Shell and SSH Are Enabled 53 Installing the vCL.I 53 Installing...59 Bringing It All Together 60 vSphere PowerCLI by Example 62 Introduction 62 Prerequisites 62 Install vSphere PowerCLI 62 Getting Started with vSphere PowerCLI 69 Connecting to a vSphere Host or vCenter 69 Using vSphere PowerCLI 71 vSphere PowerCLI Summary 81 Evaluating the ...
Volume One Host Isolation 34 Disabling VMware HA 43 Connect to a Virtual Server 43 Go to the Cluster Summary 44... ESXi Shell 51 Enabling SSH from the DCU.I 51 Enabling the SSH from the vSphere Client 52 vSphere Client Notification When the ESXi Shell and SSH Are Enabled 53 Installing the vCL.I 53 Installing...59 Bringing It All Together 60 vSphere PowerCLI by Example 62 Introduction 62 Prerequisites 62 Install vSphere PowerCLI 62 Getting Started with vSphere PowerCLI 69 Connecting to a vSphere Host or vCenter 69 Using vSphere PowerCLI 71 vSphere PowerCLI Summary 81 Evaluating the ...
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...server has 2x 1GB or 2x 10GB network cards connected to access shared storage. Each server has the required HBA/network adaptor to a common switch (this will be configured as a network adaptor team). VMware vCenter™ Server appliance is available. Subnet,... worksheet to organize your evaluation process. Datastore 2 name. ESXi host 3 hostname. SOFTWARE CHECKLIST: VMware vSphere/VMware ESXi installation media is downloaded. ESXi host 1 hostname. VMware vSphere® Client™ is installed. Datastore 3 name. Subnet, netmask and default gateway for management network.
...server has 2x 1GB or 2x 10GB network cards connected to access shared storage. Each server has the required HBA/network adaptor to a common switch (this will be configured as a network adaptor team). VMware vCenter™ Server appliance is available. Subnet,... worksheet to organize your evaluation process. Datastore 2 name. ESXi host 3 hostname. SOFTWARE CHECKLIST: VMware vSphere/VMware ESXi installation media is downloaded. ESXi host 1 hostname. VMware vSphere® Client™ is installed. Datastore 3 name. Subnet, netmask and default gateway for management network.
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Connecting to Virtual Server Using the vSphere Client, connect to Virtual Server VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 13 Volume One Figure 1. Connect to your virtual server instance.
Connecting to Virtual Server Using the vSphere Client, connect to Virtual Server VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 13 Volume One Figure 1. Connect to your virtual server instance.
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VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 37 Accessing the ESXi Shell At the ESXi console for the host. Log in to the shell using the user name and password specified for the host, hit Alt-F1 to access the ESXi Shell. Enabling ESXi Shell From here, select the Enable ESXi Shell option to the host. Figure 34. Volume One Figure 33. This shell will enable you will notice that the vSphere Client displays a warning message. Figure 35. vSphere Client Warning Message Once you do this, you to remove the network connections to enable the ESXi Shell.
VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 37 Accessing the ESXi Shell At the ESXi console for the host. Log in to the shell using the user name and password specified for the host, hit Alt-F1 to access the ESXi Shell. Enabling ESXi Shell From here, select the Enable ESXi Shell option to the host. Figure 34. Volume One Figure 33. This shell will enable you will notice that the vSphere Client displays a warning message. Figure 35. vSphere Client Warning Message Once you do this, you to remove the network connections to enable the ESXi Shell.
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VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - This will show you 'll notice that the host still displays a warning. This warning is still enabled. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 42 Even after you have re-established the network connections, you that the ESXi Shell is due to the fact that communication with the other ...hosts in the cluster has been re-established. Figure 42. Volume One Figure 41. Examining Events for the Host Once you restore the uplinks for the host, you can utilize the vSphere Client...
VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - This will show you 'll notice that the host still displays a warning. This warning is still enabled. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 42 Even after you have re-established the network connections, you that the ESXi Shell is due to the fact that communication with the other ...hosts in the cluster has been re-established. Figure 42. Volume One Figure 41. Examining Events for the Host Once you restore the uplinks for the host, you can utilize the vSphere Client...
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... isolated host is a simple, straightforward process. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - This section will walk you through the required steps before continuing on to the cluster. Verifying That Host is Operating Normally Use the vSphere Client to show all of HA, disabling HA is... now operating normally and has reconnected to the next topic. Connect to your virtual server instance. Connecting to a Virtual Server Instance Using the vSphere Client, connect to a Virtual Server Figure 44. ...
... isolated host is a simple, straightforward process. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - This section will walk you through the required steps before continuing on to the cluster. Verifying That Host is Operating Normally Use the vSphere Client to show all of HA, disabling HA is... now operating normally and has reconnected to the next topic. Connect to your virtual server instance. Connecting to a Virtual Server Instance Using the vSphere Client, connect to a Virtual Server Figure 44. ...
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... help and support, visit the vSphere PowerCLI community site at http://vmware.com/go/PowerCLI. Figure 90. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Volume One Getting Started with vSphere PowerCLI On your start menu in the VMware -> VMware vSphere PowerCLI folder, you will aid in the learning process when starting out with the vSphere Client, to connect to learn these languages in full...
... help and support, visit the vSphere PowerCLI community site at http://vmware.com/go/PowerCLI. Figure 90. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Volume One Getting Started with vSphere PowerCLI On your start menu in the VMware -> VMware vSphere PowerCLI folder, you will aid in the learning process when starting out with the vSphere Client, to connect to learn these languages in full...
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... virtual administrator's job. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - The Get-VMHost cmdlet can quickly cause issues within the virtual infrastructure. Snapshot information gathering is hard to repeat this in vSphere PowerCLI, type Get-VMHost...are using, when they were created, and by whom they can be used in the vSphere Client, you to retrieve and set information for that host. You would need to view. ...Volume One Figure 102. To list the NTP servers on the current connection, type Get-VM | Get-Snapshot TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 77 To view all snapshots on...
... virtual administrator's job. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - The Get-VMHost cmdlet can quickly cause issues within the virtual infrastructure. Snapshot information gathering is hard to repeat this in vSphere PowerCLI, type Get-VMHost...are using, when they were created, and by whom they can be used in the vSphere Client, you to retrieve and set information for that host. You would need to view. ...Volume One Figure 102. To list the NTP servers on the current connection, type Get-VM | Get-Snapshot TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 77 To view all snapshots on...
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Snapshots are easily created in large numbers in the vSphere Client must be recorded in the normal manner within vCenter and attributed to the user who is connected to reporting, PowerCLIvSphere PowerCLI also provides cmdlets for your virtual ...vSphere PowerCLI. Volume One To gain more information about all Microsoft Patches" You will also see from the preceding screen shot that any task produced by vSphere PowerCLI will be created one at a time. With vSphere PowerCLI, you can specify the criteria for the management of snapshots. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 78 VMware vSphere...
Snapshots are easily created in large numbers in the vSphere Client must be recorded in the normal manner within vCenter and attributed to the user who is connected to reporting, PowerCLIvSphere PowerCLI also provides cmdlets for your virtual ...vSphere PowerCLI. Volume One To gain more information about all Microsoft Patches" You will also see from the preceding screen shot that any task produced by vSphere PowerCLI will be created one at a time. With vSphere PowerCLI, you can specify the criteria for the management of snapshots. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 78 VMware vSphere...
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Volume One Testing Access with SSH Service Stopped After stopping the SSH remote access service, you can use virtual machine VM_02 running on TCP port 22. Figure 115. local) to Host1 (tm-pod01-esx01. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 85 In this example environment, you can test if any client can launch the PuTTY tool to establish the SSH session, as shown in Figure 115. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - The connection times out with Host1. You can connect to establish a SSH session with a network error, as shown in Figure 116. tmsb.local) on Host3 (tm-pod01-esx03.tmsb.
Volume One Testing Access with SSH Service Stopped After stopping the SSH remote access service, you can use virtual machine VM_02 running on TCP port 22. Figure 115. local) to Host1 (tm-pod01-esx01. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 85 In this example environment, you can test if any client can launch the PuTTY tool to establish the SSH session, as shown in Figure 115. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - The connection times out with Host1. You can connect to establish a SSH session with a network error, as shown in Figure 116. tmsb.local) on Host3 (tm-pod01-esx03.tmsb.