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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 ... Enabling SSH Access to the 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 the vCLI on Windows 53 Installing the vCLI on Linux ...
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 ... Enabling SSH Access to the 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 the vCLI on Windows 53 Installing the vCLI on Linux ...
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.../network adaptor to a common switch (this will be configured as a network adaptor team). VMware vSphere® Client™ is downloaded. ESXi host 2 hostname. Subnet, netmask and default gateway for vMotion network. Datastore 2 name. HARDWARE CHECKLIST: All hardware has been validated against the VMware vSphere 5.0 Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). ESXi host 3 hostname. Datastore 1 name. Volume One...
.../network adaptor to a common switch (this will be configured as a network adaptor team). VMware vSphere® Client™ is downloaded. ESXi host 2 hostname. Subnet, netmask and default gateway for vMotion network. Datastore 2 name. HARDWARE CHECKLIST: All hardware has been validated against the VMware vSphere 5.0 Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). ESXi host 3 hostname. Datastore 1 name. Volume One...
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.... TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 12 This protects against such failures as the loss of HA to VMware vCenter™ utilizing the vSphere Client. Refer to the "System Requirements" section of the virtual machine and will attempt to administrators. VMware HA alleviates these concerns by providing protection from failures within an environment is a straightforward process that...
.... TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 12 This protects against such failures as the loss of HA to VMware vCenter™ utilizing the vSphere Client. Refer to the "System Requirements" section of the virtual machine and will attempt to administrators. VMware HA alleviates these concerns by providing protection from failures within an environment is a straightforward process that...
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Connecting to Virtual Server Using the vSphere Client, connect to Virtual Server VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Volume One Figure 1. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 13 Connect to your virtual server instance.
Connecting to Virtual Server Using the vSphere Client, connect to Virtual Server VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Volume One Figure 1. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 13 Connect to your virtual server instance.
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...is now shown under the cluster summary screen. Click this to Complete Figure 5. Volume One Under the Recent Tasks pane of the vSphere Client, you general information about the configuration of HA on . This should be enabled within your cluster. You'll notice that the ... until all the hosts within the cluster. This section will demonstrate several methods you can observe the progress of the initialization of HA. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Configuration of HA After enabling HA, you will show a Completed status. There is now providing protection for HA is...
...is now shown under the cluster summary screen. Click this to Complete Figure 5. Volume One Under the Recent Tasks pane of the vSphere Client, you general information about the configuration of HA on . This should be enabled within your cluster. You'll notice that the ... until all the hosts within the cluster. This section will demonstrate several methods you can observe the progress of the initialization of HA. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Configuration of HA After enabling HA, you will show a Completed status. There is now providing protection for HA is...
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... the system tm-pod1-esx01.tmsb.local to fail. Figure 22. Removing Power from a Host TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 30 Checking Virtual Machines First, use the vSphere Client to restart the protected virtual machines on the host that you are going to fail. You need to check the virtual machines in your environment... and ensure that at least one is online on a functional host. Figure 23. In this event occurs, VMware HA will identify the failure of the host and will attempt to examine the virtual machines hosted within the cluster...
... the system tm-pod1-esx01.tmsb.local to fail. Figure 22. Removing Power from a Host TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 30 Checking Virtual Machines First, use the vSphere Client to restart the protected virtual machines on the host that you are going to fail. You need to check the virtual machines in your environment... and ensure that at least one is online on a functional host. Figure 23. In this event occurs, VMware HA will identify the failure of the host and will attempt to examine the virtual machines hosted within the cluster...
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Figure 35. This shell will enable you will notice that the vSphere Client displays a warning message. Volume One Figure 33. Accessing the ESXi Shell At the ESXi console for the host. vSphere Client Warning Message Once you do this, you to remove the network connections to the host. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 37 Figure 34. Log in to the shell using the user name and password specified for the host, hit Alt-F1 to enable the ESXi Shell. Enabling ESXi Shell From here, select the Enable ESXi Shell option to access the ESXi Shell. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide -
Figure 35. This shell will enable you will notice that the vSphere Client displays a warning message. Volume One Figure 33. Accessing the ESXi Shell At the ESXi console for the host. vSphere Client Warning Message Once you do this, you to remove the network connections to the host. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 37 Figure 34. Log in to the shell using the user name and password specified for the host, hit Alt-F1 to enable the ESXi Shell. Enabling ESXi Shell From here, select the Enable ESXi Shell option to access the ESXi Shell. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide -
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TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 39 Volume One Figure 37. The host will be identified as being isolated both at the top of the screen and in the vSphere HA State notification. Identifying Host Isolation Using the vSphere Client, select the host from the left-hand navigation pane and select the Summary tab. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide -
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... for the host. This will show you 'll notice that the ESXi Shell is still enabled. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Examining Events for the Host Once you restore the uplinks for the host, you can utilize the vSphere Client to disable ESXi Shell access. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 42 This warning is due to the...
... for the host. This will show you 'll notice that the ESXi Shell is still enabled. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Examining Events for the Host Once you restore the uplinks for the host, you can utilize the vSphere Client to disable ESXi Shell access. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 42 This warning is due to the...
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.... Connecting to a Virtual Server Instance Using the vSphere Client, connect 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 your virtual server instance. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 43 Disabling VMware HA As with the enabling of the...
.... Connecting to a Virtual Server Instance Using the vSphere Client, connect 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 your virtual server instance. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 43 Disabling VMware HA As with the enabling of the...
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...to modify the settings of HA on the systems within the cluster. Viewing the Progress of the Unconfigure Task of VMware HA Under the Recent Tasks pane of the vSphere Client, you can observe the progress of the unconfigure task of the cluster. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 45 This will ...close the wizard and the system will bring up a wizard that you can use to deselect it and select OK. Edit Cluster Settings VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide ...
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... the following steps in order to enable the ESXi Shell while logged into the vSphere Client: • Log in to the vSphere Client. • Select the ESXi host and choose Configuration -> Security Profile. • From the Services section, select Properties. • Select the ESXi Shell option ...enable the ESXi Shell while logged into the DCUI: • Log in this section to the ESXi Shell Before you must enable the ESXi Shell. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Volume One Enabling Access to enable the ESXi Shell on the host, you can run esxcli commands on each ESXi host. ...
... the following steps in order to enable the ESXi Shell while logged into the vSphere Client: • Log in to the vSphere Client. • Select the ESXi host and choose Configuration -> Security Profile. • From the Services section, select Properties. • Select the ESXi Shell option ...enable the ESXi Shell while logged into the DCUI: • Log in this section to the ESXi Shell Before you must enable the ESXi Shell. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Volume One Enabling Access to enable the ESXi Shell on the host, you can run esxcli commands on each ESXi host. ...
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Enabling SSH from the DCUI Perform the following section shows how to enable SSH access to access the ESXi Shell. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - The following steps to enable the ESXi Shell from the ESXi console, you can also enable SSH services to allow remote access to ...the ESXi Shell. Volume One Figure 56. Enable ESXi Shell from vSphere Client Enabling SSH Access to the ESXi Shell In addition to running commands directly from the DCUI: • Log in to the ESXi host DCUI. •...
Enabling SSH from the DCUI Perform the following section shows how to enable SSH access to access the ESXi Shell. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - The following steps to enable the ESXi Shell from the ESXi console, you can also enable SSH services to allow remote access to ...the ESXi Shell. Volume One Figure 56. Enable ESXi Shell from vSphere Client Enabling SSH Access to the ESXi Shell In addition to running commands directly from the DCUI: • Log in to the ESXi host DCUI. •...
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VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Enable SSH from the vSphere Client: • Log in to the vSphere Client. • Select the ESXi host and choose Configuration -> Security Profile. • From the Services section, select Properties. • Select the SSH option and choose Options. • Select Start to start SSH on the host. Figure 58. Volume One Figure 57. Enable SSH from DCUI Enabling the SSH from the vSphere Client Perform the following steps to enable the ESXi Shell from vSphere Client TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 52
VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Enable SSH from the vSphere Client: • Log in to the vSphere Client. • Select the ESXi host and choose Configuration -> Security Profile. • From the Services section, select Properties. • Select the SSH option and choose Options. • Select Start to start SSH on the host. Figure 58. Volume One Figure 57. Enable SSH from DCUI Enabling the SSH from the vSphere Client Perform the following steps to enable the ESXi Shell from vSphere Client TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 52
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... TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 53 In can be installed on Linux The vCLI installation package for Linux includes the vCLI scripts and the VMware vSphere 5.0 SDK for Windows includes the ActivePerl runtime environment, along with the vMA virtual appliance. To install the vCLI with the vMA ... on a host, the vSphere Client will show a warning on the host summary page serving as a reminder to disable the access when it is available on how to Chapter 2 of the Getting Started with vSphere Command-Line Interfaces guide for Windows on a Linux server. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide -
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...support, visit the vSphere PowerCLI community site at http://vmware.com/go/PowerCLI. This document will show examples of both vSphere PowerCLI and PowerShell, and will now have the ability, as with vSphere PowerCLI. Volume One Getting Started with vSphere PowerCLI On your ...process when starting out with the vSphere Client, to connect to the following items: • vSphere PowerCLI (32-Bit) • vSphere PowerCLI • vSphere PowerCLI Administration Guide • vSphere PowerCLI Cmdlets Reference • vSphere SDK for .NET API Reference • vSphere SDK for .NET Dev Guide ...
...support, visit the vSphere PowerCLI community site at http://vmware.com/go/PowerCLI. This document will show examples of both vSphere PowerCLI and PowerShell, and will now have the ability, as with vSphere PowerCLI. Volume One Getting Started with vSphere PowerCLI On your ...process when starting out with the vSphere Client, to connect to the following items: • vSphere PowerCLI (32-Bit) • vSphere PowerCLI • vSphere PowerCLI Administration Guide • vSphere PowerCLI Cmdlets Reference • vSphere SDK for .NET API Reference • vSphere SDK for .NET Dev Guide ...
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..., type Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostNTPServer Figure 103. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Snapshots need to go to the host and clusters view, select a host, click the configuration tab and select the time configuration setting to repeat this in the vSphere Client, you to retrieve and set information for that host. ...To list the NTP servers on the current connection, type Get-VM | Get-Snapshot TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 77 Within the vSphere Client, it is a time-consuming part of how many snapshots have been created and how much space they are using, when they were created,...
..., type Get-VMHost | Get-VMHostNTPServer Figure 103. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Snapshots need to go to the host and clusters view, select a host, click the configuration tab and select the time configuration setting to repeat this in the vSphere Client, you to retrieve and set information for that host. ...To list the NTP servers on the current connection, type Get-VM | Get-Snapshot TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 77 Within the vSphere Client, it is a time-consuming part of how many snapshots have been created and how much space they are using, when they were created,...
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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 ... / 78 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. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Figure 104.
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 ... / 78 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. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - Figure 104.
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... allow access to the host. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 81 Complex configurations and reporting can be done through the vSphere Client interface and through vSphere Client UI. Evaluating the ESXi Firewall Introduction The ESXi 5.0 management interface is a robust command-line tool for each service... design of a repeatable, error-free solution. By default, this example environment, you will configure the firewall rules through the vCLI. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - It can be enabled or stopped on vSwitch0 for each host in the cluster "DemoCluster-01": Get-Cluster DemoCluster...
... allow access to the host. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 81 Complex configurations and reporting can be done through the vSphere Client interface and through vSphere Client UI. Evaluating the ESXi Firewall Introduction The ESXi 5.0 management interface is a robust command-line tool for each service... design of a repeatable, error-free solution. By default, this example environment, you will configure the firewall rules through the vCLI. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - It can be enabled or stopped on vSwitch0 for each host in the cluster "DemoCluster-01": Get-Cluster DemoCluster...
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In this example environment, you can test if any client can connect to establish the SSH session, as shown in Figure 115. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 85 local) to establish a SSH session with SSH Service Stopped After stopping the SSH remote access service, you can launch the PuTTY tool to Host1 (tm-pod01-esx01. You can use virtual machine VM_02 running on TCP port 22. Volume One Testing Access with Host1. Figure 115. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - The connection times out with a network error, as shown in Figure 116. tmsb.local) on Host3 (tm-pod01-esx03.tmsb.
In this example environment, you can test if any client can connect to establish the SSH session, as shown in Figure 115. TECHNICAL WHITE PAPER / 85 local) to establish a SSH session with SSH Service Stopped After stopping the SSH remote access service, you can launch the PuTTY tool to Host1 (tm-pod01-esx01. You can use virtual machine VM_02 running on TCP port 22. Volume One Testing Access with Host1. Figure 115. VMware vSphere 5.0 Evaluation Guide - The connection times out with a network error, as shown in Figure 116. tmsb.local) on Host3 (tm-pod01-esx03.tmsb.