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Enterprise plus license features: Storage DRS/ Storage IO control/ NW IO control/ Distributed switch/ Host profile and Auto deploy

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SSL- 636, WEB CLINET-88, WEB SER!ICE -8""3, !CENTER -#$%#3&'E(RTBE(T) ISCSI -3$6, SN*P-+6+%+6$ NTP -+$3, SS'-$$, TP-$+

L(P -38#, .ERBEROS-88 /LOB(L C(TLO/ 3$68 RP-338# NS-03

ES1i6 ES1i 020 ES1i 02+ ES1i 02 ES1i "2

Cluster supp4rts up t4 6" n45es

an5 82 !*s!*s supp4rt up t4 +$8 CP7s

an5 " TB R(*

'4sts supp4rt up t4:"8 pCP7s

+$ TB R(*

5atast4res it9 6" TB - +

!*s

irtual ac9ines 'ar5are ++:

!" #$%&s /' () #RA* /+! serial

ports

St4ra;e: ,irtual ,olu-es .,,ol

i-pro#ed Storage IO $ontrol

!irtual S(N &!S(N 62)

T supp4rt f4r up t4 " CP7s

an5 6" /B R(*

*4ti4n acr4ss Center Serers

Sp9ere We< Client:

ipr4eents are ipleente5

Networ0ing

)andwidth 1uarantee per #NI$

and %ort 1roup/#DS re2uired

SSO user na-e can be changes

!* 'ar5are !er +

P9=sicalCP7 3$P9=sical R(* per 94st" TB

*a3 Si4e of ,irtual RD*

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!*S3 an5 0 5ifference

!*S3 !*S0

!tb

*)R style

)loc0 si4e /!/'/"

Sub bloc0 si4e 5'0b

RD* support !()

Supported host 6S8+9'93

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NETWOR.IN/

6s3cfg=#-0nic =l to chec0 ip config

6s3cfg=#switch =l /6s3cfg=nics =l es3cli netwro0 firewall g

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'( "21 an5 021 5ifference

'(" - (;ent =AA* .Auto-ated A#ailability *anage-ent

' pri-ary and rea-ing secondary

og files stored in .,arJogJ,-wareJaa-

'(01 - (;ent 7;D;* =7ault Do-ain *anage-ent

*aster re-aining Sla#e

og files stored in 6tcJ#-wareJfd-

HA DNS dependency has been re-o#ed

C9an;e in !irtual *ac9ine Pr4tecti4n

C9an;es in !* restart atteptsC9an;es in Is4lati4n Resp4nse - Networ0 and storage

C9an;e in '( P* 4r@in; t4;et9er

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RS : DRS continuously -onitors utili4ation across the hosts and -o#es #irtual -achines to balance the co-puting capacity

T=pes 4f RS2 % 7ully auto-ated/%artially auto-ated/*anual

Intel *= Bri5;e San5= Bri5;e %Pile 5rier

(*- !irtuali?e5 CP7 perf4rance c4unter

!Turse, c45e (nal=

!* (nti-(ffinit= = ,irtual *achines are 0ept on different hosts fro- each other .6nterprise %lus is re2uired

(ffinit= ,* 0ept together

T is a technology used by ,*ware to pro#ide 4ero downti-e for a #i rtual -achine $ontinuous protection for a ,* e#en in case of a host failure

Is the techni2ue of ha#ing ! ,*s in loc0step with each other on ! separate hosts; In the e#ent of host failure9 the second ,* will pic0up where the first one failed as

e3act identity with no interruption in ser#ice or loss in connecti#ity

7( 5; features = S*% 7( .'#$%&s / 5'1) -e-ory/1bps reco--ended /,AD% bac0up supported

9at is TG 7ault (olerance pro#ides 4ero down ti-e9 4ero data loss and continues a#ailability of the applications;

9at are t9e reHuireents 4f ault T4leranceG

,- should be in shared Datastore; /Single ,cpu for ,-; /Hardware #irtuali4ation should be enabled in )IOS / + nics of -ini-u- of 1);

$pus -ust -ach and be fro- a specific list of processors; /Only ' ft enabled ,- in a single 6s3;

DRS & FT

7riday9 une +9 !5 :" %*

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$onfiguration file .P,*Qna-eF;#-3 / Swap files .P,*Qna-eF;#swp .#-3=P,*Qna-eF;#swp /)IOS file .P,*Qna-eF;n#ra-

og files .#-ware;log / (e-plate file .P,*Qna-eF;#-t3 / Raw de#ice -ap file .P,*Qna-eF=rd-;#-d0 /Dis0 descriptor file .P,*Qna-eF;#-d0

Dis0 data file .P,*Qna-eF=flat;#-d0 / Suspend state file .P,*Qna-eF;#-ss /Snapshot data file .P,*Qna-eF;#-sd /Snapshot state file .P,*Qna-eF;#-sn

Snapshot dis0 file .P,*Qna-eF=delta;#-d0

*E*ORJ :

Transparent pa;e s9arin;% Ball44nin; tec9nic %Sap%*e4r= c4pressi4n

Ball44nin; : *e-ory ballooning is a -e-ory -anage-ent techni2ue that allows a physical host to ta0e ad#antage of unused -e-ory on its guest #irtual -achines .,*s

#Swap file : allocated -e-ory for #-=reser#ed -e-ory for #-

CLONE (N TE*PL(TE

CLONE TE*PL(TE

; $one copy for ,* ;*aster copy of ,*

!; ou cannot con#ert bac0 to cloned ,* !;$an be con#erted ,* to update the base te-plate

+;(e-plate cannot be edited or %owered On

SN(PS'OT

%oint in ti-e capture ,*

,*SN = it will content -e-ory

,*SD= how -any snapshot we ha#e

Delta;#-d0 = Date file

#irtual -achine; (his includes dis0s9 -e-ory9 and other de#ices9 such as #irtual networ0 interface cards;

A newely created ,*ware Snapshot is co-prised of following files:

P#-F=Pnu-berF;#-d0

P#-F=Pnu-berF=delta;#-d0P#-F;#-sd

P#-FSnapshotPnu-berF;#-sn

Step ; 7irstly9 a re2uest to create9 re-o#e9 or re#ert a snapshot for a #irtual -achine is sent fro- the client to the ser#er using the ,*ware A%I;

Step !; (he re2uest is forwarded to the ,*ware 6S8 host that is currently hosting the #irtual -achine that has issue;

Step +; If the snapshot includes the -e-ory option9 the 6S8 host writes the -e-ory of the # irtual -achine to dis0;

Step '; If the snapshot includes the 2uiesce option9 the 6S8 host re2uests the guest operating syste- to 2uiesce the dis0s #ia ,*ware (ools;

Step ; (he 6S8 host -a0es the appropriate changes to the #i rtual -achines snapshot database .;#-sd file and the changes are reflected in the Snapshot *anager of the

-achine;

Step 5; (he 6S8 host calls a function si-ilar to the ,irtual Dis0 A%I functions to -a0e changes to the child dis0s .=delta;#-d0 and ;#-d0 files and the dis0 chain;

( snaps94t c4nsists 4f a set 4f files:

the -e-ory state file .;#-sn9

the description file .=T;#-d09

the delta file .=T=delta;#-d0;

(he snapshot list file .;#-sd 0eeps trac0 of the #irtual -achines snapshots;

elta 5is@: When you ta0e a #irtual -achine snapshot9 the state of the #irtual dis0 at the ti-e the snapshot is ta0en is preser#ed; When this occurs9 the guest operating s

cannot write to its ;#-d0 file; Instead9 changes are captured in an alternate file na-ed ,*Qna-e=delta;#-d0;

*e4r= state file: ,*Qna-e=SnapshotT;#-sn9 where T is the ne3t nu-ber in the se2uence9 starting with ; (his file holds the -e-ory state at the ti-e the snapshot wa

-e-ory is captured9 the si4e of this file is the si4e of the #irtual -achines -a3i-u- -e-ory; If -e-ory is not captured9 the file is -uch s-aller;

is@ 5escript4r file: ,*Qna-e=T;#-d0; (his file is a s-all te3t file that contains infor-ation about the snapshot;

Snaps94t 5elta file: ,*Qna-e=T=delta;#-d0; (his file contains the changes to the #irtual dis0s data at the ti-e the snapshot was ta0en;

W9at is a !*Ware SnapS94tG

A snapshot is a Upoint in ti-e i-ageV of a #ir tual guest operating syste- .,*; (hat snapshot contains an i-age of the ,*s dis09 RA*9 and de#ices at the ti-e the snapsh

ta0en; With the snapshot9 you can return the ,* to that point in ti-e9 whene#er you choose; ou can ta0e snapshots of your ,*s9 no -atter what guest OS you ha#e and

snapshot functionality can be used for features li0e perfor-ing i-age le#el bac0ups of the ,*s without e#er shutting the- down;

'4 Snaps94t W4r@sG

When a snapshot is created a nu-ber of files are created in the directory for that #irtual -achine;

,*na-e8;#-sn .Where 8 is the nu-ber of the snapshot ta0en (his file stores the state of the #irtual -achine when the snapshot was ta0en;

,*na-e8;#-e- .Where 8 is the nu-ber of the snapshot ta0en (his file stores the state of the #irtual -achine -e-ory when the snapshot was ta0en;,*na-e;nnnnnn;#-d0 .where nnnnnn is the nu-ber of the dis0 i-age9 not corresponding to the snapshot nu-ber (hese are log files which store changes to the #irtua

since snapshot was ta0en;

When a ,* is re#erted to specific date snapshot then 6S8 ser#er will rol l bac0 the changes and brings the state of #- and data of snapshot date and ti-e using ;#-d0 log

When snapshot is deleted it do not affect the current state of the #irtual -achine or any other snapshot; All data associated with the deleted snapshot is per-anently co

to the parent dis0;

;lc0= (hat indicate ,* currently running

Snapshot 7iles

;,*DK file

;,*DK Q that is delta file .each snapshots create each de lta file its read only file

;,*SN Q that is slat sanapshot file .each snapshots create each #-sn file

Snapa94t

'4 snaps94t 4r@s

http://www;stratogen;net/blog/hidden=#-ware=snapshots/

VIRTUAL MACHINE

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Snaps94ts inclu5e

$ontents of ,* ,irtual dis0s /,* setting / (he ,* -e-ory

Note: $apturing ,* -e-ory in a snapshot is optional because it consu-es hard dis0 space in the datastores; If you dont capture -e-ory in the snapshot9 the ,* will b

off when you e#er to the snapshot

Best Practices f4r !* snaps94ts

Snapshots are not bac0ups / snapshots are not co-plete copies of the orginal ;#-d0 file /snapshots can grow to the sa-e si4e as the orginal base dis0 file

/ use no single snapshot for -ore than !'=L! hours /An e3cessi#e nu-ber of snapshots -ay cause decreased ,* perfor-ance

/$onfigure auto-ated #$enter ser#er alar-s to trigger when a #irtual -achine is running fro- snapshots /we can ha#e up to +! snapshot; ,-ware suggest ta0e -a3 + sn

Snap s94ts what date gets stored in snap shots

When you ta0e a snapshot9 you capture the state of the #irtual -achine settings and the #irtual dis0; If you are ta0ing a -e-ory snapshot9 you also capture

-e-ory state of the #irtual -achine; (hese states are sa#ed to files that reside with the #irtual -achines base files;Snapshot 7iles :A snapshot consists of files that are stored on a supported storage de#ice; A (a0e Snapshot operation creates ;#-d09 =delta;#-d09 ;#-sd9 an

files; )y default9 the first and all delta dis0s are stored with the base ;#-d0 file; (he ;#-sd and ;#-sn files are stored in the #irtual -achine directory;

*4ti4n :=#*otion enables li#e -igration of running #irtual -achines fro- one host to another with 4ero downti-e

'4 !*4ti4n 4r@s

,* pages copying .pre copy source to destination; / $opying bit-pa i-age / $reate bit-ap file /Source pausing the I/O

Once copying is done ,-otional tas0 deleted the source initiali4ation ,- source update the RAR% .Re#erse AR% re2uest

Steps in4le5 in !*Ware *4ti4n G

A re2uest has been -ade that ,*= should be -igrated .or U,*otionedV fro- 6S8 A to 6S8 );

,*=Xs -e-ory is pre=copied fro- 6S8 A to 6S8 ) while ongoing changes are written to a -e-ory bit-ap on 6S8 A;

,*= is 2uiesced on 6S8 A and ,*=Xs -e-ory bit-ap is copied to 6S8 );

,*= is started on 6S8 ) and all access to ,*= is now directed to the copy running on 6S8 );

(he rest of ,*=Xs -e-ory is copied fro- 6S8 A all the while -e-ory is being read and written fro- ,*= on 6S8 A when applications atte-pt to access that -e-ory on

6S8 );

If the -igration is successful9 ,*= is unregistered on 6S8 A;

,sphere 6ssentials plus9 Standard9 6nterprise or 6nterprise %lus license;

Host -ust be licensed for #*otion!;

$onfigure host with at least one #*otion n/w interface .#-0ernel port group+;

Shared storage .this has been co-pro-ised in ;';

Sa-e ,AN and ,AN label;

1iga)it 6thernet networ0 re2uired between hosts5;

%rocessor co-patibility between hostsL;

#*otion does not support -igration of applications clustered using *icrosoft clustering ser#ice";

No $D RO* attachedM;

No affinity is enabled;

,*ware tools should be installed;

PrereHuisites

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,$6N(6R S6R,6R

CENTER 02+ 7P/R(E STEPS

,center .Including single sign=on Installtion / &pdate *anager / 6S8i Hosts / ,* (ools /

,irtual *achine Hardware / Datastores

(a0e the bac0up of database

!Stop the ,center ser#ices and run the upgradeF#$enter Ser#er

+&pdate -anager /,sphere client /etc'&pgrade the 6S8i

&pgrade Data storage .&pgrade ,*7S

5&pgrade ,*tools

L,irtual *achine Hardware

"icense configuration

!center installati4n pre-reHuireents

OS/Database /%art of do-ain /I% /icense/%orts need to be opened "/''+= Web access M!/M+/ 6S8 heartbeat/,* console ""/"''+ Web ser#ices +"M DA% /

/5+5 =,$ in0ed *de /5MM=Web ser#ices /''+ ,$ In#entory ser#ice H((%S / M=,$ In#entory ser#ice -anage-ent /=,$ In#entory ser#ice lin0ed -od

co--unications

!center installati4n%7p ;ra5ati4n pre-reHuest i4n

/5' bit OS /5' bit $%& /'1) RA*/ ;Net / AD authentication /DNS both loo0up /Database/Run pre upgrade chec0er/ icense

!C 0,0 installati4n pr4cess2

$onfigure Database9/ configured OD)$ connection9 /,$ Single sign=on9 /,Sphere Web client9 /,$ In#entory ser#ices9 / ,center Ser#er9/ ,sphere client9

!center 7p;ra5e Steps(a0e bac0up of Database / ,center upgrade st F Single sign on/ ,$ In#entory Ser#ices /,$ ser#er/$linet/Web clinet/ &pdate *anager /6s3i Hosts/ ,* (ools /,*

/Datastore

ES1i 7p;r5ati4n Steps

&pdate #ia booting fro- D,D /&pdate *anagerF6S8i I-ageFI-port 6S8i I-ageF FAttachF6s3iF / FScanF&pgrades / FAd-in ,iewF /FRe-ediateF

VCENTER SERVER

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ES1I CO**(NS

Pin;%@pin;%tcp5up%nsl44@up

est4p

serice2s9 restart

hostd /etc/init;d/hostd restart#p3a /etc/init;d/#p3a restar

'4 ill =4u turn start % st4p a !* t9r4u;9 c4an5 pr4ptG

?#i-=c-d #-s#c/getall#-s

#i-=c-d #-s#c/power;getstat Y#-IDZ

#i-=c-d #-s#c/power;off Y#-IDZ

#i-=c-d #-s#c/power;off Y#-IDZ?

4recel= st4ppin; !* it9 escli

Tes3cli #- process list = to get world id of #-s

6s3cliPconnQoptionsF#- process 0ill ==type .soft/hard/force

6s3cli #- process 0ill ==world=id ==type

,-ware =# to chec0 #ersion

&na-e =a to chec0 0ernal #ersion

,-=support

P$! C4nerter -%ort ($% ''9 +M9MM9MM" &D% +L9+"

$lone= is e3act copy of #- its use ti-e sa#ing @ 2uic0 installtion

Host profile : $opy the configuration of specific hosts and allows to duplicate the configuration to other host;

ESXI CMD &PV2

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Win54s $8 E5iti4n

7oundation/Standard/Web/6nterprise /Datacenter

It support +! bit/5' bit edition

*odular Design : Added through ser#e -anagerF Roles are /Self Healing

N(7S/ Shadow copy each folder

%aralled sesion creation for ter-inal ser#ices ' session

$lean ser#er Shutdown /Ser#er $ore

Hyper=, /%ower shell /Support 1%( Dis0/Windows acti#ation/ windeploy-ent ser#ice

DH$%/DNS support ip#5

DNS=1lobal Single na-e

( features: New AD features: AD $ertificate Ser#ices F AD Application

*ode .ADA* F AD 7ederation ser#ices FAD Right *anage-ent F Read only

Do-ain $ontroller .ROD$ FAD is now restart able F1ranular password

policy FAD snapshots for database F

$8 R$ Ne features

Kernel #ersion 5; to 5;/ Only 5' bit OS/ " processor; !(b Ra-/ 5 node

cluster

)ranch$ache .Re2uire Windows L

Direct Accss .Re2uire Windows L

AD recycle bin

Starter group polices

(er-inal ser#ices now called Re-ote Des0top

$8 R$ Serice Pac@+ Ne features

o#er 5 updates

Dyna-ic *e-ory for Hyper=, : Set -e-ory range for your ,-

Re-ote78: +D Hardware support

Win54s $+$ e5iti4n

7oundation /6ssential /Standard /Datacenter

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BOOT PROCESS $3

%ower on self test .!Initial starting phase .*)R +)oot loader phase .N(DR 'Detect and configure hardware Kernel loading phase .N(OSKRN;686 5logon p

.S*S;686/ WIN O1ON;6869 S6R,I$6S;686

BOOT PROCESS $8

BIOS $2OS LO(ER 32OS INITILIF(TION "2POST BOOT 02WINOWS LO/ON

Syste- is powered on /(he $*OS loads the )IOS and then runs %OS( /oo0s for the *)R on the bootable de#ice

(hrough the *)R the boot sector is located and the )OO(*1R is loaded /)OO(*1R loo0s for acti#e partition

)OO(*1R reads the )$D file fro- the Jboot directory on the acti#e partition /(he )$D .boot configuration database contains #arious configuration para-eters. thi

infor-ation was pre#iously stored in the boot;ini

)OO(*1R transfer control to the Windows oader .winload;e3e or winresu-e;e3e in case the syste- was hibernated;

Winloader loads dri#ers that are set to start at boot and then transfers the control to the windows 0ernel

7P/R(E $8: adprep /7OR6S(%R6% /adprep /DO*AIN%R6% /adprep /DO*AIN%R6% /1%%R6% .Run on the infrastructure -aster / ROD$=adprep /rodcprep

R(I K Siple % Spanne5 % Stripin; !4lue &Stripped #olu-es /7ast perfor-ance9 no fault tolerance

R(I +- *irr4rin; &iniu $ ' reHuire5)

R(I +:$reate striped fro- series of -irrored dis0; It can sustain -ultiple dis0 fail unless a -irror loss; / high data transference perfor-ance with at least ' dis0s ne

stripping and -irroring with all the best features of RAID and RAID included such as fast data access and fault tolerance at single dri#e le#el

R(I 0 K Stripin; Wit9 Parit= &*iniu 3 ' reHuire5)

Spanne5 !4lues: $o-bines free space into one #olu-e / $an not be used on boot/syste-

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Sche-a *aster :Sche-a contains set of classes and attributes; eg &ser9 co-puter9 printer are the obCects in AD which are ha#ing their own set of attributes;

/l4


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Net4r@ l4a5 u4ru: A shared storage need to pro#ide for all ser#ers which 0eeps infor-ation about clustered application and session state and is useful in 7AIO,6R situation; (

i-portant if uoru- dis0 fails entire cluster will fails

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Serer encl4usre

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IO H%.Integrated ights=Out

H% S-art Start cd9 ; ,er latest

%S%= %roliant support pac0 .,;;

H% .SI* Syste-s Insight *anager .(o

*anage the H% ser#ersH% Syste- *anage-ent Ho-e %age9

H% Array configuration &tility

H% Ser#er *odels : %roiant D+" 1'9 H%

%roiant D+5 15 Ser#er

Array controller battery

H% %roiant ) blades /H% %roiant D /H%

%roiant * /H% %roiant Scalable Syste-s

/H% %roiant *icro Ser#er

H% Integrity syste-s

H% Integrity Superdo-e ser#ers

H% Integrity Ser#er blades

H% Integrity Rac0 ser#ers

H% Non Stop ser#ers

H% Integrity Non Stop )lade Syste-

H% Integrity Non Stop ser#ers

H% Integrity ) Ser#er )lades ^H% %roiant ) Ser#er )lades ^

H% SI*

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H% Ser#ers *odel

%roliant D+"

%roiant D+" 1'

%roiant D" 1!

%roiant DM" 1L

%roiant DL" 15

%roiant D" 1L

%roiant D" 15

%roiant D" 1L

%roiant D" 1

%roiant D+"p 1en"

%roiant D+" 1L

%roiant D+" 15

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$reating (e-plate and deploying ,* fro- the te-plate

$reating $lone the ,* /$reate Data Store and assign the dri#es to ,*

$reate snapshot and re#erting the snap shot /6s3 patch installation /1i#ing the access to ,-ware ,$

e3tending Datstore in case of space issue; /63tending the ,* dri#es as per the custo-er re2uire-ent /*A$ address changing /%atching the 6S8 ser#er and ,center s

7ir-ware/)ios and dri#ers up gradation /,*otion and Storage ,-otion /1athering Storage and ,* infor-ation using the R, tools /

(roubleshooting the #-ware related issues; Incase if we are unable to resol#e the issue we will contact ,-ware #endor

R4le in Win54s Tec9n4l4;ies

)uilding the Windows ser#ers fro- scratch as per the Windows chec0list and install the *S patches9 standard software as per the chec0list;

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6S8I ISS&6S

,IR(&A *A$HIN6 ISS&6S

,$6N(6R ISS&6S

N6(WORKIN1 ISS&6S

S(ORA16 ISS&6S

(6*%A(6/$ON6/SNA%SHO(S issue

HA ISS&6S

DRS ISS&6S

HOS( %RO7I6 ISS&6S

&%DA(6 *ANA16R ISS&6S&pdate *anager is unable to scan 6S8/6S8i hosts;

,*WAR6 $ON,6R(6R ISS&6S

ESXI ISSUES

VIRTUAL MACHINE ISSUES

!* PEROR*(NCE ISS7EIssue: *= is n4t startin; 2$hec0 is there any snapshots9 F $onsolidate FKbLM5M

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#$enter Ser#er ';39 the log files are stored in this directory by default:

[A&S6RS%RO7I6[JApplication DataJ,*wareJ,*ware ,irtual$enterJogs

Windows !"9 the #p3d;log file is located at $:J%rogra-DataJ,*wareJ,*ware ,irtual$enterJogs;

,erify that the configuration of the OD)$ Data Source Na-e .DSN used for connection to the database for #$enter Ser#er is correct; 7or -ore infor-ation9 see #$

Ser#er installation fails with OD)$ and DSN errors .+M!";

,erify if there is enough free dis0 space on #$enter Ser#er; 7or -ore infor-ation9 see (he ,*ware ,irtual$enter Ser#er ser#ice does not start due to insufficient di

.!"+M!L;

,erify that ports M!9 "9 ""9 "'++ and ''+ are not being used by any other application;

,erify the health of the database ser#er that is being used for #$enter Ser#er; If the hard dri#es are out of space9 the database transaction logs are full9 or if the dat

hea#ily frag-ented9 #$enter Ser#er -ay not start; 7or -ore infor-ation9 see In#estigating the health of a #$enter Ser#er database .+MLM;

,erify if the ,*ware ,irtual$enter Ser#er ser#ice is running with the proper credentials; 7or -ore infor-ation9 see After installing #$enter Ser#er9 the ,*ware ,irt

Ser#er ser#ice fails to start .'!";

,erify that critical folders e3ist on #$enter Ser#er; 7or -ore infor-ation9 see *issing folders on a #$enter Ser#er pre#ent ,irtual$enter Ser#er ser#ice fro- starting

.""!;

,erify that no hardware or software changes are -ade to #$enter Ser#er that causes the issue; If you ha#e recently -ade any changes to the #$enter Ser#er9 undo

changes te-porarily for testing purposes;

)efore launching #$enter Ser#er9 ensure that the ,*ware,$*SDS ser#ice is running;

,erify that the #p3d;e3e file is present in $:J%rogra- 7ilesJ,*wareJInfrastructureJ,irtual$enter Ser#erJ#p3d;e3e location; If this file is not present9 reinstall #$ente

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19/24

S=pt4s

Tr4u


20/24

Start es3top by typing es3top at the co--and line;

%ress u to switch to the dis0 de#ice display;

%ress to change the na-e field si4e;

(o -onitor storage perfor-ance on a per=#irtual -achine basis:

Start es3top by typing es3top at the co--and line;

(ype # to switch to dis0 #iew .#irtual -achine -ode;

%ress f to -odify the fields that are displayed;

%ress b9 d9 e9 h9 and C to toggle the fields and press 6nter;

%ress s and then ! to alter the update ti-e to e#ery ! seconds and press 6nter

!*OTIONS ISS7ESS=pt4s

ia;n4sin; a *4ti4n failure at +Q 4r 9i;9er in Center Serer &+33")

Perf4rin; *4ti4n fails at +"Q 5espite @pin; succee5in; fr4 s4urce t4 tar;et IP a55ress &$"$60")

Tr4u


21/24

When atte-pting to clone a #irtual -achine through #$enter Ser#er9 you see the error:

7ailed to connect to host

Res4luti4n

(hese steps eli-inate co--on causes for the proble- by #erifying the sysprep files9 #erifying the #irtual -achine configuration9 and #erifying the the #$enter Ser#

configuration;

(he correct #ersion of sysprep is critical in deploy-ents; ,erify that the correct #ersion of *icrosoft sysprep has been installed to properly do the custo-i4ation

,erify that #irtual -achines are installed with the latest #ersion of ,*ware (ools;

,erify that the guest operating syste- is defined correctly; Incorrect definitions can cause deploy-ent failures;

create a brand new te-plate and then test the deploy-ent;

S=pt4s

http://0b;#-ware;co-/selfser#ice/-icrosites/search;do]languageenQ&S@c-ddisplayK$@e3ternalId'!

Sl4 5epl4=ent 4f teplates fr4 it9in Center Serer

Sl4 5epl4=ent 4f cl4ne in Center Serer

J4u are eperiencin; 9i;9 CP7 utili?ati4n 4n an ES1%ES1i 94st

J4u are eperiencin; 9i;9 e4r= utili?ati4n 4n an ES1%ES1i 94st

Sl4 resp4nse 9en a5inisterin; an ES1%ES1i 94st

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HA ISSUES

S=pt4s

7na


23/24

Sy-pto-s

Reason

Resolution

http://www;syste-ad-inguide;in/search/label/Windows[!,*ware[!Inter#iew[!2uestions

!irtual *ac9ine

!*s ill


24/24

*icrosoft suggest to increase buffer #alue in e3change side

'4 t4 c4ns4li5ate a snaps94t in !*are ES1 9en t9ere are irtual ac9ine err4rshttp://kb.vmware.com/kb/1007849

issue 9ere a irtual ac9ines ;ets

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