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VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) Contents 1 Preface ................................................................................................................................................. 4 1-1 This document ............................................................................................................................... 4 1-2 Related documents ........................................................................................................................
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 4-6-2 Message recorded in the vCenter Server event log ............................................................. 22 4-6-3 When using the latest version of vCenter Server 5.1 ........................................................... 23 5 Notes on vSphere Client and Web Client ........................................................................................... 24 5-1 Obtaining the vSphere Client installation file .................................
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 1 Preface 1-1 This document This document provides notes on using vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 and vCenter Server 5.1) on an NEC Express5800 series server and describes how to set it up. Before reading this document, be sure to check the new features and known issues described in the vSphere 5.1 release notes. This release notes is available at the VMware websites below. vSphere 5.1 Release Notes http://www.vmware.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 1-3 Other information Trademarks VMware products are protected by one or more of the patent numbers listed at http://www.vmware.com/download/patents.html. VMware is a trademark or registered trademark of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other names and products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 2 Notes Common to the VMware Products and Each Component 2-1 Obtaining the latest version To obtain the latest components of VMware vSphere 5.1, download and install the NEC-dedicated module (NEC Custom Image) from the following VMware website: https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/ 5_1#drivers_tools Click on the Drivers & Tools tab, and then expand the OEM Customized Installer CDs category.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 2-4 System time of ESXi and vCenter Server For an environment in which ESXi and vCenter are used, use NTP to synchronize all the physical machine times. To accomplish this, set up a configuration in which NTP clients run on both the ESXi hosts and the Windows servers on which vCenter Server is installed to synchronize the time with an external NTP server.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 2-6 Application of license If you start vSphere Client in the Japanese mode , connect to vCenter Server, and apply the license, the license application fails. You can avoid this by directly connecting to ESXi. When connecting to vCenter Server before applying the license, use Web Client or start vSphere Client in the English mode. How to start vSphere Client in the English mode Add - locale en_US to the argument in VpxClient.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 3 Notes Common to ESXi 3-1 BIOS settings on a physical machine Set the BIOS time for a physical machine on which ESXi runs to a UTC time (Japan standard time - 9 hours). This is because ESXi always handle the physical machine BIOS time as a coordinated universal time (UTC). 3-2 BIOS NUMA setting If the NUMA Configuration setting is available in the BIOS settings for the NEC Express5800 series, set it to Enabled.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 3-4 Notes on changing the LUN configuration of LUNs in a SAN Do not make the following changes to the LUN configuration from the storage (SAN) while ESXi is running: Deleting LUNs Adding LUNs (such that the numbers of existing LUNs change) If the above LUN configuration changes are made while ESXi is running, the ESXi host might stop responding or data might be damaged.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) Installing the Outbox driver using vSphere Client (1) Use vSphere Client to switch ESXi to maintenance mode. Switching ESXi to maintenance mode i. Connect to ESXi on vSphere Client. ii. Right-click the ESXi icon in the inventory, and then select Enter Maintenance Mode. (2) Select the ESXi icon in the inventory and then click the Configuration tab. (3) Select Storage in the Hardware section. A datastore list will appear.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) Installing the Outbox driver using Web Client Switching ESXi to maintenance mode i. Log onto Web Client as the root user. ii. Select vCenter, and then Hosts and Clusters from the navigator on the left of the Web Client window and move to the ESXi host in the inventory. iii. Right-click the ESXi icon in the inventory and select Enter Maintenance Mode. iv.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 3-7 BIOS device boot order When installing ESXi to a USB flash device, In the BIOS settings for the device boot order of the physical machine, set USB HDD to a higher priority than PCI SCSI. If the device boot order is specified incorrectly, ESXi cannot be started. Setup method On the POST screen, press the F2 key to display the BIOS SETUP screen, and then specify the following item. Boot Specify the settings so that USB HDD is higher than PCI SCSI.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) Setting up the scratch partition vSphere Client 1) Connect to the ESXi host from vSphere Client, and then select the ESXi host from the inventory. 2) On the Configuration tab, select Storage in the Hardware section. 3) Right-click the datastore in which to create the scratch partition, and then click Browse Datastore. 4) Create a folder by using the Datastore browser window.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 3-9 Hot Plug Display of Guest OS Network Adapter If the NIC is removed using Safely Remove Hardware in the hot plug display on the taskbar of the guest OS, the virtual NIC configuration is deleted even if Edit Settings is not performed from the virtual machine. ESXi supports virtual NIC hot plug, so the virtual NIC is displayed under Safely Remove Hardware on the guest OS.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 3-11 Notes on the environment in which the blade server is used If you connect and disconnect a USB connected DVD drive while ESXi is operating, the drive might not be usable from the guest OS even if you select “Host device” as the device type of the CD/DVD drive in the virtual machine. This description applies to the DVD drive incorporated in the blade housing unit, which is connected via USB. Perform one of the following workarounds to prevent this.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 4 Notes on vCenter Server 4-1 Notes on the vCenter Server database 4-1-1 Usable databases For details about the types and versions of databases that can be used as the vCenter Server, SSO, or Update Manager database, see the VMware Product Interoperability Matrixes. Note For the document link, see 1-2 Related documents.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 4-1-7 When the SSO database is set up When using SQL Server or Oracle as the SSO database, create an SSO database before installing SSO. To create the database, execute the script rsaIMSLiteSetupTablespaces.sql.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 4-3 The vCenter Server service does not start after the system restarts This phenomenon occurs in an environment in which SQL Server 2008 R2 Express bundled with the vCenter Server installer is used as the SSO database when SSO and vCenter Server are installed in the same server. This phenomenon occurs because the port number that SQL Server 2008 R2 Express uses changes after the system restarts. Take the following action if this phenomenon occurs.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 4-4 Notes on virtual machine deployment using a template 4-4-1 Customization for Windows guest OS deployment When using a template for virtual machine deployment and changing the administrator password during customization, specify a blank administrator password for the template-source virtual machine before creating the template. If any other password is specified, the password is not applied and the administrator password of the template-source is set.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 4-5-3 Data Protection Data Protection is provided as a virtual appliance created based on SUSE Linux Enterprise 11. The default keyboard type for VMware Data Protection is an English keyboard. When logging in to Data Protection, an English keyboard arrangement must be used to enter the user name and password. Reference Perform the following steps to change to the Japanese keyboard sequence. (1) Log into the Data Protection appliance.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 4-6 Notes on installing vCenter Server 4-6-1 Port number used in vCenter Server If you want to change the default HTTP and HTTPS port numbers (80 and 443) used in vCenter Server 5.1, specify TCP ports other than 10080 and 10443, respectively, at installation. (The ports cannot be changed after installation.) Example: TCP port 20080 In vSphere 5.1, TCP ports 10080 and 10443 are used for the HTTP port for Inventory Service and the HTTPS port, respectively.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) VMware VirtualCenter Server\EventMessageFile (for installation using default settings) C:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\VirtualCenter Server\ This matter is described in the VMware knowledge base shown below. “Windows MOM monitor indicates that vmeventmsg.dll is missing” http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1008268 4-6-3 When using the latest version of vCenter Server 5.1 When using vCenter Server 5.1, use the latest version of vCenter Server 5.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 5 Notes on vSphere Client and Web Client 5-1 Obtaining the vSphere Client installation file To install vSphere Client in an environment for which the vSphere Client license has not been purchased, download the vSphere Client installation file from the following website: “VMware vCenter Server 5.1.0b and modules” https://my.vmware.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 5-3 Logging into vCenter Server from Web Client Open the browser and enter https://:/vsphere-client as the URL of Web Client. The default port is 9443. 5-4 Setting up Web Client It is necessary to install Web Client on the server to use it. The browser listed below and Adobe Flash Player version 11.1.0 or later, with which Web Client operates, are required to use Web Client from the client terminal.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) VMware document vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide. * For the document link, see 1-2 Related documents. 5-5 Notes on using vSphere Client in a Windows XP or Windows 2003 environment The following functions cannot be used when vSphere Client is used in a Windows XP or Windows 2003 environment.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 6 Notes on Other Components 6-1 vSphere HA 6-1-1 Preventing a warning message in a vSphere HA cluster configuration In an environment in which a vSphere HA cluster is set up, the following warning message might be displayed on the vSphere Client or Web Client ESXi Summary tab: Host xxx currently has no management network redundancy The above message is displayed when there is no network redundancy for vmkernel.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 7 Notes on Guest OSs 7-1 Notes on using a Linux guest OS in a SAN storage system When running a virtual machine whose guest OS is RHEL5, RHEL4 U4, RHEL4 U3, SLES10, or SLES9 SP3 on a datastore allocated to a SAN storage system, the guest OS file system might become read-only if disk I/O operations occur frequently on the guest OS or if an FC path failover occurs.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) Web Client (1) Start Web Client, select a virtual machine from Hosts and Clusters on the home window and click the relevant virtual machine. (2) Display the Summary tab, select Install VMware Tools at the top of the window, and start the VMware Tools installation wizard in the guest OS. (3) Click Next on the installation wizard window. (4) Select Custom in the Setup Type selection window, and then click Next. (5) Expand the VMware Device Drivers list.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 7-4 Synchronizing the guest OS time Use either VMware Tools or the NTP client for time synchronization in the guest OS. 7-4-1 Time synchronization function using VMware Tools The time synchronization function that VMware Tools in vSphere 5.1 provides synchronizes the time at one-minute intervals.
VMware vSphere 5.1 (ESXi 5.1 / vCenter Server 5.1) 7-5 Network properties of a guest OS On the Network Properties window of the guest OS, the network bandwidth of a guest OS is displayed as 10 Mbps or 1 Gbps. However, the actual bandwidth is the physical NIC’s bandwidth, not the displayed one. When the guest OS communicates with an external machine, the maximum speed is the communication speed of the physical NIC associated with the virtual switch with which the virtual machine is linked up.
