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vsphere distributed switch VDS without ports
I wanted to know if we can use vsphere distributed switch without connected to physical ports. Usecase: Total private networkWe wanted to create a small setup with multiple ESXWe wanted to have VMs on...
View ArticlevDS and physical network configuration
Hello, we are migrating our vsphere network configuration from vStandard to vDistributed Switch and during our tests we are facing some configuration issues and at least some "best practice" problems....
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high ping time when copying files
hallo, i am new to vmware and this forum, i have just installed vmware esxi 6.0 hp consimized on my hp proliant microserver gen8i have a gigabit network. i have installed 1 host server 2012 R2.when i...
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Can't Connect ot Ping ESXi Server
I have a Cisco 3650..new to setting up a switch,, I created 3 VLANS (not using default vlan1 per best practice ) VLAN 99 VLAN 100 VLAN 101 I am using VLAN 99 as a mgt VLAN. I set VLAN 99 to...
View ArticleAfter Change VM Host IP Address, it cannot connect to internal/external network
Hi Communities, I'm New to VMware. I managed to install the ESXi 6 and VMware Sphere Client 6.0I manage to install Server 2012 in ESXi 6.0 host.It assigned IP DHCP address 192.168.47.x to Windows...
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Configure Distributed Switch with 10GbE
I'm in the process of migrating our vSphere 5.5 cluster to new hardware. The current cluster of servers use standard vSwitches, but after we get everything on the new hardware, I'd like to implement a...
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Please suggest the perfiect suitable architecture - VSphere Std.
Dear Team, We have purchased the VMware vSphere Standard License for for our organization. And I want to do the single server installation for time being. The Resources and Hardware We have: Single...
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Problem with Networking in ESXi
Hi all, I have a quick questions about networking in ESXi. I have a SAN that I am setting up and for that purpose I have 2 servers with 2 10G NICs in them and a controller server that only has a single...
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login to VM(guest linux) console from its esxi(cli) host
I have esxi server and I am able to create VM through ovftool and power it on. so far it is good but I want to manage (linux-vm) from esxi cli. Like this I want to login to the esxi through ssh from...
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Import of vSphere Distributed Switch with "Preserve original distributed...
Hello, I have run into a problem with the export/import routine for vSphere Distributed Switches. The export works great, but the import with "Preserve original distributed switch and port group...
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Load Based Teaming/NIOC and VDS Health Check
Is there any documentation out there, showing for use cases where LBT isn't a good idea for specific VMs etc? I am sure I read something somewhere and I am unable to find it now."As LBT moves flows...
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VDS 6.0 - Determine output NIC from LACP Hash/Algorithm
We are currently building a vSphere architecture based for networking side on VDS and LACP aggregates under vSphere 6.0. We are seeking a command/tips/whatever to determine the output NIC name choosed...
View ArticleMixed Hardware and Distributed Switch VDS
Hello, I have a cluster with varying hardware (rack mount servers), some DELL and some HP, with this comes a mixture in the number of physical network adapter each server has.Obviously this situation...
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Best Practice for Migrating dvSwitch to new vCenter?
I work in a rather "large" environment (>1000 hosts) and was wondering if anyone could provide some guidance on the best (most risk averse) way to migrate dvSwitches between vCenters. I had...
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Unable to reach any VMs on new server, Dswitch or standard.
I have a problem that I'm hoping it's simple for someone else to see. I've been working on this for a couple of days now. I have 3 R730s connected to 2x Brocade VDX 6720s in a VCS fabric. These are new...
View ArticleForce Host Dropped Packets?
This may sound odd, but is there any way I can FORCE dropped packets at the HOST level? I am a QA tester for a software company and I need to be able to force packet loss so I can see if the VMware...
View ArticleMigrating DVS (dvSwitch) port groups between dvSwitches / Merging two...
Hi All,Due to legacy reasons (back-end network dependencies) I have multiple dvSwitches in my environment - I would like to merge two dvSwitches together, or migrate the dv port groups (approximately...
View ArticleRenaming portgroup network label causing VMs to disconnect
With 2 ESX hosts - I created two new standard switches on both and created portgroups. Default Network label provided was VM Network 3. I didnt bother to change it, as this is for a test set-up. I had...
View ArticleUplink / VMkernel port question?
I have someone requesting a separate physical connection to an ESXi 5.5 hosts for a specific application using a separate subnet. We are going to use vmnic0 which is currently free. I have created...
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vSphere 5.5U2 VST Tagging Intel Pro 1000 VT Quad Port issues
Hi guys, Not sure if this is a HW related issue and would welcome any troubleshooting tips.What I have is 5.5U2 cluster with intel pro 1000vt across the servers.So my network was broken into Single...
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