VMware - Andrew Philp

vCenter server has no network connection after copying

After copying my vCenter server using ovftool, I watched it boot up and could see it said there was no configuration for eth1. When the MAC address changes, it will not update the config file automatically. Here's what to do: First of all go into the vSphere Client and connect

Networking

Using ovftool to copy between hosts without vCenter Server

So, I needed to copy my vCenter Server Appliance over to another host. Obviously can't do that while it's switched on, and it takes care of the migrations in vSphere Client so what can we do? Download ovftool (I downloaded the Windows version) from http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/

Networking

Easy upgrade from ESXi 5.0 to 5.1

Well I say easy, but it's not that easy. Total time was around eight hours including server firmware updates. Upgrade vCenter Server (I used the appliance, so download the appropriate files from the VMware site) - this is done by booting both, new one has DHCP, copying keys in the

Networking

Update on VMware Converter for ESXi 5.1

As I said in my last post about this, vCenter Converter 5.0 didn't work with ESXi 5.1. VMware released the new version, 5.0.1 on 25 October 2012. It's not fully verified with vCenter 5.1, but should work much better than the previous version. My SSL