Six is for a MAJOR expansion From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:paul.hutchi...@mira.co.uk] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2012 4:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT?: Moving an old VMWare set
Just curiosity at work here but six hosts seems disproportionately high for 30 VM's if those 30 VM's already run on a pair of ageing ESX 3.5 boxes? ________________________________ From: Richard McClary [richard.mccl...@aspca.org] Sent: 29 November 2012 4:30 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT?: Moving an old VMWare set Greetings! I know I really need to investigate VMWare support (shall do so), but in case anyone else has encountered this... We are about to retire an old VMWare system and replace it with newer hardware. Current system: IBM x3650s (two), ESX 3.5, 3 ethernet ports (two for LAN, 1 for management), two fiber channel HBAs to datastore IBM DS3400 SAN; 4 HBAs (2 to each ESX server) The plan is to replace this completely with six IBM x3650M4s running ESXi 5, and iSCSI connections to a NetApp datastore. The problem: we have about 30 VMs on the DS3400, several of which are mission-critical (domain controllers, time clocks, etc). I thought it would be possible to add additional NICs to the current servers, use those for an iSCSI connection to the NetAPP, configure a datastore on the NetApp, and then have the VMWare software copy of move the VM files from the old datastore to the new one. It was pointed out to me, though, that the DS3400 is on a fiber channel equivalent of one VLAN, and the NetApp would be on another VLAN. StorageMotion would not work. Anyone out there ever encounter (and solve) this? Thanks... -- richard The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(r) (ASPCA(r)) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ________________________________ MIRA Ltd Watling Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV10 0TU, England Registered in England and Wales No. 402570 VAT Registration GB 100 1464 84 The contents of this e-mail are confidential and are solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it and notify us either by e-mail, telephone or fax. You should not copy, forward or otherwise disclose the content of the e-mail as this is prohibited. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
