I've got two physical DCs and one virtual at this site. The physical ones are one traditional rack server and one blade. The blade doesn't use any SAN storage, but I don't plan to bring it back up until the SAN is completely online.
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 1:15 PM, John Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > One more thing - If you don't have a physical DC in that location boot > that first - it'll save you loads of suffering. I keep a physical and > virtual DC for this very reason. > > John W. Cook > Network Operations Manager > Partnership For Strong Families > 5950 NW 1st Place > Gainesville, Fl 32607 > Office (352) 244-1610 > Cell (352) 215-6944 > MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stringham, Steven [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 12:57 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Semi-OT: Vsphere shutdown > > Get your order dependence list down. Make a list of all the > services/servers and decide what order they should be shut down in and what > order they can come back up. I did this recently (moved my datacenter to > another location) and it made all the difference to have hashed that out > and have a full list to check box as things went down and came back up. > Provide this list to your team, and walk through the list multiple times > with them as you go. > > Don't forget to add switches/routers/fibrechannel > switches/firewalls/SANs/NASs/managed power strips/etc. to the list. > Everything matters. Get a config backup of these on a external device > (thumbdrive/laptop) and do a write mem on them before powering them down. > > Make a note of where the SQL servers are in that list - as well as the > vcenter server. Is it hosting it's own database is or is it elsewhere. > Also, make a note of which physical host that the vcenter server was on so > you can connect to it directly to bring it back up. > > Make sure you have whatever config cables available to connect directly to > the switches/routers etc. in case of trouble on powering back up. > > Good luck. > > Steven Stringham > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 10:25 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Semi-OT: Vsphere shutdown > > On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> wrote: > > In a few days time I will have to completely shutdown my datacenter > > for some electrical maintenance. (Yes, I'm nervous. It's been online > > non-stop for > > 6.5 years.) > > > > I have 3 Vsphere ESX 4.1 hosts that I need to shutdown along with > > everything else. My vcenter server is virtualized. Two questions: > > > > 1) Do I need to put the hosts into maintenance mode before powering > > them off? All of the VMs will already be powered off. > > > > 1) I can poweroff two of the hosts using the vcenter client, but after > > I shutdown the vcenter VM how should I poweroff the final host? Just > > connect the client directly to the host and shut it down that way? I > > can't think why this wouldn't work. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > RS > > One more thing... > > If you have a multi-site environment, and your connectivity to the other > sites will be affected, then when bringing things back up, make sure you > have connectivity to the other sites before bringing up your DC - so > firewall/router/VPN connections before the DC, in this case. > Then, make sure your DC is communicating with DCs in other sites before > bringing up the rest of the infrastructure. > > It's not that I think that anything *bad* will happen if you do it out of > order - but it gave me much more peace of mind when I did that. > > Kurt > > ~ 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 [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ---------------------- > For more information about Lewis and Roca LLP, please go to > www.lewisandroca.com. > > Phoenix (602)262-5311 Reno (775)823-2900 > Tucson (520)622-2090 Albuquerque (505)764-5400 > Las Vegas (702)949-8200 Silicon Valley (650)391-1380 > > This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to > which it is addressed. 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