Probably a good idea to have the DC with the FSMO roles be the last one down and the first one up.
Kurt On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Richard Stovall <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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