+1 I'm just getting caught up on emails this morning. vCenter reboot shouldn't necessitate a reboot of a host server.
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Jeff Bunting <[email protected]> wrote: > Why do you need to power down VMs to reboot vCenter? vCenter might be the > problem with the missing VMs. VMWare support might be able to help you with > those. > > Jeff > > On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 5:51 AM, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have 7 production systems running on 3 different ESX boxes in an ESX >> cluster, and 2 different logical SAN volumes (sorry am not SAN savvy, I just >> know I have two different SAN volumes to choose from when making a VM). >> >> >> >> Today, a SAN blows up and takes out half – our SharePoint server (heavily >> used), a Terminal Server , and an internal occasionally-used web server >> (Namescape rDirectory). Then somehow, when I was told to power down the >> other 4 VM’s so our VMWare guy could reboot a vCenter server, 3 of the 4 >> remaining VM’s decided to go AWOL (a combination of “missing” and >> “disconnected”). That took out my other two Terminal Servers and another >> lightly used internal web server. >> >> >> >> Did I mention I don’t have the normal backups for these things because >> …well…I’m an idiot and didn’t confirm our backup guy installed backup >> software on these servers as I stood them up (process error on my part since >> I should confirm it’s on there). None of these store data – they all talk to >> a backend SQL and the Terminal Servers are used to run apps that are slow if >> they run the same apps over VPN. SharePoint we got back quick because we do >> have a staging equivalent of it, so it was repoint to a config and content >> DB, DNS change, and done. >> >> >> >> I do have copious notes on how I built the others and can rebuild from >> scratch easily enough (I just finished the three TS boxes), but dude…six >> servers at once? >> >> >> >> The most frustrating part was discovering that the 4 systems that had been >> powered off could have been “migrated” before power off and there would have >> been no issue with them – the power down nuked ‘em. >> >> >> >> Oh, and the lone surviving server – the PGP Universal Server that manages >> the encrypted machines. (Yes, the PGP machines will still boot w/out the >> server up, but still, I’ve been on this server 50% of my time over the last >> two weeks!). >> >> >> >> Dave >> >> ~ 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 >> > > ~ 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 > ~ 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
