안녕하세요,

2014년 6월 27일 세미나 APD(All Path Down)과 PDL(Permanent Device Loss)에 대한 세미나 입니다. 녹화는 이루어지지 않았습니다.

발표에 사용된 파일을 첨부하니 참고 하시기 바랍니다. 2 주 연속으로 진행되었으나 두번 모두 녹화가 되지 않았습니다.

감사합니다.

안녕하세요,

2014년 7월 18일에 있었던 Horizon View SSL Certificate에 관한 내용입니다. 녹화는 되지 않았고, 발표에 사용된 파일을 첨부하니 참고하시기 바랍니다. 시리즈로 이어지는 세미나입니다.

감사합니다.

I’ve recently been working with a customer who has been a program of right-sizing vCPUs and Memory based on recommendations from vC Ops oversized VM reports. For many virtual machines, the vC Ops report has recommended a vCPU count of 3, and I’ve had to work hard to justify this to the customer, and realign their thinking away from the traditional pCPU architecture based on a 20=1, 21=2, 2^2=4, etc. system.

Just to clarify, vSphere 5 introduced VM Hardware Version 8 (AKA Hardware Compatibility Mode). This is the minimum version of virtual machine hardware that is required to allow odd numbered vCPUs on the guest.

Although vSphere 5 supports VMs with odd or/and even number of vCPUs, there is no specific recommendations about this from VMware. Basically, vC Ops recommends the number of required vCPUs depending on the requirements of the workload displayed over time, and  the most important thing is that you’re careful about allocating more vCPU's than physical cores per pCPU (for NUMA locality) and that you only allocate as many vCPU cores as the application needs.

  Whilst there is no recommendation for/against odd numbers of vCPU’s, we are all of course tuned to the physical world where we talk about 2, 4, 6, 8  CPUs etc. and 1024MB, 2048MB etc. of memory and it sometimes hard to unlearn what we’ve learned over such a long time.  Below is an article that covers this question in a bit more depth. http://blog.solori.net/tag/odd-core-counts-with-vmware/

Hello everyone,

I am going introduce you to my new tool that I developed during the last 3 weeks. This is called VMware Certificate Toolkit.

As I am used to implement CA signed certificate on vSphere and vCloud environment at work, it takes always some time to prepare all the files with OpenSSL or Java Keytool even with scripts.

I decided to create a Java program that handle the creation of files needed when implementing CA signed certificate on VMware. VCT is not based on OpenSSL, it uses Java cryptographics

API and is able to create compatible certificate, RSA key and keystore to implement on your VMware Infrastructure.

The application is still in beta, and I need your help to test this app on VMware product, it has already been tested on vSphere 5.1/5.5 and vCloud Director 5.1.

VCT is available on source forge at: https://sourceforge.net/projects/vmwarecertificatetoolkit/

最近、自宅 vSphere 環境にネットワークセグメントを追加したくなり、

標準スイッチ（vSS）と標準ポートグループを観察してみました。

標準ポートグループは、ESXi ごとに存在する vSS に作成されるもので、

ESXi ごとに存在確認しないといけないかと思ったら・・・

意外とそんなことはなく、ネットワークのインベントリを開けば

同様のポートグループがどの ESXi に作成されているか、まとめて確認できます。

クラシックな vSphere Client でも、

ネットワークのインベントリからうまい具合に見られます。

ちなみに、PowerCLI では、

下記のような感じで vSS のポートグループを操作できます。

今回は、vSS「vSwitch0」に「pg-vlan-0004」というポートグループを作成してみます。

まず vCenter に接続して、ホストの一覧を見てみます。

PowerCLI> Connect-VIServer vc55u1-1.vmad.local, vc55u1-2.vmad.local -User vmad\administrator -Password *****

 

Name                           Port  User

----                           ----  ----

vc55u1-1.vmad.local            443   VMAD\Administrator

vc55u1-2.vmad.local            443   VMAD\Administrator

 

PowerCLI> Get-VMHost -State Connected | select Name,ConnectionState,PowerState,Version | ft -AutoSize

 

Name                   ConnectionState PowerState Version

----                   --------------- ---------- -------

hv51-hpp1.gowatana.lab       Connected  PoweredOn 5.1.0

hv51-opt1.gowatana.lab       Connected  PoweredOn 5.1.0

hv55n1.vmad.local            Connected  PoweredOn 5.5.0

hv55n2.vmad.local            Connected  PoweredOn 5.5.0

hv55-has1.vmad.local         Connected  PoweredOn 5.5.0

hv55-has2.vmad.local         Connected  PoweredOn 5.5.0

hv55-ivy1.vmad.local         Connected  PoweredOn 5.5.0

この時点では、まだこれから作成するポートグループが

どの ESXi にも無い状態です。

PowerCLI> Get-VMHost -State Connected | Get-VirtualSwitch -Name vSwitch0 | select Name,VMHost,{$_|Get-VirtualPortGroup -Name pg-vlan-0004} | ft -AutoSize

 

Name     VMHost                 $_|Get-VirtualPortGroup -Name pg-vlan-0004

----     ------                 ------------------------------------------

vSwitch0 hv51-hpp1.gowatana.lab {}

vSwitch0 hv51-opt1.gowatana.lab {}

vSwitch0 hv55n1.vmad.local      {}

vSwitch0 hv55n2.vmad.local      {}

vSwitch0 hv55-has1.vmad.local   {}

vSwitch0 hv55-has2.vmad.local   {}

vSwitch0 hv55-ivy1.vmad.local   {}

それぞれの ESXi の vSS にポートグループを作成します。

PowerCLI> Get-VMHost -State Connected | Get-VirtualSwitch -Name vSwitch0 | New-VirtualPortGroup -Name pg-vlan-0004 -VLanId 4

 

Name                      Key                            VLanId PortBinding NumPorts

----                      ---                            ------ ----------- --------

pg-vlan-0004              key-vim.host.PortGroup-pg-v... 4

pg-vlan-0004              key-vim.host.PortGroup-pg-v... 4

pg-vlan-0004              key-vim.host.PortGroup-pg-v... 4

pg-vlan-0004              key-vim.host.PortGroup-pg-v... 4

pg-vlan-0004              key-vim.host.PortGroup-pg-v... 4

pg-vlan-0004              key-vim.host.PortGroup-pg-v... 4

pg-vlan-0004              key-vim.host.PortGroup-pg-v... 4

ポートグループがができました。

PowerCLI> Get-VMHost -State Connected | Get-VirtualSwitch -Name vSwitch0 | select Name,VMHost,{$_|Get-VirtualPortGroup -Name pg-vlan-0004} | ft -AutoSize

 

Name     VMHost                 $_|Get-VirtualPortGroup -Name pg-vlan-0004

----     ------                 ------------------------------------------

vSwitch0 hv51-hpp1.gowatana.lab pg-vlan-0004

vSwitch0 hv51-opt1.gowatana.lab pg-vlan-0004

vSwitch0 hv55n1.vmad.local      pg-vlan-0004

vSwitch0 hv55n2.vmad.local      pg-vlan-0004

vSwitch0 hv55-has1.vmad.local   pg-vlan-0004

vSwitch0 hv55-has2.vmad.local   pg-vlan-0004

vSwitch0 hv55-ivy1.vmad.local   pg-vlan-0004

VM の vNIC のポートグループも変更してみます。

PowerCLI> Get-VM dg01,dg02 | Get-NetworkAdapter -Name "Network adapter 1" | select Parent,NetworkName | ft -AutoSize

 

 

Parent NetworkName

------ -----------

dg02   VM Network

dg01   VM Network

 

PowerCLI> Get-VM dg01,dg02 | Get-NetworkAdapter -Name "Network adapter 1" | Set-NetworkAdapter -NetworkName pg-vlan-0004 -Confirm:$false

 

Name                 Type       NetworkName  MacAddress         WakeOnLan

                                                                  Enabled

----                 ----       -----------  ----------         ---------

Network adapter 1    Vmxnet3    pg-vlan-0004 00:50:56:b2:d1:f8       True

Network adapter 1    Vmxnet3    pg-vlan-0004 00:50:56:b2:c1:a8       True

 

PowerCLI> Get-VM dg01,dg02 | Get-NetworkAdapter -Name "Network adapter 1" | select Parent,NetworkName | ft -AutoSize

 

Parent NetworkName

------ -----------

dg02   pg-vlan-0004

dg01   pg-vlan-0004

以上、vSS と ポートグループについてでした・・・

以前、PowerCLI でデータストアを確認してみるポストをしましたが・・・

ESXi データストアへの VM 配置について。（PowerCLI でデータストア空き容量と IOPS を見てみる）

VCOPS だと、ヒートマップというグラフで

視覚的に使用状況の確認ができたりします。

標準 UI の「分析」タブには

「ヒートマップ ギャラリー」に色々なグラフ表示設定が登録されています。

たとえば、どこかのデータストアに 新規 VM を配置したいときに

下記のような使い方ができます。

データストアの空き容量についてヒートマップを見るときは

「どのデータストアのディスク容量オーバーコミットが最も高く、残り時間が最も少ないか?」

を見ると・・・

→ ds_local_04 というデータストアにそこそこ空きがありそう。

※となりの ds_nfs_181_02 というデータストアはさらに空きがありそうですが

　今回は事情により空けてます・・・

シンプロビジョニングの仮想ディスクによる容量オーバーコミットが大きいほど

グラフの色が赤くなっています。

ちなみに、ヒートマップの名前にある「～残り時間が」というのは、

「VCOPS が分析したキャパシティ管理的に、

あと何日くらいもつ空き容量がありそうか」みたいな発想のものです。

データストアのディスク IO 遅延についてヒートマップを見るときは

「どのデータストアの I/O 使用率が最も高く、待ち時間が発生しているか?」

あたりをみてみると・・・

→上のヒートマップで、割と空いていそうな ds_local_04 データストアは

　ディスク遅延もあまり大きくなく、負荷が割と低そう。

※となりの ds_nfs_181_02 というデータストアはさらにディスク遅延が無そうですが

　今回は事情により空けてます・・・

IO使用率（KB/秒）が大きいデータストアほど、グラフの面積が広く

遅延（読み書きあたりの遅延ミリ秒）が大きいほど色が赤くなっています。

といった感じで、見た感じで

「容量が空いていて負荷が低そうな ds_local_04 データストアに新規 VM を配置しよう」

みたいなことが考えやすくなります。

自宅検証環境なので特定の ESXi を指定してデータストアのヒートマップを見ていますが、

本来はクラスタ単位や、vCenter 単位でヒートマップを見るともっと効果的ではないかと思います。

当然ながら、データストアだけでなく CPU / メモリ / ネットワーク などについても

ヒートマップで表示できます。

こちらもどうぞ・・・

vCenter Operations Manager（VCOPS） 入門。

VCOPS の UI タイムアウト時間を変更する。

以上、VCOPS のヒートマップについてでした。

Hi All..

During my study for my VCAP-DCD (Wish me to pass it ), I came through an interesting point that I'd like to share with you.
During reading vSphere Design Sybex V2 by Scott Lowe and Forbies Guthrie, they came though ESXi boot disk partitions and how the boot image is loaded into memory during boot.

Long story short, ESXi base image essentially is a TGZ file -Tar compressed file. When booting ESXi image, that tar file is uncompressed into the memory producing two types of files: VMkernel Executives and Archive Files . VMkernel are .gz files that aren't shown in the list of filesystem files and they form the main files system. Archive files are also known as VIBs or VMware Installation Bundles (Anyone experienced with Auto Deploy knows them) that contains all configurations and drivers needed for ESXi system to operate. So, what is the difference? What is the point of this post? Here it comes..

VIBs are always compressed files, mainly TGZ, V0n files, called Tardisks. They're not uncompressed inside the memory and used, but they're mounted as mount points in the file system as well as any other disk partition of boot disk. This makes these tardisks always read-only files read from the memory. To modify these bundles/tardisks, ESXi VMkernel uses a "Branching Technique". Each new bundle/tardisk overlays the old one and the file system sees only the last branch available. When the last bundle/tardisk is removed, the previous branch appears and is used by the file system. What if a modification is required for certain file on any tardisk?? Branching technique is used again.

When a modification is required, a read/write copy of the tardisk is created on a Ramdisk. Ramdisk is a container for that working read/write copy. Using branching technique, ESXi VMkernel uses the read/write copy instead of the original read-only one and any modification is done to this read/write copy. Unfortunately, this modifications will not persist any boot as it's written to RAM. To come over this, a TGZ file called state.tgz is created by internal backup process to contain all of these modified files as well as all last-laid bundles (Confirmation needed for bundles part). This state.tgz file is called ESXi State Archive.

So what about that internal backup process?!
This backup process was a point of small discussion between me and Mr. Wiliam Lam (@lamw). We managed to discover that blog post of Kyle Gleed that stated that this internal backup process has four scenarios to run and backup the state.tgz file to the boot disk. It's saved in /bootbank partition on the boot disk.
You can also run this backup process manually by using the command: autobackup.shas stated by Mr. Lam in his blog post.

I wish I was clear and straight forward in this tricky point.
Lastly, I recommend reading vSphere Design Sybex V2.

Share the knowledge..

Its been a while since I last wrote a blog post so I thought I should put up a quick one.

In NSX deployments and designs I have worked on, common questions I get when using a teaming method on NSX-v of Loadbalance-SRCID/MAC is:

1. How can I determine what physical interface VXLAN encapsulated traffic will egress/ingress via on an ESXi host?

2. What will be the SRC IP address and SRC MAC address of the VXLAN traffic?

Please note this does not include traffic traversing a DLR, I will cover that in a later post.

So to determine this you can follow the below process:

If you run the command esxtop from an ESXi hosts cli, then type n (for network) you will get a list of VM's DVPorts and VMKernel interfaces (VTEPs) and more importantly what DVUplink/vmnic on the host they are mapped to as below shows. In this example I'm going to be using VM04 as an example.

So in the below example from esxtop VM04 is using vmnic1 (DVUplink1) on my DVSwitch.

Output of esxtop for VM's:

  67108876      39870:VM04.eth0     vmnic1 DvsPortset-1         0.00    0.00       1.94    0.00   0.00   0.00

  67108877      49943:wah1.eth3     vmnic1 DvsPortset-1          0.00    0.00       0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00

  67108878      49943:wah1.eth2     vmnic2 DvsPortset-1          0.00    0.00       0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00

  67108879      49943:wah1.eth1     vmnic2 DvsPortset-1          0.00    0.00       0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00

  67108880      49943:wah1.eth0     vmnic1 DvsPortset-1          0.00    0.00       0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00

  67108881      50475:wah2.eth3     vmnic1 DvsPortset-1          0.00    0.00       0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00

  67108882      50475:wah2.eth2     vmnic2 DvsPortset-1          0.00    0.00       0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00

  67108883      50475:wah2.eth1     vmnic2 DvsPortset-1          0.00    0.00       0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00

  67108884      50475:wah2.eth0     vmnic1 DvsPortset-1          0.00    0.00       0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00

  67108885      51009:wah3.eth0     vmnic1 DvsPortset-1          0.00    0.00       0.00    0.00   0.00   0.00

If you then run the below esxcli command to list what VTEP a DVPort is using, we can see that VM04 on Switch port 67108876is using a VTEP with an ID of 0.

/var/log # esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan network port list --vds-name=DSwitch-Cluster2 --vxlan-id=5000

Switch Port ID  VDS Port ID  VMKNIC ID

--------------  -----------  ---------

      67108870  vdrPort             1

      67108876  142                  0    <<< VM04

      67108877  141                  0

      67108878  143                  1

      67108879  144                  1

      67108880  145                  0

      67108883  139                  1

      67108884  140                  0

      67108885  138                  0

If we then use the below esxcli command to check what vmknic VTEP ID 0 maps to, this will provide the IP address and MAC address we will SRC traffic from when VM04 traffic is encapsulated in VXLAN from this host.

~ # esxcli network vswitch dvs vmware vxlan vmknic list --vds-name=DSwitch-Cluster2

Vmknic Name  Switch Port ID  VDS Port ID  Endpoint ID  VLAN ID  IP          Netmask        IP Acquire Timeout  Multicast Group Count  Segment ID

-----------  --------------  -----------  -----------  -------  ----------  -------------  ------------------  ---------------------  ----------

vmk1               67108871  130                    0        0  172.16.1.5  255.255.255.0                   0                      0  172.16.1.0

vmk2               67108872  137                    1        0  172.16.1.6  255.255.255.0                   0                      0  172.16.1.0

~ # esxcfg-vmknic -l <trunkated output>

Interface  Port Group/DVPort   IP Family IP Address        Netmask         Broadcast       MAC Address       MTU     TSO MSS   Enabled Type            

vmk1       130                 IPv4      172.16.1.5                   255.255.255.0   172.16.1.255    00:50:56:68:93:ed 1600    65535     true    STATIC           

We can then check again in esxtop what vmnic the VTEP vmk1 also mapped to and see if they matches what VM04 was using (vmnic1)

Output of esxtop for vmknic's:

~ #

  67108871                vmk1    vmnic1 DvsPortset-1          0.19    0.00       0.77    0.00   0.00   0.00

  67108872                 vmk2     vmnic2 DvsPortset-1          0.00    0.00       0.97    0.00   0.00   0.00

So from the above VM04 is using VTEP ID 0 which is vmk1. Both vmk1 and VM04 are using vmnic1

So in conclusion when VM04 sends traffic to be encapsulated in VXLAN:

1. Outer SRC IP address is 172.16.1.5 (vmknic1)

2. Outer SRC MAC address is 00:50:56:68:93:ed (vmknic1)

3. Egress host physical nic - vmnic1 (DVUplink1)

Thanks for reading

Kev Barrass

It is an exciting month at VMware with VMworld starting on Sunday in San Francisco. If you care about vCenter Server in any way, we have lined up several compelling sessions at VMworld. Many teams have spent countless hours preparing for these deep dive sessions in several key areas. We have many breakout sessions in key areas such as performance, architecture, deployment, availability, lifecycle management and distributed resource management.

In addition to the breakout sessions, we have also organized deep dives as part of TAM Customer Central. These sessions are led by Product Managers with the help of Engineering, and present a great opportunity to ask hard questions in a more intimate setting. Note that the TAM sessions are protected by a mutual NDA, and are available on a first come, first serve basis.

Make sure you add these sessions to your schedule. Look forward to meeting you at some of these sessions!

Breakout Sessions

TAM Central Deep Dives

It’s that time of the year and StorMagic is once again in the city by the bay exhibiting at VMworld 2014 – No Limits.  This year StorMagic is busier than ever. We’ll be showcasing the newest version of SvSAN due for release in September 2014. SvSAN 5.2 boasts some advanced new features to further improve performance, manageability and efficiency of shared storage in distributed environments. Visit our booth #2519 for a live demo of these new and not yet released features.

Also, join StorMagic CEO, Hans O’Sullivan, and Cisco Product Manager for UCS E-Series Application On-boarding, Umang Barman, at the Cisco booth theatre, VMworld on the 24th August at 18:30 for a live session: Building a Robust Converged Branch Infrastructure.
They will discuss how the latest storage, virtualization and data center technologies work together to simplify and optimize application experience and availability for branch office users.

Last but not least, we’ll be giving away 3 awesome prizes at our booth on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the show at 15:00. We have Cookoo Smart Watches, Attacknid battling robot spiders and Makey Makey kits to win. But, if you’re not that lucky, why not come by the booth and grab a free powerbank to charge your devices when on the move.

We look forward to seeing you next week.

From the editors virtual desk

Hi everyone, well I had a really great week even though it was slightly interrupted by a local public holiday on Wednesday which I had completely forgotten about. It was a bit of a surprise as I had been booking meetings and wondering why I wasn't getting any accepts.

I had a really good conversation and organised a technical session for one of my customers on vSphere Networking, specifically geared towards the latest features and functionality of the Distributed Switch as well as our NSX network virtualisation solution. I found the session really informative and a good reminder of how the basics need to always be revisited to ensure we are getting optimal use of our solutions.

I have continued to discuss this on my LinkedIn blog at http://tinyurl.com/pjduwtm.

VMworld is just 1 week away and it is getting really exciting. I know a number of colleagues and customers who will be traveling over for the event and I must admit I would love to be going this year with all of the awesome announcements that will be made. It is such an awesome conference and if you are going then you will be in for such a treat.

I hope you have a great week and look forward to chatting to you all again next week. Please feel free to get in touch with me anytime.

Virtually Yours

Neil Isserow

Senior Technical Account Manager

VMware Australia

nisserow @ vmware . com

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Women of Purpose is a community that promotes, elevates and connects women within VMware, customers, partners and employees. We were founded in 2010 and are thrilled to host our 5th annual Women of Purpose at VMworld 2014.

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  VMware Continues to Strengthen End User Computing Leadership Team – Noah Wasmer Returns to VMware (http://blogs.vmware.com/vmware/?p=2722)

   

  By Sanjay Poonen, Executive Vice President and General Manager, End-User Computing This week is my one year anniversary of being at VMware! What an exciting year it’s been hereat the company, as we are hard at work turbo-charging our End-User Computing (EUC) strategy. I’ve enjoyed working with some of the most innovative and customer focused colleagues here at […]

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  How to Drive Tighter Alignment Between Business and IT (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=1094)Many IT stakeholders have limited trust in the IT organization as a result of the way it has operated in the past. In this short video, Kevin Lees shares tips on how IT can deal with this real-world problem that is almost always overlooked. Kevin Lees is principal architect of the VMware Global Operations Transformation […]

   

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  Operations Transformation at VMworld: What’s in it for you? (http://blogs.vmware.com/cloudops/?p=1090)

   

  Your CIO expects great things, and you deliver by understanding and implementing great technology. But now it’s time to take it up a notch – show that you understand how technology change affects the entire organization. Bring forward ideas for people, process and technology evolution. This year at VMworld, the Operations Transformation track gives you […]

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  VMware + Containers = Containers without Compromise (http://cto.vmware.com/?p=2821)For this post, I’m temporarily taking off my VMware End User Computing hat and putting back on my Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) one. (As many of you may know, I was part the VMware SDDC team for 9+ years, so every now and then I still need my SDDC fix!) Today I’m at Gartner Catalyst participating in a panel session entitled “Virtual Machines: Forever Glory or Dying Breed?” The session is motivated out of interest in Docker and Linux containers , and the question as to whether containers might…

   

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  Big Data Design Considerations: Hadoop and Storage Choices (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=13581)

   

  When deploying Hadoop on vSphere, an important choice to make is the storage architecture for your data. There are several approaches to addressing this subject. We explore two important and contrasting approaches in this blog in order to help Hadoop architects understand their choices better. The different storage approaches described here are the direct-attached storage (DAS) […]

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  Big Data Sessions, Demos and Labs at VMworld 2014 (http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/?p=13573)

   

  There are some really very interesting and useful virtualized Big Data-related talks and demos at VMworld 2014 during the week of the 24th-27th August. Among them is a customer panel at 4-5pm on Monday discussing vSphere, vCAC and Big Data Extensions for managing your virtualized Hadoop workloads as well as a talk from a VMware customer on providing Hadoop-as-a-Service (1-2pm […]

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  VMworld 2014 Networking and Security Session Guide (http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/?p=1509)At last year’s show, we introduced you to VMware NSX, and presented a vision for how network virtualization will fundamentally change data center networking. We focused a lot on what NSX is, what it does, and why you should start planning to virtualize your network. This year, we’re still focused on the basics. We have […]

   

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  VMware NSX Customer Story: Colt Decreases Data Center Networking Complexity (http://blogs.vmware.com/networkvirtualization/?p=1494)Adoption of network virtualization and SDN technologies from VMware and Arista Networks simplifies cloud infrastructure and enables automation to reduce timescales of cloud and network service provisioning Offering the largest enterprise-class cloud footprint in Europe, Colt, an established leader in delivering integrated network, data center, voice and IT services, has implemented software-  defined networking [SDN] […]

   

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  vCenter Operations Tech Tips: Tip #39 – Capacity Planning for your Infrastructure (http://blogs.vmware.com/management/?p=4289)

   

  Have you ever wondered what is going on in your virtual infrastructure? Have you ever struggled to see when do you need to scale up or scale down your host infrastructure that runs your VMs? Have you ever thought how do you properly do the capacity planning of your virtualised infrastructure? If your answer to […]

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  Ensure DISA Certificate Compliance using VCM (http://blogs.vmware.com/security/?p=1147)

   

  Today, I show you how you can ensure you comply to DISA mandates to have DoD certificates on each Microsoft Windows machine using VMware vCenter Configuration Manager (VCM), a key component in the VMware vCenter Operations Suite (vC Ops). For this example, DISA STIG for Windows 8 / 8.1 Version: 1  Release: 6 released on 25 […]

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  Deciding Between VMware Horizon 6 and Citrix XenDesktop? (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=6210)By Cyndie Zikmund, End-User Computing Product Line Marketing Manager, VMware, and Scott Edstrom, End-User Computing Senior Consultant, VMware You have heard about Horizon 6 by now, but are you curious about how it compares to Citrix XenDesktop?  The VMware Horizon 6 family of solutions offers a choice of new features and capabilities for desktop and […]

   

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  VMworld Sessions for Customers Looking for a Safe Passage From Citrix and MDM Vendors to VMware (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=6203)By Ben Goodman, Lead Evangelist, End-User Computing In my previous blog post I included ten not-to-be-missed EUC breakout sessions at VMworld. Since then we’ve added a few new sessions to the agenda that I want to make sure you consider adding to your schedule. Recently VMware launched Safe Passage, a new program designed to help desktop, application […]

   

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  What Is the Best Server Virtualization Platform for Virtual Desktop Infrastructure? (http://blogs.vmware.com/euc/?p=6198)By Cyndie Zikmund, EUC Product Line Marketing Manager, VMware Have you ever asked yourself: What is the best server virtualization platform for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)? VMware vSphere is the answer. More and more organizations are moving towards virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) as the solution to reducing administrative overhead, increasing productivity, and improving security. VDI […]

   

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  Enterprise mobility news recap: August 11 – 15 (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=31031)Mobile technology is changing by the minute; sometimes you just can’t catch it all. Here’s what you might have missed this week: The internet of things (IoT) keeps growing and Samsung has taken notice. The South Korean tech giant announced its decision to acquire the connected company SmartThings, the maker of a $99 hub that […]

   

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  AirWatch Connect Industry Day: Aviation (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=31022)

   

  AirWatch Connect Atlanta is rapidly approaching, and this year’s event is going to be bigger than ever. It’s also going to be more customized. As part of our commitment to provide an interactive and industry-driven experience, we’re launching Industry Tracks on Monday, September 8. Industry Tracks will help attendees connect with their peers and participate […]

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  Six questions answered: Why digital watermarking matters (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=31001)Last week, AirWatch announced that it had earned multiple watermarking patents. Today, we had the chance to speak with Suja Ramachandran, Product Manager for AirWatch Secure Content Locker, to learn more about the technology. What’s exciting about AirWatch digital watermarking technology? The capability behind our watermarking technology is extremely exciting. The watermarks are dynamic in […]

   

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  Watch the video: Microsoft in Education (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=30959)Last month, we had a chance to catch up with Lydia Smyers, Microsoft’s head of education marketing and the Microsoft educator network, to discuss the latest developments for Microsoft in education. AirWatch and Microsoft work together to provide safe-for-school mobility solutions to students all around the world. Microsoft made several announcements during the International Society […]

   

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  Australian Signals Directorate authorizes AirWatch Secure Content Locker for government use (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=30914)AirWatch Secure Content Locker has reached another significant milestone. The secure file sync and share solution, which has gained significant momentum in recent months, is now certified for use in Australian and New Zealand government agencies. The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), which certifies IT solutions for specific purposes and security levels, has granted AirWatch Secure Content Locker […]

   

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  Join AirWatch at the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) Conference (http://blogs.air-watch.com/?p=30896)ILTA, the International Legal Technology Association, is hosting its 37th annual educational conference at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn. The conference offers legal IT professionals the chance to gather with like-minded colleagues to learn about new technologies, discuss best practices and learn from legal and technology innovators. From Aug. 18 […]

   

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  Heading to VMworld 2014 in San Francisco? (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1274)

   

  If so, then consider what our strategic alliance partners have in store for you at this year’s conference and reserve your spot for the following sessions via Schedule Builder today. Check out these popular HP sessions and stop by the HP Booth (#1005) to get an update on the latest from VMware|HP and see how […]

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  ATTN Solution Providers/Corp Resellers – We Have New Product Incentives (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1272)

   

  As of August 1, 2014, eligible partners can qualify for an additional 10% discount on eligible Horizon Ent/Adv, vSphere with Operations Management, and Virtual SAN products closed through Advantage+. Eligible partners can also earn a 10% rebate in Solution Rewards on Horizon and vSphere with Operations Management Sales. Learn more.

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  Access the Quarterly Partner Briefing Portal Now (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1269)

   

  The Q3 Partner Briefing features product launch news and update videos around SDDC, vCloud Suite 5.8, Workspace Suite, AirWatch, Horizon DaaS, Hyper Converged Infrastructure Appliance, and Partner mToolbook. It’s important that you stay current. Access the Quarterly Partner Briefing Portal to get your preview now.

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  Now Available – Software-Defined Storage Accelerator Service R1.1 (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1267)

   

  Developed with review and guidance from the field, technical marketing, and our GCoE, this release enhances the offering to include technical materials that deliver architecture, design, and deployment guidance for Virtual SAN in a customer environment.

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  Now Available – BCDR Design and Deploy Service Kit R1.1 (http://blogs.vmware.com/partnernews/?p=1265)This release builds on the BCDR solution through the addition of data protection using VDP Advanced and High Availability of Applications with vSphere App HA, as well as considerations for using Virtual SAN with vCenter Site Recovery Manager.

   

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  Sneak Peek Videos – Partner Day at VMworld 2014, Moscone (http://blogs.vmware.com/tap/?p=884)This year we have a dedicated Partner Day at VMworld US 2014 at Moscone on Sunday August 24. We have great sessions lined up for you. Watch preview videos and register soon to avoid disappointment – seats are filling up quickly! The following Technology Exchange (TEX) Breakout Sessions are on Sunday August 24. Watch  preview videos now! […]

   

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  Here’s Want You Don’t Want To Miss at VMworld 2014 Partner Day (http://blogs.vmware.com/partner/?p=2104)We’ve talked a lot about how great VMworld 2014 Partner Day (US) is going to be over these last few months, but don’t just take our word for it – listen as Dave O’Callaghan, VMware’s SVP of the Global Partner Organization, shares his excitement for Partner Day 2014 (US). We’ve got a few surprises up […]

   

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  Virtualization 2.0: The rise of performance-enhancing IT (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=2959)In its early form, virtualization represented a great leap forward for IT managers—accommodating more workloads on each machine and, consequently, a welcome means for reining in data center costs. More than 15 years later, the evolution of virtualization marches on. Coaxing all you can from your hardware resources is hardly out of fashion, but it’s […]

   

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  Hands-on Labs – What To Expect at VMworld 2014 US (http://blogs.vmware.com/smb/?p=2953)

   

  This post originally appeared on the VMworld Blog. Friends, We are very excited about another great Hands-on Labs at VMworld and happy to give you an inside peek at what is coming. Why attend Hands-on Labs during VMworld? #1. Be the first to take the latest Hands-on Labs.  Our labs are released every year at […]

  
  

  The power of hybrid – vCHS outperforms competitors (http://vmwareemeablog.com/uk/?p=1027)

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最近話題の vCenter Log Insight をデプロイしてみました。

Log Insight についてはこちらを参照・・・

http://www.vmware.com/jp/products/vcenter-log-insight

Log Insight は、VMware 製のログ収集＆解析ツールで、

近いものとしては、Splunk や fluentd などが挙げられると思います。

今回使用したバージョン

VMware-vCenter-Log-Insight-2.0.3-1879692_1.ova

※OVA ファイルは、MyVMware から入手できます。

Web Client からデプロイ

Log Insight は 仮想アプライアンスの OVA ファイルとして

提供されているので、そのファイルを

Web Client（または vSphere Client）からデプロイするだけで使用できます。

今回は Web Client で「OVF テンプレートのデプロイ」してみます。

デプロイする OVA ファイルを選択します。

「追加の構成オプションの承諾」にチェックを入れると

次へ進めるようになります。

EULA の承諾 画面で、「承諾」ボタンをクリックすると

「次へ」進めるようになります。

デプロイする VM の名前は、デフォルトのまま

「VMware vCenter Log Insight」にしました。

デプロイ先のデータセンタ か フォルダを選択して「次へ」。

VM の構成を選択します。

今回は一番小さい「Extra Small」にしてみました。

2vCPU、メモリ 4GB、仮想ディスク 132GB になります。

デプロイ先のリソースを選択します。

例では、ESXi を選択しています。

仮想ディスク フォーマットは

動作確認目的なので「Thin Provisison」にしました。

仮想ディスクのサイズは 132GB ですが、

Thin 形式であれば 5GB くらいあればとりあえずデプロイできます。

Log Insight の VM を接続するポートグループを選択します。

Log Insight の VM に設定するネットワーク構成情報を入力します。

• ホスト名
• IP アドレス
• サブネットマスク
• デフォルトゲートウェイ
• DNS サーバのアドレス

この画面で、root パスワードも設定します。

確認して「終了」をクリックすると、デプロイが開始されます。

デプロイされた VM は Extra Small だと

仮想マシンバージョンが「7」なので、バージョンアップしておきます。

仮想マシンバージョンは、

「ESXi 5.5 以降」（vmx-10）にしておきます。

Log Insight の VM を起動します。このような起動画面です。

初回起動は少し時間がかかるようなので、しばらく待ちます。

起動すると、このような画面になります。

上の画面で「ALT + F1」キーを押すと、コンソール画面を表示してログインできます。

ちなみに OS は SUSE Linux です。

Web ブラウザでアクセスすると、

Log Insight のセットアップ画面が表示されます。

セットアップにつづく・・・

vCenter Log Insight のデプロイの続き。

以上、Log Insight のデプロイでした。

前回のポストの続きで、Log Insight をセットアップしていきます。

vCenter Log Insight のデプロイ。

それでは、OVA ファイルのデプロイ後に起動した Log Insight のセットアップを進めます。

Web ブラウザでアクセスすると、セットアップ画面が表示されます。

　　https://＜Log Insight 仮想アプライアンスに設定したアドレス＞

「Deployment Type」は、最初の 1台目の Log Insight なので

「Start New Deployment」を選択します。

Log Insight の Web UI にログインするための

admin ユーザのパスワードを設定します。

ライセンスキーを入力して、「Add License Key」をクリックします。

入力したライセンスキーの情報が表示されるので「Continue」。

Log Insight からの情報通知先のメールアドレス設定、

カスタマエクスペリエンス向上プログラムへの送信などができますが、

今回はメールサーバもなく、インターネットにつながらない検証サーバなのでスキップします。

時刻同期の設定は

デフォルトでは VMware の NTP サーバが 4台 設定されていますが、

今回は 自宅内の NTP サーバにしました。

SMTP サーバの設定も、

今回はメールを使わないつもりなのでデフォルトのままです。

Log Insight のセットアップが終わりました。

まだ、ログ収集対象を何も登録していないので、

この流れで vCenter （と ESXi）を登録しておきます。

画面に表示される「vSphere Integration」のリンクをクリックすると、

そのまま vCenter 登録の画面に進めます。

vSphere Integration の画面で、ログを収集する vCenter の情報を入力します。

• vCenter のアドレス（hostname）
• vCenter にログインするユーザ名
• vCenter にログインするユーザのパスワード

この画面で「Advanced options」リンクをクリックすると

vCenter 管理下の ESXi を個別選択して登録することもできます。

「Advanced options」をクリックすると、ESXi の一覧が表示されます。

ちなみに、デフォルトは ESXi をまとめて登録できる

「Configure all ESXi hosts」でした。

「Test Connection」で接続テストをして、「Save」します。

vCenter や ESXi の登録設定中です。

ESXi の Syslog 転送先設定も、自動的に Log Insight に変更されます。

設定完了です。

Dashboards を開くと、

ログがすでに収集されている様子が見られます。

ESXi の Syslog 設定もちゃんと変更されてました。

※今回は PowerCLI で確認してます。

※「192.168.5.197」は、今回 Log Insight に設定した IP アドレスです。

PowerCLI C:\> Connect-VIServer vc55u1-1.vmad.local

PowerCLI C:\> Get-VMHost | select Name,Version,Build | sort Name | ft -AutoSize

 

Name                 Version Build

----                 ------- -----

hv55-has1.vmad.local 5.5.0   1623387

hv55-has2.vmad.local 5.5.0   1623387

hv55-ivy1.vmad.local 5.5.0   1623387

hv55n1.vmad.local    5.5.0   1623387

hv55n2.vmad.local    5.5.0   1623387

hv55n3.vmad.local    5.5.0   1623387

hv55n4.vmad.local    5.5.0   1623387

 

PowerCLI C:\> Get-VMHost | select Name,{$_|Get-VMHostSysLogServer} | sort Name | ft -AutoSize

 

Name                 $_|Get-VMHostSysLogServer

----                 -------------------------

hv55-has1.vmad.local udp://192.168.5.197:514

hv55-has2.vmad.local udp://192.168.5.197:514

hv55-ivy1.vmad.local udp://192.168.5.197:514

hv55n1.vmad.local    udp://192.168.5.197:514

hv55n2.vmad.local    udp://192.168.5.197:514

hv55n3.vmad.local    udp://192.168.5.197:514

hv55n4.vmad.local    udp://192.168.5.197:514

ちなみに、今回の Log Insight のバージョンは

2.0 GA （2.0.3-1879692）でした。

ふと VMworld などの発表を見ていたら

どうやらクラウド管理製品群が vRealize Suite という名前になって、

vCenter Log Insight も

vRealize Log Insight という名前になるようです。

すでに vRealize な Datasheet も公開されていました。

http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/vrealize-cmp/vmware_vrealize_cloud_management_platform.pdf

以上、Log Insight のセットアップでした。

From the editors virtual desk

Hi everyone, I am just back from a trip to Sydney which was very enjoyable but because of this I have fallen behind on some of my additional learning which I hope to catch up on next week.

My customers are almost all finished with their vSphere 5.5 upgrades and many are now turning their attention to other more advanced and potentially valuable projects now that this is complete. One of these that is gaining momentum amongst my customers is preparing for a Hybrid Cloud by ensuring that their internal private cloud which is almost 100% virtualised is being operated in a similar way. What I am seeing now is many customers really asking the important questions not around moving to the public cloud but rather how do they operate their own internal environment more like a private cloud but with the benefits they have enjoyed in their own environment.

I think this is a very exciting time as many of our customers start to shift their highly virtualised environments to a more cloud like structure and I would say that many will then start to investigate the Hybrid Cloud offering from VMware as the next step to extend their current environment for suitable workloads.

This brings me on to my final topic of VMworld which starts this week in San Francisco. Its going to be awesome with literally tens of thousands of VMware faithful descending on the beautiful city of San Francisco for the premier event of the year. There have been so many pre-announcements and one of them which I beieve is gaining much traction is vCloud Air. VMware is committed to the cloud more than anyone else with our rich history in helping organisations with their internal private cloud and now extending that to the Hybrid Cloud to bring even more solution capacity. Get familiar with this and the additional benefits at http://vcloud.vmware.com/.

If you are in San Francisco for VMworld have an amazing time and have a vBeer on me

Virtually Yours

Neil Isserow

Senior Technical Account Manager

VMware Australia

nisserow @ vmware . com

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  Date Published: 8/15/2014

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  Date Published: 8/12/2014

  VMware vCloud Networking and Security

  Adding VXLAN VTEP interface fails after upgrading to VMware vCloud Networking and Security 5.5 (2085044)

  Date Published: 8/12/2014

  VMware View Manager

  Managing persistent disks in VMware Horizon View 4.6 and later (2086416)

  Date Published: 8/15/2014

  VMware vShield Edge

  Connecting to a fenced vApp from outside the vCloud Director through telnet using an external IP address times out (2065199)

  Date Published: 8/13/2014

Log Insight には 複数台の vCenter Server を登録できます。

解析対象のログを増やしたかったので、vCenter を追加登録してみました。

Log Insight の Web UI にログインして、画面右上のアイコン →「Administration」を開き

左画面にある「vSphere」を開きます。

ここで「Add vCenter Server」をクリックします。

追加登録する vCenter の情報を入力して「Test Connection」でテストします。

そして「Save」で保存します。

設定変更が完了しました。

追加登録した vCenter の「View details」をクリックすると・・・

その vCenter で管理していた ESXi も登録されたことがわかります。

※ ESXi の Syslog 転送先が変更されます。

ダッシュボードを開いて

ホスト名などで検索すると、新たにログが追加されていることがわかります。

以上、地味な話ですが、Log Insight への vCenter 追加登録でした。

先週サンフランシスコで開催されましたVMworld 2014でVMware発のコンバージドインフラストラクチャーEVO:RAILが公開されました。

このEVO:RAILはプロジェクトMARVINで知られていたものでハードウェア/ソフトウェアの統合ソリューションの新しい名称で、去年からVMwareがハードウェア市場にまで手を伸ばすという風に噂されていたものです。

2UのハードウェアにvSphere、Virtual SAN、LogInsightが提供されるアプライアンスで、最短パスワードを2回入力するだけで、構成が終わるとのことです。（完全自動構成時の場合）

紹介ビデオを見れば一目瞭然。今までハードウェアの設置から始まるvSphereの導入が劇的に短縮されます。

EVO:RAILアプライアンスは、4ノードで構成され、最大4アプライアンス(16ノード)まで拡張できるとのことです。

各ノードはIvy-Bridgeプロセッサー×2、192GBメモリ、1.2TB×3 HDD、400GB×1 SDD、10GbE×ネットワークポートで構成され、アプライアンス当たり最大100台の仮想マシンまたは最大250台の仮想デスクトップを集約できることを想定しているとのことです。

現在EVO:RAILのパートナーとしてはDELL、Fujitsu、EMC、SuperMicro、NetOne Systems、Inspurの6社で、各パートナーは自社製x86サーバーｗモデルとしてプロダクトを発表していますし、価格は$80,000～$250,000帯になると予想されています。

非常に魅力的なプロダクトです。

Hi All ...

vSphere 5.0 and later came with so many enhancement for Virtual Infrastructure and Swap to Host Cache is one of these. This feature allows you to use any SSD datastore -some or all of it- as Write-back Cache to swap to it ESXi memory pages in case of Hard State memory contention. Many of vExperts wrote about it and its technical how-to configuration, like Duncan Epping in his complete-guide blog posthere.

Now, you're asking: "So, why do you write this blog post?? Do you wanna to copy-paste??!"  The answer is unfortunately, NO!!

I write this blog post to answer a question that may come to your mind while reading about this awesome feature: "What is the difference between using SSD Datastore as a Host Cache and just configure the host to put VMs .vswp files in this datastore???"

While reading many sources about Host Cache feature, I didn't find anyone stated clearly any answer to this question, but the following screenshot gave me the first ray of light. It's a screenshot -from Duncan's post- of comments between him and one of his visitors who compares and asks the same question nearly.

Matt van Mater -the visitor- compared the two features: Host Cache and Dedicating certain SSD Datastore for VMs .vswp files. Duncan's answer clearly stated that the space usage would be really lower if you use Host Cache. I began to search about Write-back Cache technologies (It was my first time to deal deeply with Cache technologies) and I found that simple diagram from Wikipedia:

This simple diagram also indicates how Write-back Cache works and why it really uses small space size and gives high response. All of these things, gave me the following answer to the question above nad it was all in the underlined word Write-back Cache:

            1-) Host Cache is a Write-back cache, which means that it makes both Read/Write operations fast, as it reads and writes mainly to SSD Drive. That improves reading from swap and changing after warming up period. Only some blocks of swap files are written back to the .vswp files reside with VMs folders.

2-) Host Cache is shared between VMs, as it doesn't create a specific file for each VM like normal .vswp file. It only creates a bunch of files on Hose Cache that ESXi host will just swap to it. That makes any Read/Write operation from any VM on the host configured will benefit from a sharing probability of its memory page with any other VM (same concept like Transparent Page Sharing). This greatly reduces the chance to access .vswp file location and improves performance if the shared block under operation is on the cache, thus Host Cache needs some Warming up period.

3-) SSD Datastore size for placing swap files of N VMs= N*Size of single Swapfile (assuming equal .vswp file sizes). Using Host Cache, and due to sharing memory pages of it, this size is greatly reduced (same concept like Transparent Page Sharing).

4-) In case of using Network/FC-based SSD Datastore for placing swap files, the network latency -even when using FC SAN- is much greater than SSD access latency and hence, Host Cache -which should only configured on local SSD disks for the same reason- always gives higher performance.

I hope this clears this small mystery about the difference between Swap to Host Cache and setting SSD Datastore as a .vswp files location.
Waiting for your feedback and comments.

Special Thanks to: Duncan Epping - Matt van Mater

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PowerCLI で、接続中の vCenter を確認したいことがあります。

実は $global:DefaultVIServer、$global:DefaultVIServers

という変数に、接続中 vCenter が含まれまれるので

それを参照するとよいのではないかと思いました。

まず、PowerCLI で vCenter に接続しておきます。

今回は、2台の vCenter に接続します。

※複数 vCenter への接続については下記もどうぞ。

PowerCLI から複数の vCenter に接続する方法。

PowerCLI> Connect-VIServer vc55u1-1.vmad.local, vc55u1-2.vmad.local

 

Name                           Port  User

----                           ----  ----

vc55u1-1.vmad.local            443   VMAD\Administrator

vc55u1-2.vmad.local            443   VMAD\Administrator

このような感じで、何らかのオブジェクトの UID で

確認もできるのですが、結構微妙な感じです。

PowerCLI> Get-Datacenter | select Uid -Unique

 

Uid

---

/VIServer=vmad\administrator@vc55u1-1.vmad.local:443/Datacenter=Datacenter-datacenter-21/

/VIServer=vmad\administrator@vc55u1-2.vmad.local:443/Datacenter=Datacenter-datacenter-2/

 

PowerCLI> Get-Datacenter | select @{N="VIServer";E={$_.Uid -replace ".*@|:443.*",""}} -Unique

 

VIServer

--------

vc55u1-1.vmad.local

vc55u1-2.vmad.local

そんなとき

上記よりよさそうな確認方法を見つけました。

では、$global:DefaultVIServer と $global:DefaultVIServers

という変数を見てみます。

接続中の vCenter 情報が入っていて、

$global:DefaultVIServers の方が複数 vCenter に接続した時も使えて便利そうです。

PowerCLI> $global:DefaultVIServer

 

Name                           Port  User

----                           ----  ----

vc55u1-2.vmad.local            443   VMAD\Administrator

 

PowerCLI> $global:DefaultVIServers

 

Name                           Port  User

----                           ----  ----

vc55u1-2.vmad.local            443   VMAD\Administrator

vc55u1-1.vmad.local            443   VMAD\Administrator

下記のようなコマンドラインで、接続中の vCenter が確認できます。

2台の vCenter 5.5 に接続していることがわかります。

PowerCLI> $global:DefaultVIServers | select Name,IsConnected,Version,Build | ft -AutoSize

 

Name                IsConnected Version Build

----                ----------- ------- -----

vc55u1-2.vmad.local        True 5.5     1623101

vc55u1-1.vmad.local        True 5.5     1623101

ちなみに、ESXi にも PowerCLI 接続した場合も、

ちゃんと見分けることができます。

ためしに、ESXi 5.1 u1 に追加接続してみました。

PowerCLI> Connect-VIServer hv51-opt1.gowatana.lab

あ

Name                           Port  User

----                           ----  ----

hv51-opt1.gowatana.lab         443   root

ProductLine が

vpx だと vCenter で、embeddedEsx だと ESXi です。

PowerCLI> $global:DefaultVIServers | select Name,IsConnected,ProductLine,Version,Build | ft -AutoSize

 

Name                   IsConnected ProductLine Version Build

----                   ----------- ----------- ------- -----

hv51-opt1.gowatana.lab        True embeddedEsx 5.1     1065491

vc55u1-2.vmad.local           True vpx         5.5     1623101

vc55u1-1.vmad.local           True vpx         5.5     1623101

作業手順書とかで「接続している vCenter が正しいことを確認して～」

みたいなときに便利そうな気がしました。

ちなみに、今回試した PowerCLI のバージョンはこれです。

PowerCLI> $version.UserFriendlyVersion

VMware vSphere PowerCLI 5.5 Release 2 build 1671586

以上、PowerCLI で接続中 vCenter を確認する方法でした。