How to Restart VmWare ESX
Hi All,
I am new at VmWare and we have a project coming up where we are going to have power down our VmWare ESX server and I have no idea how to do this correctly. The following are the only notes that have I and I am wondering if they are correct:
Power off
1. Bring down the apps and SQL servers and then DCs
2. Right click on the EX host and put them into maintenenace mode
3. Right click on EX host and click shutdown
4. Leave the virtual center
Bring down the storage
1. Make sure that everything going to the fiberlines are brought down 1st
2. Power off the main power switches
3. Power off main console
4. Power off the expansions
Power On
1. Power on the expansions 1st (give 1 minute or 2)
2. Power on main switches
3. Power on the main console
4. Once the virtual center is up take them out of maintenance mode
5. Power on the EX host
thank you for all of your help in advance
I am new at VmWare and we have a project coming up where we are going to have power down our VmWare ESX server and I have no idea how to do this correctly. The following are the only notes that have I and I am wondering if they are correct:
Power off
1. Bring down the apps and SQL servers and then DCs
2. Right click on the EX host and put them into maintenenace mode
3. Right click on EX host and click shutdown
4. Leave the virtual center
Bring down the storage
1. Make sure that everything going to the fiberlines are brought down 1st
2. Power off the main power switches
3. Power off main console
4. Power off the expansions
Power On
1. Power on the expansions 1st (give 1 minute or 2)
2. Power on main switches
3. Power on the main console
4. Once the virtual center is up take them out of maintenance mode
5. Power on the EX host
thank you for all of your help in advance
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roylong
do you just have a single ESX server? I presume that your virtual center server is not a VM on the ESX host?
ASKER
That is correct. Our virtual server is a seperatre server with a SQL database that holds all of the information
Just to clarify::
1 ESX host
1 Virtual Center Server
1 SQL server
and you want to shut everything down? for what purpose?
Do you have a breakdown of the virtual machines currently running on your ESX host, together with their dependencies? This will allow us to put together a possible shutdown/start up order...
1 ESX host
1 Virtual Center Server
1 SQL server
and you want to shut everything down? for what purpose?
Do you have a breakdown of the virtual machines currently running on your ESX host, together with their dependencies? This will allow us to put together a possible shutdown/start up order...
ASKER
We doing some recabling in the server room and from what I told that unplugging the virtual server's cables can actually cause an issue with the NIC card and that it is highly recommended that the system be powered down first
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thank you for all of your help