Jay Thomas
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vmware ESXi 5 has expired before i could export my guests
Hi all, I'm currently studying for xenapp 6 exam and and i put the environment on top of VMWare 5.1 ESXi because i needed to run the access gateway appliance that would only run on ESX.
OK, so i deployed vmware workstation 9 and the deployed 2 ESXi 5.1 servers and installed 3 guests on each of the servers. I have another 2008 server that i deployed vsphere center on which i created the data store and added the 2 ESXi servers. My storage is a SSD drive using starwind to simulate a NAS drive.
Ok, here's my problem, One of my ESXi servers has run out of the 60 day license and on top of that i have crashed my vsphere center server image as well.
So, i deployed a new 2008 virtual server, installed vcenter server and then the vcenter client. I was able to add (or transfer) ESX1 host 1 with 3 guests into the new vcenter server but when i try to add ESXi 2 it wont let me instead asking my to update the license. I can use the vsphere client to log onto ESXi2 host and i can see my 3 guests but how do i get my guests off of the host and onto my new host?. I know it was dumb to let the license expire but i have a lot of work on the 3 guests which without them renders the other 3 guests and the whole project as useless. Any help is much appreciated.
OK, so i deployed vmware workstation 9 and the deployed 2 ESXi 5.1 servers and installed 3 guests on each of the servers. I have another 2008 server that i deployed vsphere center on which i created the data store and added the 2 ESXi servers. My storage is a SSD drive using starwind to simulate a NAS drive.
Ok, here's my problem, One of my ESXi servers has run out of the 60 day license and on top of that i have crashed my vsphere center server image as well.
So, i deployed a new 2008 virtual server, installed vcenter server and then the vcenter client. I was able to add (or transfer) ESX1 host 1 with 3 guests into the new vcenter server but when i try to add ESXi 2 it wont let me instead asking my to update the license. I can use the vsphere client to log onto ESXi2 host and i can see my 3 guests but how do i get my guests off of the host and onto my new host?. I know it was dumb to let the license expire but i have a lot of work on the 3 guests which without them renders the other 3 guests and the whole project as useless. Any help is much appreciated.
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Just noticed, i was reading this
"HOW TO: Install and Configure VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1)
And now see it was written by you dude, great stuff mate - a big help to me and I'm sure many others.
"HOW TO: Install and Configure VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1)
And now see it was written by you dude, great stuff mate - a big help to me and I'm sure many others.
Yes, I've written a series of Basic Articles, Thanks for your comments.
see my EE Article, Step by Step Tutorial Instructions with Screenshots
see my EE Article, Step by Step Tutorial Instructions with Screenshots
Part 1: HOW TO: Install and Configure VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1)
Part 2: HOW TO: Connect to the VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) using the vSphere Client
Part 3: HOW TO: Create an ISO CD-ROM/DVD-ROM image (*.iso), and MD5 checksum signature, for use with VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1)
Part 4: HOW TO: Upload an ISO CD-ROM/DVD-ROM image to a VMware datastore for use with VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) using the vSphere Client, and checking its MD5 checksum signature is correct.
Part 5: HOW TO: Enable SSH Remote Access on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1)
Part 6: HOW TO: Create your first Linux Virtual Machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) Host Server
Part 7: HOW TO: Create your first Windows Virtual Machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) Host Server
Part 8: HOW TO: Install VMware Tools for Windows on a VMware Windows virtual machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) Host Server
Part 9: HOW TO: Install VMware Tools for Linux on a VMware Linux virtual machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) Host Server
Part 10: HOW TO: Backup (Export) and Restore (Import) virtual machines to VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 for FREE
Part 11: HOW TO: Suppress Configuration Issues System logs on host are stored on non-persistent storage
Part 12: HOW TO: Configure and Replace the SSL Certificate on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) Host Server
Part 2: HOW TO: Connect to the VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) using the vSphere Client
Part 3: HOW TO: Create an ISO CD-ROM/DVD-ROM image (*.iso), and MD5 checksum signature, for use with VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1)
Part 4: HOW TO: Upload an ISO CD-ROM/DVD-ROM image to a VMware datastore for use with VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) using the vSphere Client, and checking its MD5 checksum signature is correct.
Part 5: HOW TO: Enable SSH Remote Access on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1)
Part 6: HOW TO: Create your first Linux Virtual Machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) Host Server
Part 7: HOW TO: Create your first Windows Virtual Machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) Host Server
Part 8: HOW TO: Install VMware Tools for Windows on a VMware Windows virtual machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) Host Server
Part 9: HOW TO: Install VMware Tools for Linux on a VMware Linux virtual machine on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) Host Server
Part 10: HOW TO: Backup (Export) and Restore (Import) virtual machines to VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 for FREE
Part 11: HOW TO: Suppress Configuration Issues System logs on host are stored on non-persistent storage
Part 12: HOW TO: Configure and Replace the SSL Certificate on a VMware vSphere Hypervisor 5.1 (ESXi 5.1) Host Server
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Great help. many thanks.
ASKER
One question from what you said above " you can also re-install ESXi, and preserve the VMFS (datastore with the VMs)". I'm guessing because I lost the first cventer server which had the datastore then i can't actually do this can I?
Thanks mate.