RE: Moving VMWare management suite

2009-11-04 Thread Garcia-Moran, Carlos
No issues with the same license file on multiple VC's. Remove and Add pretty much basically From: richardmccl...@aspca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Moving VMWare management suite Thanks! We

RE: Moving VMWare management suite

2009-11-04 Thread John Cook
P2V the server, shut down the old server, connect to the newly created VM from VI client (just type in the IP address in a browser) tweak your settings and scrap the box. I did it like this and had absolutely no issues. John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2n

RE: Moving VMWare management suite

2009-11-04 Thread Joseph Heaton
We've got 2 DCs, one 2K3, one 2K8, both virtual. :) >>> 11/4/2009 7:06 AM >>> Thanks for the info on the license! By "starting from scratch", would this mean a database would get guest information from the ESX servers (two of them) and populate the client? Meanwhile, as far as P2V, having thi

RE: Moving VMWare management suite

2009-11-04 Thread RichardMcClary
pca.org [mailto:richardmccl...@aspca.org] > Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:07 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Moving VMWare management suite > > > Thanks for the info on the license! > > By "starting from scratch", would this mean a databa

RE: Moving VMWare management suite

2009-11-04 Thread Garcia-Moran, Carlos
09 10:07 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Moving VMWare management suite Thanks for the info on the license! By "starting from scratch", would this mean a database would get guest information from the ESX servers (two of them) and populate the client? Meanwhile, as far as

RE: Moving VMWare management suite

2009-11-04 Thread RichardMcClary
Thanks for the info on the license! By "starting from scratch", would this mean a database would get guest information from the ESX servers (two of them) and populate the client? Meanwhile, as far as P2V, having this as a VM makes me a bit nervous. (So does virutalizing ALL my domain controlle

RE: Moving VMWare management suite

2009-11-04 Thread Garcia-Moran, Carlos
Don't worry about the Host's they maintain a license for some time when they can't communicate with a License server. While you can do a migration export the DB and re import, I always find it's best to start over fresh if you have all the pieces you need. Also you can do a P2V of the server itself