[cisco-voip] UCS move VMs to new server

[Lelio Fulgenzi]

I hear ya. In this case it was trying to get additional hardware. We're going to evaluate the difficulties going forward and like upgrade to a different version in a couple of years. Budget permitting. 

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> On Mar 24, 2016, at 11:16 AM, Matthew Loraditch <MLoraditch at heliontechnologies.com> wrote:
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> You can certainly do that. If you are getting BE7Ks and have vcenter I really suggest getting the ESXi foundation license. Just makes your life easier.
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> Penny wise and pound foolish as the old saying goes.
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> From: cisco-voip [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Lelio Fulgenzi
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 10:47 AM
> To: Brian V <bvanbens at gmail.com>
> Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] UCS move VMs to new server
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> so, the problem is not having vCentre, we have that. the problem is, we have to pay additional dollars for the version of ESXi that supports vCentre. we're getting the off-the-shelf BE7K.
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> i was told by a few people that using the vSphere stand alone client, we could connect to one UCS server, download the files. then connect to another and upload the files.
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> i was hoping to get some confirmation from the group.
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> lelio
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> From: "Brian V" <bvanbens at gmail.com>
> To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 10:31:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] UCS move VMs to new server
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> Would the free version of Veeam work ?
> I use this for my home lab to backup the VMs'
> It downloads and compresses the whole VM into a singe file (80GB CUCM  OVA is about 18GB after compression)
> I haven't tried it to move a VM yet.
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> On 3/24/2016 8:59 AM, Heim, Dennis wrote:
> You can always turn up a vCenter trial. You would need some type of shared storage. Many consumer grade NAS boxes will support NFS or iSCSI which will do the trick. I have never tried the cold move without vCenter.
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> From: Lelio Fulgenzi [mailto:lelio at uoguelph.ca] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 9:42 AM
> To: Heim, Dennis <Dennis.Heim at wwt.com>
> Cc: Reto Gassmann <voip at mrga.ch>; cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] UCS move VMs to new server
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> I believe cold moves are also available without vCentre. But rather than moving from one UCS to another, you have to move from UCS to a PC then to the other UCS.
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> We're looking at BE7K servers without the vCentre compatible ESXi software for at least the next year. Gonna see if we can manage without vCentre for a while.
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> Lelio
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> Lelio Fulgenzi, B.A.
> Senior Analyst, Network Infrastructure
> Computing and Communications Services (CCS)
> University of Guelph
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> 519‐824‐4120 Ext 56354
> lelio at uoguelph.ca
> www.uoguelph.ca/ccs
> Room 037, Animal Science and Nutrition Building
> Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
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> From: "Dennis Heim" <Dennis.Heim at wwt.com>
> To: "Reto Gassmann" <voip at mrga.ch>, cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 9:32:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] UCS move VMs to new server
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> Do you have vCenter?
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> If you have vCenter, I would do cold migrations. Shut down the VM and then migrate it to the new host, then power it back on.
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> From: cisco-voip [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Reto Gassmann
> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 9:09 AM
> To: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: [cisco-voip] UCS move VMs to new server
>  
> Hello group
>  
> We have to replace some of our old UCS C210-M2 server to new UCS 240-M4.
> On the old server are 2 UCM (10.5.2) and 1 CUIC (10.5.1) VM installed.
> What are your experiences and recommondations to move the VMs with the least effort and impact to the new UCS servers?
>  
> Thanks for feedback
> Regards Reto
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