My application photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/D8geSqKgmaqULPpS6
Good luck!
Software for this installation:
Reference tutorial: https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/vmx/topics/topic-map/vmx-installing-on-vmware.html
Tony helped me a lot. He is the one that also publish a lot of useful article in his blog GRASPINGTECH
Maximum Minimum Hardware Requirements for VMware
A. Number of cores
B. Memory
C. Storage
vMX Package Contents
Configuration
Step 1. Download the vMX software package for VMware: vmx-bundle-esxi-20.1R1.11.tar
Step 2. Launch the VMware ESXi server, esxi00.silvique.ro, and log in to the server with your credentials.
Step 3. If using Dropbox make sure the files needed are totally active
Step 4. Setting Up the Network
In VMware ESXi, to set up the different networks for management (br-ext), internal connection of the VMs (br-int), and WAN ports for data:
4.1. Virtual Switch Configuration
4.2. Port groups Configuration
4.3. Note: I made a discovery opening vMX in SSH using ssh root@172.25.11.3 command
murgescusilvia@Murgescus-MacBook-Pro ~ % ssh root@172.25.11.3 Password: Last login: Fri May 15 00:30:49 2020 --- JUNOS 20.1R1.11 Kernel 64-bit JNPR-11.0-20200219.fb120e7_buil root@vMX:~ # cli root@vMX> show interfaces terse | match ge- ge-0/0/0 up up ge-0/0/0.16386 up up ge-0/0/1 up up ge-0/0/1.16386 up up ge-0/0/2 up down ge-0/0/2.16386 up down ge-0/0/3 up down ge-0/0/3.16386 up down ge-0/0/4 up down ge-0/0/4.16386 up down ge-0/0/5 up down ge-0/0/5.16386 up down ge-0/0/6 up down ge-0/0/6.16386 up down ge-0/0/7 up down ge-0/0/7.16386 up down ge-0/0/8 up down ge-0/0/8.16386 up down ge-0/0/9 up down ge-0/0/9.16386 up down
Only ge-0/0/0 and ge-0/0/1 are up up. All other networks are up down. You have to create other Port group networks to put more in up up. For example, the total number o network creation in VM is p2p3-ge.vMX to maximum p2p8-ge.vMX
root@vMX> show interfaces terse | match ge- ge-0/0/0 up up ge-0/0/0.16386 up up ge-0/0/1 up up ge-0/0/1.16386 up up ge-0/0/2 up up ge-0/0/2.16386 up up ge-0/0/3 up up ge-0/0/3.16386 up up ge-0/0/4 up up ge-0/0/4.16386 up up ge-0/0/5 up up ge-0/0/5.16386 up up ge-0/0/6 up up ge-0/0/6.16386 up up ge-0/0/7 up up ge-0/0/7.16386 up up ge-0/0/8 up down ge-0/0/8.16386 up down ge-0/0/9 up down ge-0/0/9.16386 up down
! At the moment I do not know how to make all ge interfaces, including ge-0/0/8 and ge-0/0/9, up up. I will search a solution when I will needed.
Step 5. Deploying the VCP VM
To deploy the VCP VM using .ova files:
Step 6. Deploying the FPC VM
To deploy the FPC VM using .ova files:
After you have deployed the vVCP and vFPC VMs, you can modify the amount of memory, the number of vCPUs, and the number of WAN (here vmnic2) ports.
Step 7. Settings for the vVCP VM
Step 8. Settings for the vFPC VM
Not mandatory but you can add more networks:
Step 9. Launching vMX on VMware
Now you are ready to launching vMX on VMware. The firs basic configuration is the following:
[edit]
root@silvia# show
## Last changed: 2020-01-17 04:53:09 UTC
version 20.1R1.11;
system {
host-name vMX;
root-authentication {
encrypted-password "your_passord"; ## SECRET-DATA
}
login {
class c1only {
logical-system C1;
permissions all;
}
class c2only {
logical-system C2;
permissions all;
}
class c3only {
logical-system C3;
permissions all;
}
class c4only {
logical-system C4;
permissions all;
}
class r1only {
logical-system R1;
permissions all;
}
class r2only {
logical-system R2;
permissions all;
}
class r3only {
logical-system R3;
permissions all;
}
class r4only {
logical-system R4;
permissions all;
}
class r5only {
logical-system R5;
permissions all;
}
class r6only {
logical-system R6;
permissions all;
}
class r7only {
logical-system R7;
permissions all;
}
user class01 {
uid 2001;
class c1only;
authentication {
encrypted-password "your_passord"; ## SECRET-DATA
}
}
user class02 {
uid 2002;
class c2only;
authentication {
encrypted-password "your_passord"; ## SECRET-DATA
}
}
user class03 {
uid 2003;
class c3only;
authentication {
encrypted-password "your_passord"; ## SECRET-DATA
}
}
user class04 {
uid 2004;
class c4only;
authentication {
encrypted-password "your_passord"; ## SECRET-DATA
}
}
user junos01 {
uid 2023;
class r1only;
authentication {
encrypted-password "your_passord"; ## SECRET-DATA
}
}
user junos02 {
uid 2024;
class r2only;
authentication {
encrypted-password "your_passord"; ## SECRET-DATA
}
}
user junos03 {
uid 2223;
class r3only;
authentication {
encrypted-password "your_passord"; ## SECRET-DATA
}
}
user junos04 {
uid 2224;
class r4only;
authentication {
encrypted-password "your_passord"; ## SECRET-DATA
}
}
user junos05 {
uid 2225;
class r5only;
authentication {
encrypted-password "your_passord"; ## SECRET-DATA
}
}
user junos06 {
uid 2226;
class r6only;
authentication {
encrypted-password "your_passord"; ## SECRET-DATA
}
}
user junos07 {
uid 2227;
class r7only;
authentication {
encrypted-password "your_passord"; ## SECRET-DATA
}
}
user vMX {
full-name "Silvia Murgescu";
uid 2000;
class super-user;
authentication {
encrypted-password "your_passord"; ## SECRET-DATA
}
}
}
services {
ssh {
root-login allow;
protocol-version v2;
}
}
syslog {
user * {
any emergency;
}
file messages {
any notice;
authorization info;
}
file interactive-commands {
interactive-commands any;
}
}
processes {
dhcp-service {
traceoptions {
file dhcp_logfile size 10m;
level all;
flag all;
}
}
}
}
logical-systems {
C1;
C2;
C3;
C4;
R1;
R2;
R3;
R4;
R5;
R6;
R7;
Source;
Receiver;
}
chassis {
fpc 0 {
pic 0 {
tunnel-services {
bandwidth 10g;
}
interface-type ge;
number-of-ports 8;
}
lite-mode;
}
network-services enhanced-ip;
}
interfaces {
ge-0/0/0 {
vlan-tagging;
}
ge-0/0/1 {
vlan-tagging;
}
ge-0/0/2 {
vlan-tagging;
}
ge-0/0/3 {
vlan-tagging;
}
ge-0/0/4 {
vlan-tagging;
}
ge-0/0/5 {
vlan-tagging;
}
ge-0/0/6 {
vlan-tagging;
}
ge-0/0/7 {
vlan-tagging;
}
fxp0 {
unit 0 {
description For_SSH_Connection;
family inet {
address 172.25.11.3/24;
}
}
}
}
Note: The 172.25.11.1 IP or 172.25.11.2 IP not working to open/run vMX in MacBook Pro Terminal application. I have tried and works if configure IP 172.25.11.3/24.
To copy and paste a config from a text file. Use the CTRL-D or ^D option to exit the terminal mode and return to the firewall prompt.
[edit] root@vMX# load replace terminal -> Copy and Paste here CTRL-D [edit] root@SRX# commit
NOTE: If interfaces connectivity and communication is needed, into Port Groups include VLAN ID 6095.
Below is an example: two logical-systems with 2 difference interfaces, ge-0/0/1.12 and ge-0/0/5.12 and the ping command for testing works
Problem: Increase the size of a ESXi Virtual Disk
I wasn’t able to find a solution and mad it work!
Thing an other solution:
Step 1. Migrate a Virtual Machine to New Storage in the vSphere Web Client
Step 2. Remove a Virtual Hard Disk from a Virtual Machine
Now imposible to power on!
The solution is to install a new ESXi and all VM that I’ve lost!
This page inspire me: https://linuxhint.com/install_centos8_vmware_esxi_server/
Note: This version is without GUI. If needed chose Server with GUI.
The inspiration is very good. I have some differences and I will put here.
Difference:
All other are exactly as in the helping blog.
Theoretically:
The License show Usage 4 CPUs and Capacity 6 CPUs
VM ESXi esxi00.silvique.ro has Evaluation License
When open Assign License show it is possible because the Usage 4 CPUs and Capacity 6 CPUs
Choose ESXi Licensing. Then the Usage change to 8 CPUs and impossible to click OK
Important information:
The License is based on 6 CPUs capacity NOT on 6 ESXi VM.
If you use ESXi’s with 2 CPUs then you can do this using maximum of 3 ESXi’s meaning a total of 6 CPUs capacity for the license. If you want to use ESXi with 4 CPUs, then a licence accepts only one ESXi with 2 CPUs.
Now it is more clear for me!
I try to install VM into the VMware ESXi.
Before this I have added a new Hard Disk into VMware Fusion end the configure Storage Datastore into VMware ESXi.
Now I want to install a VM and I get an error:
– The vm configuration was rejected. Please see Browser console
– Failed to create virtual machine vm. The operation is not allowed in the current state.
The answer I find on internet including the solution: “check the vmware state.. if it is in maintenance mode means you are not able to create virtual machine… keep the vmware on normal state.”
I solved this problem!!!
Notes:
Device and Applications:
Details from reading and learning installation here:
Download Junos Space files
I this moment the last versions:
Overview
You can deploy the Junos Space Virtual Appliance *.ova file on a VMware ESXi server version 5.5, 6.0, or 6.5. Basic I have ESXi 6.7 but into installation step maybe I can modify to 6.0.
After the Junos Space Virtual Appliance is deployed, you can use the VMware vSphere client or Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) to connect to the VMware ESXi server and configure the Junos Space Virtual Appliance.
The minimum hardware requirements for deploying a Junos Space Virtual Appliance are as follows:
Installing a Junos Space Virtual Appliance on a VMware ESXi Server
Login ESXi, mine name is esxi00. Go to Virtual Machine > Create/Register VM and click Deploy a virtual machine from an OVF or OVA file. Then Next
Enter a name as jSpace-1-20.1R1.2. I needed an other version to install and I use the name jSpace-2-19.4R1.3. Find in MacBook and chose space-19.4R1.3.ova file. Click Next
Chose the datastore where jSpace will be installed
Please untag the Power on Automatically and you will si way … Click Next
Verify that all is correctly and click Finish
Failed to Power On. I mine case some modification have to be done before powering on.
Down in Recent Tasks you will see and wot to finish to complete. After finished go further.
Go to Virtual Machine > jSpace-1-20.1R1.2. This si default
Virtual Machine > jSpace-2-19.4T1.3
Click Edit
All Photos are here:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/KKfH8dpxpELSHy3U7
Starting info and advice:
Mine lab parts:
GraspingTech’s helping guid:
Overview
My idea is to add Disk and configure iSCSI in FreeNAS and connect mine ESXi hosts to it.
In the Part 4 I’ve created a three node cluster but I couldn’t enable DRS or HA because it requires centralised storage. In this part, I’ll create a storage server with FreeNAS and configure it so that mine ESXi hosts can access it via iSCSI (with multipathing).
After completing the steps in the previous page, I will be at a point where I have:
For this project I need to download the FreeNAS image, named FreeNAS-11.3-U2.1.iso, and install it. I publish here all I do to install: 2020.04.27 – Install FreeNAS 11.3 on VMware Fusion with iSCSI Disks
Now I go to the next step ….
-> Configure Network and open the existing FreeNAS 11.3 U2.1
Open VMware Fusion and find the Virtual Machine FreeNAS and select it.
Clicking on Virtual Machine > Hard Disk (SCSI)
-> Processor and Memory
Verify Processor and Memory
Modify to 2 processor cores and 2048 MB meaning 2 GB
-> Hard Disk
Verify total GB for both/all Hard Disk. If needed add a New Hard Disk to create a total of 80 GB. I have 2 Hard Disk with 20 GB…
…. and 10 GB
If needed add a new Hard Disk with 50 GB to have a total of 80 GB
-> Network Adapter
Need to have a total of 3 Network Adapter. If needed, create new Network Adapter’s
Tag vSphere Network for all existing Network Adapter
-> FreeNAS Settings – Power-on FreeNAs 11.3 U2.1 and configure all three Networks
Power-on FreeNAS
Login into FireFox
In left side click on Network > Interfaces then in up-right side ADD
Create vlans named vlan101 and vlan102 with details below. The same is for each
All Networks created are here
Now is possible to ping the VM from the MacBook Terminal using the hostname freenas
murgescusilvia@Murgescus-MacBook-Pro ~ % ping freenas PING freenas.silvique.ro (10.1.1.201): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 10.1.1.201: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.285 ms 64 bytes from 10.1.1.201: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.594 ms 64 bytes from 10.1.1.201: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.447 ms 64 bytes from 10.1.1.201: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.532 ms 64 bytes from 10.1.1.201: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.352 ms 64 bytes from 10.1.1.201: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.560 ms ^C --- freenas.silvique.ro ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 6 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.285/0.462/0.594/0.112 ms
-> Verify iSCSI Port groups inside vCenter
The next thing needed to do is add two new VMkernel adapters to our standard virtual switches so that the hosts can communicate with the storage server created using multiple paths.
Power-on the needed of three ESXi’s, one FreeNAS, one vCenter and one pfSense (inside esxi01). To be able to use as much RAM as possible for vCenter I do NOT power-on all in the same time but in the order mentioned before.
Login to vCenter via Firefox
Virtual switches that appears there include ISCSI-1 and ISCSI-2 including during Part 5: Create a Ubuntu iSCSI Target and Configure Multipathing – major problem and not finished
Go on FreeNAS web bowser then >- Shell and ping all ISCSI‘s:
root@freenas[~]# ping 10.10.1.11 PING 10.10.1.11 (10.10.1.11): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 10.10.1.11: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=2.170 ms 64 bytes from 10.10.1.11: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=1.299 ms 64 bytes from 10.10.1.11: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.885 ms ^C --- 10.10.1.11 ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.885/1.451/2.170/0.536 ms root@freenas[~]# ping 10.10.2.11 PING 10.10.2.11 (10.10.2.11): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 10.10.2.11: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.173 ms 64 bytes from 10.10.2.11: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.848 ms ^C --- 10.10.2.11 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.848/1.010/1.173/0.162 ms
root@freenas[~]# ping 10.10.1.12 PING 10.10.1.12 (10.10.1.12): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 10.10.1.12: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.100 ms 64 bytes from 10.10.1.12: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.665 ms 64 bytes from 10.10.1.12: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.557 ms 64 bytes from 10.10.1.12: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.643 ms 64 bytes from 10.10.1.12: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.877 ms ^C --- 10.10.1.12 ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.557/0.768/1.100/0.196 ms root@freenas[~]# ping 10.10.2.12 PING 10.10.2.12 (10.10.2.12): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 10.10.2.12: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.954 ms 64 bytes from 10.10.2.12: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.720 ms 64 bytes from 10.10.2.12: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.713 ms ^C --- 10.10.2.12 ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.713/0.796/0.954/0.112 ms
root@freenas[~]# ping 10.10.1.13 PING 10.10.1.13 (10.10.1.13): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 10.10.1.13: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=1.090 ms 64 bytes from 10.10.1.13: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.981 ms 64 bytes from 10.10.1.13: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.642 ms ^C --- 10.10.1.13 ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.642/0.904/1.090/0.191 ms root@freenas[~]# ping 10.10.2.13 PING 10.10.2.13 (10.10.2.13): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 10.10.2.13: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.497 ms 64 bytes from 10.10.2.13: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.533 ms ^C --- 10.10.2.13 ping statistics --- 2 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.497/0.515/0.533/0.018 ms
-> Configure iSCSI Target into FreeNAS
Now that the network is configured and all three ESXi hosts can communicate with the storage server, I need to configure the iSCSI target into FreeNAC.
The idea is to test VMware vSphere 6.7 and the vCenter appliance going to VMotion and Storage VMotion.
A full description of iSCSI installation for FreeNAC is into 2020.04.27 – Install FreeNAS 11.3 on VMware Fusion with iSCSI Disks.
Go to Sharing and select Block (iSCSI) to configure more options. We are into Target Global Configuration. Then click SAVE
Click on Portals. Click ADD for 2 different timess.
Click on Initiators. Click ADD. Tag Allow ALL Initiators then SAVE.
Click on Targets. Click ADD for 2 different times.
Click Extents. Click ADD for 2 different times. Below are only modification and new setup.
Click on Associated Targets. Click ADD for 2 different times
-> Verify iSCSI Target into vSphere
vSphere is already configured using the installation in Part 5: Create a Ubuntu iSCSI Target and Configure Multipathing.
Clicking on the Devices tab I do not see the thin provisioned disk I created when configuring the iSCSI target.
Open ssh for esxi01, esxi02 and esxi03. Use the following command on all
[root@esxi01:~] esxcli storage core adapter rescan --all [root@esxi01:~] esxcli storage core adapter list HBA Name Driver Link State UID Capabilities Description -------- --------- ---------- -------------------------------------- ------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ vmhba0 pvscsi link-n/a pscsi.vmhba0 (0000:03:00.0) VMware Inc. PVSCSI SCSI Controller vmhba1 vmkata link-n/a ide.vmhba1 (0000:00:07.1) Intel Corporation PIIX4 for 430TX/440BX/MX IDE Controller vmhba64 vmkata link-n/a ide.vmhba64 (0000:00:07.1) Intel Corporation PIIX4 for 430TX/440BX/MX IDE Controller vmhba65 iscsi_vmk online iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:esxi01-10a4398c Second Level Lun ID iSCSI Software Adapter
Clicking again on the Devices tab and now see the thin provisioned disk I created when configuring the iSCSI target.
When you click on the Paths tab you should see two paths. It is said that and one of them is with Active I/O bit I have both with Active I/O.
This is all…
A lot of useful photo are here:
Introduction
I need vSphere Web Client to use to install Juniper vQFX server. I do not find guid about this so I will use some ideas from Installing Juniper vMX inline guide. And this guide work on vSphere Web Client. I need to have all material to be prepare to understand that page.
Interesting Photos are here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/iJqR3G7vrqaeXnob7
Read moreA total problem solved here: 2020.05.12 – Problem and solution for Virtual Network in VMware Fusion and ESXi
Useful images are here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/VyGVx4C69WrMakrB8
On Ubuntu Server 16.04.6 VM, when I check the connectivity using ip a command I get an ip strange …
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