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Rebuild Process

Open Source Infrastructure

The NAS VM should not require rebuilding, nor should the router. If either of these machines

requires rebuild then you should probably redeploy the entire lab kit from the download.

Windows Servers

The DC VM should only require rebuilding to renew licensing. If you are using a 180 day

trial license then it will require rebuilding every 180 days. Rebuilding the DC VM simply

requires a reboot that is interrupted at the “Press and key to boot from the CD” stage.

Rebuilding the DC VM will require the rest of the lab to be rebuilt.

The VC VM will be rebuilt more frequently, to change vCenter versions or simply to refresh

the lab setup. Rebuilding the VC VM simply requires a reboot that is interrupted at the “Press

and key to boot from the CD” stage. The vCenter 5.1 installer does not properly overwrite an

existing SSO database; consequently the DC upgrade script must be run to reset the database.

There is a desktop shortcut called Upgrade on the DC for this script; the shortcut must be

“Run as Administrator”.

After VC is rebuilt you can re-run the Add ESXi Hosts to vCenter and configure cluster

script from the AutoLab Script Menu to re-add the ESXi servers to the new vCenter. The

ESXi servers shouldn’t require rebuild and all datastores and VMs should be added to the

inventory.

ESXi Hosts

The ESX servers can be rebuilt by choosing a build option from the PXE boot menu rather

than letting the timer expire.

If you are rebuilding the ESXi hosts and not vCenter then delete the cluster from the

inventory before running the Add ESXi Hosts to vCenter and configure cluster script from

the AutoLab Script Menu. The script will skip creating datastores and the WinTemplate VM

if they already exist, WinTemplate will be added to the inventory as a VM or Template if it’s

found in the location where the script creates it.

Concurrent Rebuilds

If your Lab platform has sufficient resources it is possible to concurrently rebuild the ESXi

VMs, potentially while rebuilding the VC VM. The DC and NAS VMs must be built and

operational for the other VMs to rebuild. Usually disk and CPU are the limiting resource for

rebuilds. An SSD to store the VMs on and a Quad Core CPU will help here.

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