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Re: Migrating VMs from one datastore to another on ESXi 5.1 (free license)

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A couple of options I can think of are:

  • export to OVF and re-import
  • use Trilead's VM Explorer and backup/restore the VMs
  • use the vmkfstools command to copy the virtual disks

 

André


Re: orphaned vmdk files script

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That would be the reason, we started talking about your raiders script some how...

 

so this script " spring cleaning script"

 

you run it like this?

Remove-OrphanedData-Datastore<datastore-name>

 

Since I do NOT want to delete anything it finds, I do NOT put in the "-delete" switch?

If I want to check all datastores, do I need to populate $ds as you have as an example:

 

 

But then I read this in your post:

 

When you combine the Delete switch with the WhatIf switch, not files or folders will be deleted. But the function will show what actions will be taken without

 

 

I do not understand where to add the whatif switch?

Re: Workstation 9 - Slow network performance between host and guest

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Aw thanks, Just found out Hyper-V is part of Windows 8 Pro (Free). Just installed it an tested. Working great. even handles things better than VMware would have. Thanks so much. Network speeds are what they should be. Working great. You saved me buying VMware. YAY!

Upgrading a 32 bit VM to 64 bit

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I am trying to upgrade Windows Server 2008 (32bit) to Windows Server 2008R2 (64bit)

The CD drive is connected to the Server 2008R2 ISO.

When prompted I selected the Upgrade Option. I receive the message


“The computer started using the Windows installation disc.
Remove the installation disk and restart your computer so Windows starts
normally. Then, insert the installation disc and restart the upgrade.

 

When reconnecting the ISO I am prompted to run sperr32.exe, which does not exist. Running Setup.exe brings up this message.

 

The installation isn’t compatible with your version of Windows….

 

This upgrade process works fine on a physical server (64 bit capable). Our Hosts support 64 bit VMs. What am I missing?

ESXi 5.1.0, 1117900

Thanks.

HELP! vmware won't mount vmfs volume

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We recently had a hard disk failure in an esx 4i free host. Long story, but for some reason the failure of a single disk managed to take out the entire raid 5 volume (so much for resilience!)

(There is no san on this system - all local disks on a sas array controller)

 

We replaced the kaput hard disk, rebooted the host.

 

Health check shows all the hardware is fine.

 

Rescanning the controllers & vmfs shows only the vmfs volume on the mirrored disks (unaffected - vmhba1:C0:T0:L0) not on the raid 5 (vmhba1:C0:T0:L1)

 

If i look at the disk device in storage, i can see the vmfs volume listed

 

Running esxcfg-volume -l gives me no results

 

looking in /vmfs/volumes, i see:

 

/vmfs/volumes # ls

ls: ./4bc4a1b9-c664892e-03ad-0025b3ded4d2: No such device or address

4529cb75-b087f4c3-6b11-0bf42e750952  Hypervisor3

4a937cfa-882102e2-a4b6-0025b3ded4d2  Local Raid 1 Array

6568d47d-05ab4816-8126-3d11cd68a24c Local Raid 5 Array

Hypervisor1                                             efd8efe3-03bc1cbf-15e0-080efd9e7379

Hypervisor2

 

 

Using "Add storage" tells me it's going to over-write everything and lose all data. There's a VM on that volume that i'd very much like to recover if at all possible.

 

Performing a rescan shows some information in the messages file (see attachment)

 

I've tried all the tricks I know, and google has either come up empty or i'm being swamped by issues talking about snapshot disks - which as far as i can tell.

 

Hope one of you good people on here can assist.


Re: Migrating VMs from one datastore to another on ESXi 5.1 (free license)

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Thank you for your reply with the options.

 

I like the vmkfstools option, and I've just tried it like this:

 

/vmfs/volumes # vmkfstools -i "ReadyNAS-iSCSI/CUCM-Pub 9.x/CUCM-Pub 9.x.vmdk" "QNAP/CUCM-Pub9.x/CUCM-Pub 9.x.vmdk" -d thin

 

Unfortunately, I received the following error:

Destination disk format: VMFS thin-provisioned

Failed to clone object parameters


Is there a way to get the vmkfstools to clone a virtual disk to a thin-provisioned VMFS datastore?


Thank you!

Re: Event Viewer being flooded with VMWare Tools [Warnings]

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Thanks I was in the process of doing that actually after first addressing the inability to backup the .vmx file due to security within the network which leads me to belive that my real issue and why the [warnings] are being generated in the first place is specifically tied to security within the network.  As when I attempt to backup the .vmx file I now get a prompt stating Failed to log into NFC Server.  How is communcation passed from VMWare Tools to the host?  Once I can prove that it is the security settings currently in place on our network I can then have the admin in charge of that section review his work and make the necessary changes.  However I will need to do his job for him by outlining the issue, and where the problem lies.

 

Basically I would like to address the communication failure between the host and the guest VM and not just turn off the alert warnings the .VMX edit atleast stops the flooding within event viewer but does not address why the communcation is failing.

Re: Upgrading a 32 bit VM to 64 bit

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I haven't tried this myself yet, but are you really sure this works on physical hardware? According to  Windows Server 2008 R2 Upgrade Paths, "Cross-architecture in-place upgrades (for example, x86 to x64) are not supported."

 

André


Re: orphaned vmdk files script

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That is correct, that is how you run it.

 

Just realised that the parameters can be a bit confusing.

 

In summary:

Remove-OrphanedData -Datastore ds1

will show orphaned VMDK on datastore named ds1.

When you add the Delete switch, the function will delete the files it finds.

Remove-OrphanedData -Datastore ds1 -Delete

It is safer to first run such a delete with the WhatIf switch.

Then the function will show which files it would delete, but not actually delete them.

Remove-OrphanedData -Datastore ds1 -Delete -WhatIf

This is in fact producing approximately the same output as if you run the function without the Delete and WhatIf switch.

The only difference is that you will get a line that starts with "What if: performing..."

 

To run the function against all your datastores, you can do

Remove-OrphanedData -Datastore *

I'm planning a v2 of the function that will have some more intelligence as this version.

But don't hold your breath

Re: Migrating VMs from one datastore to another on ESXi 5.1 (free license)

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Just to rule this out. Can you confirm the destination folder already exists?

 

André

Re: VMware Tools crashing

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Hello,

 

Usually the first thing to try in this case is to uninstall the existing vmware tools, reboot the VM and install vmware tools from scratch. You can take a snapshot before uninstalling if that makes you feel more comfortable.

 

Hope this helps,

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Wil

Re: Migrating VMs from one datastore to another on ESXi 5.1 (free license)

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This was a good catch. The destination path was misspelled.

 

The virtual drive is now being cloned. What do I do with the rest of the files? Just copy the with the datastore browser in vSphere Client?

 

Thanks!

Re: Event Viewer being flooded with VMWare Tools [Warnings]

Re: ESXi 5.1 Hangs after a few hours to a few days of running

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Were you receiving any specific errors in the log files that pointed you to the NIC cards?

Re: vsphere 4.1を使っていると思うのですが、Windows2008R2 のOSのリストアはかのうでしょうか?

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ありがとうございます。

IPアドレスの再設定は必要であるということで、控えておくようにします。


Re: NVidia GPU not working for sVGA

Re: Best Practise - Which SCSI Controller for Windows 2012

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"LSI Logic SAS" has best performance for Windows family OSes (Vista and above).

Also you can use "Paravirtual" on them if you have more than 2000 IOPS.

"LSI Logic SAS" has better performance on lower IOPS compare to "Paravirtual".

I recommend, you should check your server role, if your server is Exchange server, file server or SQL server, you can use "Paravirtual" but if it's DC or DNS server or others, You can use "LSI Logic SAS".

Re: Zimbra Credentials

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That would be substantially better, our security policies dictate that root is never be allowed to login remotely.  If you don't go down the zimbra user approach, then you should accommodate for the use of "sudo" by an unprivileged user. 

 

sudo su - zimbra -c '/opt/zimbra/libexec/zmhspreport'

 

Why does zmhspreport include closed accounts? Shouldn't it only count "active", "locked", "pending" and "maintenance" statuses?

Re: after doing a failover and failback -- replicated datastore

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Regarding your point on recovered datastores, they actually aren't all that normal.  During the recovery process, vSphere resignatures the LUN and it's this need to resignature the LUN that makes vSphere treat it like a snapshot.  The "snap-" prefix, as @memadd states, is just default convention used by SRM when handling resignatured LUN, which they all are during recovery.  The recommended option to keep original name works well, I've used it prior to datacenter migrations.

 

These might help.

 

VMware KB: Snapshot LUN detection in ESX and ESXi

 

http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/Resignaturing-VMFS-volumes-The-forgotten-VMware-SRM-subject

 

http://searchvmware.techtarget.com/tip/The-mechanics-of-VMware-Site-Recovery-Manager-resignaturing

Re: Crash when running Baldur's Gate II on Win XP VM

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JonBodner,

 

It's been awhile since I played the Baldur's Gate series.  Which version of Baldur's Gate 2 are you running?  Is this the classic version or the new "Enhanced Edition"?  If it's the classic version, I recall you can switch between DirectDraw and OpenGL for the render engine.  There should be a link to a configuration program in the start menu.  Can you check the game options, note which version you have selected, and see if toggling the option helps?  I think you need to skip the "test" option (the part that shows the colored squares).  Also there is a patch available, Google for it.

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