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• What is "flat vmdk" & how to clone

  Hi all, in one of my comments converted from VMware Server 1.0.x to ESXi 4, I have this:

  / vmfs/volumes/4ac5c0bb-0b18bcaf-57(d) 0-001a64ca1b3e # ls-l VM2.

  -rw - 1 root root 42949672960 6 Oct 22:02 VM2 - flat hard

  -rw - 1 root root 601 6 Oct 22:01 VM2.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 0 6 Oct 16:45 VM2.vmsd

  -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1255 6 Oct 16:46 VM2.vmx

  -rw - 1 root root 262 6 Oct 16:46 VM2.vmxf

  Can I clone using vmkfstool - i, if so, should I do it on both vmdk files?

  What is file VM2 - flat hard? What is the difference with vmdk without word "flat"?

  Thank you.

  The flat file contains the data of the virtual disk, the virtual disk.

  The other file contains a pointer to the flat file and SMEs more information about this. You can read it's a text file. But do not change it!

  When you want to clone, you can use the appropriate option in VCenter or copy all of the files manually hard.

  AWo

  VCP / VMware vEXPERT 2009

• How to find where VMDK and ISO mounted

  VMware dear master,

  I have trouble with my virtual environment,

  1. when I need remove ISO file, it says that currently used. How to find where the ISO is mounted?

  (manual search with see providing the edict for small environment is OK, but with vm 468 comments it is very complicated )

  2. I need to clean my data store, I found a file with file 3 vmdk, how to find this vmdk mounted?

  Thank you for your attention and support,

  Kind regards

  I would like to give a RVTools: RVTools - home

  1. you should be able to use the vCD tab to find the ISO image in the device column (you can export to Excel and make a 'discovery' on the name of the file to facilitate this)

  2. you can use the tab vDisk and search again on the path column.

• export vm in sparse VMDK

  Hello!

  I want to have a sparse VMDK, how did implement with VMware Fusion 5.0.3

  concerning

  Peter

  correction, it's a real vmware image, not a virtual machine image

  Really!  And just what is that supposed to mean!  (Rhetorical questions!)

  the problem is that we here 11 vmdk disks, I need one

  so my question is how I could do this a CentOS 64-Bit file with all the files a file based on hard

  So why don't you just ask / say that in first place and not all the rigamarole.

  Take a look on: Virtual Machine > settings... > removable devices > hard drive (IDE |) SCSI) > advanced options > uncheck Split into 2 GB files

• Script for VMDK by Datastore list

  Hello

  Anyone know where I can find a script for VMDK how I store data in the list?

  Thank you to

  Eric

  Get-Datastore. Select Name, @{N = "NumVMDK"; E={@($_ | Get - HardDisk). County}} | Name sort

  could take a long time to run

• How can I recover the files fromVMDK VM?

  I got ESX 2.5.2 host with about 30 VM on it. the host crashed and wouldn't start, so I had to rebuild it from scratch, I don't have the vmx files, I have all the vmdk how to re - register with the new ESX host?

  Create NEW virtual machine, use the custom option.  When he arrived at the Party on a new or use the player available, click use existing and point the VMDK desired for this virtual machine.  You can not assign VM unless you have configurations vmx, otherwise you will have to re - create new ones.

• How to get rid of a Zombie vmdk file

  Hi all

  We have a VMDK file approximately 172 VM who is sitting on our SAN, consuming expensive storage, but that is not actually used by any VM.

  Everything has idea how rid the Zombie vmdk file? Thanks in advance.

  Thank you

  vmk2014

  If you want to be sure, just do as I told you on my previous post... move the zombie file to another folder before deleting (if the file is in use will be impossible to move the file, because the file is locked)... and you can just wait a few days after the zombie file and before you permanently delete.

• How to import a converter vCenter VMware vmdk file 5

  Hello

  Here's the scenario,

  -We have one physical server with win 2003 OS installed. Installed VMware converter on this box.

  -Conversion all of the physical disk to VMDK in VMware Converter.

  -All copied the VMDK file with vmx and transferred to vcenter Datastore.

  Now when you try to import the machine through vmx import disks that are there with vmx showing as sparse disk. Now, how we'RE the VM of power with this. Can I convert this from front end/thick.

  -Why this shows also sparse.

  Just a note - I had to do what the latency between the physical server and vcenter is very high and the disk size is 1 TB. If you feel still another another good practice that above pl then let us know in this scenario.

  Kind regards

  Selim.

  -

  Post edited by: Suhag Desai

  Post edited by: Suhag Desai

  Yes, if you converted a system with a "VMware Workstation" destination, hard files become fragmented by default. For use on ESXi, you need to convert them again.

  André

• How to confirm VMDK not mapped to a virtual machine

  Dear team,

  I ran the rvtools I find some files vmdk into a zombie. B4 that remove this file how to confirm that these files are not mapped to virtual machines.

  will she be ok, I have a windows VM test and to map these test file and poweron vmdk VM, if VM is receiving, then that means that these vmdk are not mapped to a VM. This process will confirm this vmdk are not mapped to a virtual machine or if you have any other process to confirm the same please send us your opinion / experience...

  Need your urgent help on the same.

  Note: has none of the virtual machine snapshot

  concerning

  Mr. VMware

  How to detect the zombie/orphaned files, you can use find command to the shell or some scripts PowerCLI sophisticated to detect files that were not changed for a long time there is another approach.

  Find command below just check for the specified files timestamp mtime...

  Examples of command "find":

  find - iname ' * '-mtime + 14 (any file not changed in the last 14 days)

  find - iname ' *-flat.vmdk "-mtime + 30

  ...

  ..

  .

  The list of the files you download should be reviewed carefully because it could contain valid files... so its on your judgment to make final the decision what can and what cannot be deleted.

  This is PowerCli script that detects only orphaned VMDK but it can be modified to search for other types of files:

  Files - spring cleaning - LucD notes and orphaned files

  Regarding the other see types of files:

  Re: Files/folders orphans

• How to locate the location of a VMware Workstation v10.0.3 vmdk readers when stereotypes are present.

  Re: How to find the location of a VMware Workstation v10.0.3 vmdk readers when stereotypes are present.

  Hello

  Since nearly five months, I have worked on a particular project and am reviewing me with the details of the project. The virtual machine has three virtual disks. I remember the BONES of the virtual machine as well as the first disc of the vmdk virtual machine data files are in the Windows host file containing the virtual machine. Nothing unusual so far. I remember that I put the third disk of the virtual machine on my axis f: physical, but I want to make sure that before you start again work on the project.

  I see of http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1003880 we should be able to examine the vmx file and see the locations of virtual disk. What I've noticed, is that since I was a snapshot, I see this:

  scsi0:2.present = 'TRUE '.

  scsi0:2.filename = "MyProject-Disk3 - 000001.vmdk".

  So what I see in the vmx is the physical location of the disk snapshot delta and not the physical location of the vmdk.

  I also did a search for vmware vmdk files - x.log and I find:

  2014 03-21 T 11: 35:46.964 - 04:00 | Worker #2 | I120: DISKLIB-DSCPTR: open [0]: "sample - Disk3.vmdk" (0xe)

  2014 03-21 T 11: 35:46.964 - 04:00 | Worker #2 | I120: DISKLIB-LINK: opened 'F:\MyProject-Disk3\MyProject-Disk3.vmdk' (0xe): monolithicSparse, 83886080 sectors / 40 GB.

  2014 03-21 T 11: 35:46.964 - 04:00 | Worker #2 | I120: DISKLIB-LIB: open 'G:\VMware VMs\MyProject\MyProject-Disk3-000001.vmdk' (0xa, type monolithicSparse flags).

  So by brute force, I discovered that the parent for the VM Disk3 vmdk is the physical disk F. And even here, the only reason why I know that I have the right VM disk, because I included "Disk3" in the VM disk naming convention that I used.

  But what happens if I hadn't used a physical VM disk naming convention which did not include the name of the virtual disk of the virtual machine? How could 100% sure that the third disk of my VM was the vmdk parent that I had located on the physical disk F?

  There must be an easier way to do this for days just like that.

  I look forward to your reply.

  Kind regards...

  P.S. I noticed that if I close this virtual machine and click on the 3 hard drive (SCSI), it only shows the name of the file of the virtual delta "MyProject-Disk3 - 000001.vmdk" machine and not the parent vmdk.

  P.S. I noticed that if I close this VM and try using the disk utilities, the map shows that the path to the file delta 'MyProject-Disk3 - 000001.vmdk' and the parent vmdk.

  Virtual disk snapshot files have the file name of the virtual disk parent included in the file descriptor hard (text file), or in the hard data file according to the format of the virtual disk. In the case of a monolithic virtual disk format (i.e. a hard single file), you may need to use a hex editor to find the 'parentFileNameHint' somewhere between 0x200 and 0x400.

  André

• How to extend vmdk for several virtual machines?

  Hello!

  I have a 300 + vm on vsphere5.1 and I need to extend the system drive on each of them. Have ideas of how do with powercli? Thank you.

  You can try something like that.

  It will increase the size of 20% vmdk. Note that the virtual computer must be turned off for this.

  Get-VM | Where {$_.PowerState -eq "PoweredOff"} |Get-HardDisk -Name "Hard disk 1" |Set-HardDisk -CapacityGB ([int]($_.CapacityGB * 0.2)) -Confirm:$false -HelperVM $vm
  

  You can find another example in need a script powercli to increase Harddisk1 of virtual machines in a 20 GB file, can anyone give a script.

• How to share VMDK?

  I use 'Fusion 5.0.3 (non-professional).

  Learn nested ESXi host.

  I have to do "Shared drive" to try to VMotion, VMwareHA.

  When I started the 2nd Instance of ESXi, I received

  "disk is belong to another cliché (in Japanese Message).

  and I can't start the 2nd Instance.

  How can I share VMDK or amang any body?

  Thank you.

  I solved it.

  This article works fine.

  Build a shared disk VMware | Symantec connect community

  But your opinion is also useful for me.

  I'll try to connect iSCSI targets... unn... built on CentOS... I'll try "Storage vMotion.

  Thank you very much.

• How to move a single virtual disk (vmdk file) of one data store

  Hi guys,.

  I have a VM with 4 virtual disks (for example, 1.vmdk, 2.vmdk, 3.vmdk and 4.vmdk) all located on a SAN volume (e.g., SANVOL03). How can I move one of the virtual disks (for example, 3.vmdk) of its current volume of SAN to another (e.g. from SANVOL03 to SANVOL04) without turning off the virtual machine? It's vsphere 4.1

  Detach the VMDK virtual machine and move it manually on the desired data store.

• How to list virtual machines with associated vmdk files

  Hello.

  I have a folder vmfs and file vmdk with names that aren't like any virtual machine name (probably because that rename the virtual computer name).

  How can I find what VM is?

  Thank you

  Hello, biokovo-

  You can use the standard Get - VM and hard to find names of VMDK VMs-associated cmdlets Get-disc.  Or another, much more quickly elsewhere, would be to use everyone's favorite: Get-View.

  Since you know the path of the data store for the VMDK, you can check the property LayoutEx of virtual machines to find the virtual machine that said the file property with the name of the value as the games way to store data, as:

  $strVmdkDatastorePath = "[mydatastore] somefolder/somefile.vmdk"Get-View -ViewType VirtualMachine -Property Name,LayoutEx.File | ?{$_.LayoutEx.File | ?{$_.Name -eq $strVmdkDatastorePath}} | select name
  

  Where the path of the data store's format, "[datastoreName] folder/somefile.vmdk.  Yes, including the square brackets around the name of the data store and a space after the "]" (before the first character of the name of the folder).

  How does do for you?  (must be straight fast)

• How to convert a vmdk into a vmdk 'partition individual logic

  I have a new computer, I'm too migration.  I have a partition on a disk, to that I want to dedicate a virtual machine from my old computer.  How can I convert the old "based"vmdk (single growable virtual disk) to a virtual machine that "owns" the partitionX of the diskY?»  Is this possible or do I have to recreate everything (that is, create a new virtual machine using the 'individual' partition and reinstall windows in the new virtual machine, etc...).

  We have understood your questions - answers still apply your reformulated question.

  > Maybe a more fundamental question - what performance gain would I see?

  It depends - if you use a type vmdk growing now you can get a significant performance gain.
  If you use a preallouee vmdk now so I don't expect a significant difference.

  Note: as soon as you go to a physical disk snapshots are banned, suspend, and sleep is prohibited...
  You will pay for this gain of theoretical performance with loss of flexibility.

• How can I remove a VMDK reference

  Hello:

  I upgraded my computer to Windows 7 32-bit to Windows 7 64-bit, in the process, I need space for a backup of my D: partition where I got 2 virtual machines of Windows XP. An of those VMS was one obsolete and I wasn't using it anymore but I needed to copy a file of it to the new, so I created a reference to the former vmdk. Then, in the process of upgrading that I deleted the old VM and the new virtual machine is still referencing the old vmdk and is does not start. Please could you tell me how I can remove this reference to the former vmdk?. Virtual machines created in Workstation VM 7.5.

  

  

  We assumed that your VM is suspended - at least to suggest your screenshot.
  Thanks for posting a list of directories - (use a cmd and type dir > filelist.txt)
  and attach the vmx file please