A virtual machine created in ESX 4 can be converted to run an ESX 3.5 Server?

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• A virtual machine created the 4.0 can run on 3.5.1?

  Our infrastructure is 4.0 Update 1.  I must travel on a site next week, where the infrastructure is 3.5.1.  I would like to create a new virtual machine on my 4.0 host and then take the files with me and run them on the 3.5.1 host.  Is - this possbile?  Do any information would be helpful.

  Hello

  The new ESX V4 U1 has the ability to create the virtual machine to version 7 and version 4 (compatible with ESX 3.5). If its basically need to take care when you create a virtual machine, you will receive two options when creating. Choose the one you need and go as needed.

  So in your case, it is possible, but you must create the virtual computer with version 4 on ESX4 and take it to the other site where you ESX3.5

  Thank you

• Virtual MACHINE created on date export csv - get - vm testvm works but says testvm get-vmcreationdate is not found.

  Hello

  I entered the following two functions in my shell powercli

  Two functions I have installed

  function {Get-VMEvents < #. . Logbook Get events for an entity or query all events. . Description This function returns the events for the entities. It is very similar to cmdlet Get-vievent. Please note that get-VMEvent can handle 1 vm at a time. You can't send picture of vms in this version of the script. . Example of Get-VMEvents 0All-types "VmCreatedEvent", "VmDeployedEvent", "VmClonedEvent". He will receive all events of type "VmCreatedEvent", "VmDeployedEvent" 'VmClonedEvent '. . Example of Get-VMEvents-name 'vm1' - type 'VmCreatedEvent '. Will be out of the events of creation of virtual machine: "vm1. It's faster than the vms piping is of result of Get - vm. There is no need to use get - vm to move names to get-vmevents. Yet, it is OK when you do, it will be just a little more slow < span class = "wp-smiley wp-emoji wp-emoji-blink of eye" title = ';') > ;) </span > . Example of Get-VMEvents-name 'vm1' - category 'WARNING '. Will be out all events for vm: 'vm1. It is is faster than the names of piping of cmdlet Get - vm. Category will get-vmevent to search only the defined category events. . Example of Get - vm "vm1 | Get-VMEvents-types "VmCreatedEvent", "VmMacAssignedEvent". Shows events for vm1 which will be regarding the events of creation,. and events when when / what mac address is assigned . VM parameter This setting is a unique string that represents the name of the vm. He expects this single vm name There in the virtual Center. Now in the first version of the script, it will only load a case where there is 1 instance of vm selected name. In the future it will load multiple as Well. . Types of parameters If none is specified, it will return all the events. If specified will return Only the events with selected types. For example: "VmCreatedEvent." "VmDeployedEvent", "VmMacAssignedEvent" "VmClonedEvent", etc... . Category of a parameter Possible categories are: warning, info, error. Please use this setting if you you want to filter events. . Setting all the If you need to set this parameter, so command queries all events Center Virtual Server virtual machines. . Notes NAME: VMEvents

  AUTHOR: Grzegorz Kulikowski

  LASTEDIT: 09/11/2012

  DOES NOT? #powercli @ irc.freenode.net

  . Link

  http://psvmware.WordPress.com

  # >

  (param

  [Parameter (ValueFromPipeline = $true)]

  [ValidatenotNullOrEmpty()]

  $VM,

  [String []] $variétés.

  [string] $category,

  [switch] $All

  )

  $si = get-view ServiceInstance

  $em is get-view $si. Content.EventManager

  $EventFilterSpec = new-Object VMware.Vim.EventFilterSpec

  $EventFilterSpec.Type = $types

  {if ($Category)}

  $EventFilterSpec.Category = $category

  }

  If {($VM)

  $EventFilterSpec.Entity = new-Object VMware.Vim.EventFilterSpecByEntity

  switch ($VM) {}

  {$_-is [VMware.Vim.VirtualMachine]} {$VMmoref = $vm.moref}

  {$_-is [VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Impl.V1.Inventory.VirtualMachineImpl]} {$VMmoref = $vm. ExtensionData.moref}

  default {$vmmoref = (get - view - ViewType virtualmachine-filter @{'name' = $VM}) .moref}

  }

  $EventFilterSpec.Entity.Entity = $vmmoref

  $em. QueryEvents ($EventFilterSpec)

  }

  If {($All)

  $em. QueryEvents ($EventFilterSpec)

  }

  }

  function get-vmcreationdate {}

  < #.

  . Logbook

  Gets if possible virtual machine created.

  . Description

  This function will return the object with information about the creation time, method, of months,.

  creator of particular virtual machine.

  VMname: SomeVM12

  Createduserid: 10/08/2012 11:48:18

  CreatedMonth: August

  CreationMethod: cloned

  Creator: office\greg

  This function displays NoEvent property in case when your VC do not

  more information on these specific events, or your vm events no longer have

  entries for the subject being created. If your VC data base has more tension date it is no longer possible

  you find this event.

  . Example of

  Get-VMCreationdate - VMnames 'my_vm1', 'My_otherVM '.

  This will return items that contain date information of creating virtual machines with names

  myvm1 and myvm2

  . Example of

  Get-VM-location 'Cluster1 | Get-VMCreationdate

  This will return items that contain information created for virtual machines that are

  Located in Cluster1

  . Example of

  Notice-EEG - viewtype virtualmachine - SearchRoot (get-datacenter "mydc") user.user | Get-VMCreationDate

  This will return items that contain information created for virtual machines that are

  located in the data center "mydc" container If you use this feature in an existing loop where you

  having the cmdlet get-view virtual machines, you can pass them via pipes or as a parameter VMnames.

  . Example of

  $report = get-cluster "cl-01' | Get-VMCreationdate

  $report | Export-csv c:\myreport.csv

  Stores all reported creationtimes object in the array $report variable and export the report to a csv file.

  You can also filter the report before you write in the csv file using select

  $report | Where-Object {$_.} {CreatedMonth - eq "October"} | Select VMName, CreatedMonth

  So that you see only the vms that have been created in October.

  . Example of

  Get-vmcreationdate - VMnames "my_vm1", testvm55

  WARNING: my_vm1 is not found, typo?

  VMname: testvm55

  Createduserid: 05/10/2012 14:24:03

  CreatedMonth: October

  CreationMethod: NewVM

  Creator: home\greg

  In case when you receive virtual machine that is not appropriate in the infrastructure of yor, a warning is displayed.

  You can always store the full text of the report in the $report variable, but it includes all the information on

  dates of creation of the missing vm. A warning always only for your information there is

  probably a typing mistake in the name of the virtual machine.

  . Parameter VMnames

  This parameter must contain objects of virtual machine or strings representing vm

  names. It is possible to supply this function wiith VM objects coming from get - vm or

  get - view.

  . Notes

  NAME: Get-VMCreationdate

  AUTHOR: Grzegorz Kulikowski

  LASTEDIT: 27/11/2012

  DOES NOT? #powercli @ irc.freenode.net

  . Link

  http://psvmware.WordPress.com

  # >

  (param

  [Parameter (ValueFromPipeline = $true, mandatory = $true)]

  [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]

  [Object []] $VMnames

  )

  {in process

  {foreach ($vm to $VMnames)

  $ReportedVM = "" | Select VMname Createduserid, CreatedMonth, CreationMethod, creator

  If ($CollectedEvent = $vm |) Get - VMEvents - types "VmBeingDeployedEvent", "VmRegisteredEvent", "VmClonedEvent", "VmBeingCreatedEvent" - ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)

  {

  If ($CollectedEvent.GetType ().) IsArray) {$CollectedEvent = $CollectedEvent |?} {{$_-is [vmware.vim.VmRegisteredEvent]}}

  $CollectedEventType = $CollectedEvent.gettype () .name

  $CollectedEventMonth = "{0: MMMM}" $CollectedEvent.CreatedTime f

  $CollectedEventCreationDate = $CollectedEvent.CreatedTime

  $CollectedEventCreator = $CollectedEvent.Username

  Switch ($CollectedEventType)

  {

  "VmClonedEvent" {$CreationMethod = "Cloned"}

  "VmRegisteredEvent" {$CreationMethod = "RegisteredFromVMX"}

  "VmBeingDeployedEvent" {$CreationMethod = "VmFromTemplate"}

  "VmBeingCreatedEvent" {$CreationMethod = "NewVM"}

  default value {$CreationMethod = 'Error'}

  }

  $ReportedVM.VMname = $CollectedEvent.vm.Name

  $ReportedVM.CreatedTime = $CollectedEventCreationDate

  $ReportedVM.CreatedMonth = $CollectedEventMonth

  $ReportedVM.CreationMethod = $CreationMethod

  $ReportedVM.Creator = $CollectedEventCreator

  } else {}

  If ($?) {

  If ($vm - is [VMware.Vim.VirtualMachine]) {$ReportedVM.VMname = $vm.name} else {$ReportedVM.VMname = $vm.} ToString()}

  $ReportedVM.CreatedTime = 'NoEvent.

  $ReportedVM.CreatedMonth = 'NoEvent.

  $ReportedVM.CreationMethod = 'NoEvent.

  $ReportedVM.Creator = 'NoEvent.

  } else {}

  $ReportedVM = $null

  Write-Warning "$VM is not found, typo?

  }

  }

  $ReportedVM

  }

  }

  }

  Now, if I use the first command

  Get - vm testvm

  I get a response of

  Name PowerState Num CPU MemoryGB

  ----                 ---------- -------- --------

  Receiving TestVM 4 4,000

  But if I do

  Get-vmcreationdate testvm

  he responds with

  WARNING: testvm is not found. misspelling?

  I can't understand why he says this?

  What will be the final objective to query the server vcenter set and export a CSV of the creation of each day VM - is their an easier way to do it?

  I was intending to use

  get - vm | Get-VMCreationDate | Export-Csv-path "d:\\reports\vmcreationinventory.csv ".

  But at the present time, each unique virtual machine is indicating "is not found."

  Attached is an example with a virtual machine called gbvls

  Although you may be better communicate with the author of these functions, from what I can tell, it seems to indicate that none of the specified events were found for these virtual machines.

  You can check if there are targeted with the cmdlet Get-VIEvent ordinary events.

  If you can see events, there could be a problem with the Get-VMEvents function.

  $vmName = 'testvm '.

  $tgtEvents = "VmBeingDeployedEvent", "VmRegisteredEvent", "VmClonedEvent", "VmBeingCreatedEvent".

  $vm = get-VM-name $vmName

  Get-VIEvent-body $vm - MaxSamples ([int]: MaxValue) |

  Where {$tgtEvents - contains $_.} GetType(). Name}

• report for multiple virtual machines created

  I have a virtual machine creation script that I modified in order to be able to run in a loop using a CSV file to create more than one virtual machine at once. My original script send me an e-mail message for example:

  VM	IPaddress	CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT	Memory	ToolsVer	ToolStatus	Data store	Folder	ESXiHost
  MyVM	123.45.67.89	3	4096

  8384

  toolsOk

  myDS

  My-file
  

  myesxhost
  

  The problem that I want to try to figure out how can I get ALL the VM's on an e-mail report. Right now, because it's a loop, each VM I create will send a report. So if I put it up to build 4 vm, it will send 4 emails... I don't like it.

  How my script works pretty well...

  {foreach ($var in $vmlist)

  script here

  ...

  ...

  ...

  
  # Create and send emails report - Start #.
  #
  Function create HTMLTable {}
  Param([array]$array)
  $arrHTML = $Array | ConvertTo-Html
  $arrHTML [-1] is $arrHTML [-1]. ToString(). Replace ("< body / > < / html >", "")
  Return $arrHTML [5.2000]
  }

  $output = @)
  $output += ' < html > < head > < / head > < body table > < style > {border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; police-size: 8pt; background-color: #ccc; width: 100% ;}} Th {text-align: left ;}} TD {background-color: #fff; width: 20%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px ;}} Body {do-family: verdana; do-size: 12pt ;}} H1 {make-size: 12pt ;}} H2 {make-size: 10pt ;} < / style > '}
  $output += ' < H2 > the virtual machines created < / H2 > '
  $output += ' < H2 > < / H2 > '
  #$Report = @)
  $Report = New-Object - TypeName system.collections.arraylist
  foreach ($vm in get-vm-name $var.myvms)
  {
  ...

  ...

  ...

  ...

  ...
  $report.add ($reportedvm) | out-null
  

  }

  
  If ($HTML - eq 'Yes') {}
  $output += '< p > '.
  $output += '< p > '.
  $output += create HTMLTable $report $output += '< /p >.
  $output += ' < body / > < / html > "
  $output | Add a content-$FileHTML
  }
  If ($SendEmail - eq 'Yes') {}
  $body = get-Content $FileHTML | Out-string
  Send-MailMessage - to $EmailFrom - to $EmailTo - subject $EmailSubject - SmtpServer $EmailSMTP - body $body - BodyAsHtml}
  #

  }

  OK, I have to spend it at the moment, I can't work.

  Thank you

• ESX as a virtual machine on an ESX host

  Currently, I am installing ESX as a virtual machine on an ESX host. I have a couple of hosts potentially put this VM: two 4.0 in the course of execution, one running 4.1. I would like to run this VM on the host running 4.1, and the virtual machine must run 4.0. Thanks to my documentation and research of compatibility, I found that it is not supported as an operating system to run in a virtual machine under ESX ESX, but it's for the workstation and fusion. I read on some blogs that ESX install as a virtual machine on an ESX host is possible (at least on older versions), but comes with a few problems, which have no workaround. I found (external) positions regarding do all this with the 4.0, but my preference would be to do with 4.1 on the host and 4.0 on the virtual computer. I can't find something to do with 4.1, which is not surprising given that the upgrade became available less than two weeks ago. Does anyone tried it yet? Is there anything, you have found or recommend as I approach to do this? (I read that the virtual computer must be configured as a computer virtual running RHEL 5 with 2 GB of RAM http://when all this is done with version 4.0, but I was not able to find much more.) Thanks in advance for any help and suggestions!

  Hello

  Yes, I tried last week and it worked for me. You are on the right track, we must select RHEL 5 64-bit as OS and assign the 2 GB of ram, and in addition to sound, you will need to use E1000 NICs for the installation to complete.

  FYI, this configuration is not taken in charge/tested/certified by VMware.

  Hope this information helps

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• Disable vmotion for 1 virtual machine in an ESX host

  Hello

  We have an ESX environment that is configured with vMotion.

  As a result, I've seen VMs from one ESX to another very frequently.

  Among these virtual machines, I have a very critical virtual machine, I want to move to any other host ESX.

  Y at - it an option that I can use to disable VMotion only for this particular virtual machine of mine (in order to keep constant on the ESX on which it is right now) and allow the other virtual machines to continue.

  Appreciate your help.

  Thanks in advance

  I guess that your VMS migrate between ESX servers because configuration automated DRS ESX cluster level. You can replace it for a specific virtual machine. Cluster of right click Select-> "Settings"-> click on options of the Virtual Machine under VMware DRS,. On the right, make sure 'Enable the levels of automation individuak virtual machine' is checked. You can see VMs list below. Select the virtual machine that you want to replace and change the level of automation for people with reduced mobility

• Get the list of virtual machines on an ESX host specific and dumping of .csv in a specific format

  I have problems to find a way to get a list of virtual machines on an ESX host specific and then he dumped to a .csv in the following format

  I use the get-vmhost esxhostname | Get - vm

  but everyhting else after, it is where I am lost...  I think the closest I had been posting the output with a goofy header and format 'vm1, vm2, vm3 "...

  name

  computer 1 name

  computer 2 name

  name of the machine 3

  to use for later use.  Any help would be appreciated.

  You must use the Select-Object cmdlet to specify more precisely the properties you want.

  The Export-Csv doesn't know how to manage the virtual computer object.

  Something like that

  Get-vmhost esxhostname | Get - vm | Select name. Export Csv.\report.csv - NoTypeInformation - UseCulture

• U4 Will ESXi 3.5 see a virtual machine created with u3

  I have added a second hard drive for my newly built u4 ESXi 3.5 installation. The player has virtual machines created in u3. U4 sees the datastore2 drive and the files inside. Still don't recognize them as virtual computer. How to see the virtual machine on the second HD u4?

  Todd L.

  the page you posted contains all relevant information of the Virtual Machine.  In addition, all files are 0.00 KB in size.

  I don't know what to tell you on this one... You may be out of luck.

• List of virtual machines on an ESX host

  Is there a method in the sdk that lists all the virtual machines on an esx host?

  Simply get a reference to a HostSystem and it has an array property called vm http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/visdk400pubs/ReferenceGuide/vim.HostSystem.html that gives you a reference to a matrix to all virtual machines on this particular host.

  Here is a sample Perl script that shows how to retrieve all the virtual machines for a specific host and certain attributes of the VM: getAllVMGuestHostname.pl

  =========================================================================

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  Scripts for VMware ESX/ESXi and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/

  repository scripts vGhetto

  VMware Code Central - Scripts/code samples for developers and administrators

  150 VMware developer

  Twitter: @lamw

  If you find this information useful, please give points to "correct" or "useful".

• I can run all the virtual machines (created with workstation) in VMWare player?

  Suppose I created a virtual machine in a Vmware Workstation 7.1 installation.

  Can I take all of this a virtual machine and run it on a VMware player installation?

  Or Vmware Workstation offers specific features that are required by the virtual machine to run successfully?

  Matt

  If,

  If you are using vmware player 3.x, you should have no problem.

  Do not forget that the workstation and vmware player share much of its architecture.

  Best wishes / Saludos.
  Pablo

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• Possible to run the virtual machine created in a lower version of higher on lower esx esx

  Hi everyone tried to run vm created in esx 4.1 with vcentre 4.1 on lower versison of vcentre esx 3.5 2.5?

  Thanks for any comments

  You can change the material versions FRO 7 to 4 assuming that it is a hardware VM version 7 If you have VMware Workstation there is a conversion wizard that can change the version of hardware for you.

  http://www.techhead.co.UK/VMware-ESX-how-to-downgrade-a-VMS-VM-versionhw-level-from-7-4-0-to-4-3-x

• A virtual XP Server of VMWare machine with an IDE drive can be converted into ESX?

  Running ESX 3.5 update 3 and VC 2.5 update 3 (converter plugin 4.0.2).

  I have a couple windows XP virtual machines running on an old VMWare Server 1.x. I want to move them to our ESX cluster. However, they were built with IDE drives. Is it possible somehow during the conversion into ESX to pass SCSI drives?

  Thank you

  Converter will do this automatically for you.

  Make sure that you have a backup in the first place, in case something goes wrong.

• You can run virtual machines created by merger in other operating systems

  If I install Windows 7 as a virtual machine using Fusion OSX and store the virtual machine on an external hard drive, it is possible to connect this drive in a computer running Windows or Linux and run the same virtual machine using something like VMWare Player? The idea is that if users have a Mac at home and a PC at work, we welcome with a virtual machine instead of a laptop.

  Thank you!

  OVF is a small and open format mainly used for the transport of virtual machines. After you deploy it, you will work with a normal vmdk, etc files (as far as I know... but I'm still learning new things here in this community)

  Now, performance, which is the other discussion. VMware has proved to be more solid and trusted platform... and for Windows VMS, I saw better than other hypervisors performace. It would make a difference, it will depend on how intense are your processes and the ratio of group you want to reach.

  To facilitate the management, security and stability, I highly recommend to use VMware. Performance should be better too, but it's harder to see sometimes. For a scenario of development where the snaoshots are very used, VMware will make a big difference.

  Best regards

  elgreco81

• VirtualCenter is necessary to put in place the virtual machine on an ESX Server?

  Hello! I'm new to VMWare and and I'm trying to implement some virtualized servers. I have a machine I want to run a virtual machine with Windows Server 2008 and a virtual machine with Arch Linux. I have a copy of vSphere 4.0 and ESX Server operating system linux installed correctly on the server computer. I tried to use the Infrastructure Client from my desktop Windows 7 Professional to create the new virtual machine, but I get to the part 'Select the data store' in the wizard and shows me that I have not created from data stores. I have not found a way to create databases in client infrastructure, and most things on the internet speak do with VirtualCenter.

  I tried to install the VirtualCenter on Windows 7 server, and initially, I got the error when he could not find the ADAM directory. Then I installed the version of Windows 7 to ADAM, ADLDS, who created c:\Windows\Adam and seemed to be backward compatible enough to allow installation to get a little further, how it failed and said that he was unable to create an instance of directory services.

  I fought this thing and Googling all the problems that I ran now for more than 48 hours. I was hoping that since I don't have more than one physical server to manage, and I don't have a dedicated machine which can be VirtualCenter Server all the time anyway (my office is dualbooted with linux, where I spend most of my time), it would be possible to do without.

  Any help appreciated,

  Matt

  Hi and welcome to the forum,

  you don t need a vCenter if you have a single server. You can use the vSphere Client to manage the server.

  If I understand you, you have already installed the ESX Server and a local data store.

  Now you can download the vSphere Client by opening the Web page of your ESX Server. Type http://<> address >

  Install the Client and you are able to create Virtual Machines.

  You can also use the ESXi Version.

  But I recommend you read some VMware papers like this

  http://www.VMware.com/PDF/vSphere4/r40_u1/vsp_40_u1_esxi_i_get_start.PDF

  Frank

• Copy Virtual Machine on the ESX Server windows file server (files)

  I made a copy of a computer virtual with Vmware converter and it is sitting on the windows file server, is there a way to copy the files to the server, ESX4?  Something like a copy and paste?

  Thanks in advance!

  Simply right click on the data store you want to place the files on (Summary tab when selecting one of the hosts connected to this data store), select "Browse the data store" and then use the button "transfer files to this data store. You can use it to download a folder or file from a target, that you access from your system. It might make things easier if you create a folder in the store of data first, and then download the files one at a time. Make sure that the virtual machine is turned off when you do.

  Another option might be to vMotion/migrate it from current storage to a data store in the ESX environment. I did not the same type of migration before, it will or will not be, works correctly. I moved files VM from a source, see my workstation, up to a data store that the ESXi host has a connection to before without problem (with the virtual machine powered off course).