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• PERC 710 add physical disks for RAID 5 virtual disk and keep data

  I think to set up a physical disk 4 RAID 5 array on my new PowerEdge T320.  That should give me enough space to last long.  I have two empty slots of HD.  If I need more space, later, I'll be able to add one or two additional physical disks without losing the data already on the virtual disk?  If so, how?  I don't see a way to do this in the manual of Perc 710.

  Thank you

  Andrew

  Yes, it is "doable" later.  This can be done in the PERC BIOS, but it can be done in OMSA (OpenManage Server Administrator) within the OS.

  One thing to keep in mind is the limit of 2 TB "floppy" Windows on BIOS systems compatible.  If you plan to 4x4TB disks in a RAID 10, that TB ~ 8 'disc' will be converted to the GPT and BIOS UEFI boot mode value.

• VMware Workstation is unable to open one of the virtual disks required by this virtual machine because it is larger than the maximum file size supported by the host file system.

  I'm transitioning from Windows XP (64-bit) on a new computer with Windows 7 installed.  I undertook to VMWare Workstation 6 7.0.1 in the process.  The problem is with a very large RAID 5 volume on the new system.  It's a score of 5.45 TB (TPG and NTFS).

  When I try to start a virtual machine on this volume, I get the message "VMware Workstation cannot open one of the virtual disks required by this virtual machine because it is larger than the maximum size of the files supported by the host file system.".  This is obviously not true.  If I copy the virtual machine to another drive on the system, it starts without a problem.

  Anyone have any ideas on how to work around this problem?

  try to add this line in the vmx file:

  diskLib.sparseMaxFileSizeCheck = "false".

  Maybe it helps.

  VMDK-type do you use?

  monolithicSparse? -C' is the only part type more?

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• Error: "VMware Workstation has suspended this virtual machine because the disk on which the virtual machine is stored is almost full."

  I get this error message:

  VMware Workstation has suspended this virtual machine because the disk on which the virtual machine is stored is almost full. To continue, free 1.3 GB of additional disk space.

  I read up on the subject and found that I have to re size a partition. Anyone know what it could be? I can't find anything that looks like it has something to do with VMware. Does anyone know what size and what file system is it?

  My OS:
  Tumbleweed OpenSUSE x 64

  Thanks in advance

  On more creative, my home and root file systems were not extended to my full disk space :^)

• Add copied hard disk (VMDK) on a virtual machine

  I'm new to PowerCLI and can't seem to find information on this "new" process

  I'm looking to automate the addition of a cloned hard disk (VMDK) VM (1) to an another VM (2) existing.  I figured out how "Hard drive copy" VM1 VM2 data store, but can't the formula to VM2.

  To copy the disc, I use the following command:

  $vm1 = "name of vm1.

  $vm2 = "name ofthe virtual machine 2 .

  $ds = "datastor" e

  Get-disk hard - VM $vm1 | Where {$_.} CapacityGB - lt 10} | Copy-hard drive - DestinationPath ' [$ds] vm2 $/ $vm2 - 2.vmdk '-Force

  In fact, here is what it looks like:

  Get-disk hard - VM System1. Where {$_.} CapacityGB - lt 10} | Copy-hard drive - DestinationPath "[NFS2] System2/System2 - 2.vmdk '-Force

  MISTLETOE we do today via vCenter is - change the s parameter > Hardware tab > Add > hard drive > use an existing virtual disk > Browse > check the virtual device node (SCSI 0: (x) - and it works.)  I can start VM2 and the Windows operating system works very well and everyone is happy.

  To set the hard drive via PowerCLI, I use the following command:

  New-disk-hard - VM $vm2 - DiskPath "[$ds] $vm2/vm2 $-2.vmdk»

  In fact, here is what it looks like:

  New- hard drive - VM System2 - DiskPath ' [NFS2] System2/System2-2.vmdk '

  When I run the command, I see vCenter 'work' and then error with Incompatible device support specified for the device '0'.  I have ready many forums reporting the error when you perform a RDM or tries to add a secondary SCSI controller, I don't want to do.

  A few things to note:

  Must be on the default 0 (Virtual LSI Logic SAS) SCSI controller

  Virtual device node must be SCSI 0:2 (it would be a third drive on the system)

  The data store is a different data store that the other disks attached to VM2 (discs 1 and 2 are on NFS1, new drive would be on NFS2).

  When I first copy the disc, it indicates the persistence as unknown, do not know if this is a factor. Any help would be appreciated.

  ESXi, 5.0 Update 1 (5.0.0,821926)

  PowerCLI 5.5 Release 2

  Thank you

  SC

  Lol, I'll type slowly

  No, I'm afraid that we cannot change the API, or the coding behind the cmdlet.

  But we can call the APIs directly from PowerCLI, something like this for example

  function add-HD {  param($VMname, $Filename, $Controller)
  
    $dsName = $Filename.Split(']')[0].TrimStart('[')
  
    $vm = (Get-VM $VMname).ExtensionData  $ds = (Get-Datastore -Name $dsName).ExtensionData
  
    foreach($dev in $vm.config.hardware.device){    if ($dev.deviceInfo.label -eq $Controller){      $CntrlKey = $dev.key    }  }  $Unitnumber = 0  $DevKey = 0
  
    foreach($dev in $vm.config.hardware.device){    if ($dev.controllerKey -eq $CntrlKey){      if ($dev.Unitnumber -gt $Unitnumber){$Unitnumber = $dev.Unitnumber}      if ($dev.key -gt $DevKey) {$DevKey = $dev.key}    }  }
  
    $spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualMachineConfigSpec  $spec.deviceChange = @()  $spec.deviceChange += New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualDeviceConfigSpec  $spec.deviceChange[0].device = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualDisk  $spec.deviceChange[0].device.backing = New-Object VMware.Vim.VirtualDiskFlatVer2BackingInfo  $spec.deviceChange[0].device.backing.datastore = $ds.MoRef  $spec.deviceChange[0].device.backing.fileName = $Filename  $spec.deviceChange[0].device.backing.diskMode = "independent_persistent"  $spec.deviceChange[0].device.key = $DevKey + 1  ## The UnitNUmber SCSIID 7 is reserved for the Controller - so ignore it and skip to 8.  if ($Unitnumber -eq 6) {$Unitnumber = $Unitnumber + 1}  $spec.deviceChange[0].device.unitnumber = $Unitnumber + 1  $spec.deviceChange[0].device.controllerKey = $CntrlKey  $spec.deviceChange[0].operation = "add"  $vm.ReconfigVM_Task($spec)}
  
  Add-HD -VMname "System2" -FileName "[NFS2] System2/System2-2.vmdk" -Controller "SCSI Controller 0"
  

  I created a function called Add - HD, which will do more or less the same thing, just as the cmdlet New-hard drive when it is used with the name parameter file, but instead to call the cmdlet, the function calls the API ReconfigVM_Task directly.

  The downside of this is that we will have to compile the parameter passed to this method.

  In fact, most of the PowerCLI cmdlets do exactly the same thing, they call the API methods.

  You can view these calls when you draw a cmdlet with the tool of Onyx .

• Add a virtual disk to an existing virtual machine.

  Hello

  Anyone know what would be the best way to create an action to add a new virtual disk (hard) to an existing virtual computer? I have found no existing action/workflow, and I do not know where to start.

  Thank you

  Hey Mikael,.

  There is a "workflow" for this!

  Library / vCenter / Virtual Machine Management / management of devices / add a disk.

  This workflow, you can add a VMDK to a virtual machine.

• How to add a physical DVD to be used with a virtual machine?

  Add Virtual Machine Hardware Settings > hard drive > use a physical disk (for advanced users)

  He is not present to do the same for the addition of a CD/DVD drive. Is it possible to do this to CD/DVD using the .vmx file or another way!

  Hello

  Hmm... I see that you are the person who has earlier posted on attempts to seek support for trying to create a virtual machine that is able to recover from broken CD/DVD.

  I'm sorry, but personally I don't think that virtual machines are the best match for this.

  If you want physical access to a CD/DVD drive then you can try to use an external USB CD/DVD drive and that connect directly to the virtual machine, but I don't think that you can configure a Raw Device Mapping (RDM) for a CD/DVD drive. I could be wrong on that though.

  --

  Wil

• Thin and thick disks on the same virtual machine?

  Is this possible with vsphere ESX 4... to have a disc thin and thick, attached to the same Virtual Machine... ? Is this documented place... ?

  Thanks,-Nicodemus

  Yes...

  Page 247

  http://books.Google.com/books?id=b12tupvbqEAC&PG=PA247&LPG=PA247&DQ=VMware mixingthinandthick+disk&source=bl&ots=FOCD-X9lMP&sig=z720_K5b3M99GfOLqtlBkeixXBU&hl=en&ei=YkAhTOWCMcbonQeL4MRy&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=It%27s%20possible%20for%20a%20VM%20to%20have%20a%20mix%20of%20both%20thick%20and%20thin%20virtual%20disks&f=false

• resize the disk space on the virtual machine

  Hello!

  I have a small problem, when I converted a virtual machine on my esx server so I chose 14FR for the virtual machine.

  But I now realize that I need more space on the virtual machine. but the problem is that I stop the virtual machine and

  give more space but the does not get more space than any alcolated in diskmgmt. and there I have to

  make a new partition.

  Can I add a disc more on C: by do not format the drive? or can I add more disk space to a new partition

  (if I add 20 GB now and want to add 20 extra GB to the same partition in 2 months or something like that?) ??

  Thank you

  / R

  http://malaysiavm.com/blog/how-to-resize-Windows-2003-Server-virtual-disk-on-VMware-ESX/

  Here is the guide. Hope is useful.

  Craig

  vExpert 2009

  Malaysia, VMware communities - http://www.malaysiavm.com

• Need more disk space to run virtual machines on R710 server with no available drive slots

  Hello

  We have a server R710 with five $2.5 146 each and three 600 GB SCSI disks SCSI.  We have no more slots.

  We want another 2-4 TB of space.   This server is used to run virtual machines to test software applications.  We have need for decent speed, but more important still need a cost-effective solution for running virtual machines.

  The budget would be in the $1000 range give or take.  I might be able to get $3000, but a $10,000 would be too.  We could consider removing disks from 146 GB 5 and replacing them with those larger, but that might not be the first choice.

  Any ideas?

  Thank you!

  What you ask for is really difficult to do within the budget without sacrificing important performance (from what you have right now in performance).

  Any external storage solution (Dell) is out of the question for $3 k (think MD1200/1220).

  The market, 2.5 "drives max out at 1 TB at 7200 RPM, 900 tr/10 k or 300 GB @ 15 k RPM.

  Dell has disks 1 to 7200 RPM 2.5 "company (for PowerEdges) for ~ $440 (see here). These are not the best choice if you want any kind of good performance.

  You might look into upgrading to 900GB 10 k rpm drives. These run $799 each today on the Dell website (see here).

  If you replace one of the 146 both each and let rebuild you could then use the extra space to another virtual disk. This would give about 2800GB.

  If you can't budget 5 of them, according to the current setup of raid, you can watch a backup and restore of the virtual disk of some 146.

  You could:

  -use 2 of the existing 146 in raid 1 for operating system and the extra space

  -use 3 x 900 in raid 5 (which would give a crude 1800 (Go so ~ 1674 usable))

  -Use the 3 600 existing RAID 5 (which would give ~ 1116 GB usable)

• VCB snap only the disk system to a virtual machine.

  I use as my ESX 3.5 VC 2.5 backup and Avamar.  I do backup with VCB 1.5.

  I have a virtual machine with a 20 GB OS drive and 500 GB data disk (linux).

  I would like to VCB the only BONES of some of my vm and not others drive much more major data on the disks on the virtual machine.

  Is there a way to only snap (a disk) the smallest disk to the virtual machine OS so I don't have to have a disk of temp VCB is huge?

  I can't wait to snap 520 GB just to get the 20 GB that I need.

  I realize that avamar can filter up to only enter the 20 but it's after the breakup, I don't want to break the 500.

  Thank you

  You can set the data to persistent disk independent. In this way, that it is not affected by snapshots.

  Take a look at http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/11/03/vcb-and-independent-disks/ (and its links). This is an old article, but it should still work.

  André

• Manipulate the vmdk is attached to a virtual machine

  I'm looking for an API or SDK or method or library or hack that will allow me to move the virtual disks between the virtual machines. I'm looking for a way to "detach" a VMDK to a VM (power off) and then "link" it to another virtual machine, which would then be able to read and write to and from the (virtual) disk, like his own boot disk? Something along the lines of: (Java psuedocode)

  The API method you use is the ReconfigVM_Task - http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/visdk41pubs/ApiReference/vim.VirtualMachine.html#reconfigure and who is a generic method on the reconfiguration of your virtual machine under the name of the States method. What you need to do as part of the reconfiguration, is to create a specification of deviceChange that performs a specific operation for the VMDK in question. You will perform a 'delete' operation that allows you to detach and you can then create a new file deviceChange for the virtual machine specifications in question perform an operation 'Add '.

  Here's vSphere SDK for Perl script that implements the basic functionality that you can use as a reference

  http://communities.VMware.com/docs/doc-11213

• Physical running Windows 7 install as a virtual machine

  Is it possible to run a Windows 7 OS installed previously as a virtual machine inside a linux host?

  I don't want to convert the physical system to a virtual machine. On the contrary, I want to be able to start installing natively both run like a VM when necessary, everything that can be done on a Mac with bootcamp/Fusion.

  If this is possible, what warnings are there? I have seen support articles to do this for Windows XP profiles and hardware but I don't think that would apply to Windows 7.

  Thank you!

  With the license of the company, Windows will ask for reactivation when you switch between the VM and the native boot?

  I think that he won't complain or request you the reactivation.

  VMware Workstation has a computer Assistant virtual for putting in place of an existing installation of physics?

  No - you create a new Win 7 VM and specify to use a physical disk.

  First boot you will most likely meet a BSOD. You post the number of BSOD here - we help.

  That will have to be repeated several times and if you're lucky - or use a physical host and Intel-chipset - ultimately both variants work.

  If you have no luck pilots to start in a VM setting will result in a normal start unusable...

  Stupid question: why do you want to use the original installation within a virtual machine also?

  It doesn't have a single advantage over simply configure a fresh Windows 7 VM.

  The times where dualbooting Windows natively, so much as a virtual machine have been fun are gone forever after Vista was introduced...

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• When you use MS 2003 storage server, backups ESXi virtual machine

  Hello

  I have a test lab that I need to put into production, but I need to get to a backup strategy before I can do that.

  I have a server ESXi (3.5 U3) frontal 5 virtual machines that all is in an ISCSI data store that is hosted using the Microsoft 2003 Storage Server platform.

  One of the virtual machines is a file and print box that has a 500GB partition in the virtual machine, but the virtual machine is located on the ISCSI LUN. What is the best way to save these data, that I can't back up just the LUN because I believe that some of the VM configuration files to sit on the front-end server ESXi?

  The nightly backup is always back up all of the LUN (2 TB) because the virtual machine file will always be 500 GB, as it is in full expansion in the file of the virtual machine, so that the incremental backups wanted to work (or will?).

  If I am running a backup script against the host of the virtual machine that comes will produce a 500 GB backup file as it comes to the size of the virtual machine?

  Any help, suggestions or comments are welcome.

  Thank you

  If the data store for ESXi is located on the iSCSI LUN, backup of the iSCSI LUN is all you need to do.  The configuration of the Virtual Machine is stored there, and VMDK files that make up the disks.  If the 500 GB of space on the file and print box is on a LUN that is separated from the iSCSI data store, then you will need to back up both the data store LUNS and the LUNS of 500 GB.  If the 500 GB is just a VMDK file on the data store, the backup data store should get everything.

• Command to list all the hard files that are attached to a virtual machine

  Hi people,

  I am documenting our infrastructure. I would like to a command that lists all the vmdk files and the virtual machine, they are attached. I'm sure that I've done it before, but I don't remember the command. Thank you

  in advance.

  Paul

  You could use Powershell and make a request to Virtual Center, if they are available:

  A basic example:

  SE connect-VIserver

  Get - vm | Select Name, @{Name = "VMDK disks"; {Expression = {$_ | get-harddisk | select filename}}

  / Rubeck