Adding a property to a virtual machine

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• Adding multiple RDMs to a virtual machine

  Hello community... we do a lot of fun virtual project of the SQL cluster, running on ESXi 5.0. Without going too much into the details of design, I'm looking to try to generate scripts, adding a bunch of RDM (45ish) for a virtual machine. The RDM were presented to the guests, so the next step is to add the ROW appropriate to the virtual machine in the right order.  Here is a partial list of the available RDM:

  

  Based on our design, I know that 46 LUN must go in SCSI 1:1, 47 LUN must go to SCSI 2:1, 48 LUN must go to SCSI 3:1, and so on. I have a worksheet that has a correlation between LUN ID and SCSI ID required.  I can also manually add 1:0, 2:0, 3:0 for created controllers. What I would do is script the rest.

  I saw a number of scripts, and I don't quite see what I need.  To begin with, how can I specify LUN ID?  From there the questions keep coming. Any ideas/suggestions?  Thank you!

  The error is because there are 2 controllers returned (the same one twice).

  If you have 2 connections open vSphere? Make one

  Global $: defaultviservers

  If there is more than 1 entry displayed, you should check if you are in multi mode. Make one

  Get-PowerCLIConfiguration

  scopes 1 says "multiple"?

  If so, cut 1 vSphere connections. For example, by

  Disconnect-ViServer-Server $global: defaultviservers [0] - confirm: $false

  Then check if the SCSI controller Get returns only 1 object.

• Cannot start a virtual machine with more than 1 CPU socket added

  I've set up a few boxes of ESXi 5.5 with the free license in recent weeks, they have all been without problems so far. All 4 servers have the same exact hardware

  Environment:

  Dell Poweredge T620

  E5-2630 2 Intel CPU

  40 GB OF DDR3 ECC RAM

  ESXi is installed on 2 x 146 GB 15 K SAS drives RAID-1

  Data for virtual machines store are 8 x 600 GB 10 K SAS RAID-10 disc

  Guest operating system is Server2012r2 on all virtual machines

  Installed it on ESXi 3 previous were conducted with custom ESXi 5.5 Dell without problem.

  The 4th is where I will have questions. I used the following ESXi installed just in case there is a bug somewhere

  5.5 of VMware ESXi

  ESXi 5.5 customized by Dell

  5.5 U1 of VMware ESXi

  Any version of the ESXi I use I can't have a virtual machine to begin with more than 1 CPU socket added to it. The virtual machine does not start even the VMWare BIOS. I tried the Bios EFI as well with no luck. The error message I get in the events is ' fatal error VMware ESX: vcpu (vcpu-X)-X:VM - entry failed; Valid VMCS (error code 8). The vcpu-X is always another. I have attached the log file is created. If I give the VM 1 single processor TI starts very well. I'm at a loss as to what could be the issue.

  Problem is solved. I caught another server with identical hardware, verified it worked properly, then started to swap parts between them. Turned out to be CPU1. Once this has been replaced from a working server I have not had any problems. Warranty has been appealed.

  Thanks for all the help!

• 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)

• New virtual machine for the model with the specific name

  Hello

  I'm trying to add some model VM to VAPP using recomposeVApp (...). And it works well except that I can not change the name of the virtual machine while recomposing. It takes the name of the model. But how to add VMS to model with the specific name? I use the v1.0 API.

  This is my code:

  ReferenceType vmTemplateRef = new ReferenceType();
  vmTemplateRef.setName ("MyNewVM"); This name is ignored. The name of the model is taken!
  vmTemplateRef.setHref (vmRef.getHref ()); reference to the model
  
  CompositionItemParamType vmItem = new CompositionItemParamType();
  vmItem.setSource (vmTemplateRef);
  
  create the type params VAPP recompose.
  RecomposeVAppParamsType recomposeVAppParamsType = new RecomposeVAppParamsType();
  recomposeVAppParamsType.setName (vAppRef.getName ()); The name of vApp. It is ok.

  added the element of the virtual machine.
  The newItems < CompositionItemParamType > recomposeVAppParamsType = list
  . getItem().
  newItems.add (vmItem);

  Task task = vapp.recomposeVapp (recomposeVAppParamsType);

  Thank you

  Hello

  For after this code fragment:

  vmTemplateRef.setName ("MyNewVM"); This name is ignored. The name of the model is taken!

  The model name is ignored because vmTemplateRef is the only reference to the object that will be used for the operation of recomposition. If changing the name it will be always ignored.

  I think that changing the name of the virtual machine template for recompose cannot be done as follows:

  (1) operation recomposeVApp().

  (2) get the recomposed VAPP

  (3) download the children-> VM you want to change.

  (4) change the name of the virtual computer.

  I hope this helps!

• Folder path as a VM property - for virtual machines in a paralytic

  Hello

  I used the new-viproperty of LucD script to create a folder for each virtual computer property in my inventory. It works perfectly well for virtual machines, but not for virtual machines in a paralytic as these do not have a 'record' in powercli property. they report a $null value.

  Would be much appreciated if someone can help me to modify this script so it creates a VM property for the VMS and VMs in a paralytic?

  http://www.lucd.info/2012/05/18/folder-by-path/

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  New-VIProperty-Name'BlueFolderPath' -ObjectType 'VirtualMachine'-Value{

      param($vm)

      functionGet-ParentName{

          param($object)

          if($object.Folder){

              $blue= Get-ParentName$object.Folder

              $name= $object.Folder.Name

          }

          elseif($object.Parent -and$object.Parent.GetType().Name -like"Folder*"){

              $blue= Get-ParentName$object.Parent

              $name= $object.Parent.Name

          }

          elseif($object.ParentFolder){

              $blue= Get-ParentName$object.ParentFolder

              $name= $object.ParentFolder.Name

          }

          if("vm","Datacenters"-notcontains$name){

              $blue+ "/"+ $name

          }

          else{

              $blue

          }

      }

      (Get-ParentName$vm).Remove(0,1)

  }-Force| Out-Null

  Check if the new version works for you.

  New-VIProperty-name 'BlueFolderPath' - 'VirtualMachine' - value {ObjectType

  Param ($VM)

  Function Get-ParentName}

  Param ($Object)

  if($Object.) {Folder)

  $blue = get-ParentName $object. Folder

  $name = $object. Folder.Name

  }

  ElseIf($Object.) VApp) {}

  $blue = get-ParentName $object. VApp.ExtensionData.ParentFolder

  $name = $object. VApp.Name

  }

  ElseIf ($object - is [VMware.Vim.ManagedObjectReference]) {}

  $folder = get-VIObjectByVIView - MORef $object

  $blue = get-ParentName $folder. Parent

  $name = $folder. Name

  }

  ElseIf($Object.) Parent - and $object. Parent.GetType (). Name - as a ' file * ') {}

  $blue = get-ParentName $object. Parent

  $name = $object. Parent.Name

  }

  ElseIf($Object.) ParentFolder) {}

  $blue = get-ParentName $object. ParentFolder

  $name = $object. ParentFolder.Name

  }

  If ("vm", "Data centers" - notcontains $name) {}

  $blue + "/" + $name

  }

  else {}

  $blue

  }

  }

  (Get-ParentName $vm). Remove (0.1)

  } - Force | Out-Null

• Find a property-based Virtual Machines

  Hello

  What I want to do is to find a set of system VMs in vCAC and based on the value of the property I want to perform an action on them so far that's what I have, but keep o get an error.  Any help would be great!

  If (host == null) {}
  System.log ("no host has been defined");
  }
  get host Virtual Machines
  var virtualMachines = Server.findAllForType ("vCAC:VirtualMachine");

  for each {(virtualMachine var in virtualMachines)
  If (virtualMachine.isManaged == true) System.log ("found Virtual Machine" + "" + virtualMachine);
  Var properties = new Properties ();
  Properties.put ("VirtualMachineID", virtualMachine.virtualMachineID);
  var virtualMachineEntity = vCACEntityManager.readModelEntity (host.id, "ManagementModelEntities.svc", "VirtualMachines", properties, null);

  var virtualMachinePropertiesEntities = virtualMachineEntity.getLink (host, "VirtualMachineProperties");
  for each {(var virtualMachinePropertiesEntity in virtualMachinePropertiesEntities)
  If (virtualMachinePropertiesEntity.getProperty ("PropertyName") == propertyName) {}
  }
  }

  }

  Instead of trying to find machines find properties, you can find the properties to find the machine.  VCAC custom properties are themselves entities like Virtual Machines:

  vmPropsProperties = new Properties ();

  vmPropsProperties.put ("PropertyName", property_name);

  modelName = "ManagementModelEntities.svc"; var

  entitySetName var = "VirtualMachineProperties";

  var propertyEntities = vCACEntityManager.readModelEntitiesByCustomFilter (vcacHost.id, modelName, entitySetName, vmPropsProperties, null);

  var virtualMachineEntities = new Array();

  for each {(var propertyEntity in propertyEntities)

  var propertyEntity.getProperty ("PropertyValue") = propertyValue;

  If (propertyValue == desiredValue) {}

  virtualMachineEntities.push (propertyEntity.getLink (vcacHost, "VirtualMachine") [0]);

  }

  }

• Creating a property for a Total of your virtual machines

  How can I create a custom property to the total number of virtual machines in my report, such as:

  Get - vm | Select the name,

  @{N = "TotalVMs"; E = {TotalTheNumberOfVMs}}

  Thank you!

  Something like that

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  Note that this simplistics rather than he doesn't face not VMs returned.

• define an id scsi for a disc newly added for virtual machines via script

  Hi Experts,

  I used the script below to add disks to several virtual machines
  http://blog.mattvogt.NET/2013/03/14/PowerCLI-mass-add-hard-disks/

  But currently our requirement for change as if we must add 3 2 GB drives, the disks must the controller use SCSI (1:0) - (1:2)

  And next bunch of disks, for example, should use use SCSI (2:0) - (2:2).

  Y at - it an option to set the SCSI ID when adding new disks.
  Please let me know if there is nothing we can achieve through scripts.

  Thanks in advance.

  Kind regards
  Sourav

  Try this new version, it works for me in my test environment

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• Unable to connect to the virtual machine after adding new eSATA drive

  Hello.

  I'm trying to connect my new 2 TB drive in VMWare Workstation. It is connected via eSATA to the host computer, and it works. I added the drive to the desktop as a new "physical disk." But now I can not power the workstation the most.

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• New virtual machine not added the domain

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  I use workflow 'Request new VM' by default provided by prchestrator platform, but newly developed VM thr' this workflow is not added on the field that I select during placement workflow execution. However, once the virtual machine is created I can manually connect to it and add it to the field. Any reason, why it does not work when the virtual machine is configured? Apart from the configuration of the settings field and network with the infrastructure, is there anything else I need to do? Once this virtual machine as added on a network, I also want to add some users as local administrators on this virtual machine, I couldn't find any way to do thr' orchestrator, can be done thr' orchestrator?

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• Adding the OS to a new Virtual Machine

  Hello

  I am trying to add another data store that would simply be a mapped, drive so I chose "Network File System"... I specify the server by its ip address, the shared folder is a windows mapped drive... example is/flights/vol0/datastore-001... .this who do I enter to simply add the windows share drive because it is where is my iso and where I put the cd to boot from to start the generation of the image...

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  On the contrary - power on the VM - then select the option to connect CD/DVD (it's a menu option) - select ISO on Windows sharing and virtual computer must be able to access - obviously you will need to be sure to only select the CD drive to boot from the boot order.

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  Warlock.

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  Hello

  We are DPM configuration and we need a huge pool of disks and our EVA system allows us only to created a maximum of 2 TB LUN.

  Now, we are at the point were we only had SCSI ID 0:15 left to add a disk.

  What is the limitation of adding disks of virtual machines?

  Thank you

  Erik

  60 is the maximum: 4 * 15 devices SCSI

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  Devices per SCSI 15 controller

  Devices per virtual machine (Windows) 60

  Devices per virtual machine (Linux) 60

  http://www.VMware.com/PDF/vi3_35/esx_3/r35u2/vi3_35_25_u2_config_max.PDF

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