Better way to monitor the ESX host

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• Check if the esx host is in maintenance mode

  
  Hello

  I need to know if there is a api in java vi which can let us know if any of the esx host is currently in maintenance mode?

  I know there is a way to discover this through the same monitoring using event Manager, I need to know is an api live which can let us know if the esx host is in maintaince at that precise moment?

  Thank you and best regards,

  Rachid chollet.

  Hi rachid,.

  I guess that the following property is what you are looking for: HostSystem.runtime.inMaintenanceMode

  But watch out for the docs for the property when it reads it: it is not set during the entry phase of maintenance mode.

  --

  Thomas G.

• How to view the ESX host name as well as the information on the material (see text)

  I would like to see the ESX host name in the first column.

  Is there a better way to do it?

  Any help is very appreciated.  Thank you

  The section of my script for the hardware looks like this:

  #######################
  # VMware ESX hardware #.
  #######################
  Get-VMHost | Get-View | ForEach-Object {$_.} Summary.Hardware} | Select-object name vendor, model, MemorySize, CpuModel, CpuMhz, NumCpuPkgs, NumCpuCores, NumCpuThreads, NumNics, NumHBAs | ConvertTo-Html-title "Configuration of VMware ESX server Hardware" - body "< H2 > VMware ESX server Hardware configuration." "< / H2 > ' | Out-file - add $filelocation

  And My on put currently looks like this:

  (I want to see the name of the ESX host as the first column)

  Hardware configuration of VMware ESX server.

  Name of the vendor	Model	MemorySize	CpuModel	CpuMhz	NumCpuPkgs	NumCpuCores	NumCpuThreads	NumNics	NumHBAs
  HP	ProLiant DL360 G7	34348974080	Intel Xeon E5640 CPU @ 2.67GHz	2666	2	8	16	4	3
  HP	ProLiant DL360 G7	34348974080	Intel Xeon E5640 CPU @ 2.67GHz	2666	2	8	16	4	3
  HP	ProLiant BL460c G6	25758969856	Intel Xeon E5540 2.53 GHz CPU	2533	1	4	8	8	3
  HP	ProLiant BL460c G6	25758969856	Xeon of Intel (r) CPU X 5570 @ 2.93 GHz	2933	1	4	8	8	3
  HP	ProLiant BL490c G7	137428156416	Xeon of Intel (r) CPU X 5675 3.07 GHz	3066	2	12	24	4	2
  HP	ProLiant BL490c G7	137428156416	Xeon of Intel (r) CPU X 5675 3.07 GHz	3066	2	12	24	4	2
  HP	ProLiant BL490c G7	137428156416	Xeon of Intel (r) CPU X 5675 3.07 GHz	3066	2	12	24	4	2

  Not a more elegant solution, but it should produce the desired result

  &{foreach ($esx in Get-VMHost){
    ForEach-Object { $esx.ExtensionData.Summary.Hardware } |
    Select-object @{N="ESX Name";E={$esx.Name}},Vendor, Model, MemorySize, CpuModel, CpuMhz, NumCpuPkgs, NumCpuCores, NumCpuThreads, NumNics, NumHBAs}} |ConvertTo-Html -title "VMware ESX server Hardware configuration" -body "
  VMware ESX server Hardware configuration.
  " |
  Out-File -Append $filelocation
  

• How to report the current time on the ESX host in to a csv file with the following

  Hello guys

  I have the script next where I make the required details except the current time on the ESX host. Anyone can guide me please.

  		{foreach ($esx to $vmhosts)
  			$hostVC = $vcenter
  			$hostCluster = $esx. Parent.Name
  			$hostHost = $esx. Name
  			$ntp = $esx | Get-VMHostNtpServer
  			$hostNTP = "$ntp".

  			}

  I want to integrate the following for loop of the above for loop and ge the output in a single table.

  foreach ($esxcli in get-vmhost | get-esxcli) {"" |} {Select @{n = "Time"; e = {$esxcli.system.time.get ()}}, @{n = "hostname"; e = {$esxcli.system.hostname.get (.hostname)}}}

  Add-Content - Path '$hostVC, $hostCluster, $hostHost, $hostNTP, $hostTime' $hostInvFile - $ hostTime is where I want to get my host right now.

  I'm vcenter, esx name, name of the cluster, host of the ntp server address, but I need the host thus present.

  Thanks in advance.

  Thank you

  vKar

  Try changing the line where the script retrieves the VMHost to this

  $vmhosts = get-VMHost-State connected. Name sort

  This way the script will be only to ESXi nodes that are "connected".

  Pick up time for those defective does not much sense in all cases

• Question ESXi 5.5 with turn a virtual computer: "an error was received from the ESX host turning on VM" '22 (Invalid argument)"'DiskEarly on a power Module failed.'

  Here's what happens when you try to turn it on one of my virtual machines (see also accessories):

  Error stack:

  An error was received from the ESX host turning on VM vzilla-ws2012r2e.

  Unable to start the virtual machine.

  Cannot open disk ' / vmfs/volumes/51286ca4-ef967828-664d-001b2129ad71/vzilla-ws2012r2e/vzilla-ws2012r2e_3.vmdk ' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

  22 (invalid argument)

  Power DiskEarly module has failed.

  Cannot open disk ' / vmfs/volumes/51286ca4-ef967828-664d-001b2129ad71/vzilla-ws2012r2e/vzilla-ws2012r2e_4.vmdk ' or one of the snapshot disks it depends on.

  22 (invalid argument)

  This circumstance may be linked to a sata cable issue, with the possibility of temporary loss of connectivity, which could result in data loss/corruption, I realize.  It is a laboratory box.  Especially say that the 2 VMDK he complains (trying to light) is both on the grounds of a single physical disk. Data, read and written to the speaker, since the problem are very good (which indicates the wiring problem was resolved, and the VMFS5 file system seems to be in good health).

  No photos.  No related clones.  Just a 2012 Windows Server based VM, with several drive letters in, with those underlying files VMDK residing on different stores of data VMFS5.  Implemented end (these drives aren't really so huge), but far from running out of physical space for the data either. Everything is working great for months, until today, trying to it turns on again.

  You are looking for:

  "Failure error disk beginning module lit" results in this article:

  error disk on start module failed

  which indicates the .lck files may be present.  It does not exist.

  Then upwards, of a variety of other items:

  Re: Unable to start the virtual machine: invalid argument on *-flat.vmdk

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1004232

  https://communities.VMware.com/message/search.jspa?peopleEnabled=true & userid = & ContainerType = & Container = & q = module + DiskEar...

  error disk on start module failed

  but alas, none of them seem to relate directly, or exactly.  My vmware.log file is attached below, as well as some screenshots of to show the structure of the unity of this virtual machine.  Hoping that this post proves fruitful, if anyone has had a similar situation.  The data at stake here are (mostly) redundant, but I would rather understand my way of it, in the case where it happens to me again, or can help others.  Many preferred rather than give up, reformat the VMFS and start again.

  Thank you!

  Good news, the best result I could hope. No data is lost. No corruption of the VMFS or NTFS don't drive in the virtual machine. Nice!  Saved me a few terabytes of data restoration and learned a little more on file system of troubleshooting along the way.

  It took a technician of VMware Service excellent, attentive, methodical remote 2 hours in a WebEx previously to resolve problems with these 2 files vmdk manually, because he found that there is a lock on them. I opened a request of Service (SR) # with VMware by following the instructions here:

  VMware KB: Cannot access certain files on a VMFS datastore

  To resolve this problem, apply for support from VMware Support and note this ID (1012036) Knowledge Base article in the description of the problem. For more information on the filing of a request for support, see How to submit a support request.

  I'll cover this saga and the exact process for collecting and downloading of newspapers, through to my TinkerTry.com, including the ride video.  I even captured much of the technical work that has been done. That said, it is true that little of the magic that was made to resurrect the metadata will remain a mystery, given that this piece is VMware.

  I'm ok with a bit of black box, considering how I'm happy that I got all my data, and time savings that the quick recovery represented.

  By clicking on the button "answer".

• Get the LUN of the ESX host Info

  Hello:

  Is there a way to extract the info from the ESX host LUN?  I need (s) Lun sees number/ID to match the storage admin ID...

  Thank you very much!

  Of course, the easiest way is this

  $report = foreach($esx in Get-VMHost){
      foreach($hbaKey in ($esx.Extensiondata.Config.StorageDevice.ScsiTopology.Adapter | where {$_.Adapter -like "*FibreChannelHba*"})){
          if($hbaKey.Target){
              foreach($tgtKey in $hbaKey.Target){
                  foreach($lunKey in $tgtKey.Lun){
                      $hba = $esx.Extensiondata.Config.StorageDevice.HostBusAdapter | where {$_.Key -eq $hbaKey.Adapter}
                      $lun = $esx.Extensiondata.Config.StorageDevice.ScsiLun | where {$_.Key -eq $lunKey.ScsiLun}
                      Select-Object -InputObject $lun -Property @{N="Host";E={$esx.Name}},
                          @{N="HBA";E={$hba.Device}},
                          CanonicalName,DisplayName,@{N="LUN";E={$lunKey.Lun}}
                  }
              }
          }
      }
  }
  $report | Export-Csv "C:\lun-report.csv" -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture
  

• Check the ESX host disk space

  Is there a tool available that can control the ESX host disk space on a daily basis?  I was monitoring manually by typing df - h, but having more than 25 guests is tedious, so I wonder if there is any tool available which can monitor the disk space on the ESX host?  Thanks in advance.

  Check cela http://bash.cyberciti.biz/monitoring/shell-script-monitor-unix-linux-diskspace/, put it in the crontab and run it as offen, as you want.

  eP4P

• Restart VM after you restart the ESX host

  Hi all

  I am using VSphere Enterprise.

  Here my little question, makes VMs always restart after back us running or stopping of the esx host?

  In esx 3.5, when I reboot an esx host, all the virtual machines in this host are still alive (without restarting).

  Pls advice

  Thank you

  The only way, a virtual machine can rest running when it is running on ESX server is restarted is that if FT is activated - in this case, the connections will be seamless switch to the virtual machine "shadow". This is a feature of vSphere, so I don't see how you did not the VMs restart on your ESX 3.5 - even with VMware HA environment, there will be a short break because the VMs will be will be running on the other nodes in the cluster.

  If you find this or any other answer useful please consider awarding points marking the answer correct or useful

• Way to monitor the current state of vi?

  I have the problem that I have a .vi which worked very well... and then I started to play with the code, and now it is blocked and does not end the operation who worked.  I tried, but could not find the problem.  Is there a way to monitor the ongoing operation that Labview is doing at a given time? (other than breakpoints).

  You can use my Abort.vi to see which screw are running.  It will give you the option to close, but you can use it just to see what happens.

• Monitor the physical host computers

  How to control the physical hosts with vFoglight 6.6?

  The cartridge of the infrastructure offers you the ability to monitor the physical host computers

  http://eDOCS.quest.com/vFoglight/66/doc/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/HTML/frameset.htm?href=cartridge/InfrastructureCartridge/index.php

  The process of creating agents and add hosts can be seen here

  http://eDOCS.quest.com/vFoglight/66/doc/cartridge/InfrastructureCartridge/UsingTheCartridge.02.3.php#416085

  Golan Shem-Tov

• Adding data to the ESX host store

  Hi all

  We are automating the process of adding data to the esx host store. We have all the necessary inputs as a host, Cluster, data center, data store name, store (VMFS) Pat data.

  Do we have the cmdlets to get the result? What is the data store should be added after the configuration of the network?

  We need confirm that the data store must be there in vcenter/Cluster?

  Please help explain the process.

  Thanks and greetings

  Riyas Hussain has

  If the LUNS on which these data warehouses are defined are zoned and correctly configured as a shared, they become automatically visible on the ESXi node.

  Do you see the LUN on different nodes of ESXi under storage adapters?

• Reboot the ESX host as possible while on VM snapshots exist?

  Can you safely do a reboot of a host ESX VM there was on this host which are off (of course), but have a snapshot exists at this time?

  Because we restart some ESX host but you also have to install some Windows updates on the virtual machine on these hosts. Normally, we take a snapshot of the WM, install updates, restart, check if everything is working fine, and then remove the snapshot. But after a reboot the ESX host we also check if the VM have started and are working very well. In this case, it would cost me 2 restart and check for WM

  When I could do the snapshots, installation of updates, power off the virtual machine, reboot the ESX host, turn on the virtual machine, all check and then delete the snapshots, it saves me time. Only thing I don't know and can't find is so it record to make a snapshot is by restarting the EX host and if the snapshot can be deleted after reboot normally.

  Welcome to the community,

  don't worry, a restart of the host is quite VMs, regardless of whether they are active or not snapshots.

  André

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  Is there a better way to eliminate the "frequently used tools.
  toolbar (which I've never used!) to open whenever I open Acrobat
  drive. rather than uninstall Acrobat and use another PDF reader?

  Hi jg49392310,

  You can disable the tool pane with Adobe Acrobat Reader DC was last updated, see this note cover hide the tools Panel in Acrobat and Acrobat Reader DC at all times.

  Kind regards

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• I upgraded to ESXi 5.0 to 5.5 ESxi now when I ping the esx host, it fails.

  I upgraded to ESXi 5.0 to 5.5 ESxi now when I ping the esx host, it fails.

  I was able to ping before the update. Test management system also fails to ping the default gateway.

  I sent a private message you, could answer you on this one here? Got iso's, he's now testing in my lab, but I don't have that kind of network cards, you will need to do the real test for me.

• get the mac address of the ESX host through powershell commands

  How to get the mac address of the ESX host through powershell commands?

  Is there a particular reason that you are on this rather old version of PowerCLI?

  The current version is 5.1 R2