Change the host for a virtual machine on a cluster and the host is not in accordance with the attached profile

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  We have recently changed name vswitch to take into account that something significant, in the past vCenter could change the labels of networh for all virtual machines... seems this time help labels are not changed (maybe its got something to do with the update vcenter for 2.5.U3)...

  in any case, someone at - it a powershell script that could find all the virtual machines that are referring to the old label network and then changing again the name... ?

  Enjoy the respponses...

  Thanks in advance

  A few things on this blog could help.

  If you know the names you want to use, you could also just use something like:

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• change default location for new virtual machines programmatically

  I know that you can change the default location for new virtual machines through the preferences GUI, but I want to be able to change it for all those who use VMWare Workstation in my company, so that it is more advanced to the personal folder of the user.

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• Creation of the virtual machine on a cluster using the vmcreate.pl script

  Hello

  I checked a few posts on this forum on how to create the virtual machine through vmcreate.pl, but responses was not so clear to me...

  These are the topics I've read:

  Create a VM on the Cluster instance

  How to configure the managed object HostSystem

  So, I would like to create a virtual machine on a Cluster, and not on a specific host. The vmcreate.pl script would have done the job? Or should I change it?

  In the topic = > VM create instance on Cluster I did not quite get, what I need to change...

  That's what I do:

  vmcreate.pl - server 'ESX NAME' - username "LOGIN" - password 'PASS' filename - vmcreate.xml - schema vmcreate.xsd

  
  

  Result:

  Creation of the 'myTestMachine ': VM error

  SOAP fault:

  -----------

  Error string: InvalidArgument

  The fault detail: InvalidArgument

  Here are the values of the XML file:

  < name > myTestMachine < / name >

  blah < Home > < / Host >

  blah < Center > < / Center >

  > Guest Id < Linioch < / comment-Id >

  blah < Datastore > < / Datastore >

  < > 2048 Disksize < / Disksize >

  > 256 MB memory < < / memory >

  < processor number > 1 < / number processor >

  < Nic-network > < / Nic-network >

  < Nic-Poweron > 1 < / Nic-Poweron >

  The values are correct the cause I checked the other perl scripts.

  Thanks in advance for your help

  Michal

  Thanks to xyz222 for the user and post Re: instance of VM to create the Cluster

  I was able at the end of the problem. So simple... The value of the in the xml file should be for example "rhel6_64Guest" and not a random word... that's all!

  sudo./vmcreate.pl--serveur SERVER - LOGIN - password PASS - filename... username/SampleData/vmcreate.xml - schema... /Schema/vmcreate.xsd

  Successfully created the virtual machine: 'teeest2' under host HOST_NAME

• Change tracking (CTK) block is supported for this virtual machine, but was refused. This will increase the CPU proxy and consumption of IOP.

  I have problems with a client of VMware image-level in an EMC Avamar backup.  So far, we have not been able to find information about this message in the backup log file.  It is originally the backup to take a very long period of time (on average 10-11 hours).

  2014-02-28 14:20:57 avvcbimage < 14681 > Info: change tracking (CTK) block is supported for this virtual machine, but was refused. This will increase the CPU proxy and consumption of IOP.

  We cannot determine why CBT is "denied".  Has anyone here run across this issue before or seen any other type of backup VMware image have denied CBT?

  Everything I checked watch that CBT is successfully activated since the file vmx for the customer to the Avamar config.

  ESXi host is Enterprise Plus 4.1.0 260247

  After spending some time on this issue, the ultimate resolution withdrew the Avamar vm and then add it again.  After that, CBT began to work properly.  It seems that there is a parameter that has been 'stuck' pertaining to this virtual machine that wasn't behaving properly.

• How to configure the CD driver on the host for a virtual machine?

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  Right-click on the virtual computer and go to edit settings. Click the Options tab and under the tip list, there should be Boot Options. Enter an amount of milliseconds to wait before your boot, so you can activate the CD-ROM. You can also activate the CD even if it boots to the NETWORK card option, and then reset the virtual machine. Get the focus of this virtual machine on the console session, and then press ctrl-alt-insert. Your CD-ROM will stay connected if you do not want to delay the startup process.

• a simplistic way to change Mac for multiple virtual machines

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  Good afternoon

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• Help - automation of the ad groups in assigning roles for a virtual machine

  Hi all, I have this doubt.

  We are the migration of vSphere 4.1 and 5.1

  Not by update manager, but manually adding hosts an accumulation 5.1!

  Here's the thing, each virtual machine that will be imported/created/deployed to this new vCenter 5.1 will have a corresponding pre configuration of group by our admin guy!

  For — for example, if the virtual computer name is vm_0123, a group called "SVR_VM_0123" would be ready and waiting to be assigned to this specific virtual machine, and then to a role. And this permission will be set at the virtual machine level.

  And now, all the virtual machines that will be added to 4.1 and 5.1 have their configuration of groups!

  So can automate us the "attribution" permissions on each computer virtual imported/created (a role common to the respective groups) through PowerCLI?

  Questions or suggestions are welcome!

  Thank you

  I assume you have the virtual computer name in the variable $vmName, then you could do

  $vm = get-VM-name $vmName

  New-VIPermission-body $vm - main ("SVR_" + $vmName) - role $role

  You can place these lines in a loop.

  This could be for example a loop, controlled by the content of a CSV file.

  Something like that

  Import-Csv C:\vmnames.csv | %{

  $vm = get - VM - name _.vmName $

  New-VIPermission-body $vm - main ("SVR_" + $_.vmName)-role $_.role

  }

  This means that the CSV file should look like this

  "vmName"; "" role.

  "vm1', 'administrator '.

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• WAIT % - % IDLE, what is the average for a virtual machine?

  I did some research on performance of VM problems and worked with the media to see that there is maybe a bottle neck IO that occur with a virtual VMware machine I have performance problems on. The technician found that the WAITING % - % IDLE on average for this virtual machine is around 200%. The tech said it was abnormally high. I forgot to ask her what was normal but wanted to put a post to see if some people out there know what they are on average. What is an average number of see? I have the system done nothing right now and I see 579% waiting and 372% IDLE. The technology has been able to confirm that no IO queue was occurring in the VMkernel or on the HBA controller.

  Some average % positions would be useful. Thank you.

  gdewulf18480 wrote:

  Supposibly the amount of time in a State of waiting for I/O is the WAIT - IDLE % difference. I was wondering if anyone had the numbers for this feeling. Is there anyone with some of them?

  Q: How will I know the VCPU world waiting for I/O events?

  A: WAIT - % IDLE % can give you an estimate on how much time processor is spent waiting for I/O events. It is an estimate only, because the world wait perhaps for other than the i/o resources. Note that we should do it only for the worlds of the WWW, not the other kind of worlds. Because the VMM worlds represent the best guest behavior. For the disk i/o, another alternative is to read the disk latency stats that we explain in the drive section.

  WAIT % by itself cannot be used, you must develop and examine the individual vCPU % EXPECTATION values and subtract their idle time.  You can't do it on the initial view of a single line by VM CPU in esxtop.  If technology that you mentioned did not explain it, he doesn't know what it takes.

  I have lots of virtual machines that are never less than 300% when I wait - % idle and I have no problems.

  It is an example, I caught NimSoft server:

  DHSNMS1 100 100 5 192.63 193,80 0.24 0.03 291,44 1.04

  %EST USED (s) 192 - in other words, almost two processors are used 100%

  The %Idle is 1.04% WAIT 291.44 - according to the calculation of waiting idle, I have a super serious problems of e/s past  But this isn't the case, and expanding, I can see that.

  5665 vmware-vmx 100 1 0.09 0.11 100.00 0.00 0.00 0.01

  5667 100 vmassistant.566 1 0.62 0.65 99,63 0.00 0.00 0.00

  5703 100 mks:DHSNMS1 1 0.01 0.01-100.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

  5704 vcpu 100 - 0:DHSNMS1 1 32,35 32.88 67,28 0.28 0.11 67,14

  5705 vcpu 100 - 1:DHSNMS1 1 31,58 32.05 68.11 0.00 67.85 0.12

  So the changed values unfortunately because of ESXTOP bike when you develop... which is annoying, but anyway.  In this you see % waiting is 67 and 68 with another respectively being 3 to 100% (which is normal) and the idle being %, 0, 0, 0, 67 and 67.8.  Doing the calculation on the processors shows a wait - slowed virtually 0 - or very little IO wait past with processors.  But if you add up all the expectations of % and % is idling, you have 434ish, and the 134ish and do the calculation is the difference of 300 - which is the 3 who are always 100%.

  So there is no way we can answer your question, we can only help you to understand how the values should be interpreted.

  Waiting for i/o States almost always go on the disc anyway, it is unlikely, therefore, the network or the user entered, looking at the stats of disc ESXTOP is a much better way to determine if there is a problem of e/s.

• Script of PowerCLI to measure the number of host and its virtual machine in each cluster

  Hello

  I'm trying to create a script on regular which gives an output of the host and virtual machine into a cluster of vcenter as below counties.

  Cluster:                                                      VMHost                         VM's

  Cluster01                                                     04                                  15

  cluster02                                                      02                                  35

  Simply using a sample onliner

  Get-VMHost | Select @{N = "Cl"; {E = {Get-Cluster - VMHost $_}} name, @{N = "NumVM"; E={($_ | Get - VM). County}} | Cluster of kind, name

  any ideas? Thanks in advance

  Kind regards

  Subash.

  Try this:

  Get-Cluster | Select Name, @{N="Host Count"; E={($_ | Get-VMHost).Count}},  @{N="VM Count"; E={($_ | Get-VM).Count}}
  

• How to find the age of a child and snapshot number snapshot for a virtual machine.

  Hi all

  How to find the age of a snapshot for a virtual machine child count and snapshot.

  This code snippet should help... Assuming that you have the following entries:

  VM (VC:VirtualMachine)

  snapshot (VC:VirtualMachineSnapshot)

  System.log("====== Snapshot details for VM: "+snapshot.config.name+" ======");
  var snapshotTrees = vm.snapshot.rootSnapshotList;
  System.log("Snapshot Tree Count: "+snapshotTrees.length);
  for each (snapshotTree in snapshotTrees){
      showSnapshotInfo(snapshotTree, snapshot);
  }
  
  function showSnapshotInfo(snapshotTree, selectedSnapshot){
      if(selectedSnapshot == snapshotTree.snapshot){
          System.log("====================");
          System.log("Name: "+snapshotTree.name);
          System.log("Id: "+snapshotTree.id);
          System.log("Description: "+snapshotTree.description);
          System.log("createTime: "+snapshotTree.createTime);
          System.log("quiesced: "+snapshotTree.quiesced);
          System.log("replaySupported: "+snapshotTree.replaySupported);
          System.log("backupManifest: "+snapshotTree.backupManifest);
          System.log("snapshot id: "+snapshotTree.snapshot.id);
          System.log("state: "+snapshotTree.state.value);
          var childSnapshotList = snapshotTree.childSnapshotList;
          if(childSnapshotList != null){
              System.log("childSnapshotList length: "+snapshotTree.childSnapshotList.length);
          }
          System.log("");
      }
      if(snapshotTree.childSnapshotList != null){
          System.log("Children found: "+snapshotTree.childSnapshotList.length);
          for each (childSnapshotTree in snapshotTree.childSnapshotList){
              showSnapshotInfo(childSnapshotTree, selectedSnapshot);
          }
      }
  }
  

  During the passage of one of my virtual machines, here is an example of output I get:

  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.493] [I] Snapshot Tree Count: 1
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.493] [I] ====================
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.494] [I] Name: before upgrade to 5.0.1
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.494] [I] Id: 31
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.494] [I] Description:
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.495] [I] createTime: Mon Mar 19 2012 13:48:57 GMT-0400 (EDT)
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.495] [I] quiesced: false
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.495] [I] replaySupported: null
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.495] [I] backupManifest: null
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.496] [I] snapshot id: snapshot-83
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.496] [I] state: poweredOff
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.496] [I] childSnapshotList length: 1
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.496] [I]
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.497] [I] ====================
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.497] [I] Name: Before 5.1 upgrade
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.497] [I] Id: 36
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.497] [I] Description:
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.498] [I] createTime: Fri Sep 21 2012 21:59:58 GMT-0400 (EDT)
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.498] [I] quiesced: false
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.498] [I] replaySupported: null
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.498] [I] backupManifest: null
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.499] [I] snapshot id: snapshot-84
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.499] [I] state: poweredOff
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.499] [I] childSnapshotList length: 1
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.499] [I]
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.500] [I] ====================
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.500] [I] Name: Before Named Instance
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.500] [I] Id: 37
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.501] [I] Description:
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.501] [I] createTime: Mon Nov 11 2013 13:40:46 GMT-0500 (EST)
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.501] [I] quiesced: false
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.501] [I] replaySupported: null
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.502] [I] backupManifest: null
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.502] [I] snapshot id: snapshot-236
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.502] [I] state: poweredOff
  [2014-06-12 15:19:21.502] [I]
  

• Disable the clichés for individual virtual machines?

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  Christophe.

• Can join a Cluster of storage disk out of Maintenance DTS Mode to set up the profiles for a virtual machine storage policies?...

  Can join a Cluster of storage disk out of Maintenance DTS Mode to set up the profiles for a virtual machine storage policies?...

  
  IE can you define the rules of affinity DTS depending on how the rules of storage of profiles are configured for a virtual machine?

  In my mind it seems there is disconnect from the DTS and storage profiles.

  Thank you.

  = NOTE =.

  My lab at home, 2 organizes running ESXi 5.0

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  LocalVM disc dv01-BOOT and dv01-VMFS disk of the 'cluster of storage.

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  At this point, I think that storage DRS and storage profiles are two technologies to separate and work independently, but what you suggest is a great idea-