Cloning of virtual machines with snapshots

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• Migrate a virtual machine with snapshots.  Works?

  In the past, moving VMs between databases or host with snapshots was deadly.

  It still happens in ESX4?

  ESX4 does not throw the warning, as did ESX3.5.

  You can migrate a virtual machine with snapshots, you can just see a different question.  You try to make a vMotion in vCenter?

  What is the symptoms you see?

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1005228

• Cloning a virtual machine with 2 hard drives!

  Hi all!

  I ran into a very annoying problem. I'm trying to Migrate/convert virtual machines to a host in the CR. Each virtual machine has 2 hard drives which are located on 2 different data stores. When I try to migrate or to clone virtual machines from the host on my Cluster I get an 'error of operation period.

  After scratching my head for a while, I discovered why. The virtual machine have 2 hard drives on 2 different data stores. Both flat.vmdk files are called eponymous because they are on different data warehouses (TTDC001.vmdk). I created a VM test on the cluster with 2 hard drives and flat.vmdk flies are named TTDC001.vmdk and TTDC001_1.vmdk.

  So my conclusion as to why I get "Opération Timeout Error" is that VC trying Migrate/Clone to the virtual machine but is mistake because his attempts to migrate/Clone 2 hard files with the same name!

  Can someone give me some pointers as to how I can get around this? I am currently copy the file hard 2nd to my deskop from the data store and rename it then copy him on the new cluster data store to see if it works as you cannot rename the file hard in the data store. It just seems long way round to migrate virtual machines with 2 hard drives, and I don't even know if it works!

  Please help!  :|

  Andy Hughes

  Andy of the evening,

  I do it well. Thank you for asking.

  So if I'm reading correctly it seems that you are trying to clone a virtual machine from a stand-alone host to a host that is part of a VMware Cluster. When you do this you get a network midway through the copy error. Is this correct?

  Can you confirm how fast is connected to the Service Console between the two servers? For this kind of work I would recommend making them run at 1000/full, assuming you're not already. Could you also post the entire message that you get when the clone fails.

  Kind regards

  Glen

• by specifying the vmpath for cloning a virtual machine with the vmClone SDK sample

  Does anyone know the syntax on how the vmpath should be passed.

  I have tried many examples:

  -vmpath data center/folder/vmname

  I can't to work theis

  Hi Jim,.

  It should be "Princeton, vm, VM, vm1. The virtual machine within the string is a bit tricky.

  The managed object browser is the best tool to find the path of the inventory of a specific managed entity. To get it, simply pointing a browser with the following url:

  https:///mob

  -Steve

• Conversion of a virtual machine with snapshots

  I think ofvtool is a great tool to move VMS between ESX and ESXi servers.

  I need to convert a VM with several shots, and I want to keep: How can I say ovftool to keep snapshots while coreting .ovf or .ova files?

  When you import I want to see all my photos.

  Concerning

  Marius

  Hi guy,

  I'm sure that it is not possible to keep snapshots with OVF tool. What you can do is a complete copy of all the files via WinSCP or FastSCP virtual computer for example.

  Ciao

  Franck

• Cloning a Virtual Machine, including ITS SNAPSHOTS

  I have a virtual machine with 2 photos and I want to this clone to another disk, such as snapshots are available in the clone. I am currently using VMWare Workstation 10.0. I read a few threads on this topic, but I'm not clear if this can be done or not. I can close the virtual machine and only care about downtime.

  Hello

  1. stop the virtual machine,

  2. close VMware Workstation.

  3. a complete copy of the virtual machine file to a new folder.

  4. Launch VMware Workstation

  5 file open-> Select copied VM

  6. choose 'move' on the question, "did you copy or move...» "If you want new hardware, select"Copy"If you want the virtual machine to have new material.

  Basically, that's all.

  Note that the new material will trigger things like windows activation to require a new license.

  Also note that if you do not receive new material that you can have your machine clone in the same network as the original (among others)

  --

  Wil

• Photos of virtual machines with multiple disks on different LUNS - Question

  I have some questions on how to manage the snapshots of virtual machines with multiple disks on different LUNS.  First of all, the LUNS are VMFS.  We are just starting to add virtual machines with dedicated for data storage format VMFS LUNS.  I don't think an extra space must be made for snapshots, as well as at least 100 GB LUN is required to store the data, and then say, add about 25 to 50% of this amount?  Set the 100 GB vmdk file but have the GB from 25 to 50 additional disk space for snapshots, if necessary (rather than just to get a unit number logic needed 100 GB of data and devote all of the 100 GB to the vmdk file).  In addition, if a virtual machine has several files vmdk on different LUNS, which will be a problem to take a snapshot, and is it possible to do just a snapshot of a disk of a virtual computer (as the volume of the BONE)?

  Thanks for any help.

  Snapshot files are created in the home folder of the VM by default for all virtual disks, no matter on what data store they are. You must make sure you have enough free disk space on the data store for snapshots.

  If you want to exclude a virtual disks of taking snapshots, you can set it to 'Independent' - 'Persistent' machine virtual settings to the HARD drive.

  André

• Virtual machine with Redhat - how to extend the file system

  I have a virtual machine with redhat.  the machine was created with 20 GB of space.  I changed the settings and gave him 30GB.

  / Dev/sda watch now 30 GB

  But/dev/map/VolGroup00/LogVol00 shows that the 20 GB.

  How can I get the file system to extend with the other 10 GB of space?

  Thank you!

  Mackman wrote:

  How can I get the file system to extend with the other 10 GB of space?

  With a lot of attention.    I just went through something similar myself.  This web site has been very useful: http://www.linuxnetadmin.com/2008/01/how-to-add-disk-space-with-lvm-on-linux.html

  The website above describe the steps when adding an additional drive, but the steps for extending on a new partition on the same disk should be similar.

  Take a snapshot first in case things go very wrong.

• Let me know scenarios when different virtual machines with the same UUID are created in VMware Hypervisors?

  Let me know scenarios when different virtual machines with the same UUID created in VMware Hypervisors, aside from editing the .vmx file?

  The only other way I've seen is when you manually copy the virtual machine to another location on the data store (or another data store) and then when turn on/off the virtual machine, select I moved, rather that I copied it (the default option).  This will keep the same UUID.

• How can I get the version of VMware to virtual machines with powercli officer?

  How can I get the version of VMware View Agent running on a virtual machine with powercli or view Powercli?

  As much as I know there is no cmdlet PowerCLI for this, but you can use the Invoke-VMScript cmdlet and interrogate the Win32_Product class.

  By running the following. You can add a Where clause to return only the Agent of the view

  Get-WmiObject-class Win32_Product | Select the name, Version

• Run a virtual machine with a graphical interface on a host without GUI

  Hallo

  I want to install a simple Windows 7 for some tasks bit where I need Windows on my server Ubuntu 14.04. This server has no GUI (no X) and should have any.

  Already, I've installed the virtual Windows machine on my workstation to 12, so I would just copy the vmdk on my linux server and run it, maybe put something in the vmx file.

  But I do not know is that it's all means possible.

  Is it?

  Is there any player or any application for ubuntu VMware when there is no X system (on ubuntu), where I can run virtual machines with GUI inside?

  Maybe another virtualization tool, vmware not?

  I think that this exact question already somewhere, but I haven't found much question where comments lacking a GUI, but not the host.

  I need a guest-gui on a host without gui (where I have only the terminal).

  So maybe it's not possible at all, so please tell me a 'no', so I won't expect more

  Thank you to

  Frank

  EDIT: oh, this seems to be another question unanswered it is too difficult or too stupid?

  Hi Frank,.

  Now that would be stupid, having a text Installer, and then not allow the virtual machine to run. I think it should work, but you must pass the nogui option.

  Vmrun help:

  beginning

  (Supported only on teams

  Workstation.)

  Starts a virtual machine (.vmx file) or team (file .vmtm).

  The default graphical user interface option starts the machine in an interactive way,

  What is necessary to display a user interface of VMware.

  Nogui option suppresses the user interface,

  including start-up, to allow dialog box not interactive

  writing scripts.

  [gui | nogui]

  refer to the manual of vmrun: VIX API Documentation

  Edit: hmm... Now, I see that you have already tried the nogui option. You might be able to install the package libxinerama, but he could hang out in a lot of dependencies.

  FWIW, vSphere is pretty much what you describe a system not GUI to run GUI invited, so it shouldn't be a problem at all.

  Unfortunately, I don't have a host linux without X installed handy here, so can't test here without the implementation of a server without head myself.

  You can also try to run the client via the command vmware:

  VMware Workstation 12 Pro Documentation Center

  --

  Wil

• I'm looking for a Script that can list all virtual machines with type of NIC E1000 via the output of the CSV file.

  Hi gurrus and LucD

  I'm looking for a Script that can list all virtual machines with type of NIC E1000 via the output of the CSV file.

  The script should search for information in a multiple Vcenter servers and multiple clusters and list all the VMs name, status (two powers on or off) with type card NETWORK Type E1000 only no other.

  Concerning

  Nauman

  Try like this

  $report = @)

  {foreach ($cluster Get-cluster)

  foreach ($rp in Get-ResourcePool-location $cluster) {}

  foreach ($vm in (Get-VM-location the $rp |)) Where {Get-NetworkAdapter - VM $_______ | where {$_.}} Type - eq "e1000"}})) {}

  $report += $vm. Select @{N = "VM"; E={$_. Name}},

  @{N = 'vCenter'; E={$_. Uid.Split('@') [1]. "Split(':') [0]}},"

  @{N = "Cluster"; E = {$cluster. Name}},

  @{N = "ResourcePool"; E = {$rp. Name}}

  }

  }

  }

  $report | Export Csv C:\temp\report.csv - NoTypeInformation - UseCulture

• A list of virtual machines with type of controller of

  Hi guys,.

  Sorry for the dummy question, but I have new noob in powershell I can not understand how to get the list of virtual machines with type of controller of

  I would like to hva something that looks like this:

  controller name

  Mega-vm IDE

  Super-vm paravirtual

  lsi Tester-vm

  Get - vm mega-vm | Get-ScsiController shows which scsi controller is in the vm, but indicated a virtual machine name and do not watch IDE at all (do get-scsi ))

  Try something like this

  Get - VM |

  Select Name,@{N='Controller'; E = {(Get-contrôleur SCSI-VM $_ |)} {(Sélectionnez Type-ExpandProperty) - join ' |'}}

• Cannot create a virtual machine with a vmdk file copied from another location, please find the attached error

  Hi all

  I copied a file from one place vmdk and try to make a new virtual machine with this vmdk file. But when I turn on after the creation of vm error is coming. Error in the text and the image below

  Power on the virtual machine: cannot open scsi0:0 disc: disc not supported or not valid type 7. Ensure that the disk has been imported.

  See the error of the stack for more details on the cause of this problem.

  Time: 31/03/2015-14:40:05

  Target: DBServer

  vCenter Server: vcsa

  Error stack

  An error was received from the ESX host turning on DBServer VM.

  Unable to start the virtual machine.

  Power DevicePowerOn module has failed.

  Unable to create the virtual SCSI device for scsi0:0, ' / vmfs/volumes/543d140b-feb33d52-7640-90b11c9796c3/vmdk/kapuatdb.vmdk'

  Could not open scsi0:0 disc: disc not supported or not valid type 7. Ensure that the disk has been imported.

  This error message generally if the hard files have been copied hosted as VMware Workstation product, which uses a format of sparse file that is not supported on an ESXi host. Instead of the hard copy, you can use VMware Converter, or - if you prefer - you can convert the hard using vmware-vdiskmanager (before transfer) or vmkfstools (after downloading). I deal to use vmkfstools you will need to load the mutliextent module (see for example "Clone or migration operations involving virtual discs non-VMFS on ESXi fail with an error" vSphere 5.1 Release Notes)

  André

• Create a virtual machine with Maximum carrots ESXi has?

  I someone told me that VMware does not support to create a virtual machine with more than 50% of the available cores has your host. For example, I have an ESXi host with 2 CPU each with 8 cores. I have therefore 16 cores on my host. I wouldn't be able to create a virtual machine with 8 cores to be supported. Even if I am able to create a virtual machine with 16 cores? Is this person crazy me

  This is completely untrue, there is no such limitation. If your license allows, you can use vCPUs as much as your physical host has available threads and as the VM virtual hardware version allows.