Conversion of VMWorkstation to ESXi with snapshots?

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• 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

• Clarification on the protection of the VMS with snapshots. SRM 5.1

  In SRM 5.1 documentation one of the limitations listed is:

  When the protection of the VMS with snapshots of the memory state, the ESXi hosts on protection and restoration sites must have compatible processors as defined in the articles of the VMware knowledge base CPU VMotion for Intel processors compatibility requirements and CPU VMotion for AMD compatibility requirements. Guests must also have the same characteristics of active BIOS. If the BIOS of the server configurations do not match, they show a compatibility error message, even if otherwise, they are identical. The two most common to check features are the No-Execute memory Protection (NX / XD) and virtualization technology (VT / AMD - V).

  
  

  
  

  You can work around this limitation by using the mode of the VCA on groups the and protected?
  

  VCA mode will mitigate this risk, but you must make sure that the two Clusters to the protégé and recovery Sites are at the SAME level CVS before take snapshots of the memory.

  At the end of the day, only a "planned actual Migration" will verify this.

  Good luck!

• Conversion P2V of Debian fails with "semaphore timeout".

  Hello

  I'm trying to convert a Debian machine to my ESXi server, but whenever I try, the conversion fails at about 95% with "the semaphore timeout period has expired". I Googled it but can't find useful information on what is wrong and how could I maybe solve this problem...

  

  If you need additional information, just ask.

  Thanks in advance

  Stefan

  It is ok. Try to start the virtual machine with a Debian ISO attached to this topic and try to recover the installation. It can be a problem on the reconfiguration of grub, or something like that.

• I use Photoshop CS 4 and bridge of raw conversion.   He is great with my Canon 5 d Mark 2.   I want to buy a Sony brand 2 a7.   Can I install an update in my CS 4 bridge that would allow me to work with Sony raw files?

  I use Photoshop CS 4 and bridge of raw conversion.   He is great with my Canon 5 d mark 2.   I want to buy a Sony brand 2 a7.   Is their an update allowing my CS 4 bridge convert Sony's Raw files?

  Hi jonathanc

  Greetings!

  Support for this camera is added in Camera raw version 8.7.1 which is compatible with Photoshop CS6 and later.

  Your Options are either upgrade to Phooshop CC/CS6 or Free DNG Converter allows to convert .raw .dng files.

  This way you can import to bridge and can work on it in Photoshop.

  Download link for DNG Converter:- Adobe - Adobe Camera Raw and DNG Converter: for Windows: Adobe DNG Converter 9.2

  Adobe - Adobe Camera Raw and DNG Converter: for Macintosh: Adobe DNG Converter 9.2

  Concerning

  Assani

• Permissions to connect to esxi with perl sdk

  I tried the user scripts perl for surveillance. I have 1 Server ESXi 5.1 I can connect to directly and the script has no problem connecting.

  I have another 3 esxi servers which are connected to a server for vsphere.

  On the same server, I can connect directly to the server esxi with vsphere client no problem.

  On the vsphere server, I can only connect to the server for vsphere, I can't connect directly to the esxi hosts. (http, https, ssh, etc...)

  I think it's the issue that I have with the sdk for perl. I have a SSO connection that I can user to connect to the server for vsphere, but these permissions will not get access to the esxi host.

  Anyone have any ideas on how to solve this problem?

  Thank you

  I'm really not sure about the writing of scripts and other things, but if you need to create local users in ESXi host, you must connect to the host directly and then go to the tab of local users and groups and create users.

  

• vCenter 5.1 having issues with snapshot size alerts

  Hello world
  I have a problem regarding the sending of alerts by e-mail when vm snapshot size exceeds a certain size. (in fact, any size with problems)

  She doesn't send traps, ignoring what I did come in like it size and spamming my Inbox.

  Go to alerts vcenter - new alarm - monitor: VMS - monitor specific conditions or State...

  Trigger: Condition: above

  Size of Snapshot in VM (GB): WARNING: level 1

  Snapshot in VM (GB) size: alert level: 2

  Send email to: myself

  When I click on ok. I have tons of emails from vcenter which all my virtual machines exceeded the size limit of 1 GB instant! (but he doesn't based on storage views)

  Then I put the level to 10 GB makes no sense. It keeps me spamming all my virtual machines with snapshot size exceeded.

  This setting worked well with vcenter 5.0 because I upgraded to vcenter 5.1, this problem appeared. Note that I have 2 vcenters, two of them having the same problem.

  Please see the attached photos.

  VCenter version: 5.1 build: 880146 running on windows server.

  Would you kindly try to put the same trap and let me know if this is a bug or not?

  Thank you all happy new year

  It is a known issue with vCenter Server 5.1 (VM Snapshot size (GB) alarm incorrectly triggers on VMS with no snapshots (2037464)), which - according to http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsphere-vcenter-server-510b-release-notes.html - does not seem to have been resolved with the last 5. 1 b version.

  André

• Cloning of virtual machines with snapshots

  Is it possible to take a virtual machine with snapshots, and then copy the individual vmdk files that make up a set of 5 shots manually and create a new virtual machine, so that all of the snapshots is all kept - and if it works what are the possible caviats / traps?  When you use just the cloning tool, it includes all snapshots.

  Hi TheVMinator,

  As mentioned in the kb, it is not recommended. But if you stop your virtual machine, copy the complete folder and then save the new VMX, it should work.

  The only problem that you have is a corruption of the sequence of disk. In this case, you can try to fix it or make another copy of the original VM. But you will not damage your original machine.

  Good luck.

  Concerning

  Franck

• Best strategy for DRS with snapshots

  What happens when the DRS is enabled, but a large majority of the machines have snapshots?  Of vMotion, DRS will attempt a virtual machine with snapshots?  If the virtual machine will always be able to go back to the snapshot?  What is the best strategy for handful of situation where you have to balance the load on your servers physical but snapshots are widely used?

  Thank you

  DRS does not snapshots.

  During the stage of vMotion, only a quiescence of memory is used. But the data aren't stored, any transfer in interfaces for vMotion.

  André

• Storage vMotion with snapshots

  I'm trying to implement storage vMotion in vSphere and I wanted to try to clarify some of the requirements.  3.5, VMS with snapshots could not be SVM' ed.  This has now changed in 4.1 or anyone know if it will change in the future?  Does anyone found a workaround for this limitation?

  Thank you

  Currently, there is no work around for this.  The only way is to commit snapshots, then svMotion above.  Who knows what will be the next major version to the table well!

  If you have found this helpful at all prices please points using the correct or useful!  Thank you!

• Migration of VMS with Snapshots

  I'm at the stage of planning an ESX 3.5/VC 2.5 upgrade to vSphere.  This will be a 'rotating' upgrade, so many migrations VM will take place.  We are all local storage, so the migration will be in data warehouses.

  Unfortunately my shop uses snapshots very strongly.  I am aware of the problems created when popular VM migration with snapshots in data warehouses.  My question is, using VMware Converter makes this possible?  If I can avoid having to delete all snapshots, it would be a huge bonus.  I can't seem to find a definitive answer on whether or not, the converter can handle this.

  Thank you.

  Hi chester78,

  You are right, you cannot migrate a virtual machine without deleting the existing snapshots.

  The alternative you are thinking to use vCenter Converter to migrate virtual machines, it is a good choice to avoid deleting snapshots and all the time this action takes.  VCenter Converter will migrate virtual machines in the current state.

  In the shots, I recommend you read this VMware KB on best practices for snapshots of virtual machines:

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=1025279

  Best wishes / Saludos

  -

• Storage VMotion on VMS with snapshots

  Currently intend to move to a new san and have read problems with storage vmotion on VMS with snapshots.  Storage vmotion can be run on the virtual machine with snapshots?

  No.:

  http://pubs.VMware.com/vsp40u1/Admin/c_storage_vmotion_requirements_and_limitations.html

  -MattG

  If you find this information useful, please give points to "correct" or "useful".

• problem with snapshots and provisioning

  Hi, I'm having a few problems creating templates of virtual machines with snapshots. Virtual machines use a provisioning, but when I take a snapshot of the virtual disk is marked as thick (it seems to be a known bug http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1020137), although it actually uses a provisioning. So, when I clone the virtual machine and mark it as a model, this new model is configured as thickness of provisioning.

  I was not able to force the new model to create as a provisioning via the Perl SDK.  Does anyone know how I could force the model to use provisioning?

  Thanks in advance.

  Hello

  In general, in order to convert the discs thick thin discs using the CloneVM_Task API, you need to set the VirtualMachineCloneSpec.location.transform as VirtualMachineRelocateTransformation.sparse. To perform the reverse operation, i.e. to convert a disc thin thick disk, set the property transform as VirtualMachineRelocateTransformation.flat

  I hope that this could be useful for you!

  -Angela-

• 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

• Conversion of Linux P2V to ESXi with Vmware Converter 5.5 5.5 fails almost immediately on 1%

  Hello

  When you try to convert a physical Linux host on the Vmware ESXi 5.5 Server I get an error almost immediately after the beginning of the conversion, when trying to convert a physical machine to windows on the ESXi server there is no problem.

  Someone at - it ideas or suggestions?

  Here's the exact error:

  [task, 379] [task-12] - ERROR - convert: vmodl.fault.SystemError

  -> (vmodl.fault.SystemError) {}

  -> dynamicType = < unset >

  -> faultCause = (vmodl. NULL in MethodFault),

  -> reason = "DiskLib_Open failed on ha-nfcssl: / / [datastore1] plop / [email protected]:902! 52 ed 90 da 52 33 dc a5 - da 41 92 3 c 2d with error 22 b5 b7 one of the provided parameters is not valid. »,

  -> msg = ""

  ->}

  Thanks in advance

  Concerning

  This problem was solved when I used version 5.5.3 Vmware Vcenter Converter Standalone Client build-2183569