Copy only the vmdk file to create a backup

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• flying over the vmdk files after storage vmotion

  People,

  I finished a few vmotions storage and I see that there are some vmdk files left belonging to a virtual machine by flying over in the source data store.

  Storage vmotion however was very good. Time last modified files are several months old.

  If the vmdk files are old players was dismantled some time back?

  There are also a few - zdump.000 left side files in source data warehouses. should you be worried about those?

  Rahul-

  Although I suppose the files are orphans, I always double-check for use before deleting. Virtual disk file (hard) can be changed only in case Active snapshots exist for them. What you can do is run RVTools, to see if these files appear as 'Zombies' and if so, I would say you first create a subdirectory and move the "orphans" files above and - if everything continues to work as expected - delete at a later date. Alternatively you can check the vmware.log of the virtual machine file to see if the files appear here.

  Zdump files are created if something unexpected occurs. However, it is difficult to say what the brought to be created and if they are old and have any problems, you can delete just them.

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• the VMDK files are more and more and more...

  I have vmware 8.01 with two virtual machines. OS Win7 64 bit ultimate host, guests are win7 ultimate 32-bit. The first VM was created by workstation, with 80 GB of HARD drive and this virtual machine works very well, the vmdk file size is constant.

  The second was created by the virtualization of a physical machine. It has 298 GB of HARD drive. I created it three months ago, and now the size of this virtual machine is 505 Gb in the host file system. This virtual machine, called 'Prospero' has ten vmdk files:

  Prospero.VMDK 240 GB

  Prospero - 000001.vmdk 19 GB

  Prospero - 000002.vmdk Gb 116

  Prospero - 000003.vmdk 40 GB

  Prospero - 000004.vmdk 56 GB

  Prospero - 000005.vmdk 12 GB

  Prospero - 000006.vmdk 3.3 GB

  Prospero - 000007.vmdk 4.3 GB

  Prospero - 000008.vmdk 13 GB

  Prospero - 000009.vmdk 14 GB

  Yesterday, the size of the last file vmdk file was only 500 MB. It is now 14 GB.

  Initially, I set the snapshot generation and later I switch, but the growth of the size of the vmdk files continues day after day.

  Said VMWare tools: 'the fret is disabled for this virtual machine.

  What can I do to stop this more and return to the normal size of 298 GB?

  I've attached the vmx file.

  Welcome to the community,

  Initially I set the snapshot generation, and later I turned off...

  It seems that you have the "characteristic" Autoprotect is always enabled. The .vmx file still contains many entries of "RollingTier". You will need to disable Autoprotect for the virtual machine and then remove snapshots using the Snapshot Manager.

  André

• The actual size of the VMDK file

  I have a 4.0.0,208167 ESXi host and on it, to install WIN 2008, I created a new virtual machine.

  When configure the virtual disk, I put size drive 60 g and selected the option space Allocate and commit to demand (thin Provisioing) .

  The following steps are fine and smooth.  The installation is good and VM can work as I want.

  Ultimately, I have disabled this machine virtual and connected to the ESXi via vSphere Client on my laptop, with the tool of the browser data store , I found that the size of the VMDK file is about 5 G.

  So I decided to download this file to my laptop with the data store Navigator tool.  But I found that it is a problem.  Tool of the data store browser said that it would take 300 minutes to download.  And I let it run for about 20 minutes, the *- flat. VMDK file in my laptop has become more than 8 G.  I had to stop this download process.

  Why this file has become bigger than the original one?

  Can I save this 5G VMDK file in my laptop (Windows XP)?

  Thank you very much

  If you want a small export vmdk layer thin provisioned vmdk as a type "twoGbMaxExtentSparse.

  To achieve this use vmkfstools and export the current vmdk like this

  vmkfstools-i /vmfs/volumes/localdatastore/test.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/nfsdatastore/export.vmdk d 2gbsparse

  the example copies the thin test.vmdk disc put into service on the data store normal VMFS to a disk on a NFS datastore split more.

  You can also create the split inside the same directory disk - but then you still have to copy it to your target host.

  The new type vmdk you get can then be directly used with VMserver, player and Workstation

  ___________________________________

  VMX-settings- WS FAQ -[MOAcd | http://sanbarrow.com/moa241.html]- VMDK-manual

• How to shrink the VMDK file?

  Hi all

  Today, I spread a hard disk to increase the size of the drive on one of the virtual machine.  Later due to required requirements is no longer the hard drive. Therefore, it is possible to remove the disc that I extended?

  Thanks in advance

  There is no way to shrink the vmdk file.

  Only create new, smaller size, replicate data and delete everything first.

  If you need temporary space then create the new disk and simply remove it when it is no longer necessary.

  ---

  VMware vExpert 2009

  http://blog.vadmin.ru

• RMAN issues - no backup or copy of the data file found

  Oracle 11 g 2

  Linux RHEL 6.5

  I inherited a database backup and restore question since the DBA is OoO.

  Here is the script used for the backup:

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  I get error RMAN-06023: no backup or copy of the data file found

  I'm trying to restore a database backup from 5 days ago and I use this backup control file.
  

  I'll close this discussion and continue to involve the Oracle.  Thank you all for your help.

• BACKUP QUESTION: Why is it when I backup the Lightroom Catalog (Edit |) Settings of catalog...) only the *.lrcat file included in the ZIP file... While the *., lrdata file, the preview files, ARE NOT INCLUDED?  When I restore the file *.lrcat from a backu

  BACKUP QUESTION: why is it that when I backup the Lightroom Catalog (Edit |) Settings of catalog...) only the *.lrcat file included in the ZIP file... While the *., lrdata file, the preview files, ARE NOT INCLUDED?  When I restore the *.lrcat file from a backup, WHERE ARE THE PREVIEW FILES that should be included in the ZIP to the top.  If *.lrdata (Preview file) are so important, why are not included in the zip?  [email protected]

  CraigLevine wrote:

  OK, so that's my scenario:

  • QUESTION: WHEN I USE THE [Sub-master] .lrcat, on the new computer, don't need to inculde also files .lrdata [Sub-master] on this external drive?
  • If .lrdata [Sub-master] is regenerated automatically, where he gets all the work (from the preview files) that I did, when I was working, using the .lrdata [Sub-master] when he was on the local disk.

  Thanks again for staying with me on this.  I don't know that your answer will solve my confusion. -Craig

  [email protected]

  Questions 1)

  Not because the LRDATA file is fair previews, what LR displays on your screen for a faster loading of the image and will be recreated. The previews only stored in the folder LRDATA is the basic overview created at time of importation for the display of thumbnails and previews of 1:1 for images that you have actually looked in the Loupe View or I guess that appears in the develop module.

  He get all the data to create the image themselves file extracts.

  If you have several files on your system that have pictures in them and you select one of them that you have not looked at in a while, you will notice LR creation of previews for these images, there will be 3 white dots in the upper right corner of the thumbnail. It's LR creation of previews for the thumbnail view. If you scroll quickly in the grid view, you'll notice a few thumbnails of images are gray, until you stop scrolling, then the upper left tile will come in clear view and the white dots will appear on the other images. It's LR creating previews for those of other images. Once LR created the preview of thumbnails that are on your screen, white spot will disappear. If you scroll down again, you will see more white dots

  If you switch to another folder that LR begins again create preview images in this folder. The total number of previews created and stored based on caching of the preview you have in the catalog settings dialog in the management of the files tab.

  If not, you need not the LR Previews.lrdata folder. Whenever LR is not very good this folder with a catalog he recreates it to store previews in.

  

• Incorrect (inflated). The VMDK file size

  Hi all

  I am running VMware Workstation 10.0.2 build-1744117 and scratching my head as to why the size of my. The Guest Windows 7 x 64 newly deployed VMDK file is so great despite having supplied a vDisk 60 GB and opting for do not pre-allocate space.  My VMDK file size is close to 60 GB, while on the comments, it shows only ~ 21 GB consumed.  I tried without success the compaction.  It is not compatible with other virtual machines, I in which the VMDK file size corresponds to the capacity in use on the vDisk. Please find below the screenshots of corroboration.  It would be much appreciated if someone could shed some light on why this is the case.

  COMMENTS:

  

  

  HOST:

  

  

  Thanks in advance, see you soon!

  Sorry I lost all time clicking on this post.  After a nominal amount of research, I discovered the error of my ways and proceeded to reduce the volume.

  See you soon!

• standby of the comments file system create two snapshot files

  Why would or should suspend the comments file system create two snapshot files.

  In our environment, we have the following VMDK.

  Syntest.VMDK

  Syntest_1.VMDK

  Syntest_2.VMDK

  Syntest_3.VMDK

  Syntest_4.VMDK

  When I create a snapshot that suspends the comments file system it creates two syntest_1 - 000001.vmdk and syntest_1.000002.vmdk (as well as all of the files for snapshots).  Here is a screenshot.

  

  Why and is at - it something wrong?   I can find a ton of articles on stereotypes, but nothing that speaks.

  We are currently on ESXi 5.1.0,1157734.

  Thank you

  Mike

  Out of curiosity. Are two snapshots created even when you create the snapshot manually?

  With backup applications, this behavior is not uncommon. The first snapshot is created for the virtual machine write them changed data, while the current is/instant backup, and the second snapshot is created by the backup software to attach the virtual disk basic to the host/proxy backup as "independent - not persistent. Once the virtual disk is disconnected from the proxy the second snapshot will be discarded and then the first snapshot will be validated for the basic disk.

  CBT information should not be reset somehow, but updated as changed during the backup data.

  André

• Cannot reduce the size of the VMDK file

  OK, here's my story:

  I started with the growable virtual 40 GB HD default mapped as C:\ on my virtual machine. The HD received complete and had poor performance and I converted it to a prealloue 100 GB HD. It worked OK for a while, but then I created a new virtual HD mapped as D:\ to store data.

  So my problem was C:\ was too big which made backup of the virtual machine of your time, and I thought I have to resize C:\ 30 GB. My first test was to convert it to a HD growable. This remains a 100 GB on the host vmdk file.

  Then, I used the two compacts from the GUI and stop at the command prompt on the convert HD Nope, still 100 GB vmdk file on the host.

  Then I used a disk management program to reduce the size of the c:\ partition with 30 GB and run both shrink and compact again. Guess what, the vmdk file is always 100 GB.

  I'm running out of ideas on what to do to reduce the size of the vmdk file. Any ideas?

  Yes, I did, but I used compact from the GUI and stop at the command line (vmware - vmdiskmanager.exe). At that time I didn't there's a shrink option in VMWare tools.

  In this case try to diminish with the extra partition (temporary).

  Which converter you were referring to in your previous post?

  VMware Converter Standalone 4.3

  André

• Problem to identify the control file when creating physical standby

  Hello
  
  (database version: 10.2.0.4)
  linux platform)
  
  I use the command below to create physical database from a backup before:
  

  rman target / auxiliary sys/tiger@paceview
  
  Recovery Manager: Release 10.2.0.4.0 - Production on Tue Sep 4 18:05:53 2012
  
  Copyright (c) 1982, 2007, Oracle.  All rights reserved.
  
  connected to target database: PACEVIEW (DBID=2092349485)
  connected to auxiliary database: PACEVIEW (not mounted)
  
   run {
   allocate auxiliary channel c1 device type DISK;
   set until sequence 38;
   duplicate target database for standby dorecover nofilenamecheck;
   }
  
  
  released channel: ORA_DISK_1
  allocated channel: c1
  channel c1: sid=35 devtype=DISK
  
  allocated channel: c2
  channel c2: sid=36 devtype=DISK
  
  executing command: SET until clause
  
  Starting Duplicate Db at 04-SEP-12
  
  contents of Memory Script:
  {
     set until scn  138180211934;
     restore clone standby controlfile;
     sql clone 'alter database mount standby database';
  }
  executing Memory Script
  
  executing command: SET until clause
  
  Starting restore at 04-SEP-12
  
  channel c1: restoring control file
  ORA-19625: error identifying file /backup/rman/paceview/DEL1_standby.ctl
  ORA-27037: unable to obtain file status
  Linux-x86_64 Error: 2: No such file or directory
  Additional information: 3
  ORA-19600: input file is control file  (/backup/rman/paceview/DEL1_standby.ctl)
  ORA-19601: output file is control file  (/PGHProdDB/oradata/paceview/control1.ctl)
  failover to previous backup
  
  released channel: c1
  released channel: c2
  RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
  RMAN-00569: =============== ERROR MESSAGE STACK FOLLOWS ===============
  RMAN-00571: ===========================================================
  RMAN-03002: failure of Duplicate Db command at 09/04/2012 18:01:44
  RMAN-03015: error occurred in stored script Memory Script
  RMAN-06026: some targets not found - aborting restore
  RMAN-06024: no backup or copy of the control file found to restore

  I already tried to cross but always give same error
  Thank you

  Hello;

  That's what I'd do:

  Primary backup (change in your directory as needed)

  RMAN RUN {
  allocate channel d1 type disk;
  backup format '/u01/backups/PRIMARY/df_t%t_s%s_p%p' database;
  sql 'alter system archive log current';
  backup format '/u01/backups/PRIMARY/al_t%t_s%s_p%p' archivelog all;
  backup current controlfile for standby format '/u01/backups/PRIMARY/sb_t%t_s%s_p%p';
  release channel d1;
  }
  

  Move the backup and duplicate like this:

  rman target sys/password@PRIMARY auxiliary /
  
  RMAN> run {
  allocate channel C1 device type disk;
  allocate auxiliary channel C2 device type disk;
  duplicate target database for standby nofilenamecheck;
  }
  

  For details of this method, see:

  http://www.Visi.com/~mseberg/duprman2.html

  Best regards

  mseberg

• The Vmdk file size

  Hello.

  I have an ESX 4.0.0 host and I created a new virtual machine on this subject, to install WIN 2003.

  When configure the virtual disk, I put the 18 GB disk and selected size space Allocate and commit on request option (thin Provisioing).

  The following steps are fine and smooth. The installation is good and VM can be saved on the local HARD disk. It could work like I want.

  In the end, I logged in the ESX sever to check how the size of the VMDK file has been generated.

  Result as below.

  $ ls - lh

  total of 9.7 G

  -rw - 1 root root 1.0 G the 31 mai 10:43 vm - 17412363.vswp

  -rw - 1 root root 17G 31 May 17:51 vm1 - flat hard

  -rw - 1 root root 8.5 K 31 mai 11:06 vm.nvram

  -rw - 1 root root 469 31 mai 10:45 vm.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 0 May 31 10:40 vm.vmsd

  -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root, 2.9 K 31 mai 10:43 vc01.vmx

  -rw - 1 root root 259 the 31 mai 10:40 vm.vmxf

  -rw - rr 1 root root 110 K 31 mai 17:18 vmware.log

  I felt that it is fake!

  Why is the total size of 9.7 GB but vm1 - flat hard file is 17 GB?

  It's over the total size. It seems strange to... isn't it?

  Then I was loggin to WIN2003 (vm) and make sure how the C drive size.

  C drive has been total 16.9 and GB 8,44 available...

  The C drive size is perhaps skirtss size. It is a good idea.

  but WHY the total size is 9.7 GB? AND tell me the breakdown of this total size of the file.

  Can someone explain to me?

  Help me ~ ~ ~

  Thank you!

  Hello!

  VM1 - flat hard is sparesefile and signals the total maximum size of the disk.

  And 9.7 total disk space used, log + swap files.

• The attached VI works when I run it initially to create the XML file, but by pressing once the XML file is created, it is not up-to-date. What I am doing wrong?

  The attached VI works when I run it initially to create the XML file, but when I change the data and run once the XML file is created, it is not updated with new data. What I am doing wrong?

  Thank you.

  It sounds like the logic that has been written in VI

  Internal decision of true / false:

  (file exists: false) write in the file XML, unflatten for display

  (file exists: true) read the XML file, unflatten for display

  At no time when the file exists (true case) is the XML file updated...