Creating a clone in VMware ESXi

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• How can I clone a vmware ESXi machine?

  Hello

  I have ESXi server. I use VSphere Client to connect to the VCenter server. I can see that the clone option is available in VCenter Server.

  I use VIX API for instant cash, copy the data in the comments, run the program in prompt etc. But the Clone operation is not supported in VIX API. My host computer has windows, and I use Visual c# to call the VIX API.

  How can I create linked clone since I can't use the CLone of VIX API function? I want to create the clone of the development machine, when I run my c# code. I'm not interested in running the scripts in VCenter directly.

  Rizwan

  If you are new to VMware APIs/SDKs, please take a look at this documentation - getting started with vSphere SDK - Update for SDK 4.1 release

  There are various SDK which binds to the vSphere API, exposed as a web services standard. Depending on your requirement/comfort and language, you select the appropriate SDK. Once again, all that which is described in getting started document, would certainly recommend that spend you the time to read the document before you start.

  You will also find many resources on the Developer Forums - http://communities.vmware.com/community/developer

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• VCenter Server with VMWare ESXi free 5 5

  Hi all

  Test the VCenter Server 5 Evaluation (60 day trial) to management all my 5 of VMWare ESXi (free license). It works with restrictions. These restrictions aren´t a problem for me. I need only to move (power off of virtual machines), clone, create templates for and organize my servers in a single interface VSphere Client. So, I would like to know what type of license of VCenter Server 5 woks if VMWare ESXi 5 free. Buy the VCenter Server 5 Standard?

  Another doubt is if VStorage works with VMWare ESXi free license I.

  Best regards

  Fabio Sobral

  Unfortunately the free ESXi hosts in vCenter management is not possible (except for the eval). The hosts of ESXi need a vCenter Server Agent license that is only available in editions 'paid' of ESXi.

  André

• create a clone bound of VAPP?

  Hello

  How can I create "linked clone" of VAPP vSphere web services SDK?

  Rizwan

  Hello

  Creation of Clones related to a paralytic is not possible through the vSphere API, only full clones can be made. You can however ask an existing VAPP, take each virtual machine and create linked Clones and you can refer to the details at VMware Linked Clone WP - http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/linked_vms_note.pdf

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• Create several clones at a time

  Hello

  I want to prepare the number of virtual machines (i.e. clones or pictures) of the gold statue.

  I develop my own UI where I'll be selecting one of the images existing gold. I will mention a number of clones that I need. When I click on the button, I'll be citing vSphere appropriate web services API to create clones.

  Can someone tell me what do I want to accomplish is feasible or not? Can we create several clones at a time? And that too the use of web services?

  Take a look at CloneVM_Task() , you can certainly deploy several clones at the same time, but you probably want it saving 3-4 as it's pretty resource, especially against your storage space.

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• Creating a clone to test the drive to the VM

  I recently installed an application on ESXi 4 with the VSphere client server.  I want to start the virtual machine as a test for a demo of client on your laptop with the VMPlayer.  Is this possible?  It seems that the only option to create a clone is to use VCenter Server, or is there another (easy) method.

  Use VMWare Converter standalone 4.0 and is also free. You will be able to convert back and forth ESXi Server VMs. Using this converter, you will also be able to P2V i.e. convert your physical server into a virtual machine.

• Help! Cannot add role or Clone in VMware ESX 3.5 Update 3

  I just rebuilt our ESX server using the latest version of VMware ESXi 3.5 Update 3.

  After installation and configuration of the system, I went a head and tried to add a role on the Administration tab. From there, I noticed that when I clicked 'OK' the system wouldn't take the input and create a role. I also tried to clone and does not go beyond by clicking on 'OK '.

  Has anyone seen this issue or know a possible resolution? I checked the research and am still trying Googling for it.

  P.S. I restarted the machine several times as well and am using the administrator account.

  Thank you!

  What happens if you close the VIC and open again?  I tested just to add a role, and it appeared immediately.

• Driver RAID for Vmware ESXi 5.1 on Dell R420.

  My project is to install Vmware ESXi 5.1 on a Dell R420 with Raid1 configuration. The question I have after configuring raid1 in raid utility is created using the, I launch the installation of Vmware ESXi 5.1. What is ESXi 5.1 sees not the raid1 partition but rather see two disks as are they worn can't in raid1 configurations.

  I need to have this in raid1 config, can any who share an idea about my problem please or point me in the right direction.

  I did some research but nothing seems to help resolve this issue.

  Thank you

  Sheriff.

  Sorry for my previous response:

  DELL-Daniel My - when I boot in the BIOS of the controller, I see the raid in a raid1 configuration.

  Mgr dev you are right, I did research more when you all answered. I see the PERC S110 pilot was a software raid controller and thus the vmware esxi wouldn't work in a raid configuration 1 (software raid).

  Thank you guys for you answer and who helped me

• OpenManage for VMWare ESXi has no possibility of tasks of virtual disk

  OMSA v 7.1 and 7.2 for Windows (and earlier versions) allow the user to perform many tasks on virtual disks, including reconfiguring - expand a RAID array with a new drive.

  This is not true for managing open for VMWare ESXi - although you can monitor the status of the RAID and disks with the browser of the OMSA interface type, you cannot perform tasks - can not even make a high beam Flash.

  It is a huge problem, because the PERC controllers (H700 and H800, for example) don't allow you to develop virtual using hard drives not Dell disks when you try this during startup in the bios.  (These controllers only allows you to create new virtual disks using drives not Dell).

  This test was conducted using the latest firmware (12.10.4 - 0001 A10) and drivers for the H700 and H800 and multi-server r610 ESXi 5.1.

  Other people with VMWare have been affected by the present?  The only solution is to have two player networks connected to the computer, and create a simple Windows with OMSA, boot in Windows Server to expand the table using OMSA for Windows.

  I would be interested in the comments of others, including those of Dell.  We spent hours on the phone with Dell; This seems to be the only solution.  (Yes, Dell released a firmware version last year that has ceased blocking non Dell readers, but it only works for the creation of a new virtual disk, do not expanding one existing).

  Yes.  It came through a discussion in the Dell | Servers | Discussion of the RAID community.

  en.Community.Dell.com/.../20263442.aspx

  There is a CD bootable linux called OMSA Live that you download from PowerEdge (linux OS) systems management.

  This OMSA PERC H700 and H800 control and allows you to do everything.  When you reconfigure the RAID and the PERC card starts the reconstruction, although it seems risky, you can restart under VMware and the reconstruction of the RAID continues on.  And you can analyze with OMSA for VMware.

• Manage/create/change RAID running VMware host without rebooting.

  Hello

  I want to know if it is possible to manage the (changing) configuration of Dell RAID controller on the host running VMware.

  For example if I add a few discs for DAS shelves storage connected to the H800 controller, I need to set up the RAID on these new disks and add the new data store in vCenter without rebooting the machine.

  Is this possible?

  My config:

  Dell PowerEdge R710 server with iDRAC 6 Enterprise
  Storage controller internal Dell PERC H700
  External storage Dell PERC H800 controller with two tablets of disc DAS
  VMware 5.5 booting from SD card
  vCenter 5.5 with Dell OpenManage integration Plugin 2

  Thanks to the open tab Integratilon manage in vCenter, I see both controllers and all discs but cannot perform any operation.

  I checked and OMIWV can monitor. You can use Openmanage Server Administrator to create new arrays from a distance. If the installation requires a reboot. http://www.Dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/drivers/DriversDetails?driverId=YCYN1&FILEID=3365343039&osCode=XI55&ProductCode=PowerEdge-T320&LanguageCode=en&CategoryID=SM

  Page 37 http://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/dell-opnmang-srvr-admin-v7.4_Deployment%20Guide_en-us.pdf

  Alternatively, you can try using the megacli for LSI controllers to create the new Raid array without rebooting. http://en.community.Dell.com/TechCenter/virtualization/w/wiki/7438.storage-management-of-VMware-ESXi-using-megacli

• What is the difference between the model and its clone in VMware?

  What is the difference between the model and its clone in VMware?

  Clone

  A clone is a copy of the virtual machine.

  You can't convert back the cloned Virtual Machine.

  A Clone of a Virtual Machine can be created when the Virtual Machine is running

  Cloning can be done in two ways: Clone full and linked Clone.

  A full clone is an independent copy of a virtual machine that shares nothing with the parent virtual machine after the cloning operation. Continuous operation of a full clone is entirely separate from the parent virtual machine.

  A linked clone is a copy of a virtual machine that shares virtual disks with the virtual machine of parent on a regular basis. This preserves disk space and allows multiple virtual machines to use the same software installation.

  Cloning of a virtual machine can save time if you are deploying several similar virtual machines. You can create, configure, install the software on a single VM and then clone several times, rather than the creation and configuration of each virtual machine individually.

  Model

  A model is an original copy or a reference image of a virtual machine that can be used to create many clones.

  Models can be turned on or edited and are harder to change than usual of virtual machine.

  You can convert the model to the Virtual Machine update model base with the latest released patches and updates and to install or upgrade any software and still convert to template to use for the future deployment of Virtual Machines with the latest patches.

  Convert virtual machine model cannot be performed, when the virtual machine is running.  Only the Clone to the model can be performed when the Virtual Machine is running.

  A model offers a safer way to preserve a virtual machine configuration that you want to deploy several times.

  When you clone a virtual machine or deploy a virtual machine from a template, the cloned virtual machine resulting is independent of the virtual machine or the original model.

• Drive HARD physics add to VMware ESXi 5.1

  I came across a configuration of a Dell Power Edge ii one T110 Server VMware ESXi 5.1

  
  

  It was built not by me, I found it here. I came across the need to increase the storage of VMware, but I need to add a new physical HARD disk.

  
  

  I'm afraid to make any changes to the system, because there is no backup found for the virtual machine.

  
  

  If I stop the physical machine and connect the additional HARD disk, how can I declare to the VMware, in order to define the backup of the virtual machine?

  
  

  Thank you in advance.

  
  

  Sincerely, George I.
  

  When you restart the server, you should see an option to create a matrix of storage before the ESXi begins to start up (this option is available for almost all servers and appears between POST process and startup). Select the option and create a RAID 0 array on second HARD drive. Start the ESXi server after that. You have to be sure that the second HDD is not in use or it will be formatted.

  When the ESXi has started, go to Configuration-> Storage-> rescan all. After the news of the analysis is complete, go to storage add and you should see the table that you just created. After you have added storage, it will be visible as a the ESXi data store.

  Let me know how it went.

  Elodie

• How to span multiple LUNS on one (or less) data store (s) in Vmware ESXi 4.1 vSphere environment?

  Hey guys -.

  I currently have 2 hosts ESXi (version 4.1u3), 1 vCenter Server and 1 EMC VNXe3300 SAN (20 to via iSCSI) that make my virtual environment.

  On the EMC is, you create VMware Datastores (which have a limit of 2 TB) then connect these data storage to VMware ESXi hosts.  Once logged in, would continue it the process through the Add Storage Wizard via VMware to connect the disk/LUN storage via iSCSI.  Ultimately, the Lun (s) would then be accessed through the virtual environment (in the Configuration > storage > data warehouses) as generally expected.

  Due to the limit of 2 TB (both on the CEM, Version of VMware and VMFS3) on data warehouses, I find myself with having several data warehouses being created on the side of the EMC and VMware (see photo) appearance.  I know that's not rectifiable via CEM level, but I was wondering if there was any way for me to bring together all these data stores on the side of things VMware.  This way rather than navigate to Configuration > storage > data warehouses and separate iSCSI indicator 6 data warehouses, it would just be a (or more, but less than the existing) data store; It would then extend in all actual data stores that I would.

  I don't know what the appropriate terminology is used to describe it, but I hope someone can help me to what I want to achieve.  Or at the very least, can you please steer me in the right direction.  If this isn't something that can be achieved or it is discouraged, what are the other options which would be recommended?

  Thanks for the help.

  Have a look here: VMFS extended - are they bad, or simply misunderstood? VMware vSphere Blog - VMware Blogs

• Configuration of IPSec in VMWare ESXi can be applied to virtual machines running?

  Hello

  I have an operating system running inside VMWare ESXi 5.1.  Let's call is "MyLinux".  It is a modified version of Linux which does not support IPSec.  So I try to get VMWare to manipulate IPSec for MyLinux.

  I used esxcli orders to successfully create configurations for IPSec between VMWare itself and other systems.

  However, I wonder if I can use the same esxcli commands to configure IPSec between MyLinux and other systems?  In my tests, VMWare does not perform tunneling IPSec data between the running machines and other virtual systems.

  It is an illustration of the configuration I created for MyLinux in VMWare.  I also have a security policy that is not visible.

  Name Source address Destination address State SPI Mode Encryption Algorithm, integrity algorithm to life

  --------                              -------------------------------------      -------------------------------------  ------      -----     ---------     --------------------               -------------------           --------

  MyLinuxToExternalSA MyLINUX.IPv6.ADDRESS EXTERNAL. Mature IPv6.ADDRESS infinity 0 x 300 transport 3des-cbc hmac-sha2-256

  ExternalToMyLinuxSA EXTERNAL. IPv6.ADDRESS infinite mature MyLINUX.IPv6.ADDRESS of hmac-sha2-256 0 x 256 transport 3des-cbc

  When I captured a trace TCP ping between MyLinux and the external system, MyLinux never sent the IPSec packets. Everything was sent in the clear.  This suggests that VMWare does not apply the rule for MyLinux, but I would like to confirm.  Thank you.

  Kwabena

  When you configure IPSec on ESXi, you sécuriserez the VMkernel traffic, not the virtual machine... If you want to protect the traffic of the virtual machine, you will need to enable IPSec on guest operating system.

  Here is more information on IPSec on ESXi: VMware KB: IPv6 and IPsec configuration on vSphere ESX and ESXi 4.1, 5.x ESXi

• VMWare ESXi under Virtual Box tests

  Hi all

  Just installed VMWare ESXi under VirtualBox with a free license to evaluate it before you consider moving my XCP it based VMs. However, after installation I can't pull up a single VM.

  I just create a 32-bit VM Debian base and fixed the Debian netinstall ISO on the CD player. However, when I try to turn on the virtual machine, it runs for a few seconds before turning off.

  I have attached the log file.

  Any suggestions?

  Thanks in advance for any help.

  Andy

  The vmmcores.gz file shows that the EFER. The SCE bit is clear.  What explains the illegal opcode exception.  However, I don't see how EFER. CES has got to be clear.  What version of VirtualBox do you use?