Creating virtual machines on ESXi 5 and move to ESX 4.1

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• Best way to make a copy of a virtual machine in ESXi 4 and the free version of vSphere client

  Hello

  I have:

  ESXi 4 Update 1, vSphere 4.0 Build 208167, vmware converter 4.0.1 client build 16.12.34

  VM is Windows Server 2008 R2 Ent

  I'm trying to make a clone of a virtual machine for the purpose of creating one server of another out of it.  I use the converter and still after I have successfully connected to the virtual machine, I always get the error "Unable to get information about the selected machine material" when you click Next.

  My goal is to create a virtual machine.  Put an operating system on it, and then just use it as a model to create other virtual machines.  Is there a way to make that either is not involved or pay for an upgrade order lines?

  If it means order lines, could someone please go through the steps to achieve this?

  It would be great if I could understand why the converter does not work.  I heard I could drop-down list for version 3.0, but I could not find it available for download.

  Thank you!

  Name change is not necessary, as the vmdk files will be isolated in the new VM folder. If you want to rename on the concern of the Organization, you will need the vmkfstools on RCLI user, but I think really is not so necessary, so you do not use complicated distributions of disc inside your data store.

  About converter, I just wanted to know how you use it. Nevermind install again, I had kind of her. Check the settings change VM, on the Options tab, if the guest operating system is configured correctly. Even if this is the case, change to another, click ok and then configure it to the right and test to boost conversion.

  Marcelo Soares

  VMWare Certified Professional 310/410

  Technical Support Engineer

  Globant Argentina

• ESXi installation before vCenter Server?  How can I get vCenter Server on a virtual machine on ESXi servers?

  My plan for a new vSphere Essentials Plus 5.5 U2a installation is to have the vCenter Server on a virtual machine on the servers of the host on which is installed ESXi.  However, all the installation instructions I found indicate the user to first install the vCenter Server.  How can I get vCenter Server on a virtual machine on ESXi servers?

  Thank you for your help.

  Hi munkyman welcome to communities.

  After you have installed your first ESXi host, open a browser and go to https://your-ESXi-ip-or-FQDN

  You can download the vSphere Client here. It is a windows application that you can install on your desktop. It is often referred to as the "c# Client vSphere" in communities and blog posts, because it is a new implemented in the vCenter Server Web client.

  But for the beginning, install the vSphere Windows Client. You can then launch it and connect directly to your ESXi host. Here you can create your first virtual machine, which can be the VM vCenter (installation of Windows or device, that is you).

  You can use the web client or connect to the Server with the client c# vSphere vCenter VCenter runs.

  Tim

• How to prevent limited users to create virtual machines?

  Hi all;

  Is it possible to prevent standard users to create Virtual Machines in Microsoft Windows environment?

  Thank you

  Here's the problem I see... as long as the user has the ability to run VMware Workstation, you can't stop creating a VM since everything it takes, it's a TextEditor and a live ISO Image and the other can create a configuration manually, .vmx file that it points to the ISO Image and then double click on the manually created configuration .vmx file and its place and running.  Of course not all users would go to the trouble to create the .vmx file manually but there are scripts on the Internet that do and users have other ways too.

  If you don't have the appropriate infrastructure to control your users then monitor their activities and let them know him will be fired if they contravene the regulations.

• Script to create virtual machines fails when you try to add the disk to the cluster data store

  Hello

  Attached is the script that I used to create virtual machines and it works very well when virtual machines are created to warehouses of unique data, but do not have clustered data warehouses. I think that the reason is that it creates the virtual machine through the esx host (who does not know the cluter) and not via vCenter (who knows about it). Unfortunately I do not know how to fix.

  Thank you

  Astra

  Looks like he needs a store of data for this parameter object. So we need to do a get Datastore cluster I can try to test tomorrow, but try this:

  If ($datastore1 - only 'none') {}

  $drscluster = get-DatastoreCluster $datastore1

  $vmadddsk = new-disk-hard - VM $gstname CapacityKB - $datastore1size - data $drscluster store

  }

• Destination area has VMware player 3.1.4. Not possible to run a newly created virtual machine.

  For the first time, I tried to virtualize my machine using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone. The destination machine has VMware Player installed 3.1.4, so I chose, as a destination having VMware 4.0.x instead of VMware 3.0.x as 3.1.4 overflows 3.0.x. The newly created virtual machine does not under VMware 3.1.4. Is there anyway out of this except can create an another VM using VMware player 3.0.x as the destination machine? Thank you.

  Then, you should be able to simply create a (empty) virtual machine with VMware Player 3.x and then just remove the blank virtual hard drive (hard files) and replace it with the one created with VMware vCenter Converter.

• creating virtual machines off templates in Lab Manager

  Hello

  I am using vCenter Lab Manager 4.0.

  I have created several models of machine virtual Windows.

  Now, I would like to create virtual machines on these models.

  Am I able to do it. ?

  If so, how can I achieve that. ?

  I checked in the guide, but found no relevant info.

  Maybe I'm missing something.

  Please provide help. !!

  Thank you.

  Santos,

  First of all, make sure that the model is published.  Means published which are can be used as a virtual machine in the current organization.  If you need to use it in another, make sure you share the model to the user / the appropriate organization.

  2. go into your workspace: workspaces > hand

  3. click on the button "new Configuraiton.

  -Add virtual machines

  -Click OK

  4 deploy the configuration.

  Kind regards

  Jonathan

  B.SC., RHCT, VMware vExpert 2009

  NOTE: If your question or problem has been resolved, please mark this thread as answered and awarded points accordingly.

• Create virtual machines from a template

  Hello

  I'm trying to deploy virtual machines from a template, and then select a specific LUN in my cluster data store. How the code below can be changed to achieve this?

  Thank you

  $VMs = get-Content "VmNames.txt".

  $SourceTemp = "WIn2k08-R2.

  $DsCluster = "DS-Cluster01".

  $Folder = "Win2K08".

  {Foreach ($VM to $VMs)

  New-VM-name $VMs - model $SourceTemp - $DsCluster - $folder location data store

  }

  Do you mean a specific data store of this datastorecluster?

  If so, you can just pass the datastorename on the parameter data store

• How to check the file for the virtual machine size Esxi shell

  Anyone who can tell me how to check the file for the virtual machine size Esxi Shell. I tried this command-h ls but does not work.

  Have you checked "ls-lh', it will provide information as the attached screenshot." "

• Open with: 'Application name' - 'Name of the Virtual Machine' (2.0.4) AND (2.0.5)

  Hello

  Looking for help here...

  I notice that if I try to open a file on my Mac with an application of my virtual machine (Win XP Professional) I get 2 options for each windows application:

  1. Windows Media Player - Windows XP Professional (2.0.4)

  2. Windows Media Player - Windows XP Professional (2.0.5)

  The 2.0.4 option never works but the 2.0.5 option. I know this has something to do with the upgrade to the latest 2.0.5 version, but how do you / is it possible to remove the non-fonctionnel 2.0.4 options?

  Help, please! It's pretty boring.

  I have only haveone of virtual machine set up.

  Rich

  Make sure that the virtual machine is turned off and not suspended.  First locate the virtual machine in the finder.  You can do it by Ctrlclicking on it from the library of the virtual machine and choose Show in Finder.  In Finder Ctrlthe .vmwarevm of the virtual machine and choose "show package content".  If some shows as a folder go there.  Of in the virtual machine folder, you will see a folder named Applications.  Applications are the links to the Applications that you open in the virtual machine.  Remove vouchers there should do.  You may be able to determine the good by the update and the last number should be also the most recent.  These changes to take effect, you will need to reboot or restart the finder.  To restart the finder press and hold Esc, command,Option, and choose finder in there and restart.

  You can also just delete the Applications folder and then start the virtual machine.  Once that the virtual machine is started just enter the unit.  Entering the unit will recreate this Applications folder with the correct files in there.  You should always restart or restart the finder once this is done before it takes effect in the mac operating system.

• Working in a virtual machine of shared folders and not another...

  Hi, I'm new to the community but have worked with VMWare Workstation for about 9 months now. I have a set of 5 VM that I run on a regular basis, and I had successfully implemented the shared folders in each VM to a central folder on my C: drive host. I now have new versions of several of the virtual machine and I am trying to configure access to the same shared folder, but it will not be displayed.

  After you set up the information in shared folders in the virtual machine settings, I go into the virtual machine on my computer and expect to see under readers network, "Shared Folders on .host '. Who does not appear and when I try to map a network drive to //.host/Shared files /, it can't find the network.

  I compared the parameters between a virtual machine that has the Shared folder working and one who does not work, and I can't seem to find any differences.

  Here are some of my system details, if it helps:

  VMWare Workstation Version 6.5.2 build 156735

  Host of OS = Windows Server 2008 (64-bit)

  VM OS = Windows Server 2003 (32-bit)

  I've updated the VMWare tools in the virtual machine

  I have ideas of what I can try to get this working. Thank you!

  Try to upgrade the virtual hardware version 7 - maybe it does.

  Why don't you use the entries for the disks in cluster? -of course, you know that they are not stable in WS 6.5

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• You can edit vmx file while the virtual machine is running? And is it safe?

  You can edit vmx file while the virtual machine is running? And is it safe?

  Hello

  Moved to the forum of the Virtual Machine and the guest operating system.

  If you edit the VMX while the virtual machine is powered on change is not levied until the power off then power on (not reboot) and there is a good chance that the change will be deleted when turn you off the system. So it is not safe to do so.

  Best regards
  Edward L. Haletky
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• Open a virtual machine in a san on 2 different esx hosts

  Hi, I have a Vsphere essentials, 2 Esx hosts and an Iscsi san, I need to connect the virtual machine in the two esx hosts (I know I don't have FT and HA), in order to launch the virtual machine never the first Esx and if first host, does not have the virtual machine on the second esx.

  I tryied to connect the virtual machine to the second host, but the Vsphere client tell me that's not possible, because the virtual machine is already present at the first ESX.

  There is a way to establish this setting?

  For some it may depend on your application, if you can run multiple instances of the same application? If it is a web application? It stores its data in files on the server, or it stores it in a database locally? or remote database?

  -VM on a local storage of the army, would not really recommended if you need so that it starts the VMS on host b quickly.

  -If the two hosts have access to permits it storage even say and what the application can really be run only once.  He could only save it to HostA and if it fails at some point that it will be released the lock, have it on the virtual machine and you will be able to manually register the virtual machine to host b and start the virtual machine.  However, you will not be able to really get ahead.

  -HA out of here, as if a host or power failure shuts on HostA, HostB will feed into the virtual machine down automatically

  -FT - here in the spectrum creates a VM ghost on the secondary host in levels (what happends on HostA happens on host b)

  -Another option to the other end of things has implemented Microsoft MSCS Clustering with iSCSI support I think.  You can run VMS with iSCSI to your San and clustered like this application.  Just note that with iscsi client it uses some CPU to create iscsi packets.

  -Web Cluster, Cluster database.    It doesn't matter if one of the nodes of web servers or the database nodes go down really that the user will be redirected to another node in the cluster so really no need for HA/FT.

  Of course, with some of the here above are expenses and pro / con of and there's a few ways to increase availability.

• Create a new vsphere environment 6 and migrate virtual machines to esxi existing 5.1

  The current environment has a cluster with 5.1 esxi hosts and vcenter server 5.5-controlled.

  I would like to create a new environment vsphere 6 with new hosts. Again I mean a clean install of vCenter server 6 and esxi, implementation of the new cluster, etc.. So I won't be able to migrate virtual machines running in 5.1 esxi hosts to the new environment.

  What would be the appropriate steps to make this right?

  Thank you.

  Take a look at this KB on how to move an ESXi host at another vCenter vSphere: VMware KB: move a managed ESX ESXi host to a vCenter Server to a different Server vCenter

  And if you are using vDS, you should look here: KB VMware: ESX/ESXi host with vDS passing a vCenter Server to another

• vCO workflow: create a virtual machine from a model and then ask the user about the CPU, memory size...

  Hi guys,.

  I am trying to create a workflow with vCO that can do the job for me:

  -Create a virtual machine (or maybe a several virtual machines) from a model (the model is in vCenter, of course)

  -L' user who is running the workflow has the thr right to say what he wants for the CPU, the memorysize, the disksize

  Any help?

  I found some workflows in the library can seem to do something similar to what I want, but since I'm a beginner I'd rather have your advice

  Hello there and welcome to vCenter Orchestrator

  Take a look at this series of tutorials to get an idea of how start:

  Create a vCO simple self-service VM Provisioning Portal - part 1

  Create a vCO simple self-service VM Provisioning Portal - part 2

  Create a Simple Self Service VM Provisioning Portal vCO - part 3

  The general approach to take would be to determine which of the clone (or clone and customize) workflows adapts to your nearest need (see your customer vCO: workflows\Library\vCenter\Virtual Machine management\Clone\)

  Then, create a NEW WORKFLOW that calls this one... after that your clone operation is complete, keep the computer turned off virtual and add feeds of extra work from the library to your new workflow that do things like change the amount of Ram, adds disks, change CPU, etc...

  Be sure to watch the videos on http://www.vmwarelearning.com/orchestrator to get a basic understanding of the use of vCO.