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• Migration of all the catalog items to a different data store in the same storage profiles

  Hello

  is any possibility to migrate everything in the catalog (time and iso files) to a different data store that has the same profile (Silver) storage group?  Because I have 2 groups of data store with the same profile of storage (Silver) and I want to delete one of this cluster.

  I found this kb: http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 2058094 but it speaks solely of media files of migration between different storage profiles.

  Have vCD 5.6.4

  You happen to use rapid Provisioning?  This is probably the only problem I can think of.

  Environments that have no linked Clones or shadows created from them, you can just Storage vMotion them between the same storage policy data warehouses.  Just make sure that the data store or a store of data clusters are visible in vCloud Director first of all in the framework of this storage policy.

  When you use linked clones, I don't remember the exact process... I think that I have in my office somewhere (I'm at home now).

• Storage vmotion - 3.5 hosts and 4.1

  Having 2 esx3.5 u3 (or whatever the last update was for 3.5) and 2 new esxi 4.1 (Yes, I know - but it is only temporary - will be promoted to the 5.1 this fall).

  3.5 hosts to connect to the storage on the old NetApp using iSCSI. 4.1 guests have the new NetApp NFS data warehouses but also have access to iSCSI data stores.

  So storage vmotion, 3.5 guests should be able to 'see' NFS data warehouses? Alternatively, can the fact that the destination can see both of them, enough?

  Also - if I need to create data warehouses NFS on the 3.5 hosts - tips for me?

  ;-)

  wait - wait

  I think it's become clear to me. Wow - so simple! As long as the new hosts can see old data warehouses (they do it), then we have vmotion of old hosts again and then storage vmotion of iscsi to the NFS and old guests don't need to 'see' the NFS at all.

  DUH!

  LOL - Thanks for being a sounding box!

• Clone the virtual machine to the local data store

  Hi all

  I'm looking to automate a task daily (or almost) of my friends with a small script with powercli.

  I'm trying to "backup" or to clone a virtual machine, I work in a storage of one of our servers.

  The servers are managed by a 5.1 vCenter and the machine is on a shared storage.

  From time to time, I clean, stop the machine, remove all snapshots and clone the virtual machine to one of the local server as a backup storage. So I put together a small script which almost works. It works as long as the target data store is a shared storage, but not with a local storage.

  I get always an error that claims it can not access the local data store and is not a permissions problem...

  Given that I can accomplish this via the customer without problem I thought it is possible via powercli too, or I'm wrong?

  My Script up to now:

  # Variables
  $VC = "vc.domain.com" #vCenter Server
  $User = "domain\user" #User
  $Pass = 'test123' #User PW
  $VMName = 'scripttest' #VM
  $BackupSuffix = "backup" #Suffix to add the name of VM to mark this as a backup
  $VmHost = "esx2.domain.com".
  $Datastore = 'ESX2-LocalData' #Datastore
  $BackupFolder = 'Backup' #Folder the VM gets classified

  
  

  # Register cmdlets to VMware
  

  If (-not (Get-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core - ErrorAction SilentlyContinue)) {}

  Add-PSSnapin VMware.VimAutomation.Core

  }

  
  

  # Connect to the server

  SE connect-ViServer $VC - user $User-password $Pass

  
  

  # Remove the old clone

  $OldBackups = get - VM | WHERE {$_.} {Name: corresponds to '$VMName - $BackupSuffix'}

  If ($OldBackups - don't "")

  {

  If ($OldBackups.Count - gt 1)

  {

  Write-Host "better check! "Found several results:

  Foreach ($VM to $OldBackups)

  {

  Write-Host $VM. Name

  }

  }

  on the other

  {

  Remove-VM - VM $OldBackups - DeleteFromDisk-confirm: $false

  }

  }

  
  

  # Clone VM

  $VMInfo = get - VM $VMName | Get-View

  $CloneSpec = new-Object Vmware.Vim.VirtualMachineCloneSpec

  $CloneSpec.Snapshot = $VMInfo.Snapshot.CurrentSnaphshot

  $CloneSpec.Location = new-Object Vmware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateSpec

  $CloneSpec.Location.Datastore = (get-Datastore-name $Datastore |) Get - View). MoRef

  $CloneSpec.Location.Transform = [Vmware.Vim.VirtualMachineRelocateTransformation]: sparse

  $CloneFolder = $VMInfo.Parent

  $CloneName = "$VMName - $BackupSuffix".

  $TaskCloneID = $VMInfo.CloneVM_Task ($CloneFolder, $CloneName, $CloneSpec)

  
  

  # Check if the task is completed

  
  

  $Check = $false

  While ($Check - eq $false)

  {

  $Tasks = get-job | Select State, id | Where {$_.} State - eq "Running" - and $_. State - eq "pending"}

  ForEach ($Task in $Tasks)

  {

  If ($Task.id - eq $TaskCloneID)

  {$Check = $false}

  on the other

  {$Check = $true}

  }

  Start-Sleep 10

  }

  # Move clone to the backup folder

  Move-VM - VM '$VMName - $BackupSuffix' - Destination $BackupFolder

  
  

  # Disconnect

  Disconnect-VIServer-confirm: $false

  Can you show us the complete error message you get?

  BTW, the clone step can be replaced by the New-VM cmdlet with the setting of the virtual machine.

• RAW Device Mapping (RDM) (data store)

  Hello everyone,

  I would like to ask I datastore, RDM, I use it with some VMS but when I browse with vsphere on my storage I Ididn find listested on my datastor

  could you please sometimes why not found Ididn.

  Thank you all for your support

  Used as the RDM disks do not present as data stores in the view "storage." There you will find only the VMFS LUNS data warehouses are in format. However, all LUNS - any that they are used as VMFS or RDM data warehouses - should show when you select the vmhba appropriate in "storage adapters".

  André

• Storage VMotion over link FICU

  Hi all

  Bear with me I'm just a geek of storage and vmware is not my specialty.

  I'm looking for validation in a data center relocation project. We move data centers that are about 30 miles away. We have a few hundred VM that must be migrated to the new data center. The team has proposed the setting up of new ESX servers in the new data center and moving with Storage Vmotion virtual computer on a 10 GB FCIP link. Data reside on a Clariion system and will move to a CLARiiON and the FCIP link is between the Cisco MDS 9513 switches.

  Now, I was under the impression that this kind of remote migration was still a work in progress Cisco and Vmware and there are strict boundaries between the centres of data using Storage VMotion.

  Does anyone have an experience with this type of migration? Pitfalls? Everyone sees the problems?

  Thanks in advance

  Well, it depends on if you need it to be supported or not

  As long as a given ESX Server can see the source and target devices, he cares not if 1 of them is accessible via a FCIP link to the layer of switch - he cares that there is a target and a READ.  Once you can see the two device, storage vmotion will happen.  Now, with a link to 10 Gbps performance will probably be fine, you are likely to be limited by your CF 4 GB cards that link FCIP morel.

  We have tried similar experiences, and it worked fine.

  -Matt

  VCP, vExpert, Unix Geek

• Storage vMotion a VM except disk that is in another data store

  Hello

  I'm looking to convert a large number of virtual machines clones related to thick.  I decided the best way to do this is probably a simple a storage vMotion, but all the virtual machines have a secondary drive that is in another data store.  I have to make sure that disk #2 stays at its current location, while the machine virtual (Config and disk #1 files) are transferred to a new data store data store.

  I figured out how to move a virtual machine complete or a single disc but not a virtual machine under a disc.  I am able to make it through the advanced options of puissancela vSphere client so I guess it is techinically possible.

  Pointers or other ideas would be greatly appreciated.

  Kind regards

  Ty-

  You will need to use the API method, see for example Re: using several data stores, cannot migrate the vmx file in a data store

• storage vmotion 4 1 TB vmdk to a new data store 4TB on 5.5

  All,

  Benefit in performance if the 4 storage vmotion VMDK located on 4 separate data warehouses in a newly created 4TB data store. with 5.5 capacity 62, I was hoping that someone could tell me.

  I appreciate it

  Well well, the response - as before - is "it depends...". ».

  If you want to use a large drive or multiple small disks depends on the structure of data. If you can not divide the data into departments for example, projects, home/profile,... you can be better with a single large disk. Don't forget to use a GPT partition table, and you need to check if for example your backup software can handle that. Some image/VM based backup applications can backup and restore virtual drives very well, but do not have the ability to file level restore! Also don't forget that - disaster - restoration such a large virtual disk will take a significant amount of time during which data is not available for users. If the data structure allows to distribute to several virtual disks (you can always use DFS to present the data through a single share), I prefer this over the large virtual disk. With the smallest disks virtual, you will certainly have to watch each of them for free disk space, but you can increase the size of disk individually and restoration of a single virtual disk can be done much more quickly (with other discs still online / available to users).

  André

• Storage Vmotion to a new data store get UUID and MAC change to hot after reboot

  Hello

  I have a strange thing that happened on my vcenter.

  Just do a vmotion hot storage between two data store.

  I reboot the virtual machine and received no message to validate if I moved or copied.

  When the virtual machine is restarted, I see that changing the UUID and MAC address.
  Make me an error with an application running on it.

  Did anyone see that already?

  We do some testing and solution for this problem is to download the VM's vmx file on the local system and apply these settings:

  If you want to change the setting always or always create , power off the virtual machine and change its configuration (.vmx) file. Remove the line containing uuid.action = "crΘer" or uuid.action = 'keep'.

  The configuration line such as this to keep the UUID and MAC after vmotion: uuid.action = 'keep '.

  Reupload the file on the data store and restart the virtual machine

• VM have been storage vMotioned to another data store, and now I have 3 VM with white "!" inside a red square and I want to understand the cause of this.

  VM have been storage vMotioned to another data store, and now I have 3 VM with white "!" inside a red square and I want to understand the cause of this.

  Can you try to make a vmotion host and see if it gets resolved? If not, can you close the virtual machine and start again? I have seen this problem before and a stop and start resolved.

• Storage Vmotion several stores of data to CSV

  I have 6 virtual machines with 13 discs each on 72 different data stores (limit of 2 TB was really limited).  Extensions led to terrible performance, then the best course of action was to individual records on individual data warehouses (1 1 ratio of the data store vmdk).  We are now migrate all these 72 vmdk of 72 new data on the new storage warehouses.  In the past, we did these VMotions of storage via PowerCli data store or virtual machine for a store of data specified in a comma-delimited file.

  I was trying to understand what would be the command line that I could insert the drives and appropriate in the command data warehouses "for each.  The command set-hard drive wasn't working.  You see where I was wrong?

  [vSphere PowerCLI] C:\powershell > get-datastore HO-CX3-CF-Phopdnode03 - 1 m | Get-hard drive | % {Set-hard drive - HDD $_ - data store "ho_na3_phopdnode03_12"}
  Confirm
  Are you sure you want to perform this action?
  Operation "store parameter data: ho_na3_phopdnode03_12."the Target "phopdnode03.vmdk".»
  [Y] yes [A] Yes to all [N] no [L] no to all [S] Suspend [?] Help
  (default is "Y"):
  Together-hard drive: 2011-08-09 15:17:13 the value-hard drive error caused by file
  /vmfs/volumes/4e4178ca-0c93f7f8-7141-002655503f5d/phopdnode03/phopdnode03.VMDK
  At line: 1 char: 72
  + get-datastore HO-CX3-CF-Phopdnode03 - 1 m | Get-hard drive | % {Hard disk set < < < <}
  {- Hard drive $_ - data store "ho_na3_phopdnode03_12"}
  + CategoryInfo: NotSpecified: (:)) [game-hard drive], FileFault)
  + FullyQualifiedErrorId: Client20_VirtualDeviceServiceImpl_MoveVirtualHar
  dDiskFile_ViError, VMware.VimAutomation.ViCore.Cmdlets.Commands.VirtualDevi
  it. SetHardDisk

  The cmdlet Get-hard drive with the parameter data store also returns the hard files that are not connected to a virtual computer.

  A svMotion has update .vmx file the VM as well.

  Maybe try it like that

  Get - VM - Datastore ' HO-CX3-CF-Phopdnode03 - 1 m | Get-hard drive | `

  where {$_.} Filename-match "HO-CX3-CF-Phopdnode03 - 1 m"} | `

  Together-hard drive - data store "ho_na3_phopdnode03_12".

• Storage vmotion to another data store on a different san

  Hello

  We have a 3.5 ESX cluster running 4 host ESX and Virtual Center. The licensing is ESX Server standard edition. We are migrating to ESXi 4.1 vSphere and a new SAN. One of the issues that we are going through is because we are only in standard edition, we have no storage vmotion to migrate the virtual machines of data stores in the old SAN for data warehouses in the new San. Other than purchasing the add-on storage vmotion, what other options can I. I thought to add a new ESX 3.5 server to the cluster and make storage vmotion from this server while it is running trial license. I would probably need only a few days to storage vmotion on about 45 VMs. Please let me know if one were to do this or any other alternatives available.

  Hello

  There is an unofficial plugin that does not require an authorization.

  More about http://www.virtualizationadmin.com/articles-tutorials/vmware-esx-and-vsphere-articles/vmotion-drs-high-availability/storage-vmotion-svmotion-vi-plugin.html

  plugin http://sourceforge.net/projects/vip-svmotion/

• Data store inventory and storage VMotion

  Hello

  We have a host of ESXi 4.0 U1 with vCenter 4.0 U1 environment 5.

  Having acquired a whole new NetApp FC SAN FAS2040, we are trying to gradually Storage VMotion all VMs in front of our old EMC SAN.

  However, after VM have been VMotioned of storage, they always appear in the inventory of the store of data EMC (as contained in the NetApp data store!).

  If we edit the VM, the spectacle of .vmdks as being located on the NetApp.

  Will be the client update its inventory at any time data store?  We tried the view refreshed, restart the client, vCenter services restart, restart the server vCenter - all to nothing does not.

  Thank you very much

  IR88

  PS - When you browse NetApp data warehouses, it seems to take a long v. for folders / files to appear! (get "Searching datastore... ("for a while)

  Is there anything that is attached to the virtual machines (CDROM/ISO file,...) which is still on the EMC storage?

  André

• Storage vmotion the VMS residing on a store of data to another data store

  I need Storage vmotion all virtual machines residing on a data store to another store of data within the same cluster. All virtual computers have a vmdk... someone has a script or something similar...

  Also, you should be able to:

  Get-Datastore "OldDatastore" | Get-VM | Foreach { Move-VM -Datastore (Get-Datastore "NewDatastore") }
  

  If you found this information useful, please consider the allocation of points for correct or helpful.

  Alan Renouf

  http://Virtu-al.NET

• VM shows always refers to the old data store after storage vMotion?

  All the:

  We have recently set up a SAN Equalogic and plugged into our environment vSphere. We are moving our VM to SAN storage, off the coast of local disk. After treatment of a virtual machine, we always show the reference to the old data store on the summary page when you look at this VM. However, when we look at the settings, HARD drive shows that the vmdk file is infact on the SAN?

  Is there a reason why it would still showing upward for both?

  Thank you

  (1) check if the virtual machine has snapshots and maybe its pointing to the old datatore

  (2) check if any ISO is mounted on the virtual machine to the old data store

  After the screenshot of the VM folder by browsing the old data store