Data store sizes do not correspond to the sizes used all the vm

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• provisiond data store space does not match with the space of the VMs

  Hi guys,.

  I have the particular phenomenon on my cVenter environment. Space brought into service on data warehouses does not correspond with the really used capacity of the virtual machines.

  Details:
  VCenter: VMware vCenter 6.0.0 3634793
  ESXi: ESXi 5.5.0, 3568722
  Storage: The Netapp Cluster Mode
  NFS data warehouses

  Virtual machines allocate more space such as assigned. It could be 100% more space. There are no files that are responsible for this in the data store. We have allowed efficiency of storage which means on the Netapp deduplication.
  In the opinion of vCenter - the data store has a provisiond about 1 TB space and really about 550 GB space (space of each unique virtual machine).

  You know this problem or something like that?

  Best regards

  Thanks for your replies, but it's a feature of Netapp called fractional reserve.

  This reserved feature 0% or 100% of the space.

  Has anyone experiences with the option of fractional reserve and volumes NFS for ESXi? What is the best value for this?

  Romano

• List of virtual machines in the data store but is not registered in the inventory

  I have a perl script that can list all the virtual machines in a datasore given by using the HostDatastoreBrowser object.

  However this only back vms who are registered. I want to be able to find images that have 'removed from the inventory' users but not destroyed on the data store.

  I even reach this may by using the HostDatastorBrowser? If this is not the case, how can I achieve my goal?

  Thank you

  Hello

  You can, but you may need to put the data in a different format. It is actually more a matter of perl a matter of VI Toolkit.

  You must create the appropriate list, then use the PERL map function to evaluate an expr on the entire list. Personally I just use a foreach example statement.

  Best regards
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• Gets the data store size

  Hello, I do not know if here is righ place to my question if not please tell me where I can post it.

  I am attemping the information on the data store size by CLI with order tracking.

  c:\Program Files (x 86) \VMware\VMware vSphere CLI\bin > vmkfstools.pl "C:\Prograare\VMware vSphere CLI\Perl\bin\perl.exe" - serve
  queryfs-/ vmfs/volumes/v7ksas17 - vihost jvelnx - vm01.tigre.in

  work of starts but he asks me user and password for the moment that I run.

  I want to move this authentication directly by the CLI only after "ENTER".

  Is it possible? How?

  Thank you

  If you use the vCLI under Windows, you can use the passthroughauth - assuming you connect in Windows system with the same credentials that you would login to your vSphere environment.

  If this isn't the case, you can also specify the user name and password by specifying it only on the same command:

  for example

  vmkfstools.pl - Server [VC] - queryfs/vmfs/volumes/v7ksas17 - vihost jvelnx - vm01.tigre.in - username [USER] - password [COL]

  Also, you can create a session file and then specify that, in this way, you don't need to have your credentials in clear text.

  You can take a look at the additional documentation by auth options here - http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-50/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vcli.getstart.doc_50%2Fcli_run_remote.5.3.html

• List of virtual machines in the data store that is not in stock

  Hi guys

  PowerCLI rookie here, sorry for the stupid questions.

  I'm trying to clean up a bunch of singehost with local data warehouses. So I need a script that can display a list of files of virtual machine on a data store that is not used by VMs in the inventory. One of the problems is that the files on the data store, isn't every means, named exactly the same as the virtual machine in the inventory.

  Summer watching this, but I think the term "orphan" is "sent, in my view, it is:

  https://communities.VMware.com/thread/266913

  Also it is - this one, I think that I should be able to change it to do what I want:

  http://www.wooditwork.com/2011/08/11/adding-VMX-files-to-vCenter-inventory-with-PowerCLI-gets-even-easier/

  Any tips or hints to push me in the right direction would be appreciated.

  Please try:

  $AllFilesLocalDatastore = get-data store 'localdatastorename ' | Get-fileindatastore

  $FilesIdentifiedAsAssociatedToAllVMs = get-FilesIdentifiedAsAssociatedToAllVMs

  #The two functions above are available here http://thecrazyconsultant.com/find-orphaned-vmdk-files-workflow/

  Check the contents of the two variables for example with VGO or export-csv

  $AllFilesInESX01LocalDatastore | OGV

  Try:

  $FilesNotIdentifiedAsAssociatedToAnyVM = $AllFilesLocalDatastore | {foreach-object

  $FullPath = $_. FullPath

  If ($FilesIdentifiedAsAssociatedToAllVMs.FileName - notcontains $FullPath) {}

  Return $_

  }

  }

  $FilesNotIdentifiedAsAssociatedToAnyVM | OGV

  #The over a will contain all the files that are not identified as associated with any virtual computer

  $ProbablyOrphanedFiles = $FilesNotIdentifiedAsAssociatedToAnyVM | where {$_.} FileTypeFullName-match "VMware.Vim.Vm *"-GOLD ($_.) FileTypeFullName - eq "VMware.Vim.FileInfo" - AND ($_.) FullPath-match ".vmsd" - or $_. FullPath-match ".vmxf" - or $_. FullPath-match "aux.xml" - or $_. FullPath-match ".vswp" - GOLD ($_.) FullPath-match "hard" - AND $_. FullPath - notmatch 'ctk.vmdk') - GOLD ($_.) FullPath-match ".vmx" - AND $_. FullPath - notmatch ".vmx ~"- AND $_. FullPath - notmatch "." VMX.lck")))}

  $ProbablyOrphanedFiles | OGV

  Edit:

  Changed the name of the data store, it seems that he was not supposed to be in the first screenshot.

  Edit2:
  The first command control switch, more details in the last post in this thread

• Server data store will automatically get updated when the new file (with the same name) is placed in the landing area

  
  Hi guys,.

  The data store server-side will get automatically updated when a new file with the same name is loaded in the landing area?

  for example

  1 data store created for server-side get the file named UK.xls (he has 5 rows)

  2 snapshot created for the above data store

  3. created with the snapshot process

  After that if I remove 2 lines from the same file and load again to the landing (with the same name). So by re-running the process will take the last file OR do I need to reload the file in the data store every time when there is a change in the file. We also tried with option to work but the last file was not picking up.

  Any help will be really appreciated.

  Please lets us know your updates.

  Please advice

  Thank you

  VT

  Hello

  When you create a snapshot, you create a snapshot whose task (provided that you use a data store server-side) can be run from a job. To refresh the data, run the snapshot in a job task. If you create a task at the time the snapshot and the processes that use it, they will automatically connect and will be 'upstream' data through the snapshot in the process. You can then choose whether it would be appropriate to write the snapshot or not (for the effectiveness of performance if you want to do the straight through processing) by activating or deactivating the bucket of data staged that the snapshot written to. The snapshot in the work task means that the data is refreshed.

  For the work of design to the Director, you can refresh the snapshot by running again it manually in the context menu.

  Kind regards

  Mike

• Kickstart: Local data store destroyed do not reinstall it

  I noticed that when I reinstall ESXi 5 on a server already built, the previous local data store is not destroyed.

  I said to make a 'install' and 'overwritevmfs '.

  install - firstdisk = mptsas, local - overwritevmfs

  in the upper part of the kickstart but the store of previous local data remains.

  I tried to use clearpart

  clearpart - alldrives - overwritevmfs

  Yet the local data store of the previous generation, as well.

  Part of my process of kickstart is to rename the store local data (datastore1) to a meaningful name that includes the hostname so if I reinstall, the data store rename fails (since there is no datastore1 on the 2nd install).  Also, I need to know the name of the data store, as I'm checking out the files ' / ' when installing (via oem.tgz) and move before the first reboot in the section post % (or they will be gone). The only persistent location is the local data store. This also effects kickstart for resettlement syslog that goes to the local data store as well.

  Suggestions on how do I delete a data store local existing during the installation (unless you delete the RAID and re-create)?

  -JC

  I wrote the following script to rename the local old data store ESXi 5.0 using Primo-kickstart script:

  _____________________________________________________________________

  AcceptEULA

  #clearpart - firstdisk = cciss, local - all - overwritevmfs # removes all partitions on local drive (for G1 blade servers) but will not erase the label VMFS

  clearpart - firstdisk = hpsa, local - all - overwritevmfs # removes all partitions on local drive (for G6 blade servers) but will not erase the label VMFS

  install - firstdisk = hpsa, local - overwritevmfs

  rootpw SECRET

  reset

  % include/tmp/networkconfig

  % pre - interpreter = busybox

  # extract information network startup

  VMK_INT = "vmk0".

  VMK_LINE = $(localcli réseau ip interface ipv4 get | grep "${VMK_INT}")

  IPADDR = $(echo "${VMK_LINE}" | awk '{print $2}")

  NETMASK = $(echo "${VMK_LINE}" | awk '{print $3}")

  GATEWAY = $(esxcfg-route | awk '{print $5}')

  DNS = "10.130.0.21,10.130.0.22."

  Hostname = $(nslookup "${IPADDR}" | grep adresse | awk '{print $4}')

  echo ' network - bootproto = static - addvmportgroup = false - device = vmnic0 - ip = ${IPADDR} - netmask = ${MASK} - gateway = ${GATEWAY} - nameserver = ${DNS} - hostname = ${HOSTNAME} "> / MC

  p/networkconfig

  firstboot % - interpreter = busybox

  # Extract the host name of the host number

  # Example: HC - moon01.tapkit .net = ' 01, sc - moon02.tapkit .net = ' 02, sc - moonNN.tapkit .net = 'NN ',.

  HL ='hostname-s | WC-c"

  hostNum = $(nom d'hôte-s | cut-c'expr $hl-2'-'expr $hl-1')

  # Rename the local data store to something more meaningful

  # Find the current local data store NAME (exclude all the SAN HSV200 data store)

  DatastoreName = "$(liste étendue d'esxcli stockage vmfs |) grep ' esxcli - trainer = csv - format-param = fields = "Device, model" list of basic storage device | grep - v "HSV200". grep - v "Device". cut - d-f1' | AWK '{print $1}')'

  NewDataStoreName = "datastore$ hostNum.

  # Rename the data store

  Vim - cmd hostsvc/datastore/rename $DatastoreName $NewDataStoreName

  # copy % first startup script newspapers to persistent data store

  CP /var/log/hostd.log "/ vmfs/volumes/$NewDataStoreName/firstboot-hostd.log".

  CP /var/log/esxi_install.log "/ vmfs/volumes/$NewDataStoreName/firstboot-esxi_install.log".

  # Needed for configuration changes that cannot be performed in esxcli (thank you VMware)

  reset

  _____________________________________________________________________

  I hope this helps...

  A big thank you to William Lam for his great contribution: http://www.virtuallyghetto.com/2011/07/automating-esxi-5x-kickstart-tips.html

  Gilles Marcil

• WARNING: [39028] "DAC" database functions do not correspond to the default values.

  Hi guys
  
  I get after warning while I try to check the consistency of my deposit.
  
  [39028] "DAC" database functions do not correspond to the default values. This can cause problems of application.
  
  How can I get rid of this error?
  
  Thank you
  Saurabh

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• Not enough space on the data store. Could not power on VM:No space available on the device

  Hello

  Here's my problem. I have several virtual machines. But one of them can be powered on because of the problem of space. I can not add spaces because there is nothing to add. The data store is only 760 MB left. There is summary information about the virtual machine below. I need power somehow on this machine, but how can I do. can I add another data store space. Y at - it files I can delete from the data store. Snapshot file is considerably large, I can reduce its size without changing anything.

  Thank you.

  

  There are several ways to approach this problem

  1. you can storage vmotion, some VMs who are currently used and this will free space.

  2. check the clichés that you don't use, and delete those.

  3. reduce the memory of some other virtual machines which are turned on so that the swap space can be saved.

• Graphing calculator virtual machine by the data store size?

  Hello

  I am interested in creating a dashboard to illustrate the growth of space on a data store but by VM as apposed to the entire data store.

  I try to help track down when the space used on a datastore jump illustrating changes in the size of the virtual machine, e.g. VM is responsible.

  Ideally what I was looking for a graph with all the VM from the store of data that are selected, but I went through a variety of different dashboards and nothing seems to provide the data I'm after.

  Is there an easy way to display this type of data?

  Thank you

  Paul

  The example I gave was dynamic. You would be populating the graph of a widget of virtual machines. This widget of VMs would be filled by selecting a data store.

  You would have 2 resource widgets and widget 1 graph. The free provider, data warehouses, will be simple a list of filters RK DSs. The following resource will receive the DS resource widget interaction and display the 'parent' and also filter by VM RK. When you select the virtual machines, select multiple interaction and it will fill on the chart widget. Then just manipulate it from there.

  If you want to get fancy, you don't have to bother with a resource interaction file and throw a metric selector between the VM resource widget and the graphic metric, then you will spend multi select multiple selection interaction and so to the graphic metric... this way you are not stuck to display only a few types of attribute in the GIR.

• The data store size is smaller than the virtual disk

  Just deploy a new installation of ESXI 4.1 rev3 on a new Dell PE R520 server with 4 disks 1 GB configured in a single Bay RAID5.  When I connect with vSphere and go to Configuration > it shows storage data store being just 740 GB.  However when I go to storage adapters and select the vmhba it shows the complete 2.73 CT of the RAID array that I need to use.  Nowhere I chose Go 740 for the size of the data store, so I don't know how it has been brought to this size.  If I try to delete and re-create 740 GB is the maximum I can create.

  What I am doing wrong and how do I create a data store that uses all 2.73 CT?  Screenshots are attached.

  Thanks in advance,

  Ben

  4 ESXi does not support LUNS > 2 TB.  Any increase on a multiple of 2 TB, it's what you'll see (e.g. 2.73 TB - 2 TB =.73 to ~ = 740 GB you see).

  But the real question is why you install version 3 year of the hypervisor?

• ESXi 5.5 will not see the data store when it is installed on the HP SD flash card

  Today, I installed an HP 4 Gb flashdisk on a new server HP ML350p gen8 Bion P72 (most recent). This server contains 4 300 GB SAS drives in a RAID5 configuration with 1 logical drive. This drive works fine. When you install a Windows Server live on this subject, the logical drive that appear.

  Installing ESXi 5.5 I choose 2 location to install to, a SD flash disk and the logical disk of SAS. I installed it on the SD flash drive. But after that I started the vSphere client and any data store is seen here. The RAID5 logical drive is not there.

  During installation 5.5i directly on the logical volume Raid5 ESXi, vSphere sees the logical volume and can use it.

  How do I install ESXi 5.5 on the SD HP flash disk and use the logical disk as data store? Why I can only see the drive now?

  THX!

  1. it works both on customized HP iso and ISO VMware 5.5i

  2 when installing ESXi 5.5 on the RAID 5, the rest of the volume, she prepares as VMFS, because it is disk0'.

  If you do not use the raidvolume for the installation of VMware, you must configure it in the vSphere client. There, you have to format the raidvolume.

  It does not work.

• Comments showing that the presence of 0 bytes on a data store that is not?

  Hi all, I'm trying to retire a LUN and storage, it is sitting on, but have several guests that are displayed as on this data store in vSphere.  The strange thing is all show space 0.00 bytes used, and if I browse the data store there aren't any records related to the expectations of the customers.  I believe that clients in question may have their primary storage on this data store at some point in the past.  I have storage vMotioned the guests in question to a data to another store but it moved were the real files associated with the guest of the database that they are really on the new data store I was moved successfully to, while the presence on the remains of the problem data store.

  Any idea what I can look at to get out of it?  I'm afraid to remove the data store if there is really something that I don't see.

  Thank you

  David

  This happens usually if the CD (or floppy) drive virtual points to an image file on the data store (don't don't even need to be connected) or the virtual machine has one or more active snapshots where one of the snapshots have been created while the virtual machine had a connection to the data store. Depending on the size of your environment, you can click virtual machines or use for example RVTools (http://www.robware.net/) to find the settings.

  André

• Find invalid date and month not corresponding with the calendar

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• The data store size decreases!

  HII alll,

  I have a virtual machine running windows server 2003, with 135 GB hdd, I noticed in the data of this vm store two files from virtual drive...

  the first vmname.vmdk with size 135 GB and the other is vmname - 00001.vmdk with 15 GB and gettting increase day after day, until it reached today 18 GB

  the free space of data store becomes a decrease coz the vmname - 00001.vmdk file... I don't know what is it? and how can I solve this problem.

  It worsen now coz if there is no space in the data store the virtual machine will be down...

  any idea please?

  It's a snapshot.  Right click on the VM and go in your snapshot Manager you will probably see it there.