Deployment uses the local data store

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• Can I delete the local data store on esx 3.5?

  I have a client with vmware ESX 3.5 no esxi

  They have a local data store but it is formatted with a block size of 1 MB, so I can put only a 256 GB VM out there and I need to put a test VM with a larger size.

  I know that in ESXi 4 you can simply delete the local data store and create a new, but I'm not familiar with ESX 3.5, are there hidden files on the data store that the server uses?  If I search for the store there's nothing in there.

  Thank you

  Mike

  Hi Mike,.

  You can simply reformat your data store. Take a look at the following article:

  • http://userssuck.com/2007/07/12/how-to-change-the-blocksize-of-a-VMFS-filesystem/

  Of course, you must back up and delete any data you have on this data store before the format operation.

  Good luck!

  Concerning

  Franck

• Cannot delete the local data store empty on ESXi 4

  Hi all

  Does anyone know how to kill the process that uses / block the process of removing the ESXi 4 data store?

  I have this provblem in VI Client when I was in the middle of the removal of the Local data store

  Remove datastore

  The resources ESXi02_VMFS vim.host.DatastoreSystem is in use.

  It's production live environment so is possible to kill the process without having to restart the ESXi 4 crowd?

  Thank you.

  Kind regards

  AWT

  OK so first try to connect with viclient to ESXi directly and see if you can remove the data store.

  The command you need to nod your head do buisness hours.

  Good luck!

  MCP, VCP

• Good way to use the concurrent data store

  Hello

  I'm developing a multithreaded C++ application that uses the C++ of Berkeley DB Library.

  In my case, I have several databases that I composed in a wooded area. It is important for me to use an environment because I need control over the cachesize parameter.

  I don't need no guarantee of transaction and have for most of the readings, so I decided to use the "simultaneous database.

  I first pre-fill all databases with a number of entries (configuration single-threaded phase) and then work on it at the same time (for most readings, but also insertions and deletions).

  I tried all kinds of different configurations, but I can't work without specifying DB_THREAD as a flag of the environment.

  I don't want to because then access all handles is synchronized sequentially according to the documentation:

  "... Note that the activation of this indicator will serialize calls to DB using the handle between the threads. If

  simultaneous scaling is important for your application, we recommend handles separate for each thread opening

  (and do not specify this indicator), rather than share handles between threads. "

  (Berkeley DB QAnywhere C++)

  So I tried to open the environment with the following indicators:

  DB_CREATE | DB_PRIVATE | DB_INIT_MPOOL | DB_INIT_CDB

  All data in this environment handles are open only with the DB_CREATE flag.

  So, since my understanding this same basic access handles need to be synchronized, I opened separate handles foreach database for each thread (opening the handles is still single-threaded).

  In my first approach, I have only made use of the object of global environment. Which does not work and gives the following during operations error message:

  DB_LOCK-> lock_put: Lock is no longer valid

  So I thought, since the same handle global env is passed to all handles separate DB, it is perhaps a race condition critical on the handful of approx.

  So in my next test, I opened also handles separate EPS in each thread (and db handles owned each).

  That does not produce an error in db, but now it seems that each thread sees its own version of the databases (I call it stat early in the life of each thread and he sees all of the empty dbs).

  What is the right way to use the concurrent data store? Each thread should really open his own set of db handles? What about the number of open handles env?

  PS: Without specifying that the DB_PRIVATE flag seems to do the job, but for performance reasons, I want all operations to perform in the cache and do not specify product DB_PRIVATE average of several writes to the disk for my scenario.

  Thanks a lot for your help.

  CD (simultaneous database) allows a single editor with multiple drives, access to the db at a given point in time.    The handle for the writer doesn't have to be shared with readers.   If you share the DB handle then calls are synchronized, but if each thread has its own handle DB then this is not the case.     Since you have an environment, DB_THREAD must be at the level of the environment.   This will allow the sharing of the environment handle.     This type of error "DB_LOCK-> lock_put: Lock is no longer valid" you can provide us your code so we can take a look.   Also what BDB version are you using?

• Expand the Local data store

  Hello

  I have an ESX 4.1 with only a data store local (RAID5) on virtual machines on a DELL Server

  I want to enlarge the data store, I don't have enough free space to create multiple virtual machines.

  To do:

  -Install a new hard drive (with vmware powered)

  -Add the new hardisk to Raid5 with DELL Open manage

  -wait finally extend raid 5

  -Power Off Vmware machines?  or continue started?

  -Develop with local Vshpere the data store vmware (what time must expand?)

  I want to know if I can do an extension with the new space unpartitioned on local existing datastore without losing my virtual machines? I have only the local data store with esxi when I develop the esxi continue to work?

  Can someone help me?

  Concerning

  Yes, it's quite OK.

  If this solved your problem, please mark it as answered.

  See you soon,.

  Adil Arif

• 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.

• Extremely high latency during the migration of the local data store to data store shared.

  Hi guys I hope you help me. Sorry for my English btw, I'm not native.

  Let's start!

  I have:

  1 vCenter
  1 host
  1 Distributed Switch (with a pg for managing network/IPstorage the esxi)
  1 standard switch (empty)
  1 FreeNAS to provide iSCSI LUNS
  1 Microsoft to provide iSCSI LUNS

  When I try to migrate virtual machines between the warehouses of shared data or data shared at local store, all right. The problem has become when I try to migrate virtual machines from the local to the shared data store. All data stores down (all paths down) and back up and I get this error:

  "Error caused by the /vmfs/volumes/volumenID/VMDirectory/Disk.vmdk file.

  
  When I try to migrate virtual machines from the local to the FreeNAS iSCSI data store it fails immediately.
  When I do the same local Microsoft iSCSI datastore that it takes a time loooooong to migrate the virtual computer, give it to me even all the paths downwards and uplinks down error but not lacking in migration.

  I'll give you some screenshots to see the errors.

  Thank you very much!

  EDIT: I have extremely high latency notice when I try to migrate from the premises of warehouses of shared data. average 2000ms with peaks of 50,000 (see my response below for more information)

  Finally, I found the solution! The problem is that I have been using E1000E vmnic instead of vmxnet3. I have configured an adapter vmxnet3 and boom! 20 ms in all migration!

  Thank you to all for help, especially Nick_Andreev !

• Adding/viewing ESX hosts the local data store in vCenter

  Hey all,.

  I am pleased to join these forms and hope I have don't get dessu down for not having a cert VM (I train hard knowledge where and how get it)

  I have recently graduated from networking and am on the fast track in my new career. Now things are as clear as possible so I will try to fill as much

  ESXi 1 - Dell G6, running, 1065491 5.1.0

  Storage adapter - Smart Array P410i

  vmhba0

  Details - Serial Attached SCSI disk HP, ID (naa. #...), name of Runtime: vmhba1:c0:T0:L0, mounted the Non - SSD, block adapter, 1 TB)

  ESXi 2 - Dell G7 5.1.0 running, 1065491

  Storage adapter - Smart Array P410i

  Details-HP Serial Attached SCSI Disk, ID (naa. #...), name of Runtime: vmhba1:c0:T0:L1, mounted the Non - SSD, block adapter, 1 TB)

  vCenter - Win Server 2008 r2 (working on the features of powershell to work with packages from CodePLex)

  ESXi hosts in a single datacenter, with one single Cluster... in this cluster is a SAN that the two hosts can access without problem

  When I click on Cluster 1-> summary-> Storage (local storage shows ESXi 1 and SAN storage) NO ESXi 2 of local storage.

  When I click on ESXi 1 host in vCenter and then click on summary or Configuration (Storage)... it will show the SAN and hosts local storage

  When I click on ESXi 2 host in vCenter and then click summary or Configuration (Storage)... it will show the SAN and NOT hosts local storage

  How can question I view and manage local storage of 2 ESX via vCenter?

  At the moment I have to hand, log in to ESX 2 via vSphere thickclient and see its local data store.

  I was talkin to some people on #vmware in IRC, but can't seem to understand why... is something mmiss configured? I thought that this would have been a no-brainer... I tried to 'find new warehouses of data' on the ESX 2 in vCenter, no dice.

  Help

  Welcome to the community - I would try to remove the host to vCenter and see if you can see the local storage.

• Cannot create the local data store more Go 558,75

  See attachment.

  New installation of ESXi 4.1.0 try adding a local data store.  Local volume is a to 4.55 RAID 5, fully initialized.

  Add storage

  Choose the device, etc.  Choose the size of 8MB block and "ability to mazimize.  Summary On screen looks like its going to do what I ask... I cliquerai finish.

  Produces final is 558,75 Go.  Any ideas?

  ESX(I) supports no more than a little less than 2 TB LUN. Divide your table into smaller LUNs

• Increase in the size of block of the local data store

  I tried from Googling and it involves a lot of things from the command line and seems to be different ways of doing.

  They say that I need to format the drive again and specify a block size.  But isn't ESXi installed on the same partition? If I reformat it, it won't get rid of the ESXi software?

  Where can I get easy step by step instructions on how to do this?

  If you have no data, go to Configuration / Storage and remove the existing data store.

  Then choose Add datastore.

  André

• Possible to deploy the OVF model directly from the local data store?

  Hey all,.

  I'm trying to optimize the consumption of resources and the speed of deployment of models of the FVO in ESXi 4.  Of course, the fastest and most effective way to do so would be to have the models of the FVO in a data store and deploy them directly to another (two stores on the same host).  That's what I'm trying to accomplish.

  Problem seems to be that when you use the vSphere client to deploy templates of the FVO, even when you point to the URL of the model on the same host (via http to the data store access) system, the vSphere client again retrieves the ESXi host files, then transfer their return.  So using twice the bandwidth on the host and the client system necessary.

  Does anyone know if it is possible to perform the deployment of a model of the FVO keeping all internal transfer to the ESXi host?  If anyone knows another method more effective than what I'm trying to achieve, I'm open to suggestions.

  All advice is appreciated.

  Thank you!

  -Ben

  The only way I can see that you can keep the internal traffic to the ESX host would be to have the vSphere client in a virtual machine running on the host computer, and configure your internal network Ms keep all traffic to the host

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• How to ignore the local data store...

  Hello LucD and other experts, script

  I have a script that gives me the list of the data stores, total, used and free size and accessibility. That's out of all types of data, such as Aboriginal, SAN and NFS storage... I took leave of the NFS share... I'm looking to see if there is possibility to ignore local warehouses of data in the list...

  The script is attached. Help, please!

  Kind regards

  VMSavvy

  Change this line

  $datastores = get-vmhost | Get-Datastore. Sort-Object Name

  in this

  $datastores = get-vmhost | Get-Datastore. where {$_.} Extensiondata.Summary.MultipleHostAccess} | Sort-Object Name

• Size of the virtual machines on the local data store

  What is the best way to determne the (total) disk space using a virtual machine? We have several virtual machines on local data warehouses and would like to estimate roughly how much disk space to the total number of virtual machines use to caculate how much storage SAN, they will consume. Is there an 'easy' way to socket this information?

  The most accurate way would be to calculate the total space used by the virtual machine files in the data store.

  Connect to the service console

  Navigate to the vmfs volume

  Navigate to the vm folder

  -h.

  This will give you files for this particular virtual machine related to the amount of disk space used by all the vm

  Méhul

• Unable to scp - r of the local data store a host to another data store local host

  Using PuTTY to connect to the host server

  Running command to copy VM to a data store to another data store (the two DS hosted locally on 2 different servers)

  Error: are different major versions of Protocol: 2 vs 1

  -J' tried confirmed that the only protocol on two host servers are defined in Protocol No. 1 and as I use Putty I have the Protocol in 1 also, but the same error occurs.

  II

  1 - Check the SSH configuration on both sides and compare... (/ etc/ssh/sshd_config)

  The remote server will only accept v2 connections and you try to do

  a connection v1. So either enable support of the v1 on the remote side. Or use

  keys v2 and id_rsa/id_dsa.

  2. check the versions ESX & patch level you used on both sides (ESX 3 xx build xxx)

  3 - also, you can check ssh version of protocol running rpm - qa | grep openssh.

  Good luck!

  GM

• Mounting external USB HDD to host copy all the s vm to the local data store

  I have a scripted ESXi installation that works very well, but once the installation is completed I want to copy all the VM from a disk external DRIVE to store data on the host computer.

  There is no attached servers/clients, so it must be done from the host itself.

  in thele/var/log/usb.log file on the hard drive is recognized, but how to access and copy all the external HARD disc VM in the data store?

  install vmware tools

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  Good luck!