Disk partedUtil utility command-line on ESXi disk partitioning

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  How can I make and delete a snapshot of the command line in ESXi 4?  ghettoVCB4i does, but I need unusual behaviour for two virtual machines.  I need to be able to save only one of the two virtual drives, not both.  So I can't use this script here.  I need to write a script that will:

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  3 use the vmkfstools command to clone the vmdk in the backup location

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  Thank you!

  vmkfstools is a tool for working with VMDK, has nothing to do with stereotypes. In the Busybox unsupported console, the only tool that you can use for some of the management of the virtual computer is vim-cmd , which is about a wrapper for VMware vimsh, take a look at our site for more information: http://engr.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/#vmware_vimsh

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  vim-cmd "vmsvc/snapshot.create XXXX FIRST_SNAPSHOT MY_FIRST_SNAPSHOT_1"
  

  where XXXX is VmId to the virtual machine that is retrieved from vmsvc/getallvms, then you are going to deliver the snapshot.remove

  Here are some other useful commands dealing with snapshots:

  Vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.removeall \[VmId]

  [[[vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.remove \[VmId\] \[removeChildren\] \[snapshotLevel\] \[snapshotIndex\]

  Vim - cmd vmsvc/snapshot.get \[VmId\]

  ghettoVCB4i uses vimsh to do these things as well.

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• Need help to use a diskpart command line to create a partition.

  Original title: diskpart question - please help

  I really need help with the diskpart commands, so I hope someone can help out me. I recently sold a pc on ebay which would include a 320 GB HARD drive. I didn't want to take any chances on the data being restored from the disk I did a "clean up" the disk to be sure.

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  Step 1: Format your hard drive using the Installation disc.

  If you have the installation disc, you can format the hard drive.

  To do this, follow the steps below:

  (a) place the installation disk in the system tray.

  (b) restart the system using the installation disc. (This is commonly known as booting from the installation disc).

  (c) during the installation process, you can re-partition and reformat your hard drive

  Note: the process will erase your files and programs, so remember to make backups of your data files and the program before you start.

  Check out the link:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/installing-and-reinstalling-Windows-7

  You can try following the steps from the link below

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/313348

  For Windows vista -http://Windows.Microsoft.com/fr-fr/Windows-Vista/Create-and-format-a-hard-disk-partition

  For Windows 7 - http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Create-and-format-a-hard-disk-partition

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• Utility command line to convert the PDF externally Documaker 11.4 Logo

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  Conversion Manager in the workspace of documaker has available to convert the PDF in FAP with embedded Logos. The utility/Dll used for this conversion does not run the same in the command prompt. We would also like to know the utility to convert the Tiff in Logo images in the workspace of Documaker, to run the same in the command prompt.

  
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• How to access the disk HARD recovery from command line?

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• ESXi SCSI 5 to "cannot get disk partition information.

  Off I must first say that I have tried to follow the guides as much as I could find to solve this problem, but nothing has worked.

  We have a server with a single 130 GB drive that ESXi 4.0 resides on and another disk SCSI 5 to that we wanted to use as a VMFS partitioned drive, with a big VMDK, who accesses our Server VM file.

  ESXi installation went well, however, when we arrived to add the second drive as another data store, we got an error message: "error during the configuration of the host: could not get disk partition information. From there on, we tried several solution, manually formatting the drive with the tools of command line vmkfs, Re-partitioning for ext2 with GParted Live, erasing information from partition with dd, deleting all partitions, all without success.

  We are posting our problem here as a last resort, I can confirm that vSphere displays the total capacity of the car, but not the partition information. It seems also a gap between the capacity of disk fdisk reports and esxcfg-scsidevs - l capacity.

  Here are a few out of order, it was after the partitions have been deleted on 5 TB disk (the one that ends with "67"):

  ~ # esxcfg - scsidevs - l

  MPX.vmhba0:C0:t0:l0

  Device type: CD-ROM

  Size: 113 MB

  Full name: Local TSSTcorp CD (mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0)

  Plugin: NMP

  Device console: /vmfs/devices/genscsi/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0

  Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/genscsi/mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0

  Seller: TSSTcorp model: DVD - ROM TS-L333A Revis: D350

  SCSI level: 5 nickname is: wrong status: on

  : RDM Capable false is removable: true

  Is Local: true

  Other names:

  VML.0005000000766d686261303a303a30

  NAA.60024e806b43820012bd2a81ee047067

  Device type: Direct access

  Size: 5720064 MB

  Full name: disk space from DELL (naa.60024e806b43820012bd2a81ee047067)

  Plugin: NMP

  Device console: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.60024e806b43820012bd2a81ee047067

  Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.60024e806b43820012bd2a81ee047067

  Seller: DELL model: PERC 6/E adapter Revis: 1.21

  SCSI level: 5 nickname is: wrong status: on

  : RDM Capable false is removable: false

  Is Local: true

  Other names:

  VML.020000000060024e806b43820012bd2a81ee047067504552432036

  NAA.60024e807468210011e9060a073e0d11

  Device type: Direct access

  Size: 139392 MB

  Full name: disk space from DELL (naa.60024e807468210011e9060a073e0d11)

  Plugin: NMP

  Device console: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.60024e807468210011e9060a073e0d11

  Devfs Path: /vmfs/devices/disks/naa.60024e807468210011e9060a073e0d11

  Seller: DELL model: PERC 6 / I saw: 1.22

  SCSI level: 5 nickname is: wrong status: on

  : RDM Capable false is removable: false

  Is Local: true

  Other names:

  VML.020000000060024e807468210011e9060a073e0d11504552432036

  ~ #

  ~ # fdisk-l

  Disk /dev/disks/naa.60024e806b43820012bd2a81ee047067: 1599,8 GB, 1599875317760 bytes

  255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 194507 cylinders

  Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

  Device boot start end blocks Id system

  Disk /dev/disks/naa.60024e807468210011e9060a073e0d11: 146.1 GB, 146163105792 bytes

  Heads of 64, 32 sectors/track, 139392 cylinders

  Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes

  Device boot start end blocks Id system

  /dev/disks/NAA.60024e807468210011e9060a073e0d11p1 5 900 917504 5 extended

  /dev/disks/NAA.60024e807468210011e9060a073e0d11p2 901 4995 4193280 6 FAT16

  4996 139392 137622528 fb VMFS /dev/disks/NAA.60024e807468210011e9060a073e0d11p3

  /dev/disks/NAA.60024e807468210011e9060a073e0d11p4 * 1 4 4080 4 FAT16 & lt; 32 M

  5 254 255984 6 FAT16 /dev/disks/NAA.60024e807468210011e9060a073e0d11p5

  255 504 255984 6 FAT16 /dev/disks/NAA.60024e807468210011e9060a073e0d11p6

  /dev/disks/NAA.60024e807468210011e9060a073e0d11p7 505 614 fc 112624 VMKcore

  615 900 292848 6 FAT16 /dev/disks/NAA.60024e807468210011e9060a073e0d11p8

  Partition table entries are not in the order of disc

  ~ #

  ~ # esxcfg-scsidevs - has

  vmhba0 ata_piix link-n/a sata.vmhba0 (0:31.2) Intel Corporation 2 port SATA IDE Controller (ICH9)

  vmhba1 megaraid_sas link-n/a unknown.vmhba1 (3:0.0) LSI Logic / Symbios Logic PERC 6 / i integrated RAID controller

  megaraid_sas vmhba2 link-n/a unknown.vmhba2 (5:0.0) LSI Logic / Symbios Logic PERC 6/E adapter RAID Controller

  vmhba32 ata_piix link-n/a sata.vmhba32 (0:31.2) Intel Corporation 2 port SATA IDE Controller (ICH9)

  ~ #

  I had heard he had some problems with the help of 2 TB disks in ESXi, however I was not sure if it was directly relevant to this problem. I am open to using Raw Device Mappings, I think I've seen a few guides on the methods not supported for adding THAT RDM on a local drive - all advice on this would be welcome.

  Currently, we hold a store of data from 5 to and VMDK join one of our virtual machines. I guess my question is: How can I get the 5 TB drive work in ESXi?

  Hello and welcome to the forums.

  ESX (i) can be used to the maximum 2 TB - 512 bytes to the size of the LUN.  It is documented in KB 3371739.  You can just cut up this 5 TB drive into partitions smaller than 2 TB - 512 bytes each.

  Good luck!

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  Dear team,

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  Mr. VMware

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  Team,

  I got database 11g which we take the backup to cold on Wednesday and Saturday of each week and an OEM12c agent configured on the server. I get OEM alerts during scheduled interruption db.

  I can find no blinds command-line utility to block the alert during the hour and day.

  Can you please share if orders have a.

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  PROMPT> emctl start blackout bk1 db1 db2 ldb2:oracle_listener -d 5 02:30 

  The blackout will start immediately and will last for 5 days, 2 hours and 30 minutes.

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  The blackouts regulars are not possible using power outages emctl (part).  They are, however, possible by using the UI or CLI EM

  http://docs.Oracle.com/CD/E24628_01/EM.121/e17786/cli_verb_ref.htm#BABICICB

  Would you be able to switch to EM CLI or the UI instead?

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• In ESXi command line

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  How can I start VM using the command line?

  How to unregister and register VM on the different host?

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  This package provides experienced users with the possibility to upgrade remotely, without head of ESXi Server 4.0 to ESXi Server 4.0 Update 1. Use this package with the Remote Command Line Interface 'vihostupdate '.

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