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• HELP: Cannot find the local storage vmdk file - use an existing virtual disk

  Hello

  Version: ESXi 5.5

  HP Server

  Local hardware-stockage - 2 raid cards - 1) for ESXi os 2) for the virtual machine

  (1) I added 2 FVO and VMDK (12 giga) files from the Vsphere Client interface to the storage 2-> Browse the data store and a download of my files - no problem

  (2) I'm trying to create a virtual Win2K8R2 machine and when I want to use a virtual disk available - I m from the disk to the file path with innovation - I go to my storage2 - empty - nothing - I m not able to use the VMDK file!

  If you can give me advice or a solution, that would be great

  PS: I use chmod on my 2 files, RW is no one

  Best regards

  RV

  Welcome to the community,

  Assuming you are trying to do this with an OVF default value, it's actually what to expect. Instead of upload files on a datatore, import the OVF menu "File" of the vSphere Client.

  André

  PS: Discussion left CloudCred for VMware ESXi 5

• I need help you rename a file using regular expressions in Bridge.

  Hello

  I work at a University, and we are working through files for our theses and Dissertations. We were renamed to make them more coherent. I wonder if there is a regular expression that could help in this process?

  Examples come from current file names;

  • THESIS H343G 1981
  • Thesis of 1981 g996e
  • THESIS-1981-A543G

  I just need to change the actual file names. how they are formatted.

  Where appropriate on the thesis.

  Hyphens (-) in all white space.

  First letter, last letter is lower case on appeal no (H343g)

  If the list above should look like;

  • Thesis-1981-H343g
  • Thesis-1981-G996e
  • Thesis-1981-A543g

  I've seen people do some pretty cool things with regular expressions! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

  You would be better to use a script to do this as an example because I don't think it would be possible in the new name of bridge.

  Using ExtendScript Toolkit or a text editor to copy the code in any event and save it to sub Filename.jsx

  This must be recorded in the appropriate folder. It is located by going to preferences in Bridge, select Startup Scripts, this will open the folder where the script should be saved.

  Once this is done close and restart Bridge.

  Usage: Goto the Tools Menu and select Rename PDF files

  Be sure to only test the code with some files copied to a separate first folder to make sure it's what you want.

  The script will make all PDF files in the selected folder.

  #target bridge
  if( BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge" ) {
  renamePDFs = MenuElement.create("command", "Rename PDFs", "at the end of Tools");
  }
  renamePDFs.onSelect = function () {
  app.document.deselectAll();
  var thumbs = app.document.getSelection("pdf");
  for( var z in thumbs){
  var Name = decodeURI(thumbs[z].spec.name);
  var parts = Name.toLowerCase().replace(/\s/g,'-').match(/(.*)(-)(.*)(-)(.*)(\.pdf)/);
  var NewName = parts[1].replace(/^[a-z]/, function(s){ return s.toUpperCase() });
  NewName += parts[2]+parts[3]+parts[4]+parts[5].toUpperCase().replace(/[A-Z]$/, function(s){ return s.toLowerCase() });
  NewName += parts[6];
  thumbs[z].spec.rename(NewName);
      }
  };
  

• I want to rename the files using wingdings

  I want to rename folders by using wingdings as the font in windows Explorer

  I don't know that you can do without changing the default fonts of the WHOLE system, which is a bad idea, REALLY REALLY.

• Renaming of files using the batch file or other means of batch

  I have several hundred .pdf files and would like rename them by removing the first 10 characters of each file name.

  Is there a .bat file or an easy way to do this?

  Thank you very much.

  All the first 10 characters of each file name are the same.

  I love this PowerShell command, but it only works if you take the same on each file name.

  Get-Item. \ *. * | ForEach-Object {Rename-Item $_ ($_.)} (Nom: remplacer "a", "b")}

  It gets a list of all files in a folder, then for each one, replaces the letter A with the letter b. anywhere in the file name.  Of course you can tweak it how you want to replace ""-copy "with" "(empty string to null), or anything else."  I use it often.

• RENAME vmdk files

  Very well. Just a job cosmetic but good to keep it clean and uniform.

  A virtual server called "newcurtis" when he was born. So, there are files such as:

  newcurtis.VMDK - virtual disk

  newcurtis_1.VMDK - LUN mapped Raw

  newcurtis_2.VMDK - LUN mapped Raw

  newcurtis_3.VMDK - LUN mapped Raw

  Then, this "newcurtis" has been renamed "Curtis" in VI Client.

  and a "Raw LUN mapped" has been added but appeared as:

  Curtis.VMDK

  Then, this "Curtis" has been renamed "curtis" in VI Client.

  and a more 'mapped Raw LUN' have been added but appeared as:

  Curtis.VMDK

  So I see "curtis.vmdk" and "Curtis.vmdk" are married. (see attachment)

  Question:

  How to rename the "newcurtis_4.vmdk" and "newcurtis_5.vmdk" to ensure consistency without affecting any level of performance OS?

  Operating system is Windows 2003 file server. and another question: how to rename them all to "newcurtis" to "curtis"?

  Thank you very much

  Eagle

  Poster has answered their own question, good job with the research and thank you to revisit the forums with the answer.

• renaming of files in ESX4i vmdk

  Hello

  I use a stand-alone ESX4i server and I installed VMware CLI tools.

  I copied a basic construction VMDK file that has the operating system installed and configured, and I need to rename the vmdk file to reflect the name of the server. I try to use the CLI tools and uses esxcli.exe.

  I've specified ESX4i host's IP address to connect to, but it is a failure. How can I rename the vmdk file using esxcli.exe tools. I need to use the vmfkstools.pl but it connects to the ESX4i host.

  I use something along the lines of

  C:\Program vshpere clie\bin\esxcli.exe--serveur = 10.2.2.2 VMware vmfkstools.pl

  TIA

  Oli

  The CLI tools do not work to write data in the free version of ESXi. You can use the Console not supported to use the vmkfstools directly on the host computer command.

• With the changes made in the Adobe Acrobat DC he has made things more difficult for me. All I want to do is to rename a file. Used to be simple. Please tell me how to rename a file without using the cloud. I'm not paying for storage when I have an SD card

  Hate the new update.  I need to rename files and cannot do without using the cloud.  Could not sign in the cloud free services.  Someone knows how to rename the files with Adobe Acrobat DC? I use a HD with Android corner.

  Do you have any file manager installed on your device? This feature is no longer available in the latest version of Acrobat DC but we actively seek to provide the same in one of our future releases. To work around the problem, you will need to duplicate/rename the files using a third-party file manager application.

• Is there an API to rename a file in a data store?

  Hello

  I'm working on a backup and restore application, and when I want to restore a virtual disk, I want to rename the vmdk and flat file and copyFile since the temporary data store operation. So, is it possible to rename the files using an API? So that if the operation fails in the Middle, I can at least get back the old files.

  Thank you

  Daniele.

  For the management of the core files, you'll want to use the File Manager and the method will be the task of MoveDatastoreFile(_), similar to that of the mv Linux where you can "move" the file or "Rename" the file.

  VMware has a utility of vCLI called vivid that implements this, here are a few examples of what it can do - http://www.vm-help.com/esx/esx3i/esx_3i_rcli/vifs.php

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• Why are there too many vmdk files?

  I use vmware workstation 8 to end of software testing. Both the guest and the host Windows 7 64 bit.

  I have 12 shots with the guest. I found that there are 283 files vmdk, which takes about 420 GB of disk space.

  Now, I deleted all of the snapshots, but there are still 259 files vmdk, who take 395 GB of disk space.

  As I deleted all of the snapshots, now the guest is just a pure installs Windows 7. It should take no more than 10 GB.
  Any suggestion?

  Thank you.

  Wow! The directory listing shows 281 snapshots that dose of course not jive with the dictionary of snapshot (file .vmsd) If you have a mess on your hands.

  Not completely sure that you are the ultimate goal here is however I suggest creating a new virtual hard disk using vmware-vdiskmanager pointing towards "w7 64 - 000281.vmdk" as source and then swap out.

  Also the list of directories being incomplete, it displays only the hard files, I can't you what else to clean the other then delete the file .vmsd if you choose to consolidate snapshots of the "w7 64.vmdk" file using vmware-vdiskmanager.

  Note: DON'T do anything without having a full and correct virtual machine backup before you continue!

• Download VMDK files from the browser to the Web-based data store

  Hello

  I want to download the virtual computer VMDK file using the browser of the Web-based data store. I know how to do, but there is something I don't understand.

  I have configured my VM with a provisioning. From the VI client, I see that the size of the vm.vmdk is 4 GB.  The size of proviosned is 20 GB.

  Technically speaking, if I download the VMDK file, it should be 4 GB, however, from the browser on the vm - flat hard size Web-based data store is 20 GB... What is the standard behavior? Is there a way to download only the actually used 4 GB?

  Hello.

  This is the expected behavior, and as much as I know there is no work around if you use the browser to store data.

  Good luck!

• Check orphaned vmdk files are not used before deleting

  Hi all

  I'm working on a site and after looking through the vSphere platform, it came to light that there are THOUSANDS (well more than 10,000) of orphaned VMDK files, it seems that there is a bug in the backup solution (you think).

  In any case I was hoping someone could help me please do you know if there is a way to confirm that a vmdk is certainly not necessary, the tools I've used to identify the orphaned VMDK are the script here practically Jason: orphaned VMDK files and RV tools (health tab).

  What I need to do now is to automate the removal of the VMDK if possible, but I need to run a test of consistency first to ensure that the files are actually orphans.

  Any help or advice greatly appreciated.

  Hello

  I can give you only a few rough concepts and advice because I do not know the details.

  First, he yells for PowerCLI, below, you will get a few commands. If you are not familiar with PowerCLI/Powershell I highly recommend to get a grip on it.

  Second, I'll assume that orphaned files = unused files. If this isn't the case, you can rename/move file instead of delete and wait as these phone calls / tickets

  Thirdly, since we will work on files on data warehouses, we will use "vmstores" PSDrive. Get-PSdrive cmdlet will give you all the readers, that you, one of them is vmstores

  C:\Windows\system32> Get-PSDrive
  
  Name           Used (GB)     Free (GB) Provider      Root                                                                                                                   CurrentLocation
  ----           ---------     --------- --------      ----                                                                                                                   ---------------
  Alias                                  Alias
  C                  52,39         44,97 FileSystem    C:\                                                                                                                   Windows\system32
  Cert                                   Certificate   \
  D                 218,60        149,80 FileSystem    D:\
  E                                      FileSystem    E:\
  Env                                    Environment
  Function                               Function
  HKCU                                   Registry      HKEY_CURRENT_USER
  HKLM                                   Registry      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  Variable                               Variable
  vi                                     VimInventory  \LastConnectedVCenterServer
  vis                                    VimInventory  \
  vmstore                                VimDatastore  \LastConnectedVCenterServer
  vmstores                               VimDatastore  \
  WSMan                                  WSMan
  

  To get your typical data warehouse 'cd ":

  CD vmstores:\your_vcenter\your_cluster

  On each level, you can do 'ls' or 'cmd '. Tab completion works on everything in order to use it

  From now on, all depends on what you already have and what it looks like. These files have a naming pattern names containing the name of the virtual machine or other information ("backup", "tmp" etc.)? You have these names stored somewhere? In text or csv file?

  I guess you have the list of files in the text file. So much more simple method would be to be scan all data warehouses and all files. As you can imagine it is very time and resource consumption, so not recommended to all

  #we're importing filenames to variable
  $oldfiles = Get-Content your_text_file.txt
  cd vmstores:\your_vcenter\your_cluster
  $oldfiles | ForEach-Object {
  #we're recursivly looking for file stored in $_ special variable (current object)
  $deleteme = Get-ChildItem $_ -Recurse
  #deleting the file
  Remove-Item $deleteme.PSPath
  }
  

  If the file names that you already can somehow correspond directly to the VM, then we could use a more intelligent approach.

  Let's say we have the testVM001 - bak003.vmdk and VMname file is testVM001. We can remove all characters after the 9th tank and then work on it:

  #we're importing filenames to variable
  $oldfiles = Get-Content your_text_file.txt
  
  $oldfiles | ForEach-Object {
      #getting VM name
      $vmname = $_.Remove(9)
      #getting VM path
      $vmpath = (Get-VM -Name $vmname |Get-Datastore).DatastoreBrowserPath
      #combining full path
      $fullpath = $vmpath + "\" + $vmname
      cd $fullpath
      #deleting the file
      Remove-Item ./$_
  }
  

  These are simple ideas, it could be useful.

• How can I select the files in a folder with the help of a list with the files you want and after that rename only the files using another list with desired new names?

  How can I select the files in a folder with the help of a list with the files you want and after that rename only the files using another list with desired new names?

  I have only:
  D: / images (where are necessary + not need files)
  -a list with only the necessary files
  -a list with new names for the files needed
  Thank you.

  Hi Pustiu,

  Thanks for posting in the Microsoft Community.

  You want to know how to select the files in a folder using a list with the files you want and after that rename only the files using another list with desired new names.

  I would have you post your query in the TechNet forums because it caters to an audience of it professionals.

  Your query will be better addressed there.

  Check out the link-

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itprogeneral/threads

  We know if you need help. We will be happy to help you. We, at tender Microsoft to excellence.

  Thank you.

• The lateset, 2015.5 edition, does not transfer data from the metadata, only the focal length objective. Disappointment when you want to know what that lens you used. (It allows to rename the files but after you create a second copy. "It's an improvement.)

  The last edition, 2015.5, does not transfer data from the metadata, only the focal length objective. Disappointment when you want to know what that lens you used. (It allows to rename the files but after you create a second copy. "It's an improvement.)

  Yes, copied files from Nikon NEF, DNG.

• When I tried the update of lightroom cc2015 I get a U44M2P7 error message. I tried to rename the file update and a new attempt and also update manually but still the same error. I use a mac with os x El Capitan version 10.11.3 any suggestions would be gra

  When I tried the lightroom cc2015 update I get an update of the failure U44M2P7 error message. I tried to rename the file update and a new attempt and also update manually but still the same error. I use a mac with os x El Capitan version 10.11.3 any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

  U44... Update error http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1289956 can help