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• How to disable the HA/DRS option on a virtual machine?

  I have a virtual machine running under VMware cluster of 8 ESXi hosts. I want HA/DRS must be disabled on this virtual machine, as well as VMware may not move this vm incase of any failure. Can someone help me on this request?

  Hello Krishna,

  Yes. You can do this in the DRS and HA game settings for each virtual machine individually in cluster settings.

  There are various tabs of options HA - VM and VM - DRS in the vSphere client.

  In the new web client, these parameters are on a tab:

  Manage->-> VM overrides settings.

  Set the DRS automation level and priority to restart HA to disabled for this virtual machine. Also choose to leave it turned on like HA host Isolaiton response.

• Can join a Cluster of storage disk out of Maintenance DTS Mode to set up the profiles for a virtual machine storage policies?...

  Can join a Cluster of storage disk out of Maintenance DTS Mode to set up the profiles for a virtual machine storage policies?...

  
  IE can you define the rules of affinity DTS depending on how the rules of storage of profiles are configured for a virtual machine?

  In my mind it seems there is disconnect from the DTS and storage profiles.

  Thank you.

  = NOTE =.

  My lab at home, 2 organizes running ESXi 5.0

  Dv01 has

  Of startup vmfs 7200 RPM 160 G = dv01-BOOT

  Vmfs 1 TB 7200 RPM = VM02-VMFS

  VM02 has

  Of startup vmfs 7200 RPM 160 G = VM02-BOOT

  Vmfs 1 TB 7200 RPM = VM02-VMFS

  Vmfs 5900 RPM 2 TB = VM02-TV01

  I have (3) facility profiles of storage using 'User-defined storage Capablity' as shown below:

  (160 @ 7200 RPM SATA) boot > Boot

  Fast (160 7200 RPM SATA and 1 TB @ 7200 RPM SATA) > fast

  Slow (2 TB @ 5900 RPM SATA) > slow

  Then, I set up a storage Cluster with my local disks on dv01 (only to date)

  LocalVM disc dv01-BOOT and dv01-VMFS disk of the 'cluster of storage.

  I have a computer virtual called DC01 (HardDisk1) want to live on 'Boot' profile storage drive
  His "Non-compliant" poster according to the storage profile, it should run on drive 'boot' on dv01

  To get to this point, I put the StorageCluster in Mode of Maintenace 'DTS' and forced a sVmotion of all virtual machines off dv01-BOOT

  No disks are IO or claim of space.

  But once I take the 'DTS Maintenacne mode' STARTUP dv01 floppy is now get the DTS to return him to satisfy the storage profile (rule) I install... IE do the 'storage profile' VM complient (without doing a few externall API, the PS script or the 3rd party software calls)... ??

  Seems weird it is (or may be) such disconnection of a memory of the profiles and the StorageClusters and the DTS?

  Thank you...

  At this point, I think that storage DRS and storage profiles are two technologies to separate and work independently, but what you suggest is a great idea-

• ESXi 5 - Longmode is disabled for this virtual machine.

  Hello

  I installed ESXi 5.0.0 469512 on a Dell Optiplex 755 with Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 processor @ 3 .00GHz with 4 GB of RAM. In the BIOS (version A21), I have the following options enabled:

  Performance-

  Virtualization: on

  VT for direct i/o: on

  Execution of trust: on

  Security-

  TPM security: on

  Activation of the TPM secure: assets

  Execute Disable: on

  I am unable to run any 64-bit OSs. For example, when I try to start vMA VM 5.0, I get the following Message from the Virtual Machine:

  "This virtual machine is configured for 64-bit operating systems. However, the 64-bit mode is not possible.

  Longmode is disabled for this virtual machine.
  For more information, see http://VMware.com/info?id=152 .
  Continue without 64 bit support? »

  I ran the "processor check for 64-bit compatibility ' and if confirmed I can run 64-bit guest OS.

  I tried to add vhv.allow = "TRUE" to/etc/vmware/config, but it made no difference.

  In the vmware.log file is that it makes meantion 'virtualization software is incompatible with the long mode on this platform. Disabling longmode. "I have attached the full logfile for details.

  Any help will be greatly appreciated.

  Thank you Paul.

  According to the log file

  Frequent: MSR 0x3a = 0x3--> currently '0011', should be 'x 1 x 1 "'.

  VT - x is not enabled (bit 0 + 2 required)

  There were other debates, where that allows "Trusted execution" cause problems. I "suggest that you configure the settings of the BIOS as follows:"

  Performance-

  Virtualization: on (assuming it's VT - x)

  VT for direct i/o: Off (unless you need it)

  Execution of trust: Off

  Security-

  The TPM secure security: Off

  Activation of the TPM secure: inactive

  Execute Disable: on

  After you change the settings, you will need to power cycle the system.

  André

• Fret is disabled for this virtual machine

  Host environment: Windows XP Professional x 64 SP2

  Environment comments: Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2

  Of disk space free hosting environment: 31.1 GB

  Comments environment size the disc: 13 GB (total 20, 7 for free)

  Comments environment size the disc on host drive: 20 GB

  VMWare version: Workstation 6.5.0 build 118166.

  The question:

  I am currently unable to carry out the reduction operation.

  I did a search on google and find a few scenarios:

  • http://communities.VMware.com/thread/113057

  • http://communities.VMware.com/thread/151594

  However, I was not able to solve the problem.

  The full message is as follows:

  Fret is disabled for this virtual machine.  Shrinkage is disabled for linked clones, parents of clones related, préalloués disks, snapshots, and other factors.

  This virtual machine has definitely shrunk in front.  I tried to reinstall VMWare Tools and it does not correct.  I checked that there are no snapshots in the Snapshot Manager.  I also tried as suggested by one of the sons: adding a snapshot and then remove it.  I'm unable to the fret.  Of course, this isn't a linked clone or a parent of a linked clone (do not know how to use them).  How can I tell if it is a pre-allocated disk (I don't think it's, but who knows)?

  On the file system, the looks of the directory as follows:

  • ------& lt; GUID & gt;. vmem.lck

  • \Windows server 2003 Standard Edition.vmdk.lck

  • \Windows server 2003 Standard Edition.vmx.lck

  • & lt; GUID & gt;. vmem

  • VMware - 0.log

  • VMware - 1.log

  • VMware - 2.log

  • VMware.log

  • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.nvram

  • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmdk

  • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmsd

  • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmx

  • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition.vmxf

  • Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition - flat hard

  Any help would be appreciated.

  The list of files that you show your virtual disk is pre-allocated (*-flat.vmdk).  As the message says, you will not be able to reduce a drive pré-alloués.

• How to get a list of the DRS rules and their virtual machines.

  If I try the following, I get no output. (PowerShell 2, vCenter & ESXi 5.1, PowerCLI 5.1 Release 1)

  
  ()get-cluster ). ExtensionData.ConfigurationEx.group |? {$_.vm}

  or

  ()get-cluster ). ExtensionData.ConfigurationEx.group

  I know that I have a DRS rule because when I try the following I am able to see it in Object Explorer in PowerGUI and I created it just in the Web Client.

  $Clusters = Get-Cluster

  The problem is that you have DRS groups who do not have vms - possibly accommodate groups of DRS.  If you want only vms something like this should work and does not give the error:

  foreach ($cluster (get-cluster)) {}

  write-host "$($cluster.name)".

  foreach ($drsGroup in $cluster. ExtensionData.ConfigurationEx.group) {}

  write-host "$($drsGroup.name)".

  {foreach ($vm to $drsGroup.vm)}

  If {($vm)

  $vmname = (get-vm-id $vm) .name

  write-host "$vmname".

  }

  }

  }

  ECHO «»

  }

  If you want to get the VMhosts and the VirtualMachines then try this:

  foreach ($cluster (get-cluster)) {}

  write-host "$($cluster.name)".

  foreach ($drsGroup in $cluster. ExtensionData.ConfigurationEx.group) {}

  write-host "$($drsGroup.name)".

  write-host "VMHosts".

  {foreach ($vmhost to $drsGroup.host)}

  If {($vmhost)

  $esx = (get-vmhost-id $vmhost) .name

  write-host "$esx".

  }

  }

  ECHO «»

  write-host "Virtual Machines".

  {foreach ($vm to $drsGroup.vm)}

  If {($vm)

  $vmname = (get-vm-id $vm) .name

  write-host "$vmname".

  }

  }

  ECHO «»

  }

  ECHO «»

  }

• How the scripts for the new virtual machine storage profile

  Hey all,.

  I have a long script that I've been put together so that our operations people size new virtual machines.  I ask a series of questions for such things as the VM name, cluster, VLAN, plug hardware, OS/template, etc.  I use LucD method to create a temporary copy of a customization OS specification to insert a static IP address.  I have everything works except that I can't figure out how this script drop-down list:

  

  vSphere 5.0, any VCD.  Looks like it should be pretty simple, but I can't find anything on how to do it.  It would be nice to choose this in the New - VM cmdlet somewhere, as well as the use of the GUI.  Any ideas?

  Throw a glance PowerCLI 5.8, when it is available, there is a charge storage profile cmdlets in there (as we showed in our VMworld session this week).

• Get the list of virtual machines, storage of data and VMDK / path by cluster

  Hi people,

  as I m new to such things, I m wondering if someone already has a few scripts work to gather a list of all virtual machines, its corresponding data store (s) and the path to the files VMDK (or at least the name of it) - I know that this part has already been resolved - found a couple of them ;-)

  But my problem is, I need this script drilled down by Cluster Edition or Datacenter Edition. As I said I m completely new for this CLI stuff and Don t have any idea how to solve this problem...

  See you soon

  Markus

  Luke, you are right. I should have tested.

  There is a downside to the ForEach command that I almost never use. Normally I use the Foreach-Object cmdlet and that works very well with pipeing the output to Export-CSV.

  Markus, you must use option 2 in this case.

• How to modify a Virtual Machine DRS existing group?

  Hello

  I use DRS-rules to place virtual machines to a host selected in a Cluster group.

  The poblem is that I did not find methods to change (add new virtual machines) to an existing group of DRS 'Virtual Machine '.

  As far as I know, the configuration is stored in $ClusterView.ConfigurationEx.Group

  Any ideas?

  Thank you!

  Hi Willibald,

  I did some research in the VMware vSphere SDK and made two functions Get-DrsGroup and VmToDrsGroup Add to add one or more virtual machines to a ClusterVmGroup. Some examples of how to use these function exists in the code. If you have added these features to your PowerCLI session, you can use Get-Help to get information about these functions. And also for the examples. For example Get-Help add-VmToDrsGroup-full.

  Function Get-DrsGroup {
  <#
  .SYNOPSIS
  Retrieves DRS groups from a cluster.
  
  .DESCRIPTION
  Retrieves DRS groups from a cluster.
  
  .PARAMETER Cluster
  Specify the cluster for which you want to retrieve the DRS groups
  
  .PARAMETER Name
  Specify the name of the DRS group you want to retrieve.
  
  .EXAMPLE
  Get-DrsGroup -Cluster $Cluster -Name "VMs DRS Group"
  Retrieves the DRS group "Vms DRS Group" from cluster $Cluster.
  
  .EXAMPLE
  Get-Cluster | Get-DrsGroup
  Retrieves all the DRS groups for all clusters.
  
  .INPUTS
  ClusterImpl
  
  .OUTPUTS
  ClusterVmGroup
  ClusterHostGroup
  
  .COMPONENT
  VMware vSphere PowerCLI
  #>
  
    param([parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]$Cluster,
          [string] $Name="*")
  
    process {
      $Cluster = Get-Cluster -Name $Cluster
      if($Cluster) {
        $Cluster.ExtensionData.ConfigurationEx.Group | `
        Where-Object {$_.Name -like $Name}
      }
    }
  }
  
  Function Add-VMToDrsGroup {
  <#
  .SYNOPSIS
  Adds a virtual machine to a cluster VM DRS group.
  
  .DESCRIPTION
  Adds a virtual machine to a cluster VM DRS group.
  
  .PARAMETER Cluster
  Specify the cluster for which you want to retrieve the DRS groups
  
  .PARAMETER DrsGroup
  Specify the DRS group you want to retrieve.
  
  .PARAMETER VM
  Specify the virtual machine you want to add to the DRS Group.
  
  .EXAMPLE
  Add-VMToDrsGroup -Cluster $Cluster -DrsGroup "VM DRS Group" -VM $VM
  Adds virtual machine $VM to the DRS group "VM DRS Group" of cluster $Cluster.
  
  .EXAMPLE
  Get-Cluster MyCluster | Get-VM "A*" | Add-VMToDrsGroup -Cluster MyCluster -DrsGroup $DrsGroup
  Adds all virtual machines with a name starting with "A" in cluster MyCluster to the DRS group $DrsGroup of cluster MyCluster.
  
  .INPUTS
  VirtualMachineImpl
  
  .OUTPUTS
  Task
  
  .COMPONENT
  VMware vSphere PowerCLI
  #>
  
    param([parameter(Mandatory=$true)] $Cluster,
          [parameter(Mandatory=$true)] $DrsGroup,
          [parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)] $VM)
  
    begin {
      $Cluster = Get-Cluster -Name $Cluster
    }
  
    process {
      if ($Cluster) {
        if ($DrsGroup.GetType().Name -eq "string") {
          $DrsGroupName = $DrsGroup
          $DrsGroup = Get-DrsGroup -Cluster $Cluster -Name $DrsGroup
        }
        if (-not $DrsGroup) {
          Write-Error "The DrsGroup $DrsGroupName was not found on cluster $($Cluster.name)."
        }
        else {
          if ($DrsGroup.GetType().Name -ne "ClusterVmGroup") {
            Write-Error "The DrsGroup $DrsGroupName on cluster $($Cluster.Name) doesn't have the required type ClusterVmGroup."
          }
          else {
            $VM = $Cluster | Get-VM -Name $VM
            If ($VM) {
              $spec = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterConfigSpecEx
              $spec.groupSpec = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterGroupSpec[] (1)
              $spec.groupSpec[0] = New-Object VMware.Vim.ClusterGroupSpec
              $spec.groupSpec[0].operation = "edit"
              $spec.groupSpec[0].info = $DrsGroup
              $spec.groupSpec[0].info.vm += $VM.ExtensionData.MoRef
  
              $Cluster.ExtensionData.ReconfigureComputeResource_Task($spec, $true)
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
  

  Best regards, Robert

  I changed the error handling logic in the Add-VMToDrsGroup function.

  Post edited by: RvdNieuwendijk

• Hosts with active Hyperthreading - best performance of the virtual machine?

  After having been involved in a recent thread on Hyperthreading activation on your hosts: -.

  http://communities.VMware.com/message/1567821

  In this thread Jason comments that when the HT is enabled he saw much better performance of virtual machines on this host, we have, I think I've also seen elsewhere.  We saw a clear improvement of the performance of our Oracle server when its on a host that has enabled HT, so much so that we have now disabled for this virtual machine DRS, so that it doesn't move off them.

  If anyone has any other given that a marked improvement?

  The specification of hosts within our farm are essentially the same, and new hosts with HT could actually could be called lower spec than our other guests so its interesting, it makes such a difference.

  In any case, interesting to see what other people have found.

  Yes, class processors Nehalem hyperthreading performance of vSphere one little, doubling the number of execution threads will make Scheduler ESX easiers so many jobs. I have a little stand alone ESX hosts with a single Quad Core Nehalem processor for applications Oracle and performance is very good.

• How to make a small virtual machine

  I have two virtual machines created with VMWare Workstation, which I'm running on another computer using VMWare Server. I need to send a colleague virtual machines, so it can debug problems that I pointed out, but virtual machines are simply too large. Each compressed (zipped) folder is 12 GB. I checked and the virtual disks are not previously affected - it says on the VMWare server. Change the disk option: "disk space is not preallocated for this virtual disk. Content of the virtual disk is stored in a single file. »

  I need to download the virtual machines and the process takes forever - I compressed the individual files and I'm trying to download the / 3GB zips one at a time, but it is still too slow.

  I checked the VMWare Tools | Tab Shrink and who is disabled with the message "Shrink is disabled for this virtual machine. Shrink is disabled for linked clones, parents of clones related, préalloués disks, snapshots and other factors. »

  Is it possible to do all of the smaller virtual machine file? I just want to share the virtual machine so that the problem can be reproduced and debugged... Best way to do this?

  Any help will be appreciated!

  I did this and was able to add the virtual computer to my inventory, start it and run "Shrink" of VMware Tools.

  He ran on the disks withou any error, however, the vmdk file size is the same as before you run Shrink: 16 GB. Is this correct? Does this mean that I can't not smaller than that?

  Assuming that Shrink in VMware Tools under VMware Server worked as it is supposed to...

  According to the vmware.log file disk hard virtual is a disc is 16 GB monolithicSparse (single growable file) and assuming that you used the option t 0 and not of t 2 when using vmware-vdiskmanager then if after a shrink operation is 16 GB in size at first thought I would say that the disc was full however consider what follows.

  How much free space is reported when you look at the properties for the C: drive in Windows Explorer (to the breast of the guest)?

  In General, the amount of used space is the size, it should be after a shrink operation.

  There are a few thing that can be done to help reduce the final size before shrinking...

  IIRC in Windows Vista, the system restore default to 15% of the size of the hard drive so purging the Restore Points could save as much as 2.4 GB on a 16 GB drive.

  Purge the cache of the browser (I.e. the temporary Internet files in Internet Explorer).

  Delete the contents of the file folder and C:\Windows\Temp.

  Disable Hibernation and delete the C:\hiberfil.sys (hidden by default) file because this file is the size of the amount of RAM to the virtual machine is affected.

  There is more that can be done which has already been mentioned however covers the main sectors that can decrease the shrunken size of a virtual hard disk.

• Virtual machines off the power during the response of isolation of riding

  We have 2 ESx 3.5 update 3 groups in our environment. Clusters have HA and response of isolation The Drs is configured from virtual machines under tension. During a network outage, on one of the hosts, all virtual machines were turned off. None of the virtual machines on other host turned off. Virtual machines had come back on the other cluster hosts once the network was up and VC was reachable.

  Prior to the maintenance of the network, due to a problem, this particular host was disconnected from the VC earlier. We were unable to connect to the server through the VI Client and restarted the service pass. Prior to the maintenance of the network, we identified that this single host was not related to performance on the VC Server data. Also some jobs started on the host would go to 100% but show never completed.

  My request is could the problem above caused virtual machines to restart despite the response of insulation parameter. Before the interview, I could find this host receiving the heart beats of VC server and other hosts in the cluster and VC showed no error associated with HA on the cluster or the particular host.

  We rebooted the host after the maintenance of the network and reconfigured HA on the cluster. Since then, it works fine. We had another interview to the network and we have had no problem with VM restarts.

  Looks like your ha agent may be dead as well as your connection between the host and VC.  There are several newspapers linked to HA, under/var/log/vmware/aam.  You can check to see if they provide additional insight as to why HA acted differently on a vs host others.

  -KjB

  VMware vExpert

  Don't forget to leave some points for messages useful/correct.

• Storage DRS, move a virtual machine that is in the data store is not a member of DTS

  Dear all,

  If I've set up storage DRS that contains, for example, DS1 and DS2. I have another virtual machine that resides on DS that is not part of the cluster of DTS. Can I move this virtual machine to one of the (DS1, DS2) data store? OR will some disruptions?

  Thank you

  Jocelyn,

  Which is correct in both cases. You can leave DTS place it for you (which is my suggestion), but I thought you wanted it to go to a specific data store.  That being said you can reactivate the DTS for a virtual machine under the SDR change settings if you do not ever clear for a virtual machine

• Migrate virtual machines from HP G7(single host) for HP G8 (Cluster) without shared storage

  Hello

  I have 2 esxi host (hp dl 380 G8) and put them in a cluster and other host esxi (dl 380 g7) and I have no shared storage and use local disks just now I must spend my VM G7 server a cluster of the G8 but I want to know I can join my cluster g8 g7 and migrate web vmware machines without any downtime?

  I want to know can migrate without downtime with localdisk? I have no shared storage

  Best regards

  BAbak

  can I join g7 to my cluster of the g8

  You can mix into clusters hosts all desired, even Intel and AMD at least that you enable EVC on the cluster (of course, HA or DRS require shared storage compatible/CPU). However, you need not to have even just cluster hosts to migrate virtual machines through vMotion between them.

  migrate web vmware machines without any downtime?

  Don't know what this "web vmware' but yes, because ESXi 5.1, you can use"enhanced vMotion"to live migrate virtual machines without service interruption from one host to another, even without shared storage:

  Migration with vMotion in environments without shared storage

  The usual vMotion requirements apply. Also you can only live migrate virtual machines from the old host to the new hosts because of different generations of CPU (and back as long as you don't have bike powered virtual machines on new hosts).

• Disable vmotion for 1 virtual machine in an ESX host

  Hello

  We have an ESX environment that is configured with vMotion.

  As a result, I've seen VMs from one ESX to another very frequently.

  Among these virtual machines, I have a very critical virtual machine, I want to move to any other host ESX.

  Y at - it an option that I can use to disable VMotion only for this particular virtual machine of mine (in order to keep constant on the ESX on which it is right now) and allow the other virtual machines to continue.

  Appreciate your help.

  Thanks in advance

  I guess that your VMS migrate between ESX servers because configuration automated DRS ESX cluster level. You can replace it for a specific virtual machine. Cluster of right click Select-> "Settings"-> click on options of the Virtual Machine under VMware DRS,. On the right, make sure 'Enable the levels of automation individuak virtual machine' is checked. You can see VMs list below. Select the virtual machine that you want to replace and change the level of automation for people with reduced mobility