Dummy data (txt file) in a virtual machine (ESxi, vCenter 5.1 5.1)

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  Dear,

  I have a plan to set up a file of the virtual machine on an SSD. The host system is windows 10 (on an other SSD, I'll use 2 SSD), it should support the SSD very well.  Then comes the question: should I also install an OS that needs support also guest SSD?

  My opinion is it does not matter since the disk i/o operation is made by host operating system, it is the host operating system which finally determin whick block data will be published (optimization of the disk).

  Am I wrong? Thank you.

  Sorry for the enigmatic answer...

  In your case, the answer is Yes: he cares about the type of media, while the virtual disk is a vmdk (virtual material treaty) and placed in an SSD.

  There are a few cases where you might use a physical disk directly to the virtual machine (called peripheral raw disk or RDM in vSphere environment).

  Concerning

• Copying a file to a virtual machine

  Hello

  
  I have a script which customizes the VMS in a .csv file (attached).

  The logic is as follows:

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  change vcpus,

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  network settings,

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  The content of the file is extremely simple, it is said:

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  You can use the Copy-VMGuestFile cmdlet to copy the file.

  If Invoke-VMScript works, that should work as well, it uses the same concept and VMware tools.

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  Not really as much as I know.

  The advantage of the svMotion is renamed it the files (.) VMX, VMDK,...) For you.

  The only alternative would be the command line. See Duncan Howto: renaming a virtual computer.

  With the help of the plink.exe tool which could possibly be scripted.

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  Hi all

  My vm is deceased and I need help, recover, or at least the files it contains. I think I might of a lack of space because I have tried to delete some files and copied them accidentally, causing its gel and get this tint gray on the window. I then tried to shut it down and it would not, so I went into the Task Manager and killed the process, and now when I try to open it, it gives me "generic error". Is there a way I can recover the files on this virtual machine?

  eodnhoj wrote:

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  It is of course!

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  Anyway you should make a copy of the virtual machine on a different drive having a more adequate space then and try to execute it or attempt to recover data from the user.

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• Deleting the same files of many virtual machines remotely

  Hi all

  I tried to delete the same file several virtual machines remotely using the following script PowerCLI:

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  }

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  I am also able to run other scripts that use the Get-wmiobject across all virtual machines such as scripts to change the DNS or Netbios name across many machines on different hosts.

  Any comments would be greatly appreciated and please feel free to comment if you know maybe other ways which can delete files on multiple virtual machines in any other way.  Installation PowerCLI to run the script locally on each host would be a laborious process to do.

  Thank you very much!

  Best regards

  To solve the problem with the quotes, you can use double quotes inside the string. Like this:

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  Or you can use for the string single quotes and double quotes inside:

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• Files on a virtual machine

  Hey guys,.

  which is the best way to get local files on my virtual machine, which runs on a virtual network. If you cannot go to RDP on the virtual machine.

  I have no idea

  Gruss Daniel

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  1. you can make an ISO image and load that the Media Lab Manager Store.

  2. connect virtual and physical memory, then use CIFS/Samba or other desired method.

  There is not much else.

  Kind regards

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• Recovering files to a virtual machine from damage?

  After search and search again once my VM still can not recovery. Does anyone know how to retrieve the files of the virtual machine?

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  Virtual machine > settings > hard drives > click on '+' and choose the file hard to bundle of your Virtual Machine (which is in the ~/Documents/Virtual Machines)

• Path to the file on the virtual machine

  Hi people

  I am aware of VMRUN and would use call programs on the virtual computer and move files between the host and the guest.  I don't know exactly what it does good, nor how these virtual machines are actually structured, so I would like someone to clarify for me if it is even possible to have a host path to a file on the client VM.

  For example, I use scripts from my Mac that do a lot of editing on the side of the virtual Windows machine - is there is a way, I can use to refer to and modify a file on the virtual machine without using VMRUN.

  Thank you very much!

  Mirroing is a little difficult, I don't think that anything that is either duplicated with shared folders.  What happens is the Windows to the Documents, music, path is set to a UNC path (vmware-host\), which is served by the VMware HGFS file system, a mechanism for sharing private with OS X.  In OS X, just the files live in any directory is shared.  But that's what you say, a place with several shared paths.

  For SMB sharing, sharing so once mounted on your Mac, OS X uses a SMB client to Yes go on the network to access files in your guest VM files standard Windows.  All traffic is host only, unless the virtual machine is filled and you use the Wifi connection, in which case the traffic can "bounce" the point of wireless as a jump.  There are ways to optimize the network path, so all traffic is strictly host only.

  I have not benchmarked HGFS v. SMB, but there is a "tax" anyway compared to the opening of the VM file on its file system local.  For your use case, it is probably useful to check the two options.

• How to move a file to a virtual machine without a network?

  Is it possible to move a file to a virtual machine that has the disconnected network?

  tdubb123 wrote:

  Yes is logical. Thank you. any recommendations on a device that does dhcp and nat?

  No, other than send you to http://www.vmware.com/appliances/

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  Thank you!