Editing a data store on the backup server

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• install esxi 4.1 and the data store on the same server

  Hello

  I want to install esxi 4.1 and the data store on the same server.

  My problem is that I can't make partitions to really separate them and I would reinstall esxi without wiping the data store.

  Y at - it another way to put a record out of the raid only to install esxi.

  I also do not install on a USB key.

  Thank you

  AZEL says:

  Hello

  I want to install esxi 4.1 and the data store on the same server.

  My problem is that I can't make partitions to really separate them and I would reinstall esxi without wiping the data store.

  Y at - it another way to put a record out of the raid only to install esxi.

  I also do not install on a USB key.

  Thank you

  AZEL,

  Can you give us more details about your current environment?  What is the size and the data store space used? Do you have any storage of additional network attached to the host (for backup purposes)?

  My assumptions of your post do you have 1 stand-alone host with ESXi 4.1 aready installed and you also have a local data store on the same host, but you want to re - install ESXi 4.1 while keeping the contents fo the data store.  Is this correct?

• How to download the VM of remote data store after the backup of veaam task?

  Hi all.

  I created the backup job with veaam in the remote data store and now I want to download the VM fmrom backup store, but I can't find the jobs saved only 4 files veaam VMX file: VMDK, NVRAM, VMXF, VMSD but not VMX... How can I download the virtual machine with these files?

  Yes, in the wizard, select use the existing drive...

• Find a VM (from the data store, file, the pool and etc..) ID name

  Hello:

  I wonder if there is a way to find the virtual computer (of esx, the data store, file, the pool and etc..) ID name of vSphere CLI power.

  The goal is to find the virtual if name machine ID if known (and the same for esx datastore, record pool and etc..).

  Thank you

  Olegarr

  Hello

  According to my understanding, we can get the managed object ID of the virtual machines,

  $serv = connect-VIServer-Server

  Write-Output $vm. ID

  The same with others, like first Get-VMHost, store in a variable and then the variable. ID gives you the code.

  I hope this helps.

• List of the files in the data store for the virtual machine

  Hello

  How to list the files of data store for the virtual machine? I can't find reference to the command.

  Thank you

  If you have installed vCLI and vSphere SDK for Perl, you have extra utilities on top of what is there with the vCLI, take a look at this list: http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/viperltoolkit/viperl40/doc/vsperl_util_index.html

  A script that can help with the list of files to store data for a given virtual machine is dsbrowse.pl

  Here is an example:

  [vi-admin@scofield ~]$ /usr/lib/vmware-vcli/apps/host/dsbrowse.pl --server himalaya.primp-industries.com --username root --name dlgCore-iSCSI.test
  
  Information about datastore : 'dlgCore-iSCSI.test'
  ---------------------------
  Summary
   Name             : dlgCore-iSCSI.test
   Location         : /vmfs/volumes/4a26f505-02dfd8a4-6867-003048d9586a
   File system      : VMFS
   Maximum Capacity : 15.75 GB
   Available space  : 11.654296875 GB
  
  Hosts associated with this datastore.
   himalaya.primp-industries.com
  
  Virtual machines on this datastore.
   None
  
  Templates on this datastore.
   None
  
  Datastore Folder Structure.
   Folder Path: '[http://dlgCore-iSCSI.test|http://dlgCore-iSCSI.test]'
   Files present
    testagain
    testlab-1
    testlab-2
    testlab-3
    testlab-4
    testlab-5
    testlab-6
    testlab-7
    testlab-8
    testlab-9
    testlab-10
    testlab-11
    testlab-12
    testlab-13
    testlab-14
    testlab-15
  
   Folder Path: '[http://dlgCore-iSCSI.test|http://dlgCore-iSCSI.test] testagain'
   Files present
    testagain.vmdk
    vmware.log
    testagain.nvram
    vmware-70.log
    vmware-65.log
    vmware-66.log
    vmware-68.log
    vmware-67.log
    vmware-69.log
    testagain-flat.vmdk
    testagain.vmx
    testagain.vmxf
    testagain.vmsd
  

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• Migration of all the catalog items to a different data store in the same storage profiles

  Hello

  is any possibility to migrate everything in the catalog (time and iso files) to a different data store that has the same profile (Silver) storage group?  Because I have 2 groups of data store with the same profile of storage (Silver) and I want to delete one of this cluster.

  I found this kb: http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 2058094 but it speaks solely of media files of migration between different storage profiles.

  Have vCD 5.6.4

  You happen to use rapid Provisioning?  This is probably the only problem I can think of.

  Environments that have no linked Clones or shadows created from them, you can just Storage vMotion them between the same storage policy data warehouses.  Just make sure that the data store or a store of data clusters are visible in vCloud Director first of all in the framework of this storage policy.

  When you use linked clones, I don't remember the exact process... I think that I have in my office somewhere (I'm at home now).

• How do you get the path of the data store or the URL of a virtual disk in vRealize Orchestrator?

  I need to eager zero a virtual disk while building a virtual machine. I found the eagerZeroVirtualDisk_Task() under VcVirtualDiskManager function, which takes in 2 parameters:

  name - (String) the name of the disk, is a path to the data store or a URL pointing to the virtual disk that needs to be inflated.

  Data Center - (VcDatacenter) if the name is a path of data store, the data center for the path of the data store. Not necessary when called directly on ESX. If not specified on a call to VirtualCenter, the name must be a URL.

  How can I get the correct path of data store given the virtual disk? I intend to iterate through the features of the virtual machine to get the disks.

  Thank you!

  Actually figured out how to get the path of the data store, and how a drive zeros. In case it is useful to share the code here:

  var vimHost = vm.vimHost; VM instanceof VCVirtualMachine

  var vDiskMgr = vimHost.virtualDiskManager;

  for each disk

  var features = vm.config.hardware.device;

  for each {(dev var in devices)

  dev.backing contains a lot of useful things...

  If (dev instanceof VcVirtualDisk) {}

  a disc!

  var dsPath = dev.backing.fileName;

  System.log ("path of disk:" + dsPath);

  Data var Center =

  System.getModule('com.vmware.library.vc.datastore').getDatacenterForDatastore (dev.backing.datastore);

  var vcTask = vDiskMgr.eagerZeroVirtualDisk_Task (dsPath, datacenter);

  wait

  var waitResult =

  System.getModule('com.vmware.library.vc.basic').vim3WaitTaskEnd (vcTask, true, 5);

  }

  }

• Issue of SDRS to vCloud Director after you add the new data store to the Cluster of DTS

  Hi people,

  We use vCloud Director 5.5 in a vSphere full 5.5 environment.

  We have several DTS Cluster in vSphere and connected to vCloud Director.

  Following problem.

  When I add a data store to a Cluster of DTS and connect this to the corresponding storage profile data store, the storage profile is not available to vCloud Director more.

  After removing the new store data in the cluster of DTS, the profile becomes available again.

  Any ideas?

  Concerning

  Jean

  How did you the storage profile associated with the data store?  via c# client or vSphere web client?

  If you did the wrong way (c#) there no storage class label appropriate against it.

  A data cluster store has the storage class who would have all preparations of data contained inside.

  I think that you should check the service class is associated properly in vSphere web client (before adding to the DS Cluster).  Once it displays correctly, and then add the data store to the cluster.

• Script to list all the warehouses of data in a cluster, the virtual machines on the data store and the host of the virtual machine is on

  We have warehouses of data which are seen by more than one cluster. I need a script that will display:

  all stores of data seen by a cluster

  the virtual machines on the data store

  the host of the virtual machine is on

  the cluster the host is in

  The output I want is

  name of the store of data, the VM name, host name, the name of the Cluster

  any help would be appreciated

  Pretty sure this will do what you need:

  $report = @()
  Foreach($cluster in Get-Cluster){
      $datastores = $cluster | Get-VMHost | Get-Datastore
      foreach($datastore in $datastores){
      $vms = $datastore | Get-VM
      If ($vms.count -ge 1){
          foreach($VM in $vms){
          $object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property @{
                Datastore = $datastore.Name
                VM = $VM.Name
                HostName = $VM.VMhost
                Cluster = $cluster
              }
          $report += $object
          }
  
      }
      }
  }
  $report | Export-Csv C:\Temp\VMs.csv -NoTypeInformation -UseCulture
  

  If you only want to shared data warehouses you can then use

  $datastores = $cluster | Get-VMHost | Get-Datastore | Where {$_.Extensiondata.Summary.MultipleHostAccess -eq $True}
  

  Hope this helps

• HA will only work if I share NFS data store in the cluster

  Hi all

  Please help me with my question below?

  HA work if I share NFS data store in the cluster? Even if if works is it advisable?

  Thank you

  Lucette

  Yes, but a VM restarts on a host within the same cluster VMware only.

• How to set vm-description/notes and get the name of the data store, where the virtual machine

  Hello guys,.
  I have vCenter Orchestrator 4.1.1 build 733 installed and it works fine, but I need your help for the following two issues:
  (1) I want to put the description/notes of a virtual machine using a workflow. But I have not found any API useful to create this workflow (I don't want custom attributes, see attachment for details).

  (2) how can I get the name of the data store, where the virtual machine? I need this name for a workflow.
  I need your help.
  Thanks in advance!

  With regard to the notes of the VM, the following code (see enclosed package) can do this:

  var oldNotes = vm.summary.config.annotation;
  If (oldNotes == null) {oldNotes = ' ' ;}}
  System.log ("Notes of VM current:" + oldNotes);
  Now put the new notes:
  Start by creating a context
  Context of var = new VcVirtualMachineConfigSpec();
  Update the annotation with the new value property
  configSpec.annotation = notes;
  launch the task to reconfigure the virtual machine with the new context
  NOTE: This is sure to apply with a virtual machine under tension
  var task = vm.reconfigVM_Task (configSpec);

  And, in what concerns the VM information, take a look at the workflow of the library: \Library\vCenter\Virtual Machine management\Others\Extract virtual machine information

• Comparing the use of the data store for the use of the disk on the server virtual computer: Match is not

  I'm a bit confused and could use clarification of a person.

  I'm looking to a virtual machine through the vSphere Client and it has an alert telling me that my free space data store is low. 17.55 free GB of 134,75 GB total capacity. I'm running ESX 4.0 for the host and my VM running Server 2008.

  I'm confused because when I connect to the virtual computer and check the use of disk in my computer, it does not reflect what vSphere tells me. This particlular VM is little used and the use of the disk under windows is very very low. About 20 GB.

  Can someone tell me why these numbers are not matching? I have other virtual machines that are in the same situation.

  Thank you

  Blake

  I think that you may be mixing two things up, the vSphere client will only warn about the data store, the VMFS volume, you have created and presented to ESX. You then create a VMDK file for your Virtual Machine to use. If you assign more than 80% of your data store to a VMDK or several VMDK then the customer will report a warning on its use. WARNING 80% 90% critical even if inside each VMDK file you may be using only a couple of GB.

  If you give a little more detail on the virtual machine and the data store, we should be able to get out.

  Hope this helps,

  Dan

• What is the recommended size of repository to store saves the backups of ACS SNS-3415-K9, v5.4

  Hello guys, we need your advice :),

  do you know what is the recommended size of repository to store backups of logs of ACS SNS-3415-K9 (v5.4.0.46.0a software)?

  We intend to create an FTP server to record a monthly full backup and an incremental backup daily.

  We would like to consider the worst case in which ACS View Database is complete and a full backup is required and daily incremental backups.

  In the second period, we would appreciate really any advice on how to maintain, say, only the last 2 full backups and all the related incremental backups in the FTP server, is there a way to automate the removal of the oldest backup when a new backup is generated?

  Thanks in advance!

  Hi Rodrigo,

  Honestly, there is not a suggested size of space available to FTP/SFTP server used as the size of your backups of data base of progressive and complete view depend on 100% of the amount of newspapers ACS server receives every day, so what I would suggest to take a look at a couple of incremental for 2 consecutive days and would help you to determine what would be the amount that you need for a period of 30 days (one month).

  And associated with your concern if the ACS would supports the option to manually maintain the last 2 full backups view, unfortunately, it is not available as an option.

• Second data store for the shared virtual machine

  IM thinking about to migrate my existing VMWare Server 2.x to VMWare Workstation 8.

  My server is a machine selfbuild W2k8 with Core i7, 24 GB of ram, an SSD for the OS and two 500 GB HDDs. Due to performance issues an VM is placed on a separate HARD disk. I want to keep the configuration like this.

  At the time where I'm using a trial version of WS8 and may not know how to set up a second datastore for shared virtual machines on a second hard drive. Is this possible at all? Or y at - it an alternative to solve this problem? Creation of a RAID0, isn't my favorite option.

  Thanks for the reply.

  It is not implemented by using a second data store for shared virtual computers.

  Workaround solution:
  Suppose you have the original data store C:\vms and a second D:\vms

  then create a junction for each directory in D:\vms like that

  C:\vms\VM1 D:\vms\VM1 junction.exe

  C:\vms\VM2 D:\vms\VM2 junction.exe
  ....

  then the vmx files from doubleclick in C:\vms\VM1 and configure the virtual machine to share.

  On Windows 7, use mklink.exe instead
  On Linux hosts use ln

• ESXi host sees no data store after the reboot

  Hi all

  I'm new to the community and ESXi itself.  Everything has been working great until today when I rebooted my host.

  I installed it on a Dell T110 server, we had in the back for testing.  It has a 250 GB HARD drive installed in the case.  ESXi installed fine and I had 220 GB or more storage at my disposal.  Multiple VM installed, and once again, everything seems to work properly.

  Today, I wanted to activate usb passthrough for a Server 2008 VM I installed it, I went through the process and had to reboot the host at the end.

  After the restart, he seems to have forgotten the HARD disk that is installed and is no longer, I see my store data or virtual machine access I had running.

  There are a couple screenshots attachedthat screen what I see.

  Thanks for any help or advice!

  Is this the same controller that is attached to the 250 GB HARD drive? Passing the controller to the virtual computer may have unpresented it host, then you won't be able to access and to store configuration settings. Since this is a test system you can consider / try to run "Reset System Configuration" from the DCUI. If this does not work, you may need to reinstall ESXi of CD (the VMFS retaining of course data store).

  André