ESX 3.5 og provisioning

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• Defrag - howto?

  Hello I got a guest running with ESXI for the first time, installed VMTools and defragmented (Win2008) operating system when you are connected to.

  I see a lot of talk, but I don't see anything on how to shrink images comments defrag or even defrag VMware itself as a whole. Nothing in either helped. Can someone tell me how do? (no worry about why you devriez/should not a lot of info there :).

  Much appreciated!

  Thank you

  Alex

  You cannot defragment the VMFS datastore file system.

  The simplest method to reduce a record thin provisioned to recover empty space is to use VMware Converter or better Storage vMotion, if you have a license for this. With converter to change the data copy and choose to make the disc slightly smaller. Which will cause the converter to create a new virtual disk and make a copy of data files on the new disk.

  With Storage vMotion http://www.virtualizationteam.com/virtualization-vmware/vsphere-virtualization-vmware/vmware-esx-4-reclaiming-thin-provisioned-disk-unused-space.html

• Is it possible to apply a provisioning in vCenter or ESX level?

  Hi all

  Is it possible to apply a provisioning in vCenter or ESX level?

  Best regards / yazri

  yazri,

  I am unaware of the way in which only a provisioning can be applied to a newly created VMDK. I think that there is a configuration option required for the creation of new virtual machines, it is not possible to 'apply' only a provisioning.

• E thin provisioned ESX

  Buongiorno a tutti.

  Lo scenario:N.2 esx 4.1 e uno equallogic iscsi storage.

  Originally sulle Lun era misconfigured it thin provisioned, ora, by reasons che e meglio no expose, e stato rimosso... my gli esx data it valore dello spazio previous che no coincide con più the realta.

  Just so it could fare by riallineare i valori?

  Grazie

  Corretto. Lo spazio libero reported storage sara sempre dallo minore di quanto reported VMware (my lo stesso problema if ha anche con Linux o Windows collegati directly iSCSI server).

  Andrea

• VMware ESX 4.0 Update 1 with HP LeftHand P4500 Thin Provisioning (SAN based and client based?)

  I know with ESX 4.0 that you now have the option to select a provisioning on the side of ESX.  I'm already thin provisioning my LUN on the left side.  I do both or just the side SAN?  Also, I heard some people say that it is better to use a block size of 8MB for best peformance of SAN, do you think it is recommended/best practices as well?  Thanks in advance.

  The point to offer 8 MB block sizes is flexibility.  Because you cannot change the size of the block without reformatting the VMFS file system, you probably don't want to need to.  There is a great overview of a few points on this theme to the yellowwire from bricks.  I recommend you start here and follow the links.  It only takes 5-10 minutes, and you will be able to make your own choices.  For us, we're all migrate to blocks of 8 MB.

  What about thin provisioning, I have no practical experience.  But here's my point: If you sell thin anywhere, you have a more complicated system to follow in terms of space put into service and space required.  Must be taken account of this that data may coming in the future, or you might run out of space.  So, I ask you where you want to configure the monitoring of the use of space and how you want to administer the storage.  If you want to do on the primary server, and then stick with that.  If you want your VMware administrators to manage management, then do it in VMware.

  My recommendation: If you're already doing it on the back-end successfully, then stick with what you have.  Whatever it is, do it only in one place.  Otherwise, you're probably too complicate your configuration.

  Virtualization of happy!

  JP

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• Map NETWORK connection not after VM provisioning in vWorkspace 8.0.1

  Hi all

  "I use vWorkspace 8.0.1 and lay out Windows 8 VM service but the problem is that I get the error message after VM provisioning '" virtualization management server reported any IP address to the computer "in the console vWorkspace.

  I tried to find the problem and found that the virtual machine on the ESX Server in not connect not not the NETWORK adapter after provisioning from the model.

  It is not question in the model as the provision of the vCenter VM is ok. ther is not question once we create VMS in vCenter. But when we try to provision vWorkspace VM, then it is in error.

  Can anyone let me know the setting of the NETWORK adapter in the virtual machine commissioning through vWorkspace.

  Please find the attached error screenshot.

  Environment-

  vWorkspace - 8.0.1

  ESX - 5.1

  vCenter - 5.1

  Thank you

  Jean Claude

  Additional accessories:

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  Hi Alain,

  Do you use Customizing to OS using vmware or sysprep vworkspace function. If you are using vmware options are trying to generate an empty image and deploy it using vworkspace with sysprep option.

  I'm not familiar with your problem but I don't know that when you sysprep and the deployment of a server using vworkspace work perfectly.

  Otherwise run your vmware customization to see if there is something wrong.

  Best regards

  Sijtze

• Out ESX clusters behind VPLEX?

  Hi all

  We currently have several ESX cluster, sitting on a VMAX battery behind VPLEX. We want to keep the clusters on VMAX, but them out behind the table VPLEX (direct attach VMAX).

  I'm primarily a storage analyst, so forgive me for my ignorance. The following three options (potential) I see:

  1. Provision of the new LUN directly from the VMAX, vMotion VMs on the new LUNS and LUN VPLEX decom. -I know that it will work, but it will take the most effort.
  2. Leave the LUNS connected VPLEX and join the same LUN to the cluster of the VMAX. -It would be easier, but I'm not confident, it would work, because the NAA disk is virtualized on the VPLEX. This would mean that the ESX cluster would see the same disk with two different numbers of NAA.
  3. Get a failure throughout the cluster, remove the VPLEX drives, fix again the same LUN directly from VMAX. -I think that it worked as long as VMWare can still recognize the virtual computer data once the disks are added re?

  My question is, does anyone have experience with the #2 or #3? Either will work, or is there a better way?

  Any information is appreciated.

  Thank you

  Tanner

  Hi Depping,

  We were going to conduct the tests, but we got useful information from the community of EMC support. They had this to say:

  «.. . the VPLEX has its own cache of reading, so if a volume is written to out the VPLEX (directly at VMAX) cache will contain invalid data for blocks, because the VPLEX unaware they had been updated since the last time they were read from the disk, and you could get data corruption. »

  In the light of this point, we decided to just direct new provision attached LUN of VMAX and vMotion if necessary. As with most stores, we cannot take a chance that something is messed up and we loose data.

  Thank you

  Tanner

• Power CLI script to add multiple VLANs with port group name in an ESX cluster

  Hi all

  Can someone help me get a script adds several VLANs with port group name in an ESX cluster?

  Kind regards

  Suresh

  OK, so you just need to do an Import-Csv inside the loop and change the variables accordingly.

  What is the provision of this CSV file?

• provisioning machine time consuming (23 min)

  We are currently experiencing a problem where the new machines being supplied take a long time

  It currently takes 23mins which i belive he shouldn't be. the longest part seems to be the step of customization.

  the VM seems sitting there at the opening screen of session for about 10-15 min then eventually restart and become available.

  wtching customer events of vspere it

  the replica of the clones

  Adds a tag (2 s)

  then, there are a couple of reconfigures vm (50sec)

  then the power on the virtual machine (1 sec)

  then some changes of allocating resources (2 min)

  so the next thing is a message from 17 min host more later saying

  Message of

  HostName: the VMware Tools package does not run in this virtual machine. The package may be necessary for the guest operating system to run at higher resolutions to 640 x 480 with 16 colors.

  The package provides significant performance benefits. To install it, choose VM > install VMware Tools... after the guest operating system starts. VMware ESX can remind you to install the

  VMware Tools package when you turn the virtual computer. Click OK to activate the reminder.

  then he reconfigures the virtual machine a couple several times (1 min)

  Reboots(1min)

  changes of allocating resources couple (1 min)

  then its ready to go.

  It seems that something is not happy with vmware tools, but once the machine is up and running it is said that vmware tools is running and current.

  took a look in the logs of the composer and in these were all that was there for the moment on the machine being provisions and they are in the 17-minute window.

  2014-01-10 08:18:59, 446 [1400] INFO CSvmGaService - [svmGaService.cpp, 87] Initializing Service

  2014-01-10 08:18:59, 461 [1400] INFO CustomizationPersistentInfoReg - [CustomizationPersistentInfoReg.cpp, 98] registry key open comments to access personalization information.

  2014-01-10 08:18:59, 461 [1400] DEBUG CSvmGaService - [svmGaService.cpp, 323] in RunService

  2014-01-10 08:19, 538 [1400] INFO CSvmGaService - [svmGaService.cpp, 295] no policy or SVM disks not found

  2014-01-10 08:19, 538 [1400] INFO CSvmGaService - [svmGaService.cpp, 347] in the master VM

  2014-01-10 08:19, 538 [1400] INFO CSvmGaService - [svmGaService.cpp, 411] Service is in State: 4

  2014-01-10 08:19, 538 [1400] DEBUG WaitableManagerWin32 - [WaitableManagerWin32.cpp, 87] update callback for the SviServiceStopEvent event (00000158)

  2014-01-10 08:19, 538 [1400] DEBUG WaitableManagerWin32 - [WaitableManagerWin32.cpp, 90] adding callback for the SviServiceStopEvent event (00000158)

  2014-01-10 08:19, 538 [1400] DEBUG WaitableManagerWin32 - [WaitableManagerWin32.cpp, 179] send reminder for the event WaitableManagerInternal (00000150)

  2014-01-10 08:19:10, 007 [1320] INFO CSvmGaService - [svmGaService.cpp, 442] user logon.

  2014-01-10 08:20:53: 589 [1320] INFO CSvmGaService - [svmGaService.cpp, 448] user logoff.

  2014-01-10 08:20:55, 663 [1400] DEBUG WaitableManagerWin32 - [WaitableManagerWin32.cpp, 179] send reminder for the event SviServiceStopEvent (00000158)

  2014-01-10 08:20:55, 663 [1400] INFO CSvmGaService - [svmGaService.cpp, 391] CSvmGaService::RunService: stop requested.

  2014-01-10 08:20:55, 663 [1400] INFO CSvmGaService - [svmGaService.cpp, 482] service shutdown

  2014-01-10 08:20:55, 663 [1400] INFO CSvmGaService - [svmGaService.cpp, 487] stopped the machine of State SVM

  2014-01-10 08:21:44, 853 [1440] INFO CSvmGaService - [svmGaService.cpp, 87] Initializing Service

  2014-01-10 08:21:44, 868 [1440] INFO CustomizationPersistentInfoReg - [CustomizationPersistentInfoReg.cpp, 98] registry key open comments to access personalization information.

  2014-01-10 08:21:44, 868 CSvmGaService DEBUG [1440] - [svmGaService.cpp, 323] in RunService

  2014-01-10 08:21:45, 945 [1440] INFO CSvmGaService - [svmGaService.cpp, 295] no policy or SVM disks not found

  2014-01-10 08:21:45, 945 [1440] INFO CSvmGaService - [svmGaService.cpp, 347] in the master VM

  2014-01-10 08:21:45, 945 [1440] INFO CSvmGaService - [svmGaService.cpp, 411] Service is in State: 4

  2014-01-10 08:21:45, 945 [1440] DEBUG WaitableManagerWin32 - [WaitableManagerWin32.cpp, 87] update callback for the SviServiceStopEvent event (00000158)

  2014-01-10 08:21:45, 945 [1440] DEBUG WaitableManagerWin32 - [WaitableManagerWin32.cpp, 90] adding callback for the SviServiceStopEvent event (00000158)

  2014-01-10 08:21:45, 945 [1440] DEBUG WaitableManagerWin32 - [WaitableManagerWin32.cpp, 179] send reminder for the event WaitableManagerInternal (00000150)

  2014-01-10 08:21:54, 728 [1332] INFO CSvmGaService - [svmGaService.cpp, 442] user logon.

  2014-01-10 08:23:58, 386 [1332] INFO CSvmGaService - [svmGaService.cpp, 448] user logoff.

  Anyone has any ideas on where to start looking.

  Oh, we run see 5.2 and there is a floating pool.

  understood what was causing the problem. I had forgotten to configure NTP on the hosts of the new for its time was out.

• provisioned size disabilitato

  Hello to all,

  knew esx 4.1 ho a problema con una vm in quanto it provisioned e disabilitato e quindi non riesco ad aumentare dimensoni del virtual disk of size in passato, quando mi ero ritrovato in questa ibm_db he so era problema solved rimuovendo gli snapshot attivi my ora no it doesn't sound.

  COSA posso verificare by understand it boom?

  Grazie.

  -

  Salvatore.

  A ' reason Può essere che altro it sia disco IDE e not SCSI, will cosi ditch this sono dei metodi per trasformarlo da uno all'altro, above avevo scritto UN articolo:

  http://www.virtualtothecore.com/?p=3385

  Ciao,.

  Luca.

• Thin provision security issues

  Hello

  I remember said that if you thin provisioned a disk and then used a file recovery tool it may be possible to read data from the underlying storage system.

  I just did a quick google but I couldn't find anything,

  It is never true. The documentation that I can find for v5 says that a disc thin provisioend returns 0 if it has not already been written in.

  Thank you

  Jeremy

  The feature "fake zero" is what protects against that and as far as I know, is true since ESX thin VMDK support.

• Question about thin provisioned disks

  I did some searching but can't find specific answers, I need and I apologize in advance if these questions are public knowledge. I know also my setup is very small compared to most houses VMWare normally using these forums, but we are moving slowly in the 2nd Decade of the 21st century (or try).

  I have a new install ESXi 5 and move during one ESX3 host that has about a dozen of VMs on it.  I recently built vCenter host servers and my future view connection server.  I'm kind to vCenter again as my previous installation of ESX 3 was a single server and us were not investing in the vCenter at the time option (missed a lot of features and ease of upgrade during this transition, but 20/20 declining).  I'm a little green in using vCenter so take pitty on my ignorance.

  It's more time than I wanted to and I just want to know the best way to change these 2 servers (recently built and configured systems Win 2008 R2) to thin provisioned disks.  I need to keep all the storage space I can and beyond the obvious problem of being able to provide more space than you physically, I have no problem to do so (in addition to get them changed).  If there are negatives I'm missing, please report them to me.  The possiblities that I see are:

  The clone and thin provision then delete the originals.

  Use the stand-alone converter on them (from above).

  Completely rebuild thin provisioned with disks.

  If someone can give me a quick list of possible problems and pitfalls for these opportunities or to get to a better suggestion, please do so and thanks in advance.

  Manual of Clark

  PRIMOS Inc.

  Since you have storage vMotion the clone or standalone VMware converter are both viable options.   Not sure about the disadvantages of these options.

  You didn't say what kind of server it is, but I'm always careful about the cloning of the domain controllers.   Without the option for storage vmotion I rebuild a DC from scratch.

  Post edited by: mittim12

• How to add SAN LUN in ESX of CLI?

  Hello people,

  I work for a team of engineers to implementation, where our tasks involve the construction of about 15 bunches per month.

  As part of build tasks, we end up consuming more time add the SAN LUN in the ESX servers all running ESX 4.1 through the Victoria Cross.

  I understand that the vmkfstools command could help us create a partition vmfs3 on the LUN, but when I do it asks me to set the partition to 0xfb and I believe that we should use the parted for that utility.

  I can't define it with a single command. My goal is to put these commands in a script to speed up the work.

  

  I'm also not sure if the LUN list that I see in the Terminal Server to ESX Server session is the same as what I see in the VCenter. How can I do?

  
  Comparing the two screenshots, I see an additional LUN of the Terminal Server session

  

  Would appreciate any help in this matter.

  Thanks in advance

  Hello

  Take a look on the link below

  http://www.virtu-al.NET/2009/08/28/PowerCLI-mass-provision-datastores/

  And if you work in a team of engineers, I recommend to familiarize themselves with PowerCLI, tool very powerful

  BTW, I remember if you would vmkfstool used for the creation of VMFS, data warehouses will be not aligned LUN pieces that could lead to a deterioration of storage I/O performance

  www.VMware.com/PDF/esx3_partition _align.pdf

  See you soon
  Artur
  

  Please, do not forget the points of call of the "useful" or "correct" answers

• VM has reproduced the provision of storage

  Hello

  I use version 4.1 on ESX hosts with iSCSI without joint and see eccentric storage provisioning.

  I have several virtual machines with only one disk configured on a store of data and when you browse other data stores that I find the same size disk provisioned and 0 used.

  Anyone know what causes this and how to get rid of the ghosts.

  Have attached a PDF file showing the volume with the ghosts and the 2 examples of the notice the virtual machine storage

  See you soon

  David

  Strange sounds.  You have the disks and files on the same logical unit number configuration?  No RDM?  No connected ISOs?  Maybe try a sVmotion and see if that fixes anything.

• Considerations, concerns or questions RE Thin Provisioning.

  Hey all,.

  I have a question about a provisioning.  It seems that we have a debate about our team on the issue of whether we should use it as a policy.

  We have a cluster 2 ESX 4.0 and ESX 3.5 environment all connected to EMC via NFS storage.

  What should concern us, is there on the virtual computer performance problems if the storage starts to develop?  Should do us as a global policy or a policy according to the needs?  Can someone shed some light on this?

  Hello.

  The biggest concern with a provisioning is that you have to manage it.  It is still something to keep an eye on.  Implementation of the alarms is the key, if you have vCenter.  For the workloads highest performance, there will be some additional latencies involved.  The thin disks will not work with VMware FT either.

  Good luck!