ESX host, as well as the NFS server?

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• Cannot backup VMs to the NFS server

  Hi all

  really stuck GhettoVCB script configuration to back up virtual machines...

  I only have a single physical hard drive "datastore1" on my 6.0 ESXi host. I also have NFS server:

  
  

  /NFS

  IP address: 192.168.3.200

  First of all, I did a little test: I added this NFS server (file system is ext4) as a new 'teststorage' using vSphere Client storage. When I type in console

  # mkdir/vmfs/volumes/datastore1/somefolder

  # mkdir/vmfs/volumes/teststorage/newfolder

  everyghing is ok. Also:

  # esxcli storage nfs add h 192.168.3.200 v s/nfs/backup - backup

  # mkdir/vmfs/volumes/backup/tesfolder

  Well obviously, everything works. I so disassembled vSphere Client NFS.

  Next step, I tried to configure the script:

  VM_BACKUP_VOLUME = / vmfs/volumes/datastore1/autobackup

  DISK_BACKUP_FORMAT = thin

  VM_BACKUP_ROTATION_COUNT = 1

  POWER_VM_DOWN_BEFORE_BACKUP = 0

  ENABLE_HARD_POWER_OFF = 0

  ITER_TO_WAIT_SHUTDOWN = 3

  POWER_DOWN_TIMEOUT = 5

  ENABLE_COMPRESSION = 0

  VM_SNAPSHOT_MEMORY = 0

  VM_SNAPSHOT_QUIESCE = 0

  ALLOW_VMS_WITH_SNAPSHOTS_TO_BE_BACKEDUP = 1

  NFS_SERVER = 192.168.3.200

  NFS_MOUNT = / backup/nfs

  NFS_VM_BACKUP_DIR = auto save

  ENABLE_NON_PERSISTENT_NFS = 0

  UNMOUNT_NFS = 1

  SNAPSHOT_TIMEOUT = 15

  EMAIL_LOG = 1

  EMAIL_SERVER = mail. Core.local

  EMAIL_SERVER_PORT = 25

  EMAIL_DELAY_INTERVAL = 1

  [email protected]

  [email protected]

  VM_SHUTDOWN_ORDER =

  VM_STARTUP_ORDER =

  and they started with a command using SSH:

  # /ghettoVCB-master/ghettoVCB.sh g /ghettoVCB-master/my.conf f/ghettoVCB-master/my.list > /ghettoVCB-master/ghettoVCB14.log

  So, I got the following output:

  Recording output to ' / tmp/ghettoVCB-2016-03-31_04-34-07-3440436.log '...

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: = ghettoVCB NEWSPAPER BEGIN =.

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - CONFIGURATION GLOBAL GHETTOVCB = /ghettoVCB-master/kanon.conf FILE using

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - VERSION = 2015_05_06_1

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - GHETTOVCB_PID = 3440436

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - VM_BACKUP_VOLUME = / vmfs/volumes/datastore1/autobackup

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - VM_BACKUP_ROTATION_COUNT = 1

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - VM_BACKUP_DIR_NAMING_CONVENTION = 2016-03-31_04-34-07

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - DISK_BACKUP_FORMAT = thin

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - POWER_VM_DOWN_BEFORE_BACKUP = 0

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - ENABLE_HARD_POWER_OFF = 0

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - ITER_TO_WAIT_SHUTDOWN = 3

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - POWER_DOWN_TIMEOUT = 5

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - SNAPSHOT_TIMEOUT = 15

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - LOG_LEVEL = info

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - BACKUP_LOG_OUTPUT = /tmp/ghettoVCB-2016-03-31_04-34-07-3440436.log

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - ENABLE_COMPRESSION = 0

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - VM_SNAPSHOT_MEMORY = 0

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - VM_SNAPSHOT_QUIESCE = 0

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - ALLOW_VMS_WITH_SNAPSHOTS_TO_BE_BACKEDUP = 1

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - VMDK_FILES_TO_BACKUP = all

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - VM_SHUTDOWN_ORDER =

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - VM_STARTUP_ORDER =

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - RSYNC_LINK = 0

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - BACKUP_FILES_CHMOD =

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - EMAIL_LOG = 1

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - EMAIL_SERVER = mail.core.local

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - EMAIL_SERVER_PORT = 25

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - EMAIL_DELAY_INTERVAL = 1

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - EMAIL_FROM = [email protected]

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - EMAIL_TO = [email protected]

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info: CONFIG - WORKDIR_DEBUG = 0

  2016-03-31 04:34:07 - info:

  2016-03-31 04:34:08 - info: power out put in place to

  backup will not start until the virtual machine is turned off...

  2016-03-31 04:34:08 - info: VM is powerdOff

  2016-03-31 04:34:11 - info: start the backup for Debian_Experimental

  2016-03-31 04:34:11 - info: creation of snapshot "ghettoVCB-snapshot-2016-03-31" for Debian_Experimental

  2016-03-31 04:34:12 - info: ERROR: bad DISK_BACKUP_FORMAT "thin".

  ------specified for Debian_Experimental

  2016-03-31 04:34:13 - info: Instant withdrawal of Debian_Experimental...

  2016-03-31 04:34:13 - Info: backup time: 2 seconds

  2016-03-31 04:34:13 - info: ERROR: Debian_Experimental could not backup because of the error in VMDK backup!

  2016-03-31 04:34:13 - info: # final status: ERROR: No. VMs saved! ######

  2016-03-31 04:34:13 - info: = ghettoVCB JOURNAL END =.

  2016-03-31 03:21:30 - info: # final status: ERROR: all virtual machines failed! ######

  2016-03-31 03:21:30 - info: = ghettoVCB JOURNAL END =.

  I tried:

  DISK_BACKUP_FORMAT = zeroedthick, eagerzeroedthick, thin, 2gbsparse

  VM_SNAPSHOT_MEMORY = 0/1

  VM_SNAPSHOT_QUIESCE = 0/1

  Still the same error in VMDK format.

  WM works fine, no damage.

  There is no no snapshot. VM version: 11

  Any ideas?

  Thanks in advance for the help.

  The solution was simple: my notebook + in Windows curled some symbols 'hidden' at the end of the first line, before that I sent this file via WinSCP.

  1. use only vi on your ESXi because different EOL codes (CR + LF/LF). Also don't let useful space and the end of the lines.

  2 set the async on your NFS server instead of synchronization that increases the speed of copy.

  3. place your script of ghettoVCB on your data store. For example: / vmfs/volumes/datastore1

  Hope this helps others.

• Curiosities: what happens if I restart the NFS server?

  Hi guys,.

  I use Linux as a NFS data store. I'm just curious, regularly there as updates of the kernel, etc. that requires a reboot. What happens if I restart the NFS server without:

  1. turn off the virtual machine on it

  2. without disconnecting the ESXi host data store

  What is the proper way to restart the NFS server?

  Thanks ^^

  If you mean 'a good' (without no timeout error appears in the log), then delete NFS datastore is the whole procedure before you restart the NFS server. Unlike datastore VMFS, by removing the NFS datastore, that this will not completely remove the storage at all, instead you only remove it from the ESX host and you can reconnect the NFS mounting even whenever you want.

  http://www.no-x.org

• CSS style sheet appears on the remote server when I download my Web site, but it works very well to the local server

  CSS style sheet appears on the remote server when I download my Web site, but it works very well to the local server, if anyone can help I would be grateful.

  There are major problems with this page as shown in the screenshot below.

  

  This is caused by a liberal hijacking of APDivs (aka layers) for a main page layout.  This isn't what APDivs were intended.  That's why Adobe them removed from DW.  Unfortunately, not soon enough.

  I think you're the best option is to start over with a pre-built CSS layout that doesn't contain positioned elements.

  Either way, Flash is dead now.  Most of the people cannot display Flash media more.  You can convert the HTML5 video or use YouTube to host videos now.

  Nancy O.

• A solution to the "unable to connect to the NFS server" that I can't understand

  (This question is related to the interaction between ESXi and FreeNAS and talk a lot here, but the solution was finally on FreeNAS configuration change, so I hope it's ok that I post in this forum.  It relates to the use of FreeNAS of ESXi).

  I have a FreeNAS system set up specifically for the copy of the virtual machines of my ESXi server as a backup mechanism.  I tried to mount a NFS of FreeNAS disk and ran in a (what appears to be, from discussions on the forum, a common place) problem.  ESXi, during an attempt fix the part gave me the "unable to connect to the NFS server" message.  The search in the log files, I could see some more detail, but nothing that pointed to a solution.  I also searched the logs on the FreeNAS system, nothing helps.

  I was using the IP address of the FreeNAS (static address) system instead of the DNS name when you are trying to reach the storage.

  After hours of trying different methods, creation of username on FreeNAS trying up to ESXi, scouring through all the various points of ESXi config, etc. I am getting nowhere.  Then I came across a post somewhere (not here on the forums, but in a blog somewhere) that said add the ESXi server to the hosts on the FreeNAS system file.

  Once we added - bingo-test.  ESXi logged in straight away and I am running.

  Now, I am trying to determine why the addition of ESXi machine to the FreeNAS hosts file would allow ESXi to connect.  Anyone have any ideas?  The IP address of the ESXi system was already in the allowable range set up in the UI on FreeNAS.

  Thanks in advance.

  Mounting NFS export list process requires the resolution of the customer's name. When a customer initiates the request for an NFS share, server checks its list of export for the requested directory and the name of the customer in this access list for this particular action. Now if the server fails to resolve the name of the initiator denies his request for the mounting of this share. In order to overcome this problem, you must have a dns server in the network, or do you have enter you the names and information of IP address to the server hosts file

  Naeem Holy

• Communicate the guests as well as the ESXi Server VCenter?

  Hello:

  We deploy a solution virtual machine using Vcenter and ESXi 4.1 the VCenter logically is in a different subnet from the ESX servers.

  Is it true that the VCenter server does not need to communicate with the IP addresses of the colleagues of the BONE... and that the vcenter needs access to the IP addresses of the ESXi servers? What (if any) features is lost if the Vcenter server talks to the ESXi ip addresses?

  Please advise and thank you,

  -Chris

  vCenter communicates only to host servers ESXi and vSphere client only connection. vCenter is unable to communicate with the virtual machine, such as the virtual machines are linked to different virtual switch that would have properties different network (vlan and etc.).

• You can create a view that filters (ESX host) Linux machines on the view of the Infrastructure?

  Hello

  We have recently implemented Foglight and VMware plugin. As part of the VMware plugin, Foglight pulls in all the Linux VM machines including the ESX host. Our team of Linux only manages the running redhat Linux hosts. They fail the ESX VM guest. That said, is there a way to create a view that shows only the hosts running redhat Linux?

  For example the view of rail infrastructure below contains 88 Linux machines, but nearly half of them are ESX hosts for our Linux team would not see all these. Is it possible to filter these?

  

  Any help is appreciated.

  Thank you

  Tony

  The easiest way would be to create a personalized, pair it with Infrastructure and then create a dynamic management component.  This will help create you a rule for "All hosts" where you can find just the hosts that are not of the ESX host and run Linux.

  The query would be:

  detail.topologyTypeName! = "VMWESXServer" & os.longName like «% Linux»

• Passthrough is configured on an ESX host, unable to take the backup image

  Dear team,

  One ESX host Passthrough is configured (LSI Logic /Symbolic Logic LSI 1068E) and the same is mapped to one of the virtual machine, we are not able to take the backup of the image of this virtual machine will get the following error.

  The operation is not supported on the object.

  Need assisstance VMware Expert on the same.

  Concerning

  Mr. VMware

  Instant, like many other features are simply not supported when executing passthrough VMdirectpath. He expected to work if stop you the Guest if.

  http://pubs.VMware.com/vSphere-50/topic/com.VMware.vSphere.networking.doc_50/GUID-BF2770C3-39ED-4BC5-A8EF-77D55EFE924C.html

  http://www.Petri.co.il/VMware-esxi4-vmdirectpath.htm

  The following features are not available for virtual machines configured with DirectPath:

  [...]

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• All virtual machines on my ESX host off power at the same time

  Hi all

  Recently I attend the interview. a guy asked me this question

  < police = "Times New Roman, serif" >all virtual machines on my power off ESX at the same time host < / police >< / police >?

  What was the cause of the highest of the error, how to troubleshoot the error.please me.anybody guide to address this problem?

  Thanks

  Surya

  If all the virtual machines if lower at the same time, my bet would be VMware HA. Just for fun, build it inside your head:

  (1) 8 ESX nodes, all service consoles connected to a unique management switch.

  (2) now to create a cluster of these nodes, put all your virtual machines in there and activate HA, choose ' host isolation response: power off.

  (3) draw power from your management switch. HA on each host will deduct that the host is isolated-> turn off all the virtual machines.

  Each host will think the same thing, and hop find you with all virtual machines down to the time in the whole of the cluster. Have seen this one several times when people go and upgrade their management switches in the evening ("hey, it's only management").

  Visit my blog at http://www.vmdamentals.com

• If the ESX host in cluster lost the connection to the storage what will happen?

  Hello everyone

  Could someone clarify if the HA agent monitors the availability of storage on an ESX host or is it only the availability of the network on the vSwitch COS?

  Thanx

  working with your team of storage, they probably have the right tools to monitor and alert to such problems.

• Disconnected ESX host cannot add to the CR

  It started with me being unable to power on a virtual machine that I created because of "Insufficient resources to meet the level of failover configured for HA" which is great because that's how to configure HA.  I tried to reconfigure the AP to the host by double-clicking on the host and select this option.  Once I did that it failed about 30% with "an error has occurred while setting up the HA Agent on the host" and the networking page disappeared from the configuration tab similar to what a lot of people reported during the upgrade, I think an earlier version.  This is not the case, I did not update anything.  Then I restarted service service mgmt-vmware restart and the ESX host disconnected from the VC altogether.  I can't use the VI client to connect to the host in question, but I am connected via the service console. All VM and the host not to requests ping and everything works. I've disabled HA and DRS and tried to add new ESX host that has not worked.

  Any help is appreciated.  Thank you.

  I found this article that has the same symptoms as you.

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=1004451

  Check if your esx.conf file is corrupted. Follow the directions in the KB article to restore or recreate.

  Arnim - van Lieshout

  -

• Connection to the client with VSphere ESX host makes me download the old version of the VSphere client

  Welcome the OS Version: 5.1.0 - 2013

  Question: When I connect to my guests with the VSphere client it forces me to re-download the VSphere client. As you can see from the attached PDF there pretty much all installed versions. Yet, he's trying to go to vsphereclient.vmware.com to try to download again (which cannot because it is on a closed network). It is meaningless to me, as you can see I have all versions of the installed client. My boss who also has the same installed versions can connect. Actually, I installed 5.1 client so that should be enough. VSphere shows the host to 5.1.0 - 2013.

  Why is this not with my Vsphere client?

  Looks like your Client vSphere is version 5.1.0b (source: Match VMware vCenter 5.1 component Versions |) Virten.NET) and your ESXi host is version 5.1 Patch 4 (KB VMware: Products VMware correlating build numbers to update level )

  You need download the vSphere Client 5.1 update 2 version to directly connect to this host.

• The NFS Server error

  Hello world

  Can you please help me on my problem. I'm trying to create a virtual machine to be used as A NAS server and the OS is RHEL 5. I created a certain folder and share it. I also edited the vi/etc/exports and then I ask the folder to be shared just like that.

  /Folder 192.168.126.0 /255.255.255.0 (rw, no_root_squash, sync)

  But still, I got this kind of error. Hope you could help me with that.

  Receive your answer.

  Kind regards

  Vincent

  You're welcome Vincent.

  Please assign points if you feel that this has been helpful by selecting one of the lower.

  correct answer / useful answers

  -Aurelia

• ESX host abandonment vcentre after re-iping in the VC Server

  Hello

  We recently re-iped our virtual Center Server to merge it in our new environment and since this all esx hosts connected to keeping the abandonment of virtual Center. We followed the standard steps and have deleted the host esx environment and readded them so that they will receive the new IP server VC, but after a minute or two, the machine turns to does not. We also tried a difficulty that we found on the basis of knowledge of VMware to edit the vpxa.cfg file and change the ip address and try to reconnect it but after a while, the old ip address is reinserted in the cfg file. Does anyone know a way around this / have had this problem before and know the solution. We have logged a ticket with VMware support, but obviously, we want environmental return as soon as possible and do not want to wait for them to remember. We are on the last installation of the virtual centre and are all but one of our servers esx vsphere if it's important.

  Thank you

  Gregg Robertson, VCP, MCSE, MCSA, MCTS, MCITP

  double post...

• Add several NFS data stores to multiple ESX hosts

  I am trying to write a script that will set up several NFS exports to multiple ESX hosts. Here is the script I use, it will add an NFS export to an esx host list.

  $esx = (get-Content servers.txt)

  {}
  $Host_Name = (Read-Host "enter the server (ex: storage-san)")
  $Path = (Read-Host "enter the path (ex: / ds_name/flight/flight)")
  $Name = (Read-Host "Enter the name of the data store")

  {foreach ($server in $esx)
  $Error.Clear)
  Get-VMHost $server | New-Nfs Datastore - NfsHost $Host_Name-path $Path - name $Name | Out-Null
  If ($error.count - gt 0) {$error | out-file ($server, 'c:\powershell scripts\logs\' + '.txt')}
  }

  $add_more = Read-Host "want to show you another data store?
  }
  While ($add_more - eq 'Yes' - or $add_more - eq "y")

  This script actually works OK but I can't just she kick sending and walk. If I have 10 stores of data to add, I have to wait for the current to the end, and then type the information for the second, etc..

  I was hoping just to type all the information from the beginning and the shot of the script to the wide and let him go. Here is what I added, you can see where I'm going with this?

  $esx = (get-Content servers.txt)

  $num_mounts = (Read-Host "Do you have multiple media")
  If ($num_mounts - eq 'Yes' - or $num_mounts - eq "y")
  {
  $mounts = @(Read-Host "supports différents combien avez_vous")

  #prompt me for all the different right monte upwards before and then executed by the actual task of Mount...
  }

  Any ideas?

  Try something like this

  $servers = @()
  $paths = @()
  $datastores = @()
  
  $answer = Read-Host "Enter another NFS mount ?" while($mount -eq "y"){
      $servers += Read-Host "Enter the NFS host"    $paths += Read-Host "Enter the path"    $datastores += Read-Host "Datastore name ?"    $answer = Read-Host "Enter another NFS mount ?"}
  
  $Error.Clear()
  
  Get-Content servers.txt | %{
      $esx = Get-VMHost -Name $_    $countNFS = $servers.Count
      if($countNFS -ne 0){
          0..($countNFS - 1) | %{
              New-Datastore -Nfs -NfsHost $servers[$_] -Path $paths[$_] -Name $datastores[$_] | Out-Null            if($Error.count -gt 0){
                  $Error | out-file ('c:\powershell scripts\logs\' + $server + '.txt')
                  $Error.Clear()
              }
          }
      }
  }
  

  The script reads all the data in the tables.

  Then it loops through all ESX hosts from the servers.txt file, and for each host, it will create all the NFS data storages.