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• I get an error "the disk hard virtual parent is in a saved state. Discard the saved state or stop the virtual machine and try again. "during the installation of XP mode.

  I have Win7 Pro SP1 x 64.  I downloaded WindowsXPMode_en - us.exe (from Microsoft downloads) and run it.  The installation seems to work OK (I've specified a different location for the parent virtual hard disk file).  Then, installation happening and I provide the information requested (name of user and password for the XP Mode), updates Windows and OK to the issue of sharing.  The installation program then reports the following error:

  The disk hard virtual parent is in a saved state.  Discard the saved state or stop the virtual machine and try again.

  I get the error even if I try manually configure XP Mode (use the Setup Wizard).  I downloaded the installer XPMode (3 times) and reinstalled several times, always with the same result.  If it helps, I can't locate anywhere .vsv file.

  Any idea what's going on?

  Original title: XP Mode Setup error

  Hi smithnr10,

   

   

  You must post your question in the TechNet forums because it caters to an audience of it professionals.

  To do this, you must consult the link-

  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itprovirt/threads

   

  Hope this helps!

• Stop the virtual machine

  I'm looking for a script to stop vm...

  Script works fine, but I have a few Questions or details

  $csv = import-csv C:\xxx.csv

  Foreach ($line in $csv)

  {

  Write-Host “====================================================================”

  Write-Host "$line treatment".

  $vminfo = get-view-Id ($line.vm) USER.USER

  Write-Host "checking the VMware Tools on $line... »

  # If we have the VMware tools installed

  If ($vminfo.config.Tools.ToolsVersion - eq 0)

  {

  Write-Host "($line.vm) don't have vmware tools installed, strong power this one.

  # Hard power off.

  Stop-VM ($line.vm)-confirm: $false

  }

  on the other

  {

  write-host "I'll try to stop $vm.

  # Turn off with elegance

  Get - VM ($line.vm) | Stop-VMGuest-confirm: $false | Out-Null

  }

  }

  1. my code below what I'm missing / or hurt?

  $vminfo = get-view-Id ($line.vm) USER.USER

  Write-Host "checking the VMware Tools on $line... »

  2. Tools a lot of combination

  Tools installed - but not running

  tools not install

  Are that both will have to stop-vm?

  3.

  I got a simple code, it will cover the tools stuff?

  $vm = Get-VM
  $vm | where {$_. Comments . State -eq "Running"} | Shutdown-VMGuest -confirm:$false
  $vm | where {$_. Comments . State -eq "NotRunning"} | Stop-VM -Confirm:$false

  
  

  4. I want to stop 50 virtual machines simultaneously, how the

  
  

  Your script seems to be ok.

  When the VMware tools are installed you can do a gracefull shutdown (Stop-VMGuest) within the guest where OS the obligation for the VMware tools.

  The next option is to stop the virtual machine (VM-Stop), with what would be the power button on a physical computer.

  No phasing out of the BONES and a potential risk on the corruption of the OS.

  With switch RunAsync that the cmdlet returns immediately, it will not wait until the underlying vSphere method is complete.

  The method will continue, but in the background.

  You should check these tasks to background (Get-task), to monitor the successful completion.

  To manage VMS in batches of 25 and wait 60 seconds between batches, you could do something like that

  $vms = get - VM

  $step = 25

  $start = 0

  for ($loop = 0; $loop - the ([math]: ceiling ($vms.)) Step Count / $)-1); $loop ++) {}

  $vms [$start... ($Start+$Step-1)] | where {$_.} Guest.State - eq "Running"} | Stop-VMGuest-confirm: $false - RunAsync

  $vms [$start... ($Start+$Step-1)] | where {$_.} Guest.State - eq "Keep"} | Stop-VM-confirm: $false - RunAsync

  sleep 60

  $start += $step

  }

• script to stop the virtual machine

  I am writing a script to stop all the virtual machine as follows:

  1. The list of the VM

  VMLIST ='/ usr/bin/vmrun list '

  for a virtual machine in '$VMLIST '.

  do

  echo '$VM '.

  1. stop the virtual machine

  / usr/bin/vmrun stop '$VM' trysoft

  sleep 2

  fact

  But he failed, the news of the error:

  / root/vmware/Windows NT / Windows NT.vmx

  Error: Could not open the virtual machine: unknown suffixNT/Windows NT.vmx file

  the feedback by the command "echo $VM" is the correct path, but why it says file unknown?

  Please refer to the attachment.

  See if that helps...

  vmlist ='/ usr/bin/vmrun list '

  printf "$vmlist" | egrep '\.vmx$ ' | while reading vm; echo '$vm '.

  / usr/bin/vmrun stop soft "$vm".

  sleep 2; fact

• Stop the virtual machine of comments using command line on esx 3.5

  does anyone know to stop the virtual computer prompt using command-line on ESX 3.5

  Take a look at this thread for instructions in detail: http://communities.vmware.com//message/1219151#1219151

  =========================================================================

  William Lam

  VMware vExpert 2009

  Scripts for VMware ESX/ESXi and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/

  http://Twitter.com/lamw

• MS patch in the virtual machine template

  Hello

  In our environment, quite often we'll diploy VM model. But as you know Microsoft will release patches everymonth and it is dificult for us to maintain this model to this day. In VMware is ther is a technology that will apply the patches to the model itself?

  Thank you

  Annick

  I did not task than this before, but since the said link also

  "Scans can be launched on the entire data centers, clusters, pools of resources, models, folders, or individual hosts and virtual. They can be run immediately or on demand if necessary. After a

  analysis, non-compliant machines are reported for the patch updates. »

  If it's just redo the master VMs (pre-sysprep) and clone as necessary should still work

• Can not copy VM UM VCenter para outro sem desligar a uma machine virtual (I can copy a virtual machine to one vCenter to another without stopping the virtual machine)?

  Pessoal, boa is late,

  Hello

  Gostaria of sabre to e possible copy of VM uma um VCenter para outro sem ter as desligar a Máquina. Is a possibility?

  I wonder if it is possible to copy one Virtual MACHINE a vCenter to the other without power off duty the machine. There is a possibility?

  Obrigado desde ja

  Thank you

  My brother, fazer o um escopo clone or por exemplo um deploy um model e no mesmo vCenter, or seja, por vias normais, voce nao do clonar OU fazer deploy model vCenter para um um o outro.

  Very, sempre exists uma saida, e no seu caso, você pode fazer o seguinte:

  1 cloned an atual VM (as pode ser feito com an origem watch VM);

  2 copy os archives da VM clonada para o outro datastore vCenter;

  3. no data store don't do novo vCenter, service one pasta da VM e clicar com direito button no land e .vmx selecionar didn't add to the inventory.

• The ESX host error - the Virtual Machine creation may fail

  Someone at - he never seen this error of creation of Virtual Machine may fail because the agent is unable to reteive options for creating Virtual Machine from the host

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

  -KjB

  VMware vExpert

• Stop and restart the virtual machines in the remote server

  I need to close virtual machines running guests 4 1 ESX from a remote server (IBM System i).

  The remote server in fact control the storage used by ESX and VM OS, so I'll have to scripts running on the remote server that:

  Stop the virtual machine

  Performs maintenance

  Reboot the virtual machine

  I tried to understand the big picture of the reading discussions here, but I'm still confused.

  VMA is to provide the best way for the virtual machines of withdrawal from a script running on a remote server?

  Scripts can I use SSH to connect to the vSphere environment to run scripts or issue the command?

  Thank you.

  vCLI (really its vSphere SDK for Perl), PowerCLI, VI Java, etc are all vSphere SDK to correct and they are a of the client-side bindings different scripts and programming languages which bind to the vSphere API. When I say 'API', I mean using one of these SDK is you use the vSphere API to perform the work.

  The SDK is initiated on the remote server, this can be windows, linux, etc as long as it supports one of these boxes to tools. In general, for admins, you will use either vCLI (vSphere SDK for Perl) that supports Linux and Windows, or if you are more windows-oriented, you can use PowerCLI.

  Documentation has been referenced in my first post, please take some time the documents because they provide much more detail on the use cases for each + a lot of examples with orders. Yet once, there no involved SSH if you use the vSphere API. As I told, vMA is a virtual appliance, you can download and start using if you do not want to install vCLI or PowerCLI on a remote system, this is assuming that you are comfortable in a Linux environment. If you're not, then I highly recommend using PowerCLI, who will need a remote server for Windows.

  Here are a few started getting additional resources:

  vSphere SDK for Perl + vMA:

  Getting started with vSphere SDK for Perl

  Introduction to the vMA (tips/tricks)

  PowerCLI:

  http://www.VMware.com/support/developer/windowstoolkit/

  http://www.virtu-al.NET/2009/11/10/PowerCLI-where-do-i-start/

  =========================================================================

  William Lam

  VMware vExpert 2009

  Scripts for VMware ESX/ESXi and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/

  Twitter: @lamw

  repository scripts vGhetto

  Introduction to the vMA (tips/tricks)

  Getting started with vSphere SDK for Perl

  VMware Code Central - Scripts/code samples for developers and administrators

  VMware developer community

  If you find this information useful, please give points to "correct" or "useful".

• Automatic shutdown of the virtual machines in the Update Manager

  Is it possible to automatically stop the virtual machines as part of the Update Manager?  We have our virtual machines configured for auto power off/start with the host.  But when we apply a lot of patching ESX using the Update Manager, he waits for us to stop manually before putting the host in maintenance mode.

  Any way to automate that? Thank you!

  But when we apply a lot of patching ESX using the Update Manager, he waits for us to stop manually before putting the host in maintenance mode.

  Lol WHA each fails to accomplish is ESX is an enterprise product, it must be used with vMotion.  If the Update Manager is designed to make this easy and pain free, so if you have the shared storage, your VM will migrate to another host, maintenance is done, and the virtual machine back.

  ESX is essentially a hands on environment.  I know everyone can't afford a SAN, but ESX caters to these large enterprise systems that do not have SAN.

  By making a patch, so we are now toward the Windows stand alone everyday server where you have done EACH server, or do it manually power off / closure of EACH virtual machine is EVEN easier to do this 1 by 1 on EACH physical host.

  Consider so it cannot be the best option, it isn't that hard to select ALL VM under tension and click "shut down guest.  Besides that if you plan for a breakdown, you can stop the VM remotely (if windows) by using a shutdown script.

  There are a lot of options to do this, but there is no stopping the VM before update, you must do it manually.

• Move the virtual machine from one host to another with shared storage

  Hello

  I have a question on how to move a virtual machine from one ESX 4 host to a host ESXi 5.  These hosts have access to the same shared storage but the ESX 4 host is outside the network and host ESXi 5 is inside the network so vMotion is not an option.  They are in different groups.  I know that there must be an easy way to move this virtual machine, but for the life of me, I can't find it.  I guess I have remove the virtual machine from the external cluster but how to make the virtual machine in the internal cluster?

  Thanks in advance...

  If both host access to the data store even where VM's store, just stop the virtual machine, remove inventory on ESXi 4, go to ESXi 5 vSphere vSphere, browse the data store where the VM is stored, do a right-click on the .vmx file and add to the inventory.

• Is there a setting for auto-start on the virtual machines on the blackout?

  I was wondering if there is an auto on when the server has no juice because of a power failure. I do not mean the actual physical vm server, but the VM themselves on the physical server. Power outages happen always when I get to a computer for vpn in the VCenter.

  Thank you

  Gary

  Yes, it is possible

  -In the vSphere client, select the ESX/ESXi host,

  -Go to the configuration tab.

  -Select in the software section, the option to start/stop the virtual machine.

  -Click on properties on the right of the screen.

  -Activate the option "allow virtual machines to start and stop automatically with the system."

  -Select the virtual machine and move the virtual computer in the correct startup group.

  I have attached a few screenshots.

  Best wishes / Saludos

  -

• resize the disk space on the virtual machine

  Hello!

  I have a small problem, when I converted a virtual machine on my esx server so I chose 14FR for the virtual machine.

  But I now realize that I need more space on the virtual machine. but the problem is that I stop the virtual machine and

  give more space but the does not get more space than any alcolated in diskmgmt. and there I have to

  make a new partition.

  Can I add a disc more on C: by do not format the drive? or can I add more disk space to a new partition

  (if I add 20 GB now and want to add 20 extra GB to the same partition in 2 months or something like that?) ??

  Thank you

  / R

  http://malaysiavm.com/blog/how-to-resize-Windows-2003-Server-virtual-disk-on-VMware-ESX/

  Here is the guide. Hope is useful.

  Craig

  vExpert 2009

  Malaysia, VMware communities - http://www.malaysiavm.com

• Block of VMWare workstation to restart the virtual machine

  Hi all...

  I use vmware workstation 9.0.2 on a machine running windows 7 Professional (64 bit) on any domain.

  the problem is that: when I reboot whole VM (windows/linux), vmware stop working a present the home screen (with options F2, F12, ESC)... at this time, all orders (average, suspend, reset) does not work... I need to manually complete the vm procecess - ware.exe, remove *.lck items and restart the physical machine...

  If I stop the virtual machine, all work without problems...

  any ideas?

  Hi riccimaticand welcome to the VMware communities!

  Try disconnecting the virtual CD/DVD drive.  It seems that there are situations in which problems arise to restart a guest, operating system while its virtual optical drive is connected.  The most common cause is using MagicDisc/MagicISO on the host, which is known to cause exactly the problem you describe.

  See you soon,.

  --

  Darius

• Connect physical hard disks to the virtual machine (and leave the data intact)

  Hello

  I'm looking to virtualize a SOHO headless server, that I use mainly for secure file storage.

  Currently, the system runs Linux installed on a small disc and has two drives 1.5 TB, used exclusively for data, in a cluster of ZFS mirroring. (I use the ZFS-fuse Linux-based application).

  I want virtualization for two reasons. One is to make administration easier and safer - avoid having to connect a keyboard and the physical monitor to the box from time to time. The other is that the machine is a bit more powerful to handle the load, and I'm hoping to make it work on other, more challenging tasks.

  Now, there is a catch. These discs are as highly important. I mean the data on them. What I need is to convert the current Linux system to a virtual machine, or re - install Linux on a virtual machine (don't like that), then connect the physical disks to the virtual machine as if they were actually connected.

  I certainly don't want to vmware touches those disks somehow.

  I've read the documentation, but I'm a noob when it comes to server virtualization and system engineering and don't quite understand if this is possible or not. These discs are not a SAN, they are physically connected to the server, I want to install vSphere on. (Of course, I'll log out when I run the setup of vSphere. But I need plug them again later, and they need to be sure that vmware will leave them alone and pass them to the virtual machine transparent.)

  Sigmoid wrote:

  Oh yes, the cluster mirrored ZFS. It is essentially a software RAID type thingie.

  http://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS

  A material, or the point of view of virtualization, it appears two hard drives with a single huge partition on each that is not transparent to anyone, except the implementation of ZFS.

  OK, means that you can break the RAID, connect the drives to different host and configure RAID once again, right?

  Let's do it this way

  1. We will need a disc player more for VM, cause on flash, we install ESXi
  2. I will share ZFS :-), all you need to do with that before you install ESXi
  3. make the BACKUP!
  4. Disconnect the data host drives
  5. install ESXi 4.1 U1 free version on flash
  6. Download the site VMware vSphere client
  7. Connect the VM disk to ESXi
  8. customer help create the virtual machine and install the OS on it
  9. stop the virtual machine and esxi
  10. connect DATA drives to the ESXi host
  11. begin to ESXi
  12. See how to add RDM on youtube, after client use, change first hardware VM--> add a new hard disk--> choose Raw Device Mapping--> (physical or virtual) mode--> store it with folder VM - FACT
  13. Start the virtual machine, now your VM should see both drives, with good data course :-)

  I have just made this procedure (add ROW with data in Linux VM) on ubuntu VM, works well

  See you soon
  Artur
  

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