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• problem with snapshots and provisioning

  Hi, I'm having a few problems creating templates of virtual machines with snapshots. Virtual machines use a provisioning, but when I take a snapshot of the virtual disk is marked as thick (it seems to be a known bug http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US & cmd = displayKC & externalId = 1020137), although it actually uses a provisioning. So, when I clone the virtual machine and mark it as a model, this new model is configured as thickness of provisioning.

  I was not able to force the new model to create as a provisioning via the Perl SDK.  Does anyone know how I could force the model to use provisioning?

  Thanks in advance.

  Hello

  In general, in order to convert the discs thick thin discs using the CloneVM_Task API, you need to set the VirtualMachineCloneSpec.location.transform as VirtualMachineRelocateTransformation.sparse. To perform the reverse operation, i.e. to convert a disc thin thick disk, set the property transform as VirtualMachineRelocateTransformation.flat

  I hope that this could be useful for you!

  -Angela-

• Problems with snapshots

  Hello

  I have ESXi Server 3.5 with 4 virtual machines in it. I use the free script that is available in this forum, do a full backup to another location virtual computers, every day.

  A few days ago, I found that the backups are not running, the script tells me that there is already a snapshot. I found that there are a few new files tem, with the last data recorded about them beeing and the real vm disk not beeing used for several days.

  How can I validate the data to the virtual disk, so that I can run the backup again?

  This is a full "ls - alh' on the folder of the virtual machine:

  -rw - 1 root root 10.8 G Apr 27 16:52 wintest-000001 - delta.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 303 Mar 14 04:10 wintest - 000001.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 1.0 G Mar 13 14:58 wintest - 6f47f0d5.vswp

  -rw - 1 root root 29.4 k Mar 14 04:10 wintest - Snapshot66.vmsn

  -rw - 1 root root 40,0 G 14 Mar 04:10 wintest - flat hard

  -rw - 1 root root 8.5 k Apr 21 18:09 wintest.nvram

  -rw - 1 root root 502 Mar 13 08:00 wintest.vmdk

  -rw - 1 root root 478 Mar 14 04:10 wintest.vmsd

  -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3.0 k Mar 14 04:10 wintest.vmx

  -rw - 1 root root 1.8 k 3 Feb 17:09 wintest.vmxf

  -rw - rr 1 root root 885,8 k 3 Feb 18:25 vmware - 1.log

  -rw - rr 1 root root 128.5 k 3 Feb 18:35 2.log - vmware

  rootr 1 - rw - r root 1.5 M Apr 27 12:52 vmware.log

  Any advice?

  I have already lost all the data on a virtual machine, because I've renamed a file and made the backup again... and it deleted the renamed file.

  Thanks for your help!

  Yes, you can delete the snapshot with the virtual machine, but do not forget that the performance is not good.

  If you can turn off the virtual machine, the time will be probably faster.

• Problem with the cmdlet Remove-Snapshot

  Hello everyone,

  I have a problem with the cmdlet Remove-Snapshot: it fails to remove the snapshot when I made a copy of file (Copy-Item) between calls to New-Snapshot and Remove-Snapshot if (and only if) I put - confirm option to $false. If - confirm is $true everything works, but it does not allow me to run the non-interactive script. The error that is returned is "vim.fault.InvalidVmConfig".

  Anyone know if there is a problem on my side, on the side of ESX Server or a bug in the VI Toolkit? Any possible workaround?

  I have attached the PowerShell script, I used to reproduce the error and the script log file that contains the error message.

  The versions I used are:

  VMware.Vim.dll (1.5.0.1299, "VI API 1.5.0 build.Net 142961")

  VMware ESX Server 3i, 3.5.0 110271

  I'm not able to reproduce this on my environment but I am sure that the issue is not with the - confirm: $false parameter. After you copy the file there is a timeout that is set to 10 seconds. Can you increase it (even if I do not at all see a reason of this time-out) and see what happens?

  \Yavor

• Problem with deletion of snapshots

  Hello

  I have a problem with deletion of snapshots for virtual machine running on ESXi 3.5. I had a problem with the lack of free space on the drive where VM is hosted. I managed to free up space and wanted to commit snapshots (delete) to free additional space. Unfortunately, at the time of the withdrawal of clichés that I ran out of space again on this store now I'm stuck with clichés present in the store but not visible in the Snapshot Manager.

  Any suggestions on how I can get rid of these pictures now? All I can think is move VM converter of this virtual machine to a new one.

  Thanks, Marcin

  The reason that you ran out of space is the way a "Delete All" is handled.

  I guess in your case a 'Delete All' may temporarily need up to approximately 115 GB of additional disk space. Troubleshooting VM snapshot problems perfectly describes the process. Take a look at the animation in the "process behind 'Remove all' snapshots '.

  So what you can do is:

  -Free up enough space, create another cliché, and then do a "Delete All".

  -Cold clone or V2V the VM in another data store

  -Recreate the vmsd file based on the instantaneous channel from the header vmdk files and delete the snapshots one by one starting with the first (oldest) snapshot. If you want to try this make sure you fully understand other snapshots that it will end in the corruption of data!

  Due to the size and the possible impacts on the storage I recommend doing this during peak hours and with the virtual machine shut down.

  If you have a different available datastore (~ 300GB), I would recommend cloning. This does not affect the original files in case something goes wrong. If the clone works, you can safely remove the "old" VM and files and migrates the virtual computer is back to datastore original.

  André

• Network problem with HP DL 380 running ESX

  Hi @ all,

  I m having a BIG problem with a HP DL 380 and ESX 4.0. The setting is as follows:

  1. physical NIC is on the DMZ Port of the firewall, the 2. one is on the switch (simple gigabit switch).

  one of the virtual machines on this server should communicate ONLY on the NETWORK card on the demilitarized zone, but somehow he doesn´t work.

  help the plt

  Bone

  OS (if it's still bone),

  Setup in your jpg looks ok.

  To dig deeper, I need to understand the issue see you "if I turn on the server 'DMZ' is as if it is on the first vSwitch '

  Can you explain the issue you are facing. Is this a connectivity problem. Maybe it is related to the configuration of the physical switch.

  André

  If you are having trouble to explain in English, feel free to send me a private message and describe the problem in German.

• Problem with optical drive SATA with ESX 3.5 on HP Proliant ML 350

  Recently installed ESX 3.5 on 60 day trial on the new server, HP Proliant ML350 G5, found that what connection by customer VMWare Inf as not able to see the host Sata optical drive, ditto even VMS applies when creating new virtual machines, must use emulated local laptop computer client IDE drive to see the ISO image.

  Connected call with HP and they came with http://tinyrul.com/qpzrb5 article which indicates the known problem though on DL385 - "HP works with VMware to correct the incompatibility with the SATA device driver that is causing the problem with the optical CD/DVD drive.

  Another link on the same issue http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/drivercd/esx350-ahci-350.1.2-146051.html

  I asked HP if possible buy an IDE DVD player but my image processor designed to work only with this model.  Then appears stuffed that not a not support contract with VMWare to connect problem I'm have sent customer service online application to see if they can help you

  popular ideas

  Regarding the browser data store.  Toggle the display of data warehouses in the vi client.  Or press ctrl-shift-d.  Here, right-click on your data store, and then select Browse datastore.  When that opens, add at the top of your taskbar, next to the folder icon, is a download icon, a disc with an arrow.  This will allow you to download files to your data store.  Navigate to a folder in your data store and download the ISO to.

  It is a roundabout process, but will work if other methods fail.  With the ILO.  You can map your local cd through the ILO on a drive on the local ESX host.  This will make your local client drive, walk of the esx.  With one side mounted ESX host, in the settings of your virtual machine, you can edit the cd and this time, instead of customer, you can select the host device.

  -KjB

  VMware vExpert

• Actually an ESX cluster with different times may have problems?

  Hello

  Recently, I hired a company to install a cluster EXES 3.5.

  After leaving, I discovered that the two machines, ESX1 and ESX2 have hours different (about 12 hours difference). The company said that it is impossible that the two machines have the same time, because I don't have a time server on the LAN.

  I am facing many problems with the cluster.

  Some of the machine should ocupy 100 GB and 200 GB are using (I have no pictures of this machines)

  When my VM SAP jumps from ESX1 to ESX2 services down

  The VCB does not detect the majority of virtual machines and I can't see them on BE 12

  The problem of cluster could be related?

  Thanks in advance,

  Luis Estevens

  You really do need get guests in sync. As has already been noted SAP (or any database system) will not be as if all of a sudden she is 12 hours in the future or the past.

  If you do not have an internal time server (there are a couple of freeware NTP servers that run on Windows) you can use an external time source. I use pool.ntp.org (http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/use.html) it is a great service they have around l 'Robing' between the time sources. For this he both ESX hosts should be able to make outbound connections to port 123 (NTP) UDP.

• Problem with the pagefile in ESX 3.0

  Hello

  We have an ESX 3.0.1 box on which we welcomed 15 virtual machines. Hardware configuration is 64 GB of RAM and 4 quad core cpu. The size of the swap file partition is 1080 MB.

  Now, one day we are facing problems with the swap file, use of the swap file is to reach more than 90%. How can I find that VM use the swap file and how can I fix this problem?

  GMR

  Then, you bump up the memory in your service console to solve permutation?

• ESX 4.0 problem with post install in kick start.

  Hi all

  I have problem with writing a script for starting a esx4. Everything works OK until I try to enable vmotion. my kickstart script looks like:

  AcceptEULA

  keyboard us

  AUTH - enablemd5 - enableshadow

  1. Names of canonical readers:

  clearpart - overwritevmfs - drives = mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0

  1. Uncomment to use the first detected disk:

  #clearpart - firstdisk

  1. Uncomment the esxlocation line and comment out the clearpart

  2. and physical partitions to do a non-destructive reinstall.

  #esxlocation - uuid = 2be8278c-007 b-4389-947f-0f6a72a23036

  install the cdrom

  rootpw - iscrypted $1$ fh40NuLv$ jo1FUrvpfHEXHINgANoEj.

  time zone hours utc-"Poland".

  network - addvmportgroup = true - device = vmnic1 - bootproto =-= 192.168.10.10 static ip - subnet mask = 255.255.255.0 - Gateway = 192.168.10.1 - nameserver = 192.168.10.1 - hostname = test

  part "/ boot" - fstype = ext3 - size = 1100 - ondisk = mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0

  1. Uncomment to use the first detected disk:

  #part ' / boot ' - fstype = ext3 - size = 1100 - onfirstdisk

  the game 'none' - fstype = vmkcore - size = 110 - ondisk = mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0

  1. Uncomment to use the first detected disk:

  'none' - fstype = vmkcore - size = 110 #part - onfirstdisk

  part "Storage1" - fstype = vmfs3 - size = 8604 - grow - ondisk = mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0

  1. Uncomment to use the first detected disk:

  #part 'Storage1"- fstype = vmfs3 - size = 8604 - grow - onfirstdisk

  VirtualDisk "esxconsole" - size = 7604 - onvmfs = 'Storage1.

  part 'swap' - fstype = swap - size = 600 - onvirtualdisk = "esxconsole".

  the part "/ var/log" - fstype = ext3 - size = 2000 - onvirtualdisk = "esxconsole".

  part ' / ' - fstype = ext3 - size = 5000 - push - onvirtualdisk = "esxconsole".

  % post - interpreter = bash

  esxcfg-vswitch - L vmnic0 vSwitch0

  esxcfg-vswitch - D "VM Network" vSwitch0

  -A ' 64 VLAN' vSwitch0 esxcfg-vswitch»

  esxcfg-vswitch - a "iSCSI" vSwitch0

  esxcfg-vmknic - an "iSCSI" 255.255.255.0-i 192.168.10.11 - n

  esxcfg-road 192.168.10.1

  esxcfg-road - a by default 255.255.255.0 192.168.10.1

  service mgmt-vmware restart

  sleep 5

  / usr/bin/VMware-vim-cmd hostsvc/vmotion/vnic_set vmk0

  service mgmt-vmware restart

  When I run the command/usr/bin/vmware-vim-cmd vmotion/hostsvc/vnic_set vmk0 after installation in ssh allows vmotion, but when it is run by Setup in the % post section that's not what I'm doing wrong?

  Concerning

  Zbyszek

  I did a startup script and it started working.

• Migration of VMS with Snapshots

  I'm at the stage of planning an ESX 3.5/VC 2.5 upgrade to vSphere.  This will be a 'rotating' upgrade, so many migrations VM will take place.  We are all local storage, so the migration will be in data warehouses.

  Unfortunately my shop uses snapshots very strongly.  I am aware of the problems created when popular VM migration with snapshots in data warehouses.  My question is, using VMware Converter makes this possible?  If I can avoid having to delete all snapshots, it would be a huge bonus.  I can't seem to find a definitive answer on whether or not, the converter can handle this.

  Thank you.

  Hi chester78,

  You are right, you cannot migrate a virtual machine without deleting the existing snapshots.

  The alternative you are thinking to use vCenter Converter to migrate virtual machines, it is a good choice to avoid deleting snapshots and all the time this action takes.  VCenter Converter will migrate virtual machines in the current state.

  In the shots, I recommend you read this VMware KB on best practices for snapshots of virtual machines:

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=1025279

  Best wishes / Saludos

  -

• Problem with Powershell Healthcheck script when run as a scheduled task

  Hello-

  We have completed the extremely useful VMWare Healthcheck script posted here http://communities.VMware.com/docs/doc-7430 .  A problem puzzling that we had is that

  When the script runs as a scheduled task (alerted by a batch file) the recipient will receive an email with the report attached, however the content of the report is more or less empty.

  When we run this command even file manually, we sent the report and it is completely filled.   I understand this seems completely illogical, but could someone help to understand why this is happening?

  Thank you very much.

  Steve

  I just reproduced your issue:

  I executed the script with a user who has no right on the virtual server Center but an admin on the box:

  Here is the result:

  VMware health script

  Date and time

  2009-03-04 15:58:28

  Hardware configuration of VMware ESX server.

  Versions of VMware ESX server and versions.

  VMware VC version.

  Active snapshots.

  Connected CD-ROM.

  Connected disk drives.

  Store of available spatial data.

  Data store	UsedGB	FreeGB	PercFree
  	0	0

  Information of the virtual machine.

  VMware time not activated.

  There may be a problem with the permissions on this account.

  Don't forget to backup EVERYTHING before you change anything

• problem with netflix after upgrading to firefox 6

  now that I've upgraded to firefox 6 I can't spy snapshot netflix more. Please help I don't want to use a different browser to do this.

  This also works if you have problems with the update of Mozilla FireFox 10.0 if you dress like 9.0.1 in accordance with the instructions of the DavidLee1951. Thank you, David Lee!

• New update 10.11.3 is at the origin of the problems with safari and other browsers on some sites.

  Anyone having problems with the new update and safari hung on some sites?

  What sites would those be?

  Download and run Etrecheck.  Copy and paste the results in your response. Etrecheck is a diagnostic tool that has been developed by one of the most respected users here (and recommended by Apple's Support personnel) of the CSA to provide a snapshot of the system and help identify the most obvious culprits that can adversely affect the performance of a Mac.

  

• Problem with the module "Automation" in WindowsAzure

  Top: Problems with the module used "Automation" service "WindowsAzure.

  Hello!

  I really need your help to decide my problem of "Azure Automation". My boss has set a task for the 'Automation' module allows you to make a backup of Virtual Machines.

  To understand my problem, I do the next:

  1. describe the situation of all;

  2. describe the problems that appear in this situation;

  3. my conclusions.

  In addition, I am attaching the necessary information: my PS-scripts (from Windows and the automation of azure), log (with my notes) and screenshots (images with my notes) see file .rar Add_info (annex).

  1 description any situation

  For our development projects, we have several Virtual Machines on service cloud "WindowsAzure. We need to make backups of discs with Virtual Machines each week. Earlier, for this task, I used Windows PowerShell on my computer and my PS-script (see Ann 0 - VM (backup) of the WPS_snapshot). I created a new storage 'backupstor' and containing 'snaps-drive '. When I run PS-script with my computer, I have backup of disks virtual Machin in the container "snaps-disk", without problem.

  Now I have a new task "automatically make the process of creating backup of Virtual Machines (VM snapshots). I tried to use automation module (overview). Can I change my PS script for the 'Automation' module and create folders (see Ann 1 - records (make backups of virtual machines) _Azure_Automation).

  I need to make a backup of Virtual Machine 'bosard' in the cloud 'cloudnet. "Bosard" on the disc size ~ approximately 90 000 000 000 bytes (total size of the default drive size 127 GB/136 367 309 312 bytes)

  2. description of the problems that appear in this situation

  My steps:

  1. I start files to make a backup of Virtual Machine disk (see annex 1 - files (make backups of virtual machines) _Azure_Automation))

  2. it starts successfully and generate the name of backup 1 (blob) - snapshot-bosard - osdisk_07.10.2014_07h00m39s.vhd (see image 1 - start copy backup 1 and annex 2 - log file copy process)

  3. the process of backup copy 1 (blob) will...

  Problem 1:

  4. the process of backup copy 1 (see Appendix 2 - process log file copy) automatically stops and complete to copy the part 1/3 bytes copied 28311552000only. Important: The size of my virtual machine disk ~ on 90 000 000 000 bytes.  (Maximum possible) of total capacity of the disk where the Virtual Machine is used - 136 367 309 312 (127 GB). (See picture 2 - stop backup copy 1)

  5. I have Virtual size 1 backup - 28311552000bytes, when the size of my VM - 90 000 000 000 / 136 367 309 312 bytes.

  Problem 2:

  6. after the termination of the process automatically makes copy backup 1, records (see annex 1 - files (make backups of virtual machines) _Azure_Automation) automatically start (see picture 2 - stop backup copy 1) and folders automatically create new snapshot Backup 2 - name - bosard - osdisk_07.10.2014_07h31m33s.vhd (see annex 2 - process log file copy, image 3 - stop the copy backup 1 & Begin copy backup 2 and 5 - backupStore_Azure (process)of image)

  7. I pressed "stop" and stopped the process of copy and folders (picture 4 - I stopped the process of creating backup 2 & records). And how result I had size Backup 1 and 2 = 0 bytes (see image 6 - backupStore_Azure (I order records))

  Note:

  1 problem 1: the process of backup of virtual machine does not complete and stops automatically.

  2 problem 2: the process of creating new second backup starts automatically. And as a result, we do not have the backup of virtual machine, when I use the 'Automation '.

  3. my conclusions

  I think that:

  1. my PS script for Automation (files) is not correctly. Then I need your help, how to fix this.

  2 may be the module "Automation" is not working correctly. And the module 'Automation' needs repairs and settings.

  In addition, I am attaching the necessary information (see the Add_info (annex) .rar file):

  Ann WPS_snapshot 0 - VM (backup)

  Ann 1 - records (make backups of virtual machines) _Azure_Automation

  Ann 2 - log file copy process

  image 1 - start the copy backup 1

  image 2 - stop copy backup 1

  image 3 - stop copy backup 1 & Begin copy backup 2

  4. I stopped the image create backup processes 2 & records

  image 5 - backupStore_Azure (process)

  image 6 - backupStore_Azure (I order records)

  Thank you

  Kind regards

  Mikhail

  Hello

  You can get the assisted support from the following link on this point:.

  http://azure.Microsoft.com/en-us/support/options/