ESXi 5.1 and VMFS-3 data warehouses

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• 5.5u2 ESXi host will not mount CF data warehouses

  I am the admin in a test lab, so many times I have to "make do" with what I have for the material.  I recently reassigned a R910 Dell with 64 GB memory in a 5.5u2 ESXi host.  It has some storage SAS (2.5 to) and some (CT 11) directly connected FC storage and some FC HBAs for use by VMs to send data to the tape library.

  Recently, we had a power failure, and this host does not reconnect to the CF storage when she returned to the top.  (Duty to "make do" with what I means not having is not the capabilities of UPS).  I can tell the host of HBA see it properly and sees the LUNS on RAID controllers, but refuses to mount.  I go through the add storage Wizard, and he sees that there is a store of data storage VMFS, but always refuses to mount.  I also tried to remove the redirection to the two FC HBA that have been set up for this purpose, but it made no difference.

  I have now three users unable to work because they cannot access their virtual machines on storage of this FC.  I can't even transfer them off to use the SAS storage form.

  I think it might be the cause file system damage, but I'm not sure.  Someone at - it suggestions?

  Have you ever tried to set up data warehouses from the command line (see, for example, http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1011387)?

  André

• Disk space reduced after deleting and creating SATA data warehouses

  I was experimenting with measurement feature multiple with a host ESXi 5.0 (build 515841), which has two 2 TB SATA drives connected to the motherboard SATA controller. For the test, the first hard drive was installed with a VMFS5 data store and the second disc was added as an additional measure. The ability to store data went up 3.62 to as expected (individual drives show up 1.81 TB in VMware). After the test, I deleted the data store to configure the drives as of separate data warehouses. The second disc correctly displays a 1.81 TB of available space, but the first drive shows only a maximum of 256 GB of available space. The structure of the disc shown before creating the data store on the first hard disk shows 1.81 TB of free space. Additional free space can be recovered without having to reinstall ESXi? Thank you.

  I didn't not experiment a lot with VMFS-5 me yet, but I have had a few discussions with other users. What they say, you can be able to increate the VMFS partition of size (in stages) by using partedUtil, and then run vmkfstools to cultivate the datatore. See for example Re: cannot increase the capacity of VMFS 5.54 data store

  With your layout of the partition, it would be s.th. as these two commands:

  partedUtil resize "/vmfs/devices/disks/vml.01000000002020202020204d4e313232304633304d41553544486974616368" 3 10229760 3907029167
  vmkfstools --growfs "/vmfs/devices/disks/vml.01000000002020202020204d4e313232304633304d41553544486974616368:3" "/vmfs/devices/disks/vml.01000000002020202020204d4e313232304633304d41553544486974616368:3"
  

  André

• ESXi and VMFS imaging data store

  I need to mass produce ESXi USB key as well as a large store of data VMFS.  We know good products or procedures to go on a USB stick of imagery, as well as imaging ESXi a VMFS datastore.

  For the stick, I'd use dd on Linux machine.

  For the data store, you can use a disk imaging tool like Capitol or Ghost or you export your VMS and import destination.

  Once the image is created (or virtual machines are exported) you can easily copy them.

  André

• Change the name of files and folders in data warehouses

  Is it safe while a virtual machine is running to change the name of the VMDK files and folders in a data store?

  I discovered that a VMS VMDK files have a different name for the virtual machine itself, then someone changed the name of the virtual machine after you have created the records

  I had to do it a few times, will try to document the process that I follow.  If you have many warehouses of data, then make a note of what data store, the machine is in.  The next step is to unregister the virtual machine from vCenter / ESXi

  Then, you need to enable SSH on your ESXi host

  Use Putty or something similar for you connect to the ESXi host

  Run the following commands (in italics)

  cd vmfs/volumes / that is, if the data store that contains the virtual computer is named datastore1 then you would run cd/vmfs/volumes/datastore1

  Then run ls to verify that the virtual machine file is here

  Rename the folder by using mv

  Change to the folder with cd

  Rename the nvram, vmsd, vmx and running again is to say the mv

  MV oldname.nvram newname.nvram

  MV oldname.vmsd newname.vmsd

  MV oldname.vmx newname.vmx
  

  MV 1234.hlog - oldname newname - 1234.hlog

  Rename the vmdk with vmkfstools EI oldname.vmdk newname.vmdk

  Edit the vmx with vi newname.vmx

  Replace references to oldname to newname in this file

  Register the virtual machine with the ESXi server and it should be OK

  This link gives more details and other methods VMware KB: rename a virtual machine and VMware ESXi and ESX records

• SAN LUN and ESX growing data warehouses

  I know it's more a question of SAN as a matter of VM, but it is also related to the virtual machines.

  I don't know much about the configuration of a San, first. Laughing out loud

  My question is this...

  I have a SAN FAST600 who has a number of derined LUNS which are no longer in use.

  I want to do is blast them away and then grow my VM LUN so I have a great store of VM data.

  My boss told me that we cannot expand a LUN when it has been set, is it true?

  If you are using vSphere/ESX4, you can grow a VMFS after push you your underlying logic unit number.  You couldn't do this before with earlier versions of ESX.

  -KjB

• Export and import in Data warehouse

  Hello
  I built a warehouse project data with a few dimensions and a cube on a server machine, say server1. Now I have another server computer on which I want to develop this project for bulk production.
  I want to import all the developments of server1 to new server machine, say server2, to save my time. I exported the data to the server server1 using the export feature and import the same file to server2 by using the import function. My question is...
  
  Is it possible to use all the imported objects like cube, dimension, maps, tables and sequences in the same way to server2 that I used to server1. If yes then what are the necessary settings, I did. ??? because imported ratings are not able to deploy in the new machine to server2 of various errors specific location not valid and not valid errors for mapping and the dimensions of the table.
  
  Thanks in advance
  Imran

  Yes

• PowerCLI script for DatastoreCluster, data warehouses and the size info, DataCenter, Clusters

  Hello - I am looking to remove the DatastoreClusters and then list data warehouses as well with their size (total size, used space, free space, put in service, uncommitted space) and the total number of virtual machines on this data store. I would also like to understand what data center and they are on clusters. Is this possible? I might want to limit what is displayed in data warehouses that are 13 percent of free space or less.

  Thank you

  LORRI

  Of course, try this way

  Get-Datastore.

  Select @{N = 'Center'; E={$_. Datacenter.Name}},

  @{N = "DSC"; E = {Get-DatastoreCluster - Datastore $_______ |} {{Select - ExpandProperty name}}.

  Name,CapacityGB,@{N='FreespaceGB'; E = {[math]: tour ($_.)} (FreespaceGB, 2)}},

  @{N = "ProvisionedSpaceGB"; E = {}

  [math]: Round (($_.)) ExtensionData.Summary.Capacity - $_. Extensiondata.Summary.FreeSpace + $_. ExtensionData.Summary.Uncommitted)/1GB,2)}}.

  @{N = "UnCommittedGB"; E = {[math]: tour ($_.)} ExtensionData.Summary.Uncommitted/1GB,2)}}.

  @{N = "VM"; E={$_. ExtensionData.VM.Count}} |

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• Please help understand the mappings between PS & tables tables of data warehouse

  Hello
  We have OBIEE 11 g with OLIVIER 7.9.6.3 (HR Analytics) installation with Informatica PowerCenter SE 9.01 HF2. We use PeopleSoft HRMS 9.1 system source.
  Can you please help me how to understand the flow of data from end to end (or data model with relationship) between the PeopleSoft Tables and tables of data warehouse? Y at - it none available who liaises between the PeopleSoft HRMS tables and tables of data warehouse?
  
  PS We are new to Informatica workflow maps to find it very difficult to understand each mapping for each table.

  You can use the guide to table HR analytics on metalink. Here's the note:

  HR Analytics, Oracle Business Intelligence - Source tables uses [ID 1328607.1]

  This will show you the use of the main table. If you need the full line, you can use the data lineage Guide.

  If it helps, please mark as correct.

• Clone VM runs on several data warehouses

  Hi all

  I have a virtual machine that spans 2 data warehouses and I don't know how it happened like this:

  I cloned a VM from a template.  The model is in my store of data VOL3.

  In the summary for my VM tab, it shows that it is connected to and VOL2 VOL3 data warehouses.  When I sail both VOL2 VOL3 data warehouses, I see all the files associated with the virtual machine on VOL3, so I do not know why the VIC is reported as connected to VOL3?  It has only 1 drive, and who connects to a single vmdk on VOL2

  Some notes when I cloned the virtual machine template, I forgot that I had the CD connected to a .iso on the VOL3, maybe that's the question?  I unplugged the virtualCD, but no change?  It doesn't seem to be hurt anything at the moment, but I guess it could complicate things on the road.

  Thank you

  Chad

  I think that the reason that you see your vm split into several data stores is the .iso file, presented during the configuration of the virtual machine. Instead of unplugging the drive (which has the .iso file) change the cd configuration to use a client device.

  I hope this helps.

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• ESXi 4.1 upgrade to ESXi 5.5 while all virtual machines and data warehouses

  We have two servers ESXi 4.1.0 348481 (Essentials) and we need to upgrade to ESXi 5.5 for support of Windows Server R2 2012. We intend to use the interactive upgrade. We want to ensure that the virtual machine is preserved. More precisely VMFarm001 where ESXi is installed in the same data store as VMServer1. VMServer1 is our largest server and cannot be migrated to another data store easily because we are not allowed for vMotion.

  The following layout

  VMFarm001

  Dell PowerEdge R710

  Data store:

  Storage1 - 1.36 TB

  VMServer1 - MS Server 2003

  Install ESXi

  Storage2 - 1.82 TB

  VMServer2 - MS Server 2008 R2

  VMServer3 - MS Server 2008 R2

  VMFarm002

  HP ProLiant ML350 G5

  Data store:

  Storage1 - 95GB

  Install ESXi

  ISOs

  Storage2 - 1.82 TB

  VMServer4 - MS Server 2008 R2

  VMServer5 - MS Server 2008 R2

  I have a feeling I'm worried for nothing given that option during the ESXi upgrade and keep the VMFS datastore.

  Thank you

  Yes, that's correct.

  I recently finished the upgrade of lots of stand-alone hosts ESXi 4.1 (with local storage only) to 5.1 and all were successful. The same process applies to 5.5, so you shouldn't have a problem with preservation of VMFS data warehouses (and all virtual machines).

• If I put in place an openfiler VM as a data store iSCSI & vmfs on two ESXi hosts, both ESXi hosts can access two data warehouses?

  If I put in place an openfiler VM as a data store iSCSI & vmfs on two ESXi hosts, both ESXi hosts can access two data warehouses?

  The reason why I ask, is that I have two hosts ESXi ESXi 4 running.  I do my backups with ghettoVCB, which I modified to create thin backups on one of the drives the.  I then wput them to the server, which causes them to become thick.  Directly targets the backup in a vmfs iSCSI on the server in the face shop.  It would save a step and the vmdk backup should remain thin.

  Thank you!

  The short answer is Yes. If you allow the ESX servers to see the LUN. This setting is configured to the Openfiler.

• List VMFS version and block size of all data warehouses

  I'm looking for a PowerShell script (or preferably one-liner) list all with version number data warehouses there VMFS and their blocksizes.

  I am a novice PowerShell and ViToolkit, but I know how to do the following:

  I can list all data stores that begin with a specific name and sort by alphabetical order:

  Get-Datastore-name eva * | Sorting

  Name FreeSpaceMB CapacityMB

  EVA01VMFS01 511744 81552

  511178 511744 EVA01VMFS02

  511744 155143 EVA01VMFS03

  EVA01VMFS04 511744 76301

  301781 511744 EVA01VMFS05

  etc...

  I can get the Info for a specific data store with the following commands:

  $objDataStore = get-Datastore-name 'EVA01VMFS01 '.

  $objDataStore | Format-List

  DatacenterId: Data center-data center-21

  ParentFolderId: File-group-s24

  DatastoreBrowserPath: vmstores:\vCenter-test.local@443\DataCenter\EVA01VMFS01

  FreeSpaceMB: 81552

  CapacityMB: 511744

  Accessible: true

  Type: VMFS

  ID: Datastore-datastore-330

  Name: EVA01VMFS01

  But that's all as far as my knowledge goes.

  Someone out there who could help me with this one?

  This information is not available in the default properties of the DatastoreImpl object.

  But this information is available in the SDK object called a data store.

  You can view these values like this.

  Get-Datastore | Get-View | Select-Object Name,
                                      @{N="VMFS version";E={$_.Info.Vmfs.Version}},
                                      @{N="BlocksizeMB";E={$_.Info.Vmfs.BlockSizeMB}}
  

  If you are using PowerCLI 4.1, you can check with

  Get-PowerCLIVersion
  

  Then, you can use the New-VIProperty cmdlet.

  Something like that

  New-VIProperty -Name VMFSVersion -ObjectType Datastore `
       -Value {
            param($ds)
  
            $ds.ExtensionData.Info.Vmfs.Version
       } `
       -BasedONextensionProperty 'Info' `
       -Force
  
  New-VIProperty -Name VMFSBlockSizeMB -ObjectType Datastore `
       -Value {
            param($ds)
  
            $ds.ExtensionData.Info.Vmfs.BlockSizeMB
       } `
       -BasedONextensionProperty 'Info' `
       -Force
  
  Get-Datastore | Select Name,VMFSVersion,VMFSBlockSizeMB
  

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• How to speed up the transfer of files to and from data warehouses ESXi

  Hi people!

  Our company has a large number of

  VMware ESXi 3.5 and 4.0 servers. (Note: this is not the free ESXi, the)

  Paid ESX Server.) They generally work very well for us. The only area of

  problem I have is to transfer files to and from data warehouses on

  the machines.

  Because we do not have the ESX Server paid, I can't

  use vMotion or VirtualCenter to transfer virtual machines from one location

  to the other. So, if I need to move a virtual machine to a different host,

  the only solution I have is to download the VM

  files of the database on a local or network drive and then download

  paste them into the new data store, using the vSphere Client. The problem

  with this is that I found it is extremely slow. This may take

  hours just to copy a virtual machine.

  Does anyone know of one

  best way to do that would reduce the transfer time?

  Thank you!

  -

  Tom

  Hello

  Use veeam fastscp 3.0 its freeware. You can connect n number of esxi server.

  You can move or copy directly from one server to another server...

  Concerning

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• VMDK, vmfs, san, VM, mulitple volumes and data warehouses.

  Hello

  I'm in the middle of the creation of a MV for a windows server which will have some data (about 10 records about 5 TB) file sharing. I find a better one how to create this virtual machine with a correct sizing of the data store, number of data to use store and the number of volumes must span the store data or best recomondation.

  I don't think not vmware support 5 TB of data in the near future, max is less than 2 TB, so I put all data warehouses in a single 5 TB volume or multi-volume 1 TB, 2 TB, 2 TB, and options create the virtual machine with 6 disks (C = 80 GB, 1 TB = D E = 1 to, F = 1 to, G = 1 TB and H = 1 TB).  All my files are less than 1 TB in size and will be will not develop more than 1 TB. Due to the limitation of size of data store.

  I'm looknig for some best practice, expereimented or recomondations solution. Should be an easy management of the virtual machine, an easy migration between the host migration easy with data warehouses or volumes, snapshot to replicate or volume volume, etc... This virtual machine is implemented with cluster.

  Thanks in advance.

  I suggest that you set up a small test and storage vMotion for your self. Understand the limits of Storage vMotion