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• VMware Converter 4.3 and disc alignment

  Hello

  I am interested in the use of VMware Converter for a future project of P2V, but the client has raised concerns on VMware Converter and disc alignment.  Basically, this means that the disk files are shifted to 63KO, so need for the virtual machine to read from 2 clusters of disk order to read 1 data segment.  This can slow the performance of the virtual machine.

  I know that the migration of Platespin product can solve the problem, but its very expensive and I would go with the cheaper if possible option.

  http://www.Novell.com/DOCREP/2010/02/Curing_Disk_Misalignment_with_PlateSpin_Migrate_en.PDF

  Does anyone know if the latest version of the converter solves the problems of alignment on the VMS?

  Thanks in advance

  Iain

  No, VMware Conveter cannot solve the problems of alignment of the drive.   You have to watch the 3rd party.  If you are a customer of NetApp, you can watch MBRScan/Align, or maybe something like vOptimizer

• ESXi 3.5 disc displacement

  Hello

  I have a version of single disk of ESXi 3.5, I moved from one server to another by unplugging the drive and it mortise in another server. The build works very well on the first system, but when I start construction on the second system (the same system, same cable network, single disc move) I can't constantly ping the NIC management or access the server through the VMware Infrastructure Client.

  ESX seems to start well from what I can tell.

  I can connect to the console locally via the access "unsupported" and ping works fine when insiders from the console. I searched esxcfg-firewall and there isn't, so I guess that it is not used on ESXi 3.5.

  Where should I start looking to understand what is happening here, I guess it should work?

  JED

  Check if there is any difference in the versions of BIOS and configurations. You can try to reset your configuration of ESXi...

• Alignment of disc with ESXi

  Hello

  One of my colleagues spoke to strengthen certain storage performance by aligning vmfs with the underlying storage and higher vm disks. However, he sent me it describes some fdisking in the service console. It already looks like a hard thing to do, but my question is, how can align the disk with ESXi. There is no real service console and using the Tech mode is not really supported. Does anyone have experience with disc alignment in ESXi? Is it really necessary or will it help?

  TIA

  Timothy

  From ESX 3.0 drives are already alligened. So the ESX 3i

  disks (VMFS volumes) are already lined up. Make sure that your VM disk are

  aligned and you should be fine.

  Doc for sale listed by Troy should help you determine how to align the drive of the guest operating system. My advice would bring just the data disk not the OS.

  -Surya

• ESXI 5.1 Console (DCUI) shows disc why?

  Hello

  I ve of the strange poblem.

  After you restart the server (5.1.0 esxi 1021289) the console (dcui) at the level of the poster drive server, see attached picture.

  the server works.

  But what is the reason for which the esxi console displays: disc

  With F2 I can log on.

  If I press alt + f11 I get the screen of the banner with alt + f2, I get the Message to disk

  

  I have attached a sample of what should look like the screen.   Someone has run something like this on the host - esxcli system welcomemsg series m = 'disk '.

  To reverse changes that you run esxcli system welcomemsg set m = "" or you can change the Annotations.WelcomeMessage of advanced settings in the vSphere client. "

  

• VMWARE ESXi 4.1: Add a DATA store via a new 4 TB SATA HARD drive

  Hi all
  Thank you for all the support and the good work that you provide!

  I'm not a VMWARE specialist.
  I'm on a DELL T610 with a VMWARE ESXi 4.1. Several virtual methods machines operate on a RAID5 grap with a PERC6i controller.
  The CDROM SATA drive is visible and usable on the hypervisor.
  In fact, I add a 4 TB SATA (Seagate ST4000NM0033).

  I see my HARD drive in the BIOS and I see too much on the vmware console:

  / dev/discs # esxcfg - mpath - l
  ........
  SATA.vmhba34 - sata.0:0 - t10. ATA___ST4000NM00332D9ZM170___Z1Z18EKC
  The Runtime name: vmhba34:C0:T0:L0
  Feature: t10. ATA___ST4000NM00332D9ZM170___Z1Z18EKC
  Full device name: Local ATA drive 4 TB
  Adapter: vmhba34 channel: 0 target: LUN 0: 0
  The identifier for the adapter: sata.vmhba34
  Target ID: sata.0:0
  Plugin: NMP
  State: Active
  Transport: sata
  .....

  
  Or:

  / dev/discs # esxcfg - mpath - b
  NAA.6842b2b0092e9100141774ac16c2a585: disk DELL Local (naa.6842b2b0092e9100141774ac16c2a585)
  vmhba1:C2:t0:l0 LUN:0 Status: Active Local HBA vmhba1 channel 2 target 0
  
  MPX.vmhba0:C0:t0:l0: Local TSSTcorp CD (mpx.vmhba0:C0:T0:L0)
  vmhba0:C0:t0:l0 LUN:0 Status: Active Local HBA vmhba0 channel target 0 0
  
  T10. ATA___ST4000NM00332D9ZM170___Z1Z18EKC: Local ATA disk 4To
  vmhba34:C0:t0:l0 LUN:0 Status: Active Local HBA vmhba34 channel target 0 0
  
  T10. DP___BACKPLANE000000: Local pregnant DP Svc Dev (t10. DP___BACKPLANE000000)
  vmhba1:C0:T32:l0 LUN:0 Status: Active Local HBA vmhba1 channel 0 target 32

  Or:

  / dev/discs # ls-l
  ........
  -rw - 1 root root 0 3 Sep 15:48 t10. ATA___ST4000NM00332D9ZM170___Z1Z18EKC
  lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 73 Sep 15:48 vml.01000000002020202020202020202020205a315a3138454b43535434303030-> t10. ATA___ST4000NM00332D9ZM170___Z1Z18EKC
  .........

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

  BUT: I can not add a partion on it:

  Fdisk u t10. ATA___ST4000NM00332D9ZM170___Z1Z18EKC

  I can not Use the graph console of the hypervisor , If I add un storage LUN , Nothing in the list... I can not Add ... I do not see it.

  You have a track for move me? Forums et doc VMware ne not allow me to unlock my brain ()...

  I thank all for your interest and your help.

  ESXi 4.1 disc limit is 2 TB less than 512 bytes, ESXi 4.1 will not recognize more than 2 TB, check for other options as well.

• Quantum and Esxi 4.1 tape library

  Configuration:

  -Esxi 4.1 Vsphere

  -HP Proliant DL180 G6

  -HP SC11Xe SCSI Adapter card

  -Quantum Superloader 3 with one LTO3 drive

  When the quantum tape library is connected to the serevr... see from esxi on this disc, but not robotic library.  So on Windows, I can have only a single drive for making backups and need to manually load a strip every day.

  So I contacted the vmware support and they told me that automated libraries don't are not able to be connected and used on a server vm but they would open a feature request and hope to be compatible in the future... are they laughing at me?  Anyone able to get a taoe Robotics library working on a virtual server?  Some tips to make the esxi see the changer and the drive?

  Thank you

  In vSphere client, at the level of the host (i.e. selected host), go to Configuration, advanced.  If you host supports passthrough, you should then be able to provide the SCSI itself (as opposed to the unit) to a virtual machine single card so that she can then access it and all the attached devices, in the usual way.  Not that I've never tried

  http://blog.peacon.co.UK

  Please give points for any helpful answer.

  Unofficial list of transfer USB devices work

• ISO customized for HP of VMware ESXi 4.0

  Hello

  I am building an infrastructure and I have a HP Proliant dl320g5p. What are the differences between an image of the iso standard and the iso costumized for HP? I can't find the differences.

  For more, when I'm building RAID1 installation of VMware ESXi see 2 discs... How can it be resolved?

  Another problem I have, is that sometimes the service Management Console stops

  Thank you.

  Hello

  See this post where you can learn some information about it.

  And as the OP commented you must correctly configure the raid1 disk controller's BIOS. Then the esxi should see a volume of disk raid1 logic.

  BTW, what disk controller you are using?

  Sometimes, if the drive controller is not really supported, just the physical disks are available for esxi, but not the volume raid1.

  I recommend you check the ESX(I) Compatibility Guide to ensure that your disk controller is supported.

  Hope this helps

  Best wishes / Saludos.

  Pablo

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• How to make ESXi 3.5 to ESXi 4.0 or 4.0 Update 1?

  Hi people!

  When I boot the servere ESXi 3.5 from the ESXi 4.0 disc I install 4.0 on a disk, but what I deleted.

  When I use the Server Update utility 4.0 vSphere - I am told that the ESX 3.5 server is not supported.

  Can anyone help?

  Kind regards

  Hans Holt

  Take a look at this method, it may be useful

  http://www.VM-help.com/esx40i/ESXi40_upgrade_without_virtualcenter.php

• Not able to configure the network on ESXi (Dell Optiplex 755), how to get a shell prompt to configure the network card or check?

  Any knows is Dell Optiplex 755 is compitable with ESXi server?

  When I want to install ESX 3.5 update 3 on the Dell Optiplex 755, it detects drive hsrd (WD), I don't know what to do?

  ESXi is detecting disc hard but not able to configure network & with ESX 3.5 update 3 does not detect the hard drive.

  Comment (I have 2 HDD on the system, 250 GB WD & WD 1 TB).

  Help please.

  Kind regards

  Mustafa Rashid

  SATA, who worked at the 2 update driver update changed 3.  So, you may be able to work around the problem of disk with a modified file, you can probably find at vm-help, but you will still need a NIC for networking.

  -KjB

  VMware vExpert

• VMware ESXi on Acer G540 with SATA RAID 1?

  Hello

  I have an acer altos g540 im trying to install esxxi, it is configured with hard drives 2 x 640 GB in raid 1 (mirror), when I try to install esxi he sees discs 2 x 640 GB. and not 1 as it should. any ideas?

  Welcome to the VMware community forums.   With ESX (i) drivers do not support software RAID based like the Intel ICH controllers * R controllers and so you see 2 drives even if the BIOS has a configured RAID 1 array.

• Cluster VSAN configuration

  I would check a few questions about VSAN:

  1. How is starts up I can create about the cluster size?

  Scenario 1:

  Server 01:16 discs (2 SSD 1 TB, SATA 2 300 GB, SATA 1 to 12)

  Server 02:16 discs (2 1 TB SSD, SATA 1 to 14)

  In my example scenario 1, which is the ideal server for VSAN configuration? What I have to install ESXi on the 300 GB drive and the rest is used for the disk group as in Server 1? Or I can have a 2 server configuration since after installation, if applicable 14 discs I install ESXI, it will always be included when creating disk group?

  Scenario 2:

  If I apply VSAN with MRS, I created a data store separate space which is not included in the VSAN disk group or I can create within VSAN as a separate disk group (what I think is tedious because a diskgroup will include 1 SSD used for reserved space for a data store)?

  -Can I create starts with SSDS and SATA which are made up of different servers. As 3 SSD (1 each 1-3 Server) and 6 SATA drives (2 of each for 1-3 server) but they are grouped as 1 diskgroup?

  No, you can't.  The SSD and HDS support must be on the same host for a group of records.

  
  

  I see so if I installed the ESXi on this disc, it will be a full disc (I assume it will be the default value for the local data store seen first by the host) and not be included if you create groups of disks VSAN. Am I right? So it is best to have another drive to install ESXI.

  You are right.  A common practice is to install ESX on a SD card or USB stick, preferably in the opposite direction.  Attention to the good size.  Newspapers must not reside on the storage of vSAN and logging for vSAN will fill quickly a 8 GB or 16 GB SD/USB fast enough.

  -J' I always RAID on drives at the level of the material on the SSD SATA disks, and it is still necessary to right? If so, what VMware recommends RAID level? Can we raid SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 6 disks? Or no RAID is necessary because VSAN will be pooling in a large data store (I guess it will be like a basic RAID software)?

  No, you do not have any RAID.  OK, you could do RAID 0 if you can not do passthrough.  vSAN needs to see the disks directly.

  
  

  -I guess I can create a data store local placeholder (another drive on the local server) to the replication vsphere.

  Yes, you could.

  
  

  Thank you, Zach.
  

• License problem 5.5 hypervisor

  Hello

  I'm trying to set up a vmware on a remote site server. My plan was to run the 5.5 version and use a free license.

  I installed version 5.5 of esxi on a disc, that I already had. But when I went to get a license, I can't get a license for version 6.

  Does anyone know if there is a way to get a free license for 5.5?

  Thank you

  Hi Jack,

  Visit the URL according to download VMware vSphere Hypervisor for free

  Sign in with your VMware account or create one.

  You will then ba able to register for a free license for 5.5 key

  If you are already registered for the free version, it just goes to show the license key.

  Kind regards

  Steve

• Conversion of Workstation disks in single file to file

  Pre-installed 11 I had a lab of 5.5 ESXi with a disc of multiple files.  There are 226 hard files now 143GB totoalling.  Is there a way to convert this disk multi-fichiers in a single disk file?

  Thank you

  Mux

  Hello

  Although I wasn't ever. But for this task, you can use Vmware Vdiskmanager utility. You can download it here: -.

  http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1023856 http://KB.VMware.com/kb/1023856

  See attachment at the bottom.

  Thank you

• Recommendations for "Standby" host / creation of an additional data store / system partition

  My ESXI host 5.0, as well as several virtual machines in the data store, resides on a drive of 500 GB of aging.

  I have a disc of 2 TB to spare I would partition to as a standby host and an another data store containing the virtual machine, whose thinking is that when the 500 GB drive goes down, I can boot from the 2 TB drive and the new.

  I'm looking for suggestions for the best option to implement.  Thoughts include:

  1. A new installation of ESXI on 2 TB drive and restore the configuration from a backup "vicfg-cfgbackup" of the host of 500 GB
     1. have two partitions VFMS, one, a "backup" of the current data store containing the VM on the 500 GB drive and the second is a "general" datastore ~1.5TB that I can use for a volume of FreeNAS; or,
     2. have a bigger VMFS partition
  2. Partition my drive from 2 TB to allow later installation of ESXI; and two partitions VFMS (one of the same size as on the 500 GB drive and the second using the remaining space available), or a single VMFS partition

  Proceed to option (1) would result in two disks with ESXI hosts on a machine, but probably, because they are not clones, the UUID must be different so there is no problems with the discs being active.  I just need to set the BIOS to boot from the correct disk.  I understood this correctly, and if so, are there other potential problems with this approach?  The process of installing ESXI allows multiple VMFS created on the a drive, or this work manually through the command line interface, or the vSphere client

  The second approach is possible, and would I partition the same drive the 500 GB (IE several partitions of LinuxNative, a systemPartition, a vmkDiagnostic and a vmfs partition), with an additional partition VFMS (or a large VMFS partition)?  Or is it not possible to install ESXI on a disk with partitions that must be kept.  From what I've seen, it seems that if the Setup program detects that the drive has [a] [s] of data store, then the option is provided for the upgrade, so maybe it's possible to install ESXI on a disc with pone or warehouses of VMFS more data on the disk...

  Or maybe there is a third option that would be best.

  Any advice?

  Hi Ray,

  If you have just a 500 GB drive in your host 5.0 store the ESXi and your VMX/VMDK virtual machines then why not just do the following.

  1. Remove the 500 GB drive
  2. Insert the 2 TB drive
  3. Install ESXi 5.5U2 (or 5.0, if you still need a compatibility it provides) and partition your drive from 2 TB to choose from including data storage you want.
  4. Turn off and add the 500 GB drive (or place it in a networked PC or in a basket usb)
  5. Power and copy the vmx/vmdk files of the 500 GB to your new store of data and add virtual machines to the inventory
  6. Now periodically instant and take backups of your virtual machines to your 500 GB drive (by placing it in a USB port or network caddy/PC)

  What's an option 3?

  Concerning

  Chris